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Some PPG acceptances
Thanks Prieni, any words from a 100+ PPG man are much appreciated :D You should put your link in your sig, so us mere mortals can occasionally drop in and appreciate your photos. Seriously, they are fantastic! I know what you mean about the car. The original colour version was (rightly) rejected...
Posted by thoughton on 18/11/2009 - 20:20
My latest bash at portraits
Ready for another reality check? :lol: If I had paid you to take these photo's of my daughter (if I had one), I'd want my money back. :lol: Now to be helpful . . . #1 Her face is almost totally blown out. #2 Her nose is as #1. #3 Her hand is as #1. #4 (The best of the bunch) Her forehead...
Posted by Mannesty on 18/11/2009 - 09:37
My latest bash at portraits
Love numbers 1 and 2! Especially 2. :) But there is an odd red outline around her nostril. Wanted to like number 4, but the hand doesn't do it for me. The perspective makes the hand quite large, and the white specks on her (very short!) fingernails don't look great. Number 5 looks slightly si...
Posted by thoughton on 18/11/2009 - 09:42
My latest bash at portraits
To refer directly to Mannesty - it was a high key look I was after. This is just a personal preference of mine. I think the high key look is very good when it applies to the whole image, that is, the shadows have detail in them too. To my taste, these images don't quite make it because there is t...
Posted by Mannesty on 18/11/2009 - 10:11
My latest bash at portraits
Actually, these have merit, if you got out of the camera the images you intended to make, then sucess... Many young people on social networking sites would consider these to be arty and different enough and stylish. Few parents would buy them.. :D I totally agree with you - I would'nt want to ...
Posted by Snootchies on 18/11/2009 - 18:27
My latest bash at portraits
Hi Mike - yes I have actually - but a little while back. When I have a bit of money to spare I will invest in a radio trigger - or even a slave flash (certainly a diffuser too) and look at what results to expect from various lighting set-ups. I dont want to rush too fast thoiugh, I'm simply tryi...
Posted by Snootchies on 21/11/2009 - 09:02
paint it pink
Thank you Gareth, you haven't look at it in full view yet *click* on it :wink: I'm wandering what it would do if I would print it A3 size. I was hoping the flower on the left would be enough out of the focus point to make it a feature rather then an attention getter, it seems I might have judge ...
Posted by Anvh on 19/11/2009 - 14:13
paint it pink
For skin I think it looks to artificial. For use on flower shots (soft focus effect) it could work. To achieve a dreamy kind of look.
Posted by Malo1961 on 19/11/2009 - 20:49
paint it pink
Martin, I would I use a layer mask to fine tine the result, you mean only picking the skin? Used a younger model this time, specially for you. :wink: Smoothed it as above but also sharpened it and used a layer mask to only show the sharpening. Do you mean it something like this, Martin? Here...
Posted by Anvh on 19/11/2009 - 21:52
Where's Wally?
My guess is you've cloned a reflection out from the front of the dummy, I'd hazard a guess at from the guy with the stick. If this is local Mike I would certainly go back several times and keep trying, maybe use a polorizer to see if you can reduce some of those reflections, obviously the biggest...
Posted by fatspider on 19/11/2009 - 22:32
Where's Wally?
Nope not a reflection of the guy as I would have left that - nor for once of me either. I agree it needs a better person. I waited 5 minutes for one old dear who was looking in the shop window 2 down to walk past it but she went in the other direction. What I hadn't realised was that because the ...
Posted by mikew on 19/11/2009 - 22:38
Where's Wally?
The only place I can spot is - though I'm not sure how you'd have done this, as it's a very large area, and I'm not sure where you'd have cloned from - the door. The bottom panel seems to be reflecting something that's not in front of it. The top panel I find confusing - though you surely couldn't h...
Posted by Dr. Mhuni on 20/11/2009 - 01:44
Where's Wally?
Not the door - way too much work! I agree it needs a better person. This is a massive crop anyway I had acres of pavement there if I wanted it! The posters you refer to are inside the empty shop. I don't think anything less than an Australian front row rugby player would obscure that door so i...
Posted by mikew on 20/11/2009 - 07:15
Where's Wally?
:lol::lol: You succeeded, Mike ! I agree 100% with David :) You don't need a better figure walking past, the old guy with the stick is the perfect subject for a juxtaposition shot with the shop model. david Also I like that the man has back towards the model and is not close to it ! Passin...
Posted by Aiki on 20/11/2009 - 17:37
Where to crop
The last one for me, the posters are more in the focus points and the empty space above it in the first didn't add a thing for me.
Posted by Anvh on 20/11/2009 - 12:21
Saturday macro experiments
Hello all, I was tinkering earlier on waiting for the rugby to come on and I found a threaded ring in the cupboard which gave me the idea of trying out some macro pictures by reversing one lens on the end of another. These are my results: First a couple of roses: and a small spider t...
Posted by matwhittington on 21/11/2009 - 14:54
Saturday macro experiments
I'll try it out and see what the result is. I can't think of much else I can easily change to get a much bigger depth of focus... Thanks Mat
Posted by matwhittington on 21/11/2009 - 20:06
Tiger taken trough a viewing window
It's a nice shot, but either your focus is slightly off or there is some slight movement blur. What was your focal length and shutter speed?
Posted by mattcambs on 21/11/2009 - 23:17
Tiger taken trough a viewing window
EXIF says K10D 300mm f9.5 ISO200 1/15sec your kit list suggests the Tamron 70-300 The rule of thumb for minimum shutter speed is 1/focal length; 1/300 to 1/15 is over 4 'stops' which is asking a lot of the K10D anti-shake. I would suggest giving yourself a stop by increasing the ISO and anothe...
Posted by Bob and his Pentax on 22/11/2009 - 00:22
Another go at HDR
Mike this a pseudo HDR right? Nope, 3 shot -1 0 +1 exposures. [quote:3496ace15f="Mannesty"] Yes I can see the woman. Looks like she's just kicked something. There was also a chap in a red jacket looking at the centre column further back from the arch but closer than the woman. If I had left...
Posted by Mike-P on 22/11/2009 - 12:31
