General Chat / The Offical Photography Thread

Roomie, what do you do that you get to travel so much? Surveying?

-ACE

Hey.
The job is certainly part of it. I do a lot of oceanographic surveying around the world. However I also tend to spend a lot of time travelling on my own or with a friend. I figure I might as well travel while I'm young. For example in the last 2 years I've travelled to the following with work and on holiday.

Work:

Libya,
Nigeria,
Gabon,
Greece,
Bulgaria,
Portugal,
Spain,
Malta

Leisure:

Fiji
USA
Iceland
Germany
Holland,
Italy,
San Marino,
Croatia

Around Granada, Nicaragua

i call this lovely set of photos 'Boredom = Spray painting a banana red ' Enjoi!

makes me hungry..

photo montage!

Nice shot of the hammer. how did u do the effect?

Took these shots of a storm over the oil fields in Nigeria earlier tonight

nice shots! i took four different pictures with different lighting, then in photoshop gave each layer a small drop shad. then basically deleted random chunks out of each layer

jw roomie, how many times did you miss the lightning ?
it's pretty respectable that you got 3 shots of wich I like the first one an actual lot !

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Aha, excellent

I love those boxmen pictures

Then you're gonna like those

OH MY GOSSHHHH !!

I so want one of those things

Casimir those are awesome
did you make it yourself?

jw roomie, how many times did you miss the lightning ?
it's pretty respectable that you got 3 shots of wich I like the first one an actual lot !

I took about 200 pictures and got 15 hits. I set my camera up on a little magnetic gorilla pod and then set the exposure length to somewhere between 1 and 5 seconds. Then using the timer option I set it to take 10 photos and let it run for a minute or two. I could then check the results and decide how best to change exposure, etc. The chances of getting a strike in a photo were pretty good since there was probably a hit every 3 seconds and the only things around were the oil rigs and supply ships.

chorkiel: ebay is your friend ;P

Roomie: I wish I did ^^ This is a doll called "Danbo", short for "Danboard". It originated in a manga and became popular among photographers. You can only buy it from amazon.co.jp or from Hong Kong via ebay, they only have a limited quantity available each 3 - 4 months.

Hey Guys

Sorry, I know I've posted a lot recently. Far too much spare time offshore it seems

what are they firing at the first pic ?

Some pictures taken in Rome, both pictures are unedited:

what are they firing at the first pic ?

IIRC, most oil rigs have a fire burning off LNG that gets sucked up with the oil. (LNG is incredibly dangerous to store, and so it's not considered worth the effort.)

(Roomie, correct me if I'm wrong here.)

-ACE