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Comment by Lilly posted on Tritone Architecture at 17/03/2008 - 18:19
welcome to the 'real' world
Lilly
Lilly
Comment by Lilly posted on I'm in shock... at 16/03/2008 - 19:19
Well done, a nice gallery of images, the birds are very good.
Workings of gallery are good too, only thing I dislike is the green backround, find it a bit over powering on your work, but that is a personal thing, just my preference.
Lilly
Workings of gallery are good too, only thing I dislike is the green backround, find it a bit over powering on your work, but that is a personal thing, just my preference.
Lilly
Comment by Lilly posted on New photo-gallery at 11/03/2008 - 19:12
Thank you Tony for my Second and fast fair judging.
Well done to Rob, it was my most favorite of them all, but then I am a mono mad maid!
Come on Rob pull something challenging out the bag
Lilly
Well done to Rob, it was my most favorite of them all, but then I am a mono mad maid!
Come on Rob pull something challenging out the bag
Lilly
Comment by Lilly posted on Weekly Competition #36 - "Spring" at 17/03/2008 - 16:03
Comment by Lilly posted on Weekly Competition #36 - "Spring" at 16/03/2008 - 19:47
Yes, you can't go far wrong with Elements, especially the latest version, it is a great program to get you started, has 95% of what you need.
I use CS3 & could not live without Bridge but it is a lot more expensive!
As to Lightroom, I have tried it and TBH the way it works ain't the way I think at all, it is a great package if you do a lot of bulk processing and does great slideshows but you will not have the editing power of Elements, perhaps I missed something!
Lilly
I use CS3 & could not live without Bridge but it is a lot more expensive!
As to Lightroom, I have tried it and TBH the way it works ain't the way I think at all, it is a great package if you do a lot of bulk processing and does great slideshows but you will not have the editing power of Elements, perhaps I missed something!
Lilly
Comment by Lilly posted on Elements v Lightroom at 09/03/2008 - 11:21
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I often find its very nice for skies where the colours blend too much for my liking, but I know that there are awesome clouds in there, ready to be unvieled; its great for semi-abstract things
Another useful technique is to slide down the strength bar, to reduce the amount that it is as HDR.
Alot of the HDR work you will see will be done in photomatix, with the lightsmoothing set to a low bar; I keep it on the top two to the right, and vary the luminosity. It is best to have a complete playround to know what each bar does
Oh and I like the photo, the effect worked well bringing out the sky and textures nicely
Found some quotes on flickr though,
"I create 2 HDRs and tone map each with the same settings, then combine the 2 jpgs in Photoshop Elements using a "darken" blend, which essentially hides it." (talking about watermark)
"I found that I could increase the canvas size of the image (2x), making my picture at the upper left hand corner. The water mark would be usually placed in the the region where the picture doesn't reside. Then just crop back your picture.... "
Or you could purchase the full version, or google stuff.
Thanks for those tips, much appreciated - it was my first attempt so something new to get to grips with in a subtle way...I often find its very nice for skies where the colours blend too much for my liking, but I know that there are awesome clouds in there, ready to be unvieled; its great for semi-abstract things
Another useful technique is to slide down the strength bar, to reduce the amount that it is as HDR.
Alot of the HDR work you will see will be done in photomatix, with the lightsmoothing set to a low bar; I keep it on the top two to the right, and vary the luminosity. It is best to have a complete playround to know what each bar does
Oh and I like the photo, the effect worked well bringing out the sky and textures nicely
Found some quotes on flickr though,
"I create 2 HDRs and tone map each with the same settings, then combine the 2 jpgs in Photoshop Elements using a "darken" blend, which essentially hides it." (talking about watermark)
"I found that I could increase the canvas size of the image (2x), making my picture at the upper left hand corner. The water mark would be usually placed in the the region where the picture doesn't reside. Then just crop back your picture.... "
Or you could purchase the full version, or google stuff.
Comment by Lilly posted on HDR with Photomatix at 08/03/2008 - 19:54
I didn't want to hijack Rob's Desert...
Thanks to Rob's great pic with HDR I have just downloaded the trial version and I must say for my first attempt I am pretty well impressed.
I just opened a .dng file in raw and made 3 copies -2 +0 -2 EV's:
then loaded them up in Photmatix, tonemapped the three images, then went into CS3 and converted to mono, enhanced levels, burn, dodge etc...
and this was the result, not bad for a quick attempt, think I might have oversharpened a bit tho'
I can see it can very useful for part of a work flow for certain types of images and will get the full copy, not keen on the watermarks the trial version stamps on it.
ps) yes, it is that phobic town again
Thanks to Rob's great pic with HDR I have just downloaded the trial version and I must say for my first attempt I am pretty well impressed.
I just opened a .dng file in raw and made 3 copies -2 +0 -2 EV's:
then loaded them up in Photmatix, tonemapped the three images, then went into CS3 and converted to mono, enhanced levels, burn, dodge etc...
and this was the result, not bad for a quick attempt, think I might have oversharpened a bit tho'
I can see it can very useful for part of a work flow for certain types of images and will get the full copy, not keen on the watermarks the trial version stamps on it.
ps) yes, it is that phobic town again
Comment by Lilly posted on HDR with Photomatix at 08/03/2008 - 16:08
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Your'e 'avin larf.... not in a million!promhandicam wrote:
Steve
Oh yeah, and don't forget to post a pic Lilly Quote:
snip . . Maybe I have stickier nose grease than you!
Lilly - if the problem is smearing on the LCD, how about approaching it from a slightly different angle with one of these . They come in a range of sizes and there are even instructions on how to obtain the correct size! snip . . Maybe I have stickier nose grease than you!
Steve
Comment by Lilly posted on digital cover LCD screen protector at 13/03/2008 - 09:37
