Weekly Photoshots New #2---Looking Through

[colelover178]

Ok so its time for another weekly challenge remember anyone can put an idea up each week.

I thought this would could be a bit challenging you have to take a shot looking through some sort of glass say a window or a door pane or even an fish tank. See what you can come up with while being limited and looking through glass (or plastic or anything you can see through). Cant wait to see what you come up with!

Have fun and good luck!

[dkippen]

This sounds very challenging. I like it!

[andromeda143]

Here are a couple to start. The first is a view of the Andes, looking through the porthole of an aeroplane en route between Lima and Cuzco in Peru.

The second is a view of the Melbourne Welsh Male Voice Choir giving a concert in the grounds of the ruins of the Port Arthur Convict Settlement on Easter Sunday 2006. This concert was in memory of those poor unfortunates massacred by a gunman ten years earlier. The view is 'through' a large open window. The buildings have no roof so the concert was really an open-air affair.

Regards,

[ladyups]

Great images, Clive. I love the mountain top.

[blackeyedpea]

These are looking through my front door, I wish my yard looked better but it is winter after all.

The 1st is standing back from the door.
2nd is a close up view.

The clear glass is beveled so it distorts the image a bit and my lens distorted the long shot which gives it the illusion that it's not straight... Anyway it was a quick and dirty try. Oh and the red thingy is a tractor attachment that weighs 3 or 4 hundred pounds so I couldn't go out there and drag it out of the way and I don't have time to clone it out right now sooooo it is what it is.
That's my story and I'm stickin to it!

[andromeda143]

Nice concept. It would be interesting to see whether you could get some prismatic effects by taking shots at other angles to the bevels.

[littlepixel]

Here's looking thru a door at the Biosphere near Tucson, Arizona. The geometric structure beyond the door is a small portion of the Biosphere. There are 6500 windows covering more than 3 acres under glass. Researchers lived without food or oxygen from outside the enclosed environment for a year.


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3261/3265358598_805380a7b4.jpg

[colelover178]

WOW Some great photos and I like your door lol they are all very good. I am glad you are participating.

[Kaye]

Love all your shots above. They are wonderful.
Mine are a little different. I am looking into/through a small fish bowl containing a Siamese Fighting Fish. I did not really expect the result that I got.
My Siamese Fighting Fish turned into a Siamese TWIN.
The first shot is up the correct way. The second shot is turned anti-clockwise to the side (which means the fish bowl would be on its side - but I thought it looked better this way!). The third is up the correct way.
You will see the water level mark in the bowl. I took the shots when the fish was at the surface, hence his reflection came out on the innerside of the glass above him as the bowl was not full. The tourquoise colour is an oval plate standing behind the fish bowl.

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[andromeda143]

Lovely shot of the biosphere, Blackeyedpea. Well done.

Kaye, these shots are fascinating, because the second image is not actually a reflection, but a refraction. If you notice, some parts closely resemble the fish below but other parts are distorted. This is due to the curvature of both the water surface and the bowl. Thus the second image is not a mirror image of the first.

[Kaye]

Lovely shot of the biosphere, Blackeyedpea. Well done.

Kaye, these shots are fascinating, because the second image is not actually a reflection, but a refraction. If you notice, some parts closely resemble the fish below but other parts are distorted. This is due to the curvature of both the water surface and the bowl. Thus the second image is not a mirror image of the first.


Thanks Clive. I have never thought of a "refraction" before. Thanks for teaching me something new. I guess we all presme they are reflections, but, as you say it is not an exact reflection, which cannot be done properly thru curved glass.
I did do some work on Photoshop CS2 to enhance it a little and get rid of some of the glare from the "refracted" image, to make it look a little better. (I thought)
I will attach my "original shot" before I did any edit.
I will also attach the edited copy to make them easy to compare.
I would love to hear your thoughts re edited copy compared to original photo.

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[colelover178]

Very cool shots of the fish i almost wouldnt have known it was a reflection if you didnt tell me thats pretty interesting.
Here is mine Some looking at our hampster through the tank the second one he was looking for the flash that or hiding from it under the bedding. The last is of a crow on our back porch looking through the glass door.

[Kaye]

Very cool shots of the fish i almost wouldnt have known it was a reflection if you didnt tell me thats pretty interesting.
Here is mine Some looking at our hampster through the tank the second one he was looking for the flash that or hiding from it under the bedding. The last is of a crow on our back porch looking through the glass door.

WOW, you must have really clean glass at your place. I like the one of the little hampster in the middle.

[andromeda143]

Hi Kaye,

The way you have sharpened up the spines is brilliant. I would not have thought such recovery possible. Also the way you have cleaned up the background filter etc and turned it into artistic 'shadows'. Once again you astound me with what is possible with some creative editing. This is a skill I have yet to learn!

[andromeda143]

Nice shots, Jackie. Is a hamster the same as a guinea pig?

[colelover178]

Yes the glass was very clean for this purpose lol. A hampster is in the same family as a guinea pig but its much smaller guinea pigs are big hampsters are small.

[Kaye]

Hi Kaye,

The way you have sharpened up the spines is brilliant. I would not have thought such recovery possible. Also the way you have cleaned up the background filter etc and turned it into artistic 'shadows'. Once again you astound me with what is possible with some creative editing. This is a skill I have yet to learn!

