Thanks Mike,

That was going to be my next step, in case if reply also wasn't possible for a new member. But seems that newbies cannot originate PMs but can reply to one if sent to them .

Seems that the GX20s are going like gold dust at that price. Had 4 and all of them gone yesterday and I should be getting some more tomorrow, just waiting for confirmation

May be £400 is way too cheap ,
What's the going price for one with the 18-55mm kit lens?

Also I was really a fool letting all those Samsung grips go so cheap. Now they are all gone. I should have just grabbed them when I had a chance, they were ridiculously cheap, and all 20 of them disappeared within a day

Just sent you a PM. Not sure if you can reply to that or not. If not then you can drop me another comment here.

Thanks father Ted.

I am looking to improve my post processing skills also and been leaning more towards it lately.
And whenever I get a chance its nice to try to apply and improve these skills.

I read what Don mentioned and since I tweaked these images I have been playing around further .

Do you want to pass me the original files? I might try to improve a little bit more. You could have these two shots of your little ones pretty nicely actually. The shadows can be improved dramatically and probably even the clipped highlights a little bit more.

I will PM my email if you want to drop me the files I will have a go at them if you want. Its for my own benefit also as I am looking to improve my skills on PP

Yes, I can ship it to Sweden, it will be the price of the body and lens (£400) plus postage at cost to Sweden.

You will have to let me know as soon as possible as there is someone also interested and I will let the first person confirming full interest and payment have it.

thanks

Amin

With my limited ability this is the best I could come up.
I think there is a way of selectively working on highlights or shadow areas, but I don't know how to do it in photoshop.

All i did was use the Shadow/Highlight tool and then ran the noise reduction software on them. Just managed to bring a few aread that were darkened such as the cap and a bit of the face that was too darkened with the shadow.

I am sure some members with more ability will be able to improve much more.

father Ted, do you mind if I have a go at trying to just tweak a little the images? The expressions are fantastic in your son's face, these is a really nice set of images

Yes, can sell body only if preferred for £380 plus postage at cost

Samsung GX20 with 18-55mm kit lens is now gone, SOLD

But if anyone is interested in another GX20, I can get more at the same price. Same lens combination, same price quoted above.

Thanks

Amin

For Sale:

Brand new Samsung GX20 DSLR with 18-55mm kit lens.
Boxed with paperwork, caps and hood.
Price: £400 plus postage at cost.

I can also offer the same kit but instead of the 18-55 you will get a brand new Samsung 12-24mm UW lens.
Price: £800 plus postage at cost.

Payment via bank transfer, cheque (5 working days clearance) or Paypal gift with buyer paying fees.

Will take some images tomorrow and upload for viewing

Thanks everyone for your kind comments . I have been enjoying this series and trying to alter things just to make it more entertaining.

But I must admit, they are a pain to shoot. I find it far far more difficult than the smoke bubbles and even compared to the wine glass splashes.

Each different colour liquid requires tweaking of the setup, finding different angles and changing flash outputs, ISO, shutter speeds etc.
But I must say, when I get some results its really gratifying. And addictive too .

I wanted to get the black background to enhance the drops this time and this is what I tried to achieve on these ones.

Dave, one tip for you if you want to have a go at this is try different size containers, I mean shallow or deeper, the amount of the liquid in the container will give different effects, crown shaped, rising column liquids etc. Try even in just a few milimiters of liquid and you will see different shapes formed. Height from which you drop the liquids will make a difference.
When I started doing these drops in the beginning I filled a plastic bag with water and tied it above the water bowl and then pierced it with a needle so that water would drip from there. Then I progressed finding more resourceful ways to let the drips fall.

Paul, different colour liquids are neither harder nor easier than plain water, just different. Once you tweak the settings and angles then its fine. You can achieve different colours with water also by bouncing the flash from a card. But that's just one way of doing it. Best advice is to experiment in every possible way, changing flash positions, backgrounds etc. In each of these sessions I spent at least 5 hours if not more to just get 4 or 5 decent shots that I am happy with and worthy of upload. I must say though that most of that time I didn't exactly spend shooting but tweaking, trying different ways and not forgetting keeping on cleaning the stuff to restart all over again.