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Comment by Don posted on Pentax users hate photoshop at 15/01/2010 - 15:07
Photoshop is good for fixing bad images.
I like to think that users of other brands get a leg up on photoshop out of necessity.
But when you start with excellent images, the need to photoshop isn't there and photoshop then becomes a tool for taking excellent photos and making more to allow further creative expressions than physics, or camera or opportunity would otherwise allow.
So don'r kidd yourself, we pentaxians can photoshop as well as the best of the rest, we don't feel like we need to as often!
I like to think that users of other brands get a leg up on photoshop out of necessity.
But when you start with excellent images, the need to photoshop isn't there and photoshop then becomes a tool for taking excellent photos and making more to allow further creative expressions than physics, or camera or opportunity would otherwise allow.
So don'r kidd yourself, we pentaxians can photoshop as well as the best of the rest, we don't feel like we need to as often!
Comment by Don posted on Pentax users hate photoshop at 15/01/2010 - 14:18
Yep Matt's book is worth the money!
I finally got my flashes off "M" mode!
I finally got my flashes off "M" mode!
Comment by Don posted on Pentax 540 - and the mysterious rattling screw! at 14/01/2010 - 16:10
Sorry John, but we Canadians really only watch out for cold weather alerts....
it was meant in good fun!
it was meant in good fun!
Comment by Don posted on Terrorist threat assessment by country. at 14/01/2010 - 15:09
The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved." Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross." The English have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies all but ran out. Terrorists have been re- categorised from "Tiresome" to a "Bloody Nuisance." The last time the British issued a "Bloody Nuisance" warning level was during the great fire of 1666.
The Scots raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's get the Bastards" They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the frontline in the British army for the last 300 years.
The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender." The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively paralysing the country's military capability.
It's not only the French who are on a heightened level of alert. Italy has increased the alert level from "Shout loudly and excitedly" to "Elaborate Military Posturing." Two more levels remain: "Ineffective Combat Operations" and "Change Sides."
The Germans also increased their alert state from "Disdainful Arrogance" to "Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs." They also have two higher levels: "Invade a Neighbour" and "Lose".
Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual, and the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels .
The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.
US Americans meanwhile are carrying out pre-emptive strikes on all of their allies, just in case.
New Zealand has also raised its security levels - from "baaa" to "BAAAA!". Due to continuing defence cutbacks (the air force being a squadron of spotty teenagers flying paper aeroplanes and the navy some toy boats in the Prime Minister's bath), New Zealand only has one more level of escalation, which is "S---t, I hope Australia will come and rescue us".
Australia , meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to "She'll be alright, mate". Three more escalation levels remain, "Crikey!," "I think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend," and "The barbie is cancelled." So far no situation has ever warranted use of the final escalation level.
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The Scots raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's get the Bastards" They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the frontline in the British army for the last 300 years.
The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender." The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively paralysing the country's military capability.
It's not only the French who are on a heightened level of alert. Italy has increased the alert level from "Shout loudly and excitedly" to "Elaborate Military Posturing." Two more levels remain: "Ineffective Combat Operations" and "Change Sides."
The Germans also increased their alert state from "Disdainful Arrogance" to "Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs." They also have two higher levels: "Invade a Neighbour" and "Lose".
Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual, and the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels .
The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.
US Americans meanwhile are carrying out pre-emptive strikes on all of their allies, just in case.
New Zealand has also raised its security levels - from "baaa" to "BAAAA!". Due to continuing defence cutbacks (the air force being a squadron of spotty teenagers flying paper aeroplanes and the navy some toy boats in the Prime Minister's bath), New Zealand only has one more level of escalation, which is "S---t, I hope Australia will come and rescue us".
Australia , meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to "She'll be alright, mate". Three more escalation levels remain, "Crikey!," "I think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend," and "The barbie is cancelled." So far no situation has ever warranted use of the final escalation level.
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Comment by Don posted on Terrorist threat assessment by country. at 14/01/2010 - 14:36
The samples of Gartmores work that I have seen are impressive, to be sure... but don't let his advice stop you from experimenting!
the few cokins I have left get used with video for fun...
customers ask, I deliver... but there is little demand for such effects.
I find that the temptation to add effects kicks in when the content is well, lacking... usually... if the content is good, effects are not needed...
the few cokins I have left get used with video for fun...
customers ask, I deliver... but there is little demand for such effects.
I find that the temptation to add effects kicks in when the content is well, lacking... usually... if the content is good, effects are not needed...
Comment by Don posted on Using masks for Wedding special effects at 10/01/2010 - 22:12
Yollie wrote:
I would love to be a photographer. Beats being a Legal Secretary and doing collections. It's not fun fighting with people all day long. Sort of gets you down sometimes. That's why i love doing photography in my free time. Its very relaxing....
Never shot a wedding for a "Bridezilla" have you?I would love to be a photographer. Beats being a Legal Secretary and doing collections. It's not fun fighting with people all day long. Sort of gets you down sometimes. That's why i love doing photography in my free time. Its very relaxing....
I know what you are saying Tony,
but very often the conversation on post processing is on the topic of photographic purity vs digital manipulation, and the moral/artistic effects and personal opinions on these.
I am quite convinced that digital photography must be post processed to some extent, much like film ALWAYS needed darkroom manipulation unless the photographer was an amateur, and would let a lab develop all their photos.
Therefore the conversation is not 'who likes images to be pure and simple vs. who likes pictures to be a product of photoshop magic" - but rather, Because we all need pp in our digital imaging, 'who is a keen amateur and will learn just for fun, vs. who is a professional and needs to provide standards of photographs that are only achievable through post production manipulation' (of any kind, being filters or cropping or retouching).
I remember one customer, who complained the camera he bought was defective and had tried twice to exchange it/repair it and was upset at being told is was fine...
I was new there and it didn't take long to figure out the staff (all one family) had no clue what they were doing...
once he had somebody at the lab machine that new how to fix his screw-ups, he decided the camera had "Somehow started working properly"...
go figure...