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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:14:19 No.2691038 View View Reply Original Report

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I did these yesterday, and was hoping any of you could give me some constructive criticism on any of them

as much as i like to think i took "amazing photos" there is always something i missed and need to pay attention to, like Chromaborations and bright sunlight.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:14:57 No.2691040 Report

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:17:44 No.2691041 Report

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:20:26 No.2691045 Report

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:21:01 No.2691047 Report

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>>2691038
Can't say I'm a fan of the blown out sky in this one.
Couldn't that be avoided easily since you're lighting the subject manually anyway?

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:22:04 No.2691048 Report

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with my soft as shit 50mm, the chromabs on this one was unavoidable

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:23:23 No.2691049 Report

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:24:25 No.2691050 Report

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last one

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:26:17 No.2691052 Report

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:28:50 No.2691055 Report

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>>2691047
actually i really tried to get it down enough to not be noticeable, but everything i tried i couldn't avoid the dreaded haloing of HDR

this one was the only picture that the sky gave me trouble in too

pic related is all this will give me, like you said i should have underexposed since i was using a manual light

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:30:27 No.2691056 Report

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>>2691052
i dont get it

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:33:18 No.2691060 Report

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>>2691056
It's a meme you dip

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 18:35:57 No.2691063 Report

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>>2691060
android is SCHIT

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 19:02:29 No.2691081 Report

Quoted By: >>2691127

I'd say they're too saturated?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 19:54:19 No.2691127 Report

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>>2691081
Agree with this anon

DISCO !PUNKJoE8BE

DISCO !PUNKJoE8BE Sat 24 Oct 2015 20:14:35 No.2691142 Report

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>>2691040
>>2691041
these

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 20:56:31 No.2691159 Report

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>>2691038
Sky might be a bit blown out.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 21:07:38 No.2691164 Report

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I'd say this is the only good one >>2691040

The others seem boring or have too many distractions like trees and horizons going through his head

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 21:11:57 No.2691167 Report

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>>2691040
>>2691041
>>2691045

These are actually nice, a little too saturated for my taste and for some odd reason the guy looks like he's copy/pasted sorta. Chill out with the saturation (unless in print it's going to take out the saturation) and you got some nice images for your senior portrait.

>>2691050

Except this one because he looks so copy pasted and it's just so weird and awk and I just don't get it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 21:13:52 No.2691170 Report

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For some reason part of my post went missing. But OP, if you understand what why chromatic aberration happens you'll know where to look. Also, the OP pic is blown out to oblivion and it makes me feel bad because it would've been a nice picture otherwise.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 22:05:07 No.2691200 Report

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>>2691038yeah the sky is blown out in this one. But you know that by now.

Were you using reflectors? He looks slightly illuminated in some but not fully, suggesting you weren't using flash or external light sources to illuminate him further, because your biggest problem to me is that your subject is consistently darker than your background. This is resulting in problematic shadows across his face.

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 22:23:32 No.2691220 Report

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>>2691038
Why don't you replace the sky?

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 23:43:41 No.2691243 Report

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>>2691220

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Anonymous Sat 24 Oct 2015 23:49:40 No.2691248 Report

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>>2691200
i used a Saber Strip light

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 00:25:35 No.2691273 Report

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>>2691248

Right, that explains why one half of his face is always brighter than the other.

Composition and posing aren't bad, but you want to work on your lighting.

Sometimes one half of his face is brighter, causing odd looking shadows to form on the other side. Sometimes his whole face and body are just underexposed in general.

If you want to do portraits you must have serious control and understanding of lighting.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 00:47:01 No.2691284 Report

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>>2691243

i lol'd

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 01:29:45 No.2691309 Report

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>>2691038
>>2691040
>>2691041
>>2691045

why do americans do this? whats the point of "senior photos"? its so cringey

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 01:33:25 No.2691313 Report

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>>2691309

They say it's for posterity, a document of a young person entering adulthood for the rest of their lives.

I secretly think it's so you can look back at yourself in ten years and double over in pain.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 01:46:15 No.2691320 Report

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>>2691309

While I agree with you I didn't really question it since it's OP's task.

But man... what even is the point?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 02:04:28 No.2691328 Report

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>>2691309
I think it's a marketing ruse designed to justify neckbeards like OP taking cheesecake shots of cheerleaders, by first taking a few of her leaning against a tractor in mormonwear to send to grandma.

But yes, like so many American 'cultural' institutions, it is cringey, and creepy, and has stacks of stylised daddy's little girl semi-sexualisation attached to it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 02:08:19 No.2691330 Report

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>>2691328
>now wet your lips a little and look up into the camera, stacey. daddy's going to have this picture in his mind every time he fucks mommy for the rest of his life, it's gotta be a good one!

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 02:39:46 No.2691337 Report

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>>2691038 (OP)
Sky might be a bit blown out.

