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Year's First Macro
Thanks Tiger, Tim & Pentaxophile ! I just love insects that have compound eyes - they are always my point of focus (excuse the pun). This shot of a commonly found garden fly was with the Tamron 90 & a x2 Macro TC, on Velbon rail and 4 shots stacked to get the DoF in the eyes. And yes, the ey...
Posted by Frogfish on 01/06/2011 - 17:52
Spotmatic SP500 - first shots!
I saw a SP500 and 55mm Takumar in the window of LCE last month and couldn't resist. It needed some new light seals, and took a bit of messing to get a suitable battery for the meter. However, as it's a bridged circuit, there was no problem with the voltage requirements endemic with old cameras that ...
Posted by Cuchulainn on 01/06/2011 - 14:23
Picture quality - need opinion
OK .. had a look. Sorry for being 'thick' on the 'portfolio' scene :) All the pics look a little 'flat', a little 1 dimensional. They are all a little dull as said, but it's more than that. for example ..... 1] the butterfly should stand out from the grass 2] the purple flowers need ...
Posted by Smeggypants on 03/06/2011 - 03:35
Picture quality - need opinion
What a coincidence ... I'm editing pics tonight. I took a break and answered your thread.... went back to pic editing and low and behold the nest two pics denoted exactly what I was trying to convey in words regarding snapping something on grass.... so ehre they are. Substitute coke cans with but...
Posted by Smeggypants on 03/06/2011 - 04:16
Picture quality - need opinion
OK .. had a look. Sorry for being 'thick' on the 'portfolio' scene :) All the pics look a little 'flat', a little 1 dimensional. They are all a little dull as said, but it's more than that. for example ..... 1] the butterfly should stand out from the grass 2] the purple flowers need ...
Posted by GregNal on 03/06/2011 - 19:42
Picture quality - need opinion
What a coincidence ... I'm editing pics tonight. I took a break and answered your thread.... went back to pic editing and low and behold the nest two pics denoted exactly what I was trying to convey in words regarding snapping something on grass.... so ehre they are. Substitute coke cans with but...
Posted by GregNal on 03/06/2011 - 19:49
Some Wetland Residents
Hello again all. Last week I managed to have a mosey around two of the WWT Wetland Centres, at Barnes (near my home) and Arundel (the next nearest), and thought I would share a handful of shots of what I found there. If you like birds and wildlife at all I recommend them for a visit. They have a goo...
Posted by matwhittington on 02/06/2011 - 18:14
Jaume Plensa at Yorkshire sculpture park.
Great pics How often do they change the exibits? as the lawn in pic #3 had granite stones on it with wavey grooves about 6 months ago and they looked very permanent. So is it time to go back? Regards Bernard
Posted by Frogherder on 03/06/2011 - 19:15
Wallasey Float
Thanks guys. The first one was always meant to be a sillouette. I didn't sharpen these much Stephan, but I'll go back and play with the originals. As for Smeggy: I love your idea with the cranes. I spent a while bringing out the light in the warehouses, but I think your idea might work better.
Posted by Father Ted on 04/06/2011 - 21:13
Wallasey Float
Ah! the halo. Now I know what you mean! That was from the noise reduction, it was really quite noticeable at first. I'm still getting used to Photoshop CS2, I don't find it as intuative as Paintshop. I'll have another play. And I definitely will be going back :wink:
Posted by Father Ted on 05/06/2011 - 22:34
Wallasey Float
It's only the first one really, you cn see the halo running around the edge of the buildings and the sky. On this occasion I think the halo is real and the result of the extreme back-lighting of the image. "Rim-lighting" was an effect people aimed for using film before there was any possibility of ...
Posted by womble on 07/06/2011 - 09:47
Groeten Uit Dordt (10 photos)
In general i like these, individual comments may seem picky, but well meant. Davex. Thanks Davex they are good comments so they are really appreciated. All photos are uncropped and the editing is roughly the same so difference are make with the camera. Also the colours are real so i didn't pick ...
Posted by Anvh on 04/06/2011 - 08:02
Tweety Bird
Hi guys, This post is in two parts :- 1- Can someone identify the bird in these pictures please. He was singing his little heart out on top of a hawthorn hedge in my nextdoor neighbours garden. 2- I used a Tamron SP 55BB 500mm mirror lens on my K10D sat on a monopod to get the pics w...
Posted by Frogherder on 03/06/2011 - 23:57
Tweety Bird
My preference would have been a proper tripod and cable release but time was against me, so I grabbed the monpod. Shots take just after 19:30 (GMT - I haven't got around to setting my camera to BST yet)so 8:30pm ISO was as previously used - same reason as above. Green setting chose the speed for ...
Posted by Frogherder on 04/06/2011 - 00:28
14yr old on junk food....
I read the title, and looked at the photo and immediately though.. "Man that 14 yr old kid has had a rough life!" Yesterday our 17 yr old had a bunch of friends over to film a movie for thier French Class. While they were out at a nearby derilect church filming, I threw some burgers on the grill....
Posted by Don on 04/06/2011 - 16:43
Three Castles Classic car "rally"
Number 3 is rather nice. Shame you lost the rest of the road on the left side of the shot, but still nice. Regarding the pan shot, I think that 1/200 is a rather short exposure, unless the target was moving extremely quickly. I usually go for about 1/60 (not that I'm an expert) to get more of a s...
Posted by Epithet Man on 05/06/2011 - 16:17
Three Castles Classic car "rally"
Number 3 is rather nice. Shame you lost the rest of the road on the left side of the shot, but still nice. Regarding the pan shot, I think that 1/200 is a rather short exposure, unless the target was moving extremely quickly. I usually go for about 1/60 (not that I'm an expert) to get more of a s...
Posted by simonkit on 05/06/2011 - 16:46
Three Castles Classic car "rally"
I'm sure it's more about my panning technique then the camera though, I guess it's a lot to ask that the AFC can keep up with a vehicle moving quickly when it's so close - one thing I could have tried in hindsight though is allowing the camera to choose the focus point instead of leaving it on centr...
Posted by Epithet Man on 05/06/2011 - 17:14
Three Castles Classic car "rally"
This explains it - headed to Anglesey yesterday and saw all these classics heading the other way - wanted to investigate but the Mrs wasn't having any of it :( The panning shot works well though 1/200 is a little snappy - dragging the shutter a little longer (1/100 or ideally slower) would emphasis...
Posted by digitalCG on 05/06/2011 - 21:14
Little ant story
I've spent some time watching these little workers trying tirelessly to get their big price back home. It looks like big insect had a lunch (ant), but hasn't got a chance to finish it, incomplete body of that ant was used by other ant as a towing bar. Ant decided to tow the big one back home (I gue...
Posted by piotro on 05/06/2011 - 11:18
