swarf

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swarf
Great use of natural light - very effective.

Phil

Comment by swarf posted on Big old rusty spanners at 04/04/2016 - 12:14

swarf
I agree with Kris, except that #2 is my favourite.

Phil

Comment by swarf posted on A trip home at 01/04/2016 - 18:19

swarf
Lovely cloudscapes

Phil

Comment by swarf posted on Ogmore at 01/04/2016 - 10:32

swarf
What a lovely set - are you sure that you only paid them peanuts!!

Phil

Comment by swarf posted on Red Squirrels - Macro! at 19/03/2016 - 19:30

swarf
Try "Reconnect - All missing Files", it's under the 'File' menu, and point to the new location.

Phil

Comment by swarf posted on copying images to and external hard drive and then to new lap top. at 18/03/2016 - 13:29

swarf
percy wrote:
davidwozhere wrote:
WOW !!
Another WOW !!
and another!

But I have one question re. your little helper - did he/she get a decent shot?

Phil

Comment by swarf posted on Fun with Red Squirrels at 18/03/2016 - 10:34

swarf
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A shot from a shoot last weekend near Rye. These are some of the decaying groynes at the Petts Level beach in East Sussex, taken looking almost in to the sun with a 10 stop ND filter. I wanted to get the effect of a silhouette combined with a long(ish) exposure. I think that something like a 14-16 stop filter would have been better, and I think that the sky needs some more work to get more strength into the clouds. A 6 sec exposure at f22 on a HD DA 55-300 at 55mm and K-5iis. Processed using PS Elements & convered to B&W using Silver Exfex Pro.

Is it worth working on?

Phil

Comment by swarf posted on Does this work for you? at 13/03/2016 - 22:39

swarf
The 18-135 is much better than you'd believe from reading the reviews - it's a very useful walk-about lens in all weathers. I also have the DA* 16-50 - the image quality is better than the 18-135, but it's a lot heavier and a lot more expensive. The extra reach of the 18-135 means that it spends more time on my camera than the 16-50.

Phil

Comment by swarf posted on Standard zoom, which one? at 29/02/2016 - 16:45

swarf
Great set!

Phil

Comment by swarf posted on Warm images for frozen friends at 11/02/2016 - 11:05

swarf
Smeggypants wrote:
Another thumbs up for Nik Silver Efex Pro from me. I use it with Lightroom for B&Ws.
+ 1 (I find the other modules very useful as well, especially Viveza 2, Colour Efex and Define)

Phil

Comment by swarf posted on Recommend me LR black & white preset for wedding portraits please at 10/02/2016 - 17:56

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