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Heeeeeellllllllllllllllllp
First, what does the term macro mean to you? Macrophotography generally requires at least 1:1 magnification or greater. A life size or bigger image in other words. To achieve this with only a standard lens is not possible. You may be able to get very close but you will not achieve true macro....
Posted by Mannesty on 03/03/2010 - 15:37
Blue tinge?
I took this on Tuesday morning at approx 10:30 in good light. On my monitor and to my eyes there is a blue cast to it. Does anybody have any idea what mmay have caused it? Taken with a 18-55 Mk1. Is it the lens, is it the light or as is probably the case is it me?:oops::oops: I've tried to get rid o...
Posted by Steveninwyoming on 04/03/2010 - 19:56
On the Embankment
Thanks, all. Mike, I guess that post could be cloned out. In regards to the lens, I fitted it with a 49mm UV filter and a Pentax 49mm screw-in metal lenshood bought off Ebay. This lenshood does a far better job than the one supplied with the lens, even though it was meant for a 50mm lens. I know...
Posted by paulyrichard on 06/03/2010 - 22:18
Boys' Village Part 2: General Views and Interiors
Thanks everyone. Much appreciated: just goes to show that PP can be a bit too subtle as regards contrast and sharpening. Gareth recommended using the High Pass filter and a couple of layers blended using soft or hard light and I've had a go with a some of the other un-posted images. Makes quite ...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 07/03/2010 - 10:14
First outing with kx
#4 for me - nice shot! I think it just needs a touch more contrast - the tarmac and grass are a little washed out) and unsharp mask filter just before you upload, just to correct the softening that happens when you resize the image. (Say 300% at 0.2 pixels radius or whatever looks best).
Posted by Pentaxophile on 07/03/2010 - 11:26
But does it look sharp?
Thanks everyone, This is great news. I used a High Pass filter with a radius of 5.4 then blended it with the base layer using "Soft Light" at 100% opacity. BUT I imagine it would be necessary to alter either the radius, the blend mode e.g. Hard Light and/or the opacity according to the image. ...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 07/03/2010 - 19:34
Reprocessed animal photos
After playing with the free trial I recently splurged for Color Efex Pro (say goodbye to my fisheye fund). Been havnig lots of fun reprocessing some old images. At the moment I'm loving the 'tonal contrast' filter, which seems to be quite similar to Prieni's 'local equalisation' filter from Corel Ph...
Posted by thoughton on 11/03/2010 - 14:49
Reprocessed animal photos
Those are great shots (I agree with Lennardinio about the Kangaroo! :)). They have quite a unique quality to them - look really sharp as well. The tonal contrast filter seems to be pretty cool. Would be good to see the originals too. Regards Mat W
Posted by matwhittington on 11/03/2010 - 21:22
Reprocessed animal photos
Okay, this is the original with no sharpening after import: Add sharpening: Add Tonal Contrast filter: The effect is much more pronounced on the elephant and the rhino, I think because they have splotchy skin. On the hairy animals it's more subtle.
Posted by thoughton on 11/03/2010 - 21:34
Reprocessed animal photos
Forgot to mention that the above tonal contrast filter shot is at the default (50%) settings. This is the tonal contrast filter at maximum strength: I think this shows the effect quite well, look how lumpy his ear looks compared to the original photo.
Posted by thoughton on 11/03/2010 - 21:44
A Short Lesson in Composition
Oh, you explained it fine Andrew :) I just didn't know what to say apart from simply agreeing with you, so I critiqued the photo I wasn't so keen on (there was nothing to improve in the other one!) :) About the BW daffs, I don't quite understand why they went grey. When I convert your first image...
Posted by thoughton on 11/03/2010 - 22:02
A Short Lesson in Composition
Oh I see. I wouldn't have a clue how to use the channel mixer :) I just click the monochrome button in Aperture, and choose what colour filter from a drop down menu! But now I look at it I see it's called 'monochrome mixer' :oops:
Posted by thoughton on 12/03/2010 - 00:37
A Short Lesson in Composition
Oh, you explained it fine Andrew :) I just didn't know what to say apart from simply agreeing with you, so I critiqued the photo I wasn't so keen on (there was nothing to improve in the other one!) :) About the BW daffs, I don't quite understand why they went grey. When I convert your first image...
Posted by robbie_d on 12/03/2010 - 13:52
What a differance help makes
Thanks i-Berg & Anvh for the comments, it was a trial and I will go away and investigate further. I used a Hard light filter, so will try with a soft light filter to see the difference. Stefan what did you do? Regards
Posted by CoDa on 14/03/2010 - 00:35
What a differance help makes
Ah okay Paul, I thought I worded my comment a bit wrong the first time but indeed all the credits go to Matt (Mathew) although the dark layer was mine idea :wink: Colin what method did you use? You had it about soft/hard light so are you using a high pass filter?
Posted by Anvh on 14/03/2010 - 16:51
stream/waterfall shot
To experiment with the flowing water effect the use of a Neutral Density Filter is desirable. A Polariser helps to reduce reflections and also reduces exposure. You can us 2 Polarisers and if you rotate them in different directions, you can eliminate all light by varying degrees. On your photo...
Posted by grahamwalton on 17/03/2010 - 17:25
Winterseries from the Gemmipass, Switzerland
Thank you all for the comments. Graham: I did not use any filter on these photos. I liked the use of the pol filter especially back when I used films, but now, I find the effect of the pol filter too hard. As to get the exposure right, I always quickly checked the histogram after taking a shot an...
Posted by tcom on 20/03/2010 - 10:57
Farm animals
Thanks folks! :D I must admit that was a little surprising - I expected the goat to be the most popular and the sheep to be least! I liked the goat :) The goat shot is at f2.8, i.e. small DOF which is why his mouth and nose are out of focus. In fact all the shots were wide open, the two horse sho...
Posted by thoughton on 21/03/2010 - 23:32
Help needed
Hi Emma, I use photoshop, so am not sure if the tools are replicated in your version of elements, but you may be able to achieve the effect in a different manner. I used the hue/saturation sliders to give a natural looking colour & to desaturate the colours a little. I then copied the layer & ...
Posted by RR on 26/03/2010 - 11:54
West Somerset Railway III: A cavalcade of BR Standards
Hi Gareth, I did mine in photoshop CS3 and below is the steps I used. My dirty sratchy layer was a picture of an old cast concrete wall with marks, scratches and imperfections that I liked the look of. In photoshop it goes some thing like this 1) Image>Adjust>Black and White and move th...
Posted by pnjmcc on 31/03/2010 - 23:46