Fu.....mu-muh....sides...omfgtheyaregone..killing me /p

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 02:49:48 No.2691343 Report

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>>2691142
agreed

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 02:51:40 No.2691344 Report

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>>2691038
AE and contrast btfo! Too much light in the sky, use a graduated ND filter here. for portraits consider getting a lightweight foldable reflector to move some light in on the subject. focus and clarity are perfect, but you might want a longer lens or move closer to cut out some background. DOF is nice, I like the amount of detail in the setting.

tl:dr breddy gud bru, keep practicing

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 02:56:34 No.2691352 Report

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this tbh

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 03:00:43 No.2691355 Report

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>>2691344

Missed that you are shooting 50mm thats no good bru.

That guy must feel a bit uncomfortable with you grinding on him out by the farm and innawoods. choose a longer lens, even a zoom would help, but at a loss of prime lens clarity and speed

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 04:13:33 No.2691390 Report

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>>2691355
75mm for full frame equilvalent

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 06:26:27 No.2691430 Report

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>>2691355
the fuck? Why would 50mm not be good for this?

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 08:03:04 No.2691471 Report

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>>2691167
>>>2691041
>>>2691045
>These are actually nice
Don't you see the bright green bush beside his head or some tree extending the guy?

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 09:03:59 No.2691484 Report

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>>2691159
thanks.
lmao.
i laffed real good.
thanks.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 15:47:24 No.2691619 Report

Quoted By: >>2691749 >>2691763 >>2691776 >>2691910

Thanks a ton guys, so obviously i should look for better glass, or a real good 85mm.

then look out for obvious things like blown out skies and posing positions

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 16:01:26 No.2691630 Report

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>>2691038
>>2691041
>>2691041
>>2691045
>>2691049
bruh. do you even light source? your subjects face and body is not well lit enough in these

>>2691040
only good one.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 16:02:29 No.2691631 Report

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>>2691159
fucking kek

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 18:22:42 No.2691720 Report

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>>2691471

I said nice, not masterpieces.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:05:58 No.2691749 Report

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>>2691619
No, you don't need better 'glass'. You can buy a better camera when you learn to use the light around you to compose your shot. Raise your aperture a bit and use something a bit more sane than f/1.7. If you really want to spend money, buy a bounce board. I found one on amazon for $17.

Oh, and tell that kid to get a real haircut, his head looks like it needs to be circumcised.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:24:43 No.2691763 Report

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>>2691619
It's not the glass, your gear is fine. You need to get better at lighting and directing your subject. If you're properly lighting a scene - no matter if it's achieved via reflectors, natural light, strobes, ect - you'll be doing less editing which makes the images look tacky & unappealingly saturated.

Don't worry about blown highlights in portraits, unless the highlight is the persons skin. A blown out sky can look more natural and soft if taken at the right hour & wide-open.

Have you subject move around more, interact with the environment.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 19:50:12 No.2691776 Report

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>>2691619
>so obviously i should look for better glass, or a real good 85mm.
What? Why? your gear is perfectly adequate for this type of shoot... better equipment will improve your results exactly zero percent. You need practice, and creativity. Skill, and technique. Not "better glass"

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 21:55:35 No.2691844 Report

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>>2691159
I'm expecting to see this in future /p/ humor threads

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 22:01:14 No.2691852 Report

Quoted By: >>2691891

quick question on etiquette, is it generally considered ok to post photos you took for someone else in a place like this? or post anywhere else? What if they paid you for them?

I've seen reddit threads like "was a photographer at a wedding and I snapped this lucky shot, thought you guys might like it". And I always think, "hey! that photo belongs to the people who paid you to do the shoot" or something like that.

Am I unreasonable? how does /p/hoto approach these situations and how do you guys feel personally about those type of things?

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 23:00:54 No.2691891 Report

Quoted By: >>2691908

>>2691852
>And I always think, "hey! that photo belongs to the people who paid you to do the shoot"

Rarely is that actually the case. 90% of the time, the photographer retains all rights to an image. That should be the end goal, at the very least, or else they wouldn't have much of a portfolio to show anyone.

One big exception is commercial work, especially of a time-sensitive nature. The client then retains rights to the image, and the photographer is contractually restricted to certain usage.

The other big exception is when you publish an image (as in, use it in a commercial publication with wide release, or use it for commercial purposes, such as advertisement). In that case, you need to use a model release. You can't just snap a photo of someone on the street and use it to advertise Dr. Pepper without their consent.

In terms of etiquette for non-published images? That's up to the photographer. It's a polite thing to ask someone if they mind if your photo ends up on 4chan, but it's not a requirement.

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Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 23:27:11 No.2691908 Report

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>>2691891
ah, thank you very much for your reply

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 25 Oct 2015 23:30:06 No.2691910 Report

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>>2691619
>>2691619
>Thanks a ton guys, so obviously i should look for better glass,
It's great how people just imagine what they want to hear...

