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Hever Castle
Thanks for the comments. Not HDR, just processed in Silkypix, but I may have overdone it with the saturation/colour choice. I noticed the leaning building after I posted it. Having processed a bunch of photos I wasnt in the mood for going back and re-adjusting.... I just put a folded beer mat un...
Posted by pschlute on 24/06/2008 - 10:48
Cat, er? pillars!
Amazing shot. Did you train those larvae to eat in formation? :) Strange creatures, they even moved (waved their back ends!) in unison - I guess it's some kind of "strength in numbers" or "confuse the enemy" sort of thing!? Vic.
Posted by xbow on 25/06/2008 - 20:15
YBG - Gig Photography
I did that the last gig Hefty ;) but that was back when they had no drums or bass. (Compressed by myspace, so lower quality. That was so much better lit.) There was no space between the drummers seat and the back, but at the end of the gig I took a 3fps animation of the drummer diving into t...
Posted by ikillrocknroll on 25/06/2008 - 11:56
Which works best?
That is what I was looking for with the B&W version. I know about the damned halo. I spend quite a while after trying to fix it. It didn't work, I'll have to go back to the original image and start afresh. The blue cast is how the AWB recorded the scene. The detail in the sky dissapears if I cha...
Posted by Tyr on 26/06/2008 - 11:16
Peregrin Falcons
I recently was able to take my camera(s) into a normaly retricted area - needing written permission from the property owner plus my normal security clearence under Official Secrets Act, so I cann't say were the pictures were taken. The nest / roosting area is on a gantry about 20m up on the outsi...
Posted by Bob and his Pentax on 27/06/2008 - 15:35
A family snap.
My daughter, ( the one with the teeth as Chris A would say ), seems to have caught your bug. Well tell her to give it back as I haven't finished taking photos of it yet.
Posted by Mike-P on 28/06/2008 - 21:45
Evening walk.
I dont know about Paintshop but it can be done easily in Photoshop Elements which is what I use. But I have stepped back from doing severe editing of an image. In this example you will find it difficult to select the background from the foreground without it being noticable, as there is not a clear ...
Posted by pschlute on 28/06/2008 - 21:31
Evening walk.
I suppose it depends how bad they are, most of my bad ones are due to blurring/focus!? - I don't have any fast lenses and don't go above 400 ISO so I'm often pushing the limits especially with moving subjects* I'm not deleting much at the moment though unless I'm sure they will never be used. Storag...
Posted by xbow on 28/06/2008 - 21:59
Evening walk.
Well you're getting there Ted - you are spotting interesting things - I like this and would have tried it myself. Not a lot you can do about the grass really. A bit tighter in would have helped maybe, but as you say the chips around the log. Maybe you could have got down lower and taken it? As to...
Posted by Gwyn on 28/06/2008 - 22:11
Evening walk.
You're right about getting close. I was on hands and knees here trying to look through the viewfinder. I learned that a few weeks ago after my entry for Decay and Dereliction. I went back and really got close, and enjoyed the process more.
Posted by Father Ted on 28/06/2008 - 22:15
Evening walk.
unless you are planning on doing some experiments with computer editing (ie photoshopping) be ruthless when editing, in camera, before it get to the computer. if you are planning to play in photoshop.... you could take a so-so shot and really get wild with it. that shot above, for example, (a...
Posted by Don on 28/06/2008 - 23:06
Weevils wobble but they don't fall down
Well captured, Jonathan! Just waiting for the ATC to give him the Clear for take off message? The picture also clearly illustrates the extremely narrow DOF in macros. How do you manage to focus exactly on his body? You could hav asked him nicely to move his antennae away from his eye...
Posted by terje-l on 29/06/2008 - 10:37
First attempt at macro.
I'll explain it with a couple of shots of my own. If I'm wrong, don't hesitate to say so, I'm not sure how much you've cropped your shot, or the amount you've resized it for display here, that could have a bearing on it. Anyway, here's a shot of a dragonfly (Downy Emerald): Which looks o...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 30/06/2008 - 00:39
On Beale Street
Go back and take the exact same shot, but without him there, then merge them It'll look like a giants falling from the sky :lol: Great shot ;)
Posted by ikillrocknroll on 01/07/2008 - 21:03
A Local Event
I have never yet seen an HDR image that looked natural. There's been a spate of them recently, and whilst some look interesting, none look right. Someone posted one not long back - a woodland scene. Can't remember who, now. But I thought it looked right - I certainly wouldn't have noticed the HD...
Posted by ChrisA on 04/07/2008 - 00:10
A Local Event
I have never yet seen an HDR image that looked natural. There's been a spate of them recently, and whilst some look interesting, none look right. Someone posted one not long back - a woodland scene. Can't remember who, now. But I thought it looked right - I certainly wouldn't have noticed the HD...
Posted by George Lazarette on 04/07/2008 - 07:44
A Local Event
But sadly the picture link is broken. I had a poke about in his Picasa gallery and I think it must have been one of the Burnham Beeches collection, but there are a lot in there and I don't remember it well enough to know which one. I commented on its naturalness at the time. I think it was , at...
Posted by Daniel Bridge on 04/07/2008 - 10:13
Hover Fly
In my opinion i think yes you are cropping to tightly. It took my eyes a little time to focus on each pic. :? Closer isn't always better :wink: But i do like the last 2 shots very sharp with good detail. Recrop the second last one and repost it, i would like to have another look at it.
Posted by Clarky on 01/07/2008 - 13:50
Hover Fly
Recrop the second last one and repost it, i would like to have another look at it. Just stamping on my forehead: Must keep original PEF files, must keep original PEF files, must keep .... :oops: One thing i never do is delete my PEF files albeit there a many i should :? I back them up onto a co...
Posted by Clarky on 01/07/2008 - 16:30
odd couple
Thanks a lot for the responses. I'll toy with contrast and the mono conversion some more; I didn't want things to look flat (esp the guy's overcoat), but ended up with darker shadows. Perhaps when I start to figure out PSE6 for the conversion ... :roll: Its just begging to have a couple of...
Posted by Keith Grant on 03/07/2008 - 01:56
