I prefer 4, which I find pleasingly dizzying or disconcerting, or both. And the fog diffused light is lovely.

Thanks for the comments.

Not much to do with the shooting - a fairly gloomy day and the background was a garden shed. This explains how to get that look link=http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1094][http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2008/archives/1094[/link] It doesn't always seem to work, but when it does the results are always interesting. Here's another example that I was pleased with:

Make that a guinea pig

I've been producing some alternative versions of my photos in Lightroom and I'm getting a bit addicted, so before I become a complete junkie I'd like to know what you think of these portraits of my nephew - K20D, 16-45 and a lot of mucking around with sliders. Too much?:

It's a wall gecko - lacerta muralis. There's loads of them living in the stone walls of the house so it gives me a good reason not to repoint.

Things are finally emerging from a long cold winter so I spent a very pleasant day in the garden last week seeking them out. K20D + Pentax 55-300 the first, the rest Tamron SP90 f2.5 macro

Anyone there?




Legging It




Fly On The Log Pile




Safe To Come Out?

I travelled through Namaqualand a fortnight after the floral display had come to an end and everything had returned to brown, so nice to see what it would have looked like. Number 4 is mesmerising.

Thanks for all the comments - very useful. Unfortunately in #1 I can't get an angle which cuts out the brush in the foreground obscuring the road - well not without abseiling. I might have to be up there a few minutes earlier though to cut out some shadow - although the shadow isn't particularly shadowy on my monitor - so I'll have to see how it looks on a different monitor.

From the commments shot #four is worth a revisit, and I can drive there. Thanks for the work you did Matt - how did you do it and how did you get it sharper than the original?

Went for a play last night with the 16-45. Walking up the hill for the first shot nearly killed me, so I hope it's worth it.

I find Scott Kelby's guide book on Lightroom very informative.