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 00:39:31 No.2691955 Report

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>>2691038
As a note on the side...... That is one good looking farm boy.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 01:19:31 No.2691975 Report

Quoted By: >>2692014 >>2694960

>>2691430
>>>2691355
>the fuck? Why would 50mm not be good for this?

50mm works fine but 85 would be better, for three reasons

make some distance between shooter and subject

Narrower perspective makes body shot appear slimmer

Less background

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 01:30:21 No.2691983 Report

Quoted By: >>2697030

Took about 30 secs in photoshop to add a much needed sky. Yeah I know the color is off but you get the idea.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 02:58:43 No.2692014 Report

Quoted By: >>2694960

>>2691975
He's got a D7000. His 50mm will act literally like an 85mm lens, FOV wise. An 85mm lens will act like a 130mm which is pretty much optimum for head shot, or top-half shots.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 10:05:13 No.2692123 Report

Quoted By: >>2692370 >>2695026

>>2691309

only white people do this

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 17:00:45 No.2692370 Report

Quoted By: >>2695026

>>2692123
this

Only whites fall for this shit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 17:41:23 No.2692384 Report

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>>2691048
>>2691045
>>2691041
>>2691040
>>2691038

Poses are stale, things crossing through his head. Most of them are lit nicely though. Some are lit (or photoshoped) almost too nicely and feel as if hes not part of the back round anymore. Overall though, not half bad shots.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 22:50:42 No.2694960 Report

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>>2692014
>>>2691975
>He's got a D7000. His 50mm will act literally like an 85mm lens, FOV wise. An 85mm lens will act like a 130mm which is pretty much optimum for head shot, or top-half shots.

Sounds about right

I shoot 85 full body and 100 for head shots on film.

I still use a zoom for digital, mostly all snapshits

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 30 Oct 2015 23:48:06 No.2694976 Report

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>>2691041
Nice Pullover where Do You bought it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 31 Oct 2015 02:04:51 No.2695026 Report

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>>2692123
>>2692370
>confirmed for from the middle of nowhere where there aren't any minorities

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Anonymous Mon 02 Nov 2015 09:58:09 No.2696256 Report

Quoted By: >>2697033

>>2691309
What do you mean what is the pont?
Are you dense?
If a persons child is moving to a new stage in their life sometimes they want photos to remember it by.
Why would you assume only Americans do this.
I think you're just a cynical twat

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Nov 2015 20:38:20 No.2697030 Report

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>>2691983
If you cannot get something reasonable OOC, you are doing it wrong sonyboy

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Anonymous Tue 03 Nov 2015 20:49:39 No.2697033 Report

Quoted By: >>2697127

>>2696256
>Why would you assume only Americans do this.
Because only Americans do this?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2015 00:49:18 No.2697127 Report

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>>2697033
Wow, your envy is so real in this post we can feel it. Apparently you have some deeply rooted emotional trauma. This thread is about photography. If you want feels go somewhere else. Thank you and have a wonderful night.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2015 01:01:27 No.2697130 Report

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>>2697030

Are you fucking retarded? The exif in every single picture in this thread says D7000.

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Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2015 01:15:53 No.2697138 Report

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>>2697030

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Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2015 02:43:16 No.2697162 Report

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>>2695026
Wrong again anon.

Grew up in the suburbs and am now at a uni with 30+ people.

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Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2015 04:32:36 No.2697216 Report

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Here are a couple I just took tonight. Opinions?

1/2

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Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2015 04:34:14 No.2697218 Report

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>>2697216

2/2

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Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2015 04:39:23 No.2697219 Report

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>>2697030
That's entirely dependent on the variances of the light sources.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2015 15:54:51 No.2697471 Report

Quoted By: >>2697750

>>2697216

nice shot but i think color works better here because of my team colors murrica

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2015 17:51:44 No.2697508 Report

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>>2697218
I like this one. the first one reminds me too much of pic related. then again, I couldn't take a shot that nice, so don't listen to me. I'm a scrub

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Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2015 17:52:45 No.2697509 Report

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>>2697508
forgot pic

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Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2015 18:12:19 No.2697515 Report

Quoted By: >>2697552 >>2697876

>>2691038
Does he haz downs?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 04 Nov 2015 19:22:54 No.2697552 Report

Quoted By: >>2697876

>>2697515
Yeah, but he doesn't let it get him down.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Nov 2015 00:55:19 No.2697750 Report

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>>2697471
>>2697508
thnx. you're saying the b/w one looks too... "pregnant"? I can see it

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Anonymous Thu 05 Nov 2015 02:29:41 No.2697787 Report

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>>2691038

This shit is ripe for future /p/ humor threads

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Anonymous Thu 05 Nov 2015 05:34:19 No.2697876 Report

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>>2697515
>>2697552
>>2697787

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