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Hopefully you won't my suggestion rude but I reckon a different crop makes a big difference in drawing the viewers eye to the subject matter.
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Not at all Seavers, always happy to get feedback.
Yes i know what you mean, and a crop can pull the eye in to what you want people to concentrate on.
The camera produces square images, and a little game i play with myself is to try and compose them in such a way that i don't need to do any post production or cropping after they are developed and scanned.
I expect i could have framed it closer but i do like the weight that the left hand side shadow gives.
Another consideration is that they are for a project and if i do crop it's never away from a square.
Had you noticed that in the cropped photo you posted the colours and white glow of the tiles has also changed?
The bathroom and this one were taken with a camera that has no light meter and i had left my hand held at work.
I had to estimate exposure using the sunny 16 rule, the one below could have done with a bit more but not bad as it was a very contrasty scene.
It's an interesting exercise, turn the LCD off if using a digital camera, don't look at the light meter, estimate the exposures then look at them later.
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Is that the in camera panorama function? Hasn't done a bad job keeping the exposure consistent across the frame. Usually you can see the joins by small variances in exposure.
Is that the in camera panorama function?
No, joined three (fixed exposure) frames in Autostitch app then cropped. Normally have to revert to manual stitch as it usually messes something up, but this worked out well considering.
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Moon shot from yesterday. It seems to have been well received on Flickr
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^^^ amazaaahn! Andy where is that?
Malvern, Striding edge, sadly, a very popular place to fall off this year.
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@ redthunder - delightful place Severn Beach innit?
This isn't a recent pic and I probably put it on here before - this was taken on my one and only foray to SB
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That's the most imaginative view of the Severn Bridge I've ever seen. Nice job.
Thanks Malvern!
Unintended self portrait - it's definitely the curved lens of the glasses that distort my riding physique.....[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8610/15886290586_d0c039fbc9_k.jpg [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qcPoHQ ]P8240381.jpg" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8610/15886290586_d0c039fbc9_k.jpg [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qcPoHQ ]P8240381.jpg"/> [/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/97031505@N03/ ]simondarney[/url], on Flickr
Shapes and Shadows
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Moss Side Tree
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cheers Elshalimo
That photo of Didcot is great, although it does look a bit like how I imagine chernobyl.....
were is that? rocket,it looks local 🙂
Local to where?
My first play with TriggerTrap and balloon popping - really enjoyed it!
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@ jairaj - settings?
What were the trigger trap settings?
Really good tutorial including [url= http://howto.triggertrap.com/howto/capture-a-water-balloon-popping/ ]Settings here[/url]
TT sync times aren't quick enough to trigger the camera so it is done from flash. You need a flash trigger rather than the standard camera trigger.
Nice.
The thing I get most from that photo is actually the sound...or lack of it. I LOVE the silence you have after a heavy snowfall.
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I used an Astrotrac tracking mount a mates old Cannon DLSR (my Pentax k30 is being repaired) with Tamaron 70 - 300 mm F5.6 lens. Its a stacked image, 6 x 2 min exposures @ ISO400.
I took about 12 images in total but a few were ruined with passing car lights and during the end I got a lot of dew on the lens so the pictures were blurred.
I need to spend more time getting my polar alignment better too, if you zoom in you can see motion blur from the stars. It was only my second time using the set up, so while I can improve a lot I'm still happy with the result.
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sledging field with a view, click on image to get larger size.
Sometimes it's not the quality of the image, it's the mood or current that it captures.
That and it's royalty free 😀
On the subject of sync timings and very fast photography, have a look at this from a chap I follow on Flickr. I'm not usually a fan of this genre of photography (though I always admire the technical skill it represents), but this shot really is brilliant in how it portrays the subject:
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7378/15734450404_f106ee8a3e_k.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7378/15734450404_f106ee8a3e_k.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/pYpaVE ]Testing the Waters...[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/19312459@N00/ ]fearghal breathnach[/url], on Flickr
😯 to the above. Impressive!
Not sure I could persevere through the 1000 ways that didn't work it must have taken..
