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You'd never know it had been there... result!
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Getting rid of flare at 27/11/2013 - 13:16
It annoys me to see wedding guests in kilts period, to be honest! At least, it annoys me when they are ostensibly English.... 'Ooh yes' [in plummy home counties accent] 'My great grandmother's great Aunt was from Peebles - I've always felt a strong kinship with the Scotch people'....
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Monthly Competition #17 - TREE Competition at 27/11/2013 - 13:11
doubled wrote:
However, looking at it side-by-side with the Sony RX100/II and the Panasonic GM1, the MX-1 does seem quite bulky and heavy especially given the much bigger sensor sizes on the other two cameras. Having said that, the MX-1 does seem like the most well-built out of the three and it is significantly cheaper. Choices eh!?
I have the RX100 and while I like the image quality, I wish it had the 'character' and form factor of the MX1 (and the flippy screen!) The RX100 is a pocket rocket but the MX1 feels a much more engaging camera to play around with (and is cheaper)...However, looking at it side-by-side with the Sony RX100/II and the Panasonic GM1, the MX-1 does seem quite bulky and heavy especially given the much bigger sensor sizes on the other two cameras. Having said that, the MX-1 does seem like the most well-built out of the three and it is significantly cheaper. Choices eh!?
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on MX-1 or original Q??? at 26/11/2013 - 23:13
McGregNi wrote:
Photoshop Elements is a very competent 'Lite' version of Photoshop, and includes these tools - its also a lot less to learn with less options, but everything photographers need.
True but it's not offered free of charge! Plus Photoshop isn't really any harder to learn; you don't have to use the extra features and everything else is pretty much the same....Photoshop Elements is a very competent 'Lite' version of Photoshop, and includes these tools - its also a lot less to learn with less options, but everything photographers need.
Yes, I did the screen grabs as AndrewK said
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Getting rid of flare at 26/11/2013 - 22:55
These sound more like publicity shots to me - a band shoot rather than a gig shoot.
Off camera flash means what it says - you position your flashes off camera from where you want the band to be lit, triggering them with [probably] a radio trigger on the camera hotshoe.
Since you decide where to put the flashes, this has the potential to create atmosphere, not 'kill it'.
http://strobist.blogspot.co.uk/2006/03/lighting-101.html
If you're contemplating going down that route, a band shoot might be a bit intensive for a first go though. At least have a natural light back-up plan, e.g. shoot in and around abandoned buildings making use of window and door light.
Off camera flash means what it says - you position your flashes off camera from where you want the band to be lit, triggering them with [probably] a radio trigger on the camera hotshoe.
Since you decide where to put the flashes, this has the potential to create atmosphere, not 'kill it'.
http://strobist.blogspot.co.uk/2006/03/lighting-101.html
If you're contemplating going down that route, a band shoot might be a bit intensive for a first go though. At least have a natural light back-up plan, e.g. shoot in and around abandoned buildings making use of window and door light.
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Band Photography- HELP!? at 26/11/2013 - 20:20
Funny how as Pentax users we trumpet the excellent DXO mark numbers we got from the K5 series cameras, but as soon as the numbers don't go our way, we attack the whole concept of the DXO score.
That said I have always felt that DXO ratings are overplayed in terms of importance. I'm sure we didn't bang on about them so much in the pre-K5 days.
That said I have always felt that DXO ratings are overplayed in terms of importance. I'm sure we didn't bang on about them so much in the pre-K5 days.
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on DXO K3 Scores are out at 26/11/2013 - 16:33
robbiec wrote:
A Pentax user is of a slightly different nature, by in large we are more discrete creatures, we prefer ergonomics over button count, primes over zooms. We look for character in our lenses and will pay a premium for extra tactile feel. We get extra satisfaction from turning up at an event and creating images without flash that the subject actually likes, we are nerds but of a higher class. We can be quite disdainful of the other brands but sometimes will feel a teeny bit envious due to the extra advertising and word count in magazines that they get.
Well I simply chose Pentax because their bodies were slightly cheaper and I had a couple of old Pentax lenses I could use, and felt comfortable with a system I knew. Nothing really to congratulate myself about there, in fact you could say I am a Pentax user down to ignorance and because I am a cheapskate! If I had known that I could get an 85/1.8 with an AF motor from Nikon for half the price of the nearest equivalent thing from Pentax, I may have made a different decision, but like I say, I was lazy and ignorant! I didn't know what I would end up shooting and thought that the kit lens, coupled with legacy glass, would be sufficient for me.A Pentax user is of a slightly different nature, by in large we are more discrete creatures, we prefer ergonomics over button count, primes over zooms. We look for character in our lenses and will pay a premium for extra tactile feel. We get extra satisfaction from turning up at an event and creating images without flash that the subject actually likes, we are nerds but of a higher class. We can be quite disdainful of the other brands but sometimes will feel a teeny bit envious due to the extra advertising and word count in magazines that they get.
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on DXO K3 Scores are out at 26/11/2013 - 16:30
Here's a very quick way. Select the healing brush (see the icon below the crop tool below):
Just swipe or click the brush tool on the part of the image you want to touch up. If the first attempt doesn't look right, undo it and try again.
The brush size has to be appropriate for the size of the area you are touching up; you can change the brush size (and make the brush softer) here:
Just swipe or click the brush tool on the part of the image you want to touch up. If the first attempt doesn't look right, undo it and try again.
The brush size has to be appropriate for the size of the area you are touching up; you can change the brush size (and make the brush softer) here:
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Getting rid of flare at 26/11/2013 - 12:18
Sorry I don't think it's possible in Pentax digital camera utility. Photoshop clone or heal tools are what I'd use. Photoshop CS2 is a free download and will do the job
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Getting rid of flare at 24/11/2013 - 18:58
Love MrB's reworking.
Comment by Pentaxophile posted on Sunlit ponies in the New Forest at 23/11/2013 - 11:30
