You own the IP (copyright) in photos that you have taken. You might be interested in this page about enforcing copyright.

Andrew

Forgive my ignorance, but can someone please explain what the term "strong black and white" means - and how such images are produced?

Andrew

The original author retains copyright unless he specifically gives it away or sells it to a third party. It is only the IP (copyright) owner who can (legally) exploit it for commercial gain.

Have a look at the Government IP web site: http://www.ipo.gov.uk/c-ownership-faq-who.htm

and lots of other pages on the same site.

Andrew

I've had another play with the first image - creating five images, each one stop apart from the original RAW and then using Exposure Merge in PSE8 to create a pseudo-HDR version.

It looks quite promising to me ........ the best so far, I think




Andrew

I have one T-mount lens. It definitely clicks into place.

Andrew

I've tweaked the colour balance a bit ........




I'm really not sure which version I prefer. Maybe next time ...

Andrew

I did get back in the afternoon on Tuesday this week, in the sunshine - with lots of gear, tripod, ND filters, various lenses - but I'm not so happy with the result. I took loads of photos - this is the nearest to a duplicate of the photo I posted above.




OK, so I took it at f22, 1 second to get the whispy, silky water - but there's not really enough water, maybe I should wait for a thaw. Also, we had lots more snow and some of the more interesting icicles (bottom right) are now covered.

I'm not really convinced that it's an improvement. Maybe a bit more photoshopping of the earlier image .........

Andrew

We seem to be having an extended cold snap - so I've had quite a few chances to fire up the K30 out and about in the snow. The first two, I took about 10 days ago.

Below Besom Hill .....



Still below Beson Hill .....



This is the "waterfall" in Pingot Quarry, Oldham. It was a cold day, the light was very flat, I didn't take a tripod and only had the kit lens with me. It's sort of OK, but maybe a bit busy. I did think a bit of late afternoon sun might help - but before I had a chance to get back there again in better light, we had a substantial snow fall and it covered up some of the more interesting icicles.





Andrew

I'm really looking forward to your thoughts on this. Do i need to save up for a DA*50-135mm??

Andrew

In the gallery, you say your new lens is a 35-80mm.

Hopefully, it is the SMC F 35-70mm f/3.5-4.5 NOT the 35-80mm which is reputedly not that great a lens.


Andrew