Clive, you are so kind. I do love editing photos, but all I have read on Photoshop CS2 is about 4 pages. I am just hands on and learn by my mistakes. I have tried my skills on Proud "Edit my Photo". It is a good place to practice.
I think your photos are better quality than mine, so they do not need as much editing. You have some nice work.
If you would like something removed from a photo, just send it to me. I will try.

Thanks and regards,

[andromeda143]

Hi Kaye,

Thanks for the offer and for the kind words. This problem of photographing objects through glass is quite challenging. Here are some shots taken of Sydney from the CentrePoint Tower, for example. They were all taken the same way at the same time, but you will notice the pronounced reflections in the third shot. It is difficult to avoid this and even more difficult to remove it. The best thing is to hold the camera lens flat against the glass, if possible. However, that does not give 100% guarantee of a reflection-free picture. Jackie's shots are remarkably clean.

Regards,

[Kaye]

Hi Kaye,

Thanks for the offer and for the kind words. This problem of photographing objects through glass is quite challenging. Here are some shots taken of Sydney from the CentrePoint Tower, for example. They were all taken the same way at the same time, but you will notice the pronounced reflections in the third shot. It is difficult to avoid this and even more difficult to remove it. The best thing is to hold the camera lens flat against the glass, if possible. However, that does not give 100% guarantee of a reflection-free picture. Jackie's shots are remarkably clean.

Regards,
Hi Clive,
All three of your pics are beautiful. It is a long time since I have been up the Centrepoint Tower.
I couldn't help myself - I had to have a go at editing the glare out of your third photo.
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[andromeda143]

Kaye,

That's an admirable attempt - much improved. How did you do it?

[Kaye]

Clive,
I have Photoshop CS2. It's a older version, but I think it is still quite good. I do a lot of my editing with the "clone" tool. You can copy other parts of the picture eg. little waves in the water and clone them over the parts that are no good - also opting between light and dark to get the right affect.
It is harder to do this on a large expanse of one plain colour - like my fish picture. That is why I put the creamy smudged lines using the "Smudge" tool.
I have so much more to learn - but I love it. (But it is a real time waster!)

[andromeda143]

>> (But it is a real time waster!)

Amen to that! I guess when I retire in a little while, I may have more time to spare on it. :)

You seem to have acquired the 'knack' for it, but as you say, it is practice and time.

[michaela]

Hello.
It's been a while. I think that your photos are outstanding.
I thought I would do a different take on this theme.
Though I took this photo quite some time ago, it really shows my subject looking "through" something (dryer drum).:p

[Snappers]

It's a long time since I have been here, as I have been soooo busy but things are starting to calm down now. Here is my first image. It's taken looking through a sign (except the sign had been taken down, just the frame left) at the Grand hotel in Llandudno

http://www.proudphotography.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=5895&size=1

[Snappers]

Here is my second picture, this was taken Boxing day this year looking through the window of the Trentham Wheel. (A very similar thing to the London Eye)

[ladyups]

Glad to see you back, Snapper. I really like the image of the hotel in the frame. Great shot!

[cowswithgunsnj2]

this might be a bit different, looking through a cobweb

[matty]

i took this as i was travelimg thru poland on the train,is it any good?

[ladyups]

I like it Matty. Especially in the black and white. Next time, try putting your lens up against the glass...will eliminate some of the reflections for you.

[Cath]

Ok so its time for another weekly challenge remember anyone can put an idea up each week.

I thought this would could be a bit challenging you have to take a shot looking through some sort of glass say a window or a door pane or even an fish tank. See what you can come up with while being limited and looking through glass (or plastic or anything you can see through). Cant wait to see what you come up with!

Have fun and good luck!

This was taken through thick safty glass which is covered in hand prints. For me this is a one off.:D

[ladyups]

Wow...Cath...you did great. If you hadn't said so, it would be hard to tell you won't sitting right in front of this big guy.

[darren]

This photo was taken through my windscreen

[Snappers]

Thanks Ladyups, It's great to be back.:)

[servinghands12]

this is a photo of kids at a day care i worked at playing, taken through two work shed windows.

[Kaye]

This is a shot taken through the thick glass at the beautiful Sydney Aquarium at Darling Harbour.

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[ladyups]

Beautiful shot, Kaye!

[owenmorris]

Looking through the gate



http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3114/3153065379_8bbff2bc2d_b.jpg

[jaydi]

I love this shot..where was it taken and did you treat it with HDR.

Well done.

[julimucca]

Looking through a hole in my fence. :)

[Kaye]

Hi Julie,
I like the one with the eye.

[ladyups]

Glorious shot, Owen. You do have some awesome opportunities where you live.

[ladyups]

Looking through a hole in my fence. :)

The one with the dog looking through the hole is so cute...love it!

[owenmorris]

I love this shot..where was it taken and did you treat it with HDR.

Well done.



Hi Jaydi think this comment is to me it was taken at Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland on east coast of England and tonemapped in Dynamic Photo HDR.

Thanks Owen

[Kaye]

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These two sunset shots I took about a minute or two apart on zoom through a thick glass window on the 9th floor of a hospital in Sydney.

[Focusman]

Well here is my first ever offering. I love looking through openings whether glass or whatever, but my favorite is openings in walls and buildings.

[Kaye]

Nice shot Focusman. Love the texture in this. It looks a little like a painting.
Also, you have some great shots in your album. I presume you like planes.