(hangon is that why I am getting nowhere with this lark!)
polarisandy - MemberThe bathroom and this one were taken with a camera that has no light meter and i had left my hand held at work.
I had to estimate exposure using the sunny 16 rule, the one below could have done with a bit more but not bad as it was a very contrasty scene.It's an interesting exercise, turn the LCD off if using a digital camera, don't look at the light meter, estimate the exposures then look at them later.
I read this yesterday and then remembered I had this 'light meter' at the bottom of an old camera bag. It is disturbingly accurate.
My dad used to have something like that! I wonder if it's in his old bag of kit. Will have a check when I'm at home this weekend.
A very cold morning -22 degrees
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[url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/musselburghbikers/16046044667/ ]P1200625[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/musselburghbikers/ ]Andrea & Rick[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/16401632815_c7c4cf7e67_z.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7322/16401632815_c7c4cf7e67_z.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qZmE1F ]Launceston Friday[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/16949733@N00/ ]Mike Smith 79[/url], on Flickr
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funny to see that Eddie, i've got the very same exposure wheel somewhere and used it for a bit. It works..
Question:
Do you Guys ever retouch or enhance your photos after taking them?
Just wondering, I've a simple Canon SX500-IS and have been trying to get upto speed using it, clearly I've some way to go.
But, but what I have been doing is using iPhoto to enhance/straighten some of my shots... seems like I've some way to go and don't really want to spend loads on equipment.
Just wondering.
For some reason my iPhone shots turn out better than the Camera 😐
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[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7458/16258525087_7523145484.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7458/16258525087_7523145484.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= http://flic.kr/p/qLHc54 ]Tarantaise Inversion by -crewlie-[/url]
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7387/16256782208_0d3c6f7d27.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7387/16256782208_0d3c6f7d27.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= http://flic.kr/p/qLyfYq ]1600 by -crewlie-[/url]
Think more like a guideline than rule.
Do you Guys ever retouch or enhance your photos after taking them?
Yes. Every shot I end up keeping and posting to my Flickr account will have had some work done to it.
The development process is as much a valid part of photography as the composition and shooting process and it always has been. Back in the days of film, especially B&W, people would develop their negatives in a specific way to create the image they wanted. The terms 'dodging' and 'burning' that are used in post production packages light Lightroom and Apperture, come from B&W film development and refer to lightening or darkening certain areas of the image to create the desired effect.
What has happened with digital photohraphy is that we have far more control over the creative process and can now create images that were never seen by the camera.
I know people who deride that process and while it's not something I am interested in, it's entirely up to you and is perfectly justified if the image you end up with pleases you and pleases others.
One thing to highlight is that shooting in RAW format, as opposed to JPEG (and for reference you're almost certainly shooting in JPEG unless you've specifically chosen RAW) almost demands you do some PP. The RAW format captures a far greater range of information for things like colour, exposure, highlightls, shadows etc. The options you then have to decide how you want the image to look are much broader. JPEGs capture a lot less information either side of the 'out of the camera' result.
Everyone will have their own work flow. I tend to confine my adjustments to increasing the contrast (using an s-curve usually) which greatly enhances the vividness of the colour as well as the contrast, lifting shadows, lowering highlights, adding a vignette if it's a portrait, maybe some sharpening but not usually much if at all, maybe a graduated filter or a conversion to B&W.
That all said, I know one (talented) photographer who eschews all shuch jiggery pokery and insists on only ever shooting JPEG and using out of the camera results. He's a bit of a purist and has far more pedigree in film photography.
BTW Crewlie, I really like 'Inversion'. Great image.
The first two are slightly older than a month, but hey ho! All taken on my iPhone.
[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8683/16132502568_9c5044c0c9_z.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8683/16132502568_9c5044c0c9_z.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qzzhY1 ]Weymouth Beach[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/91843706@N08/ ]SamDexter[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7492/16294121336_6132a91fc6_z.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7492/16294121336_6132a91fc6_z.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qPRCAu ]Baslow Edge[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/91843706@N08/ ]SamDexter[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8587/16319440502_12bbd90e7a_z.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8587/16319440502_12bbd90e7a_z.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qS6p6Q ]Long Mynd - View 2[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/91843706@N08/ ]SamDexter[/url], on Flickr
Its a shame my bikes in this one.
