Official Photography Thread - 56k Beware

[Saladin]

thanks snake rostam and kantham

edit:
rostam...the pretending on i like
and damnit i wanna visit japan now snake
and sandworm...great stich...ive been doing poorly on mine

 

[The_Pikeman]

If you ever make it to Japan make sure you got to sapporo and himeji. The train trip to Sapporo was simply amazing, it just I slept all the return leg. I just wish I had a camera that could have done the two justice. Ah well when I get a job that pays I shall invest in a decent camera.
-How.

 

[The_Pikeman]

Looking few a few oldies not sure if i posted them before ...... some of these have been photoshoped.
-How.

 

[The_Pikeman]

Few more....
-How.

 

[Saladin]

recent shots from damascus

 

[Saladin]

and more

 

[Saladin]

and some more

 

[The_Pikeman]

Another form japan....
-How.

 

[Saladin]

that...structure..is cool.

 

[-Snakebite-]

Japan is a beautiful country, there is so much of a variety of scenery, its fantastic. The only problem is, once you come here its very hard to leave

 

[The_Pikeman]

Yea it was a nice monument thingy ..... I cant remember what it was for. Nice optical illusion. Shame where it was located (in that "Peace" Park in Tokyo). It was the only place I felt really uncomftable and if it wasn't for the fact that if we had caused a scene we would have missed the sumo museum, I'd of asked for my money back. As for the place it's self, well it has it's good and bad points just like everywhere else I really loved the isolation. If you wanted you could spend months without having a meaningfull conversation. However with that said the Japanese are a very freindly people and Ramen is a gift from the gods.
-How.

 

[Rostam]

Here is a nice flower of which I don't know the English name. It was in a huge garden near uni, here I saw something neat:a plant eating a cockroach.

At first I didn't think much of these 2 pictures, but the more I look at it, the more I like it. Shame it wasn't mid-day, the flower is fully open then. I made 2 other pics as well but they just didn't do it for me.

 

[sublime]

Shot I took for a challenge/contest for another forum I'm on. The topic/theme was religion. The objects pictured are a Tibetan singing bowl and carved mala beads (Buddhist rosary essentially) made from yak bones.

 

[The_Pikeman]

Some from a walk I took to calm my self down after work. Same sort of area as before sun was just going down and I got the sun behind a old run down house.... I'm quite happy with them, but I'm not sure resizing helps, damm limits. Now if only I could affoard a decent camera to go with the nice veiws. Oh on that note I dug up my dads old Ashai Pentax ES 35mm and I'm thinking of trying some film shots..... any recomendations?
-How.

 

[The_Pikeman]

Ok I was messing around with my best ever pic (posted on about page 7 of this thread) what do you guys think better in good old B&W? I'm definatly happy with it in B&W, but a second opinion is always nice.
-How.

 

[-Snakebite-]

Outside my apartment

 

[The_Pikeman]

One of my pics after post processing...
-How.

 

[-Snakebite-]

The 2 basketball photos are from Harajyuku in Tokyo, the fruit I thought turned out kinda well

 

[deathren]

"Winter Sun"

"Ice and Fire"

"Chaos"

"The Next Generation"

There ya go.

 

[The_Pikeman]

Wow man I thought everyone had abandoned this thread.... I really like the second one.
-how.