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John,

I thought you might think it was a little dark. I almost lightened it more Although I have to say the colours on the day were more like mine as the weather was absolutely terrible - heavy rain and very misty and cloudy

Well for Chatsworth it would be action shots I guess. There are plenty of opportunity to get shots of birds of prey, Whippet racing, Pony Club, Fair Ground rides, aerial displays etc, all we would need is one or two Pentax Pros or Masters on hand to give the benefit of their knowledge and skill

But other ideas could be macro, landscapes, moving water, water droplets, bubbles, portraits, etc. There are a lot of very skilled photographers in the forum

Steve,

Early September is when the Chatworth Country Fair is on - 4th - 6th September. This would give some excellant photo opportunities in a wide range of subjects Also if anyone further afield fancied a trip up to Derbyshire they do 2 or 3 day passes and you can camp there.

So is anyone intetested in meeting up at Chatsworth Country Fair Derbyshire. I have linked the website for anyone whose interested

I have discussed organising local meets with a specialist theme, so if people wanted to come along who were particularly interested in certain subjects say flying birds, action shots, landscapes etc, maybe we organise groups so that they could practise their choosen subject areas together and learn from each other? Just a thought

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John,

I have had a go at the levels on the Giraffe shot. I also did the curves a little and then noise and finally unmask sharpen! Is this noticable better to you? Its also a bigger size.

Levels and curves adjusted



Actually, when I compare it to a larger version of the orginal one I posted I think I can see what you means

Curves only - original post

Thanks all for you comments.

John,

would that be the levels in all 3 or just 2 and 3? I have played around with the curves before but not on these. Corel does have a levels option.

Thanks

I have been waiting patiently to see Greynolds999 recent Kenya Safari pictures and so have decided to post these by way of a reminder to him to let us see a couple more

Thanks Darkmunk. The pictures are truely stunning though, I wish I had as good an eye as Martin

Apologises to both Dan and Tom! Despite writting all your names down, I still managed to get it wrong Theshots were Tom's. You will have to excuse me my memory just keeps on getting worse I swear I have early onset Dementia

I like the shoot but am intrigued as to were you are in the world? You posted the image at 00:18 saying you took it in the morning sun? Do I take it it wasn't a recent shoot?

Maybe we could gang up on them or start a trend