[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8673/16340920926_e2b3088c93_z.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8673/16340920926_e2b3088c93_z.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qTZutY ]Hope Valley[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/91843706@N08/ ]SamDexter[/url], on Flickr
Do you Guys ever retouch or enhance your photos after taking them?
No, not even cropped.
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Gifted an astounding sunset tonight.
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7301/16280669567_85ea917578_c.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7301/16280669567_85ea917578_c.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qNEFRr ]Forth Rail Bridge Sunset Feb 7th 15[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/7509988@N07/ ]Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr
Kit - that is stunning, looks like it's airbrushed!
Cheers milky! I was admiring jad's photo above mine, loving the colours.
Do you Guys ever retouch or enhance your photos after taking them?
Most of the time for work stuff as I usually build the image in post or do focus stacking for close-up of wris****ches.
Could be anything from half to 3 hours per image depending on what needs doing.
Sometimes use speciallist retouchers for retouching beyond my skill level.
Sorry, bit quick off the mark tonight. I prefer this one 😉
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7302/16466108281_8291070e6b_c.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7302/16466108281_8291070e6b_c.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/r647jD ]Forth Rail Bridge Sunset 2 Feb 7th 15[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/7509988@N07/ ]Kit Carruthers[/url], on Flickr
Ahem - processed in the last month:
[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8668/16446098206_d2fa34d995_o.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8668/16446098206_d2fa34d995_o.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/r4hy2m ]Glencoe B&W[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/48401493@N00/ ]Alanach[/url], on Flickr
100 and something MP - who needs a Canon 5DS?
Full on Alpinglow is a very special thing 🙂
Been a while since my last visit to this thread, and as ever wow'd by so many of these.
couple from me
A wild windy day on skye
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7536/16040306937_a90b65e050_c.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7536/16040306937_a90b65e050_c.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qrqLqa ]Mountain Bed (2015 WK 1)[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/52982783@N07/ ]13 Monkeys[/url], on Flickr
The latest project. Turning the bedroom into a Camera Obscura
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7402/16288677498_2f78702bb6_c.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7402/16288677498_2f78702bb6_c.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qPnJkd ]Camera Obscura 3(2015 WK 6)[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/52982783@N07/ ]13 Monkeys[/url], on Flickr
well 3 actually. My daily commute wheel finally gave in to a pothole..
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7507/16123766340_6d34293835_c.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7507/16123766340_6d34293835_c.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qyNvZo ]Dent (2015 WK 2)[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/52982783@N07/ ]13 Monkeys[/url], on Flickr
Love your landscapes jad - truly excellent.
And that looks like a cracking day out climbing peterfile.
I've been up in Scotland myself - here's a few I've processed.
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[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8652/16305124770_9fd2293e01_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8652/16305124770_9fd2293e01_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/qQQ2wS ]Deer (1 of 1)[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/18244158@N00/ ]Grum Wynne[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7428/16466561786_96d9a06195_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7428/16466561786_96d9a06195_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/r66r8G ]Torridon (1 of 1)-2[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/18244158@N00/ ]Grum Wynne[/url], on Flickr
[url= https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7438/16492570705_a54a9ff7e6_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7438/16492570705_a54a9ff7e6_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/r8oJFk ]Highland Chieftain train crossing Drumochter Pass by Moonlight[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/18244158@N00/ ]Grum Wynne[/url], on Flickr
[img] http://flic.kr/p/qbFx4X [/img]
[img] http://flic.kr/p/r6bEpS [/img]
[url= https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8628/16513149395_d4a6003482_b.jp g" target="_blank">https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8628/16513149395_d4a6003482_b.jp g"/> [/img][/url][url= https://flic.kr/p/radd1k ]Romany[/url] by [url= https://www.flickr.com/people/22550523@N08/ ]polarisandy[/url], on Flickr































