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Posted by Prometheus Xex on Jun-21-2008 21:31:

Pictures from 40,000 feet

Here is a picture of the water park in Canada's Wonderland I took while flying back from Thunder Bay.

Here are the rest:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?a...0b&id=602650815

Posted by Intangible on Jun-21-2008 22:43:

Those pictures are amazing

Nothing better than flying

I flew over the city and then up north a bit in a small plane last summer. Unfortunately due to the reflection of the window, the shitty camera I brought with me, running out of batteries, and lots of turbulence I didnt get any decent photos.

Posted by Prometheus Xex on Jun-21-2008 23:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Intangible
Those pictures are amazing

Nothing better than flying

I flew over the city and then up north a bit in a small plane last summer. Unfortunately due to the reflection of the window, the shitty camera I brought with me, running out of batteries, and lots of turbulence I didn't get any decent photos.

I feel your pain. Even though many pics look good, I had to edit each one and apply filters n' such 'cause the dam sun was blazing on my window. Too much glare.

BTW, here's your photo:

Posted by kotsy on Jun-22-2008 00:27:

Re: Pictures from 40,000 feet

quote:
Originally posted by Prometheus Xex

LOL
I work @ Backlot Stuntcoster (under Behemoth) and didn't realize I was THAT close to Splash Works.

/fail

Posted by Intangible on Jun-22-2008 00:38:

quote:
Originally posted by Prometheus Xex
I feel your pain. Even though many pics look good, I had to edit each one and apply filters n' such 'cause the dam sun was blazing on my window. Too much glare.

BTW, here's your photo:

OMG you rock!!

xoxoxo

THANK YOU!

Posted by smuncky on Jun-22-2008 06:23:

omg it's the gardiner!

Posted by zoogla on Jun-22-2008 06:43:

quote:
Originally posted by smuncky
omg it's the gardiner!

lol stfu

ps. awesome edit! And kotsy, about those free passes...

Posted by kotsy on Jun-22-2008 10:05:

quote:
Originally posted by fayraree
And kotsy, about those free passes...

I get 4 free passes after working 200 hours and that's it for the season. To tell you the truth I don't even think I'll be there that long

Posted by rabbitjoker on Jun-22-2008 15:50:

Posted by Prometheus Xex on Jun-22-2008 16:07:

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Originally posted by rabbitjoker
What did you adjust on that photo?

Most of it has to do with contrast. If there's anything else you don't do, the contrast adjustment is the one you do. After that you might consider touching up with brightness. Just lower it a little to make the colours a bit more vibrant. These two alone will make a big difference on most photos.

It sucks when your taking pics on a plane when your on the sunny side. That dam glare off those slightly dirty plastic windows are a menace. A few I took when we were closer to the ground near Wonderland were pure luck. We were just slightly turning away from the sun which reduced the glare. A little photo correction and I managed to get the the good photo.

Google's FREE Picasa photo program (http://picasa.google.com/) does a pretty good job on photo corrections. I've used it when it first came out. Now I use Corel PhotoPaint for my images. When using Picasa, remember that the changes aren't permanent. It does this so that you can undo your changes any time in the future. If you want to make it permanent just export the edited picture to another directory.

Posted by Prometheus Xex on Jun-22-2008 16:13:

Here's the origional full size if anyone want's it.

http://files.radioxex.ca/DSC00503.JPG (1.33 Mb)

Posted by smuncky on Jun-22-2008 16:28:

levels work wonders on pictures that are overexposed.

Posted by DigiNut on Jun-22-2008 17:26:

quote:
Originally posted by smuncky
levels work wonders on pictures that are overexposed.

Brightness/contrast are just a special case of levels, which are themselves just a special case of curves.

Takes a lot more work than just playing with the contrast, but it really is the best way to fix an image:

http://www.chromasia.com/tutorials/online/curves/

http://ronbigelow.com/articles/curves-1/curves-1.htm

(not claiming to be any expert here but I've used these tips to fix a few images and seen some pretty decent results)