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I've tried to get this kind of shot with slow-sync flash but my timing is never right. I'll keep practising!
Some of mine from Dalby world cup
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Couple of mine from yesterday evening:
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JamesH, I really like that 1st one of yours with the riders blurred / not blurred.
Cheers! i took absolutly loads of pics on sunday, my best ones are on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34546629@N02/
Grum...you have skillz my friend 😉 Very nice pic's.
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.duncan - I think I read in an earlier post that you aren't a professional photograher, but have you ever considered it as a part time job?
Your work reminds me very much of my Nephew who's only 21 and turned professional 2 years ago and he's doing very well out of it.
el_boufador - Is that a laser between his legs or was he just pleased to see you?
Have to agree with Bunnyhop - there are many fantastic images in this thread, but .duncan's are just a notch above - the snail macros and the dirt jump shots are visually stunning.
I'll console myself in my mediocrity with a picture of a cat's bollocks:
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@ Bunnyhop & stuartie C thanks for the nice words.
I have vaguely considered it, although being in full time education still and soon to depart to uni to do maths any ideas have been put on hold.
a few since my last post (basically my 365):
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Some absolutely stunning shots in this thread
here are a couple of mine
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Thanks lodius 🙂
dudie your second one is superb!
Also have to agree about .duncan's pics - very impressive. Sack off the boring maths mate! 😉
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@grum - Have you been taking pictures up the end of my road as well?
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That match shot is awesome crewlie - how did you go about getting it?
tinribz - where is that?
@OCB - yes I've been stalking you for some time now 😉
Sometimes on this forum there can be a lot of arguing and petty backstabbing and pointless trolling, but deep down we're a pretty good bunch of people with a fair amount of talent and a thread like this proves it, and makes STW a decent excuse for sitting in front of the web all day.
Well done to all.
Some genuinely brilliant pictures on this thread all - really good to see that much talent - feel quite inspired now. Thank you!
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Grum,
Bit late for a comment but...
that shot of the "twig" in the foreground with the sea in the background is my favourite one on here.
Beautiful.
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Got my new gf1 a few weeks back and am now trying to figure out all the settings.
Grum
Thanks.
Trial and error really.
Camera on tripod, flash on manual, big box of matches, and a wife who hates the smell of the things striking repeatedly:).Then cropped in and sharpened.
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Duncan, that dirt jump pic on page 7 is awesome!
FeeFoo - thanks very much - I'll sell you a print if you like 😉
Cheers crewlie - never tried stuff like that but will have to have a go at some point.
Lovely sunset pano
Just been out in my garden...
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photo post virgin - 😳
Here ya go
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oh thank you how did you do that ?
Just took the image address -
and pasted it inside image tags - you can use the img button and just past in the link above.
Flickr like you to link back to them - you can do it so when you click on the image it is also a link but I can never remember how.
cool cheers... i'll try later watch this space 😀
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Just popped out and taken this along the road........
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Looking across the Holy Loch towards Sandbank, Glen Massan and Beinn Mhor. Volcanic ash has its uses!
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Bought myself a 50mm prime lens last week, so I was out playing with it at the weekend. Does make you move about a bit more, rather than simply standing around zooming everything.
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Didn't quite get the focus right on this one, but there's something about it I like
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Grum - you take some bloody good photos. Are they all straight off the camera, or do you play about with them to achieve the vibrancy of colour?
Thanks! 🙂
I tend to do a reasonable amount of messing around, though not always. I shoot RAW almost exclusively and import into Adobe Lightroom, which I think is great. I often add clarity and up the contrast, sometimes using the levels adjustments - also often use vignettes and graduated filters as well. Sometimes I will do (subtle) HDR, though not on most of these pics.
On this pic I actually toned down the saturation!
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This one I think I upped the contrast a little which made the reds in the sky a bit more dramatic.
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Shooting RAW seems to give you a lot of leeway in adjusting exposure, colour balance and fill light etc. If you don't mind faffing on a computer a little it's definitely worth it.
I'm not claiming to be any kind of expert btw but I've been pretty happy with my results. I do also shoot bloody loads of pictures and my shots/keepers ratio is not that great. 🙂