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squirrel,s in the churchyard
Off-thread: A few days ago, was driving back to the house when I had to stop the car because a very young (probably only 6" head to tail!) grey squirrel (much as I dislike these "invaders" - they nick the nuts off my hazel tree every year before I can get them collected!) was crossing the road in f...
Posted by jeallen01 on 19/09/2017 - 22:39
Anglesey astrophotography
My basic workflow goes like this: I take two images of the foreground (if it has some sky in it, which it usually does) one with astrotracer and one without Take 2, 3 or 4 shots of the sky with astrotracer All the above as raw files Import into lightroom, do some basic processing - exposure up a...
Posted by warrenc on 22/09/2017 - 21:38
Birds In Flight
At Blashford Lakes NR, Hampshire, yesterday morning. All K5, Sigma 15-500 @ about 450. TAV mode 1/2000th. F8, manual focus, continuous shooting (hi) Thanks for looking, any thoughts most welcome! Roger.
Posted by coker on 20/09/2017 - 10:06
Birds In Flight
Yes Stuey, I think I've heard something along those lines about Pentax....... ....& yes, I've missed a few shots through slow af. But if I can manage to focus a macro lens manually, it's only the same but a bit faster, isn't it? The bonus is , as I found out yesterday, is that in manual focu...
Posted by coker on 20/09/2017 - 22:35
Some Family Portraits
Lovely portraits. Thanks, much appreciated! Really appreciate these examples to complement the comprehensive advice you always give us, Nigel. You're welcome Mike, I hope it might encourage a few here to be a bit more adventurous and try a multi-light set-up ..... its a bit experimental and I don...
Posted by McGregNi on 23/09/2017 - 16:45
Pentax MX in Japan
Lovely set and Gareth picked out exactly the same two photos I did. Both are super images. On my round the world trip five years back (owch... is it really that long ago?) I took my LX for colour film and MX for BW. I never regretted the extra weight and although I shot a fair bit on my K20D, I...
Posted by womble on 04/01/2018 - 21:25
HDR
Pixel Shift and HDR are two different things. HDR refers to High Dynamic Range, which involves taking multiple shots at different dark to bright exposures, and then combining the details from each of them. It's like focus stacking, but for details of different brightness's. Pixel Shift refers...
Posted by richandfleur on 28/09/2017 - 00:14
HDR
We've talked about this sort of thing a bit of the years. You've got those inputs to the process, such as white balance, focus, shutter speed, aperture, ISO, composition, focal length of the lens used, flash, tripod, 2 second counter? etc,. These are the bits you really need to get right in cam...
Posted by richandfleur on 28/09/2017 - 21:49
A walk in the Lakes last Sunday
Hi John Hope you are well! You can't fail to get spectacular images in the Lakes, especially if you are able to get high up. The one big bonus in this landscape is the presence of water in the high peaks, i.e. the Tarns, which make for great features in images. My favourite images in this s...
Posted by davidstorm on 01/10/2017 - 10:55
A walk in the Lakes last Sunday
You're welcome, Stan. I'm sure there will come a time when I will be glad to have these images as reminders of more active days myself! David, hi! And thanks for your suggestions. I have a comparatively light weight tripod that would behave as you suggest. I'm not sure walking companions would ha...
Posted by jvs on 01/10/2017 - 17:37
balancing rock
Another from Chillagoe, angles were difficult so were the kids I`m truly amazed that no one has pushed this over, it stands about 30 feet or so and I have seen photos of it with a man standing against it from the late 1800s Would have liked to go back in better light.
Posted by 08tiger on 01/10/2017 - 01:47
Red Kites and Dams
Had a nice trip down to the Elan Valley last week, for a look around the various reservoirs and then back to see the Red Kite feeding. I didn't realise the latter was as organised as it turned out to be - when my mates said it was at 3pm, I figured that these things just naturally happened to turn u...
Posted by droopsnoot on 02/10/2017 - 11:45
Red Kites and Dams
Oh, they were all accidental - I'd long since given up trying to track any of them and was just hoping for something. I've got another similar one, with a nice grouping of three or four birds, one very sharp and the others much more out of focus than in the one above. Trouble is, it's not the front ...
Posted by droopsnoot on 02/10/2017 - 19:25
Red Kites and Dams
Went to the feeding site a few years back. The birds know when the food is coming - however they do all suddenly appear en-masse - spectacular! I too like no1 best
Posted by alfpics on 04/10/2017 - 08:47
Dung Beetle
Impressive, what do you use for focus stacking?
Posted by RobL on 16/10/2017 - 16:34
Dung Beetle
This is done with Combine ZP, available as a free download. I find it easy to use, giving good results. The first shot is taken once all camera settings have been made, I use manual for both focus &exposure. Thereafter, focus is adjusted to advance the focal point further down the subject, awa...
Posted by coker on 16/10/2017 - 20:03
Dung Beetle
Combine ZP is excellent, especially as it is free. It has but one quirk and that is, it sometimes leaves a (very narrow) border of incomplete processing around the edges, so be sure to allow a tiny bit of leeway around the part of the image that matters. Then you can simply crop it off the final res...
Posted by davidwozhere on 17/10/2017 - 00:37
Dung Beetle
MMMmmm never tried focus stacking. might see if i can rig something up to use as a rail, as i handhold most of my macro efforts. Super work Coker.
Posted by derek897 on 17/10/2017 - 12:05
Dung Beetle
With stacking I have found the easiest way is to put the camera into it's highest fps and take multiple shots. You will find that if you do this handheld you will naturally get different parts of the subject in focus then just choose which shots to stack. Especially useful for live subjects. :D G...
Posted by Mike-P on 19/10/2017 - 11:01
A walk in the park today
:)Ha! Well, give it some time and you'll be back up to speed ! Seeing them from behind only entices the curiosity ....
Posted by McGregNi on 24/10/2017 - 15:45
