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10th April 2010, 10:21 | #2041 |
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10th April 2010, 16:50 | #2042 |
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Harsh harsh background. Is this a superzoom lens?
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10th April 2010, 19:20 | #2043 |
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Just the standard canon efs 18-55, taken through glass though, was just stoked to get the bee in the flower tbh!
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11th April 2010, 02:14 | #2044 |
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Didn't even notice the bee when I first saw it.
Very distracting out of focus background unfortunately... kinda makes you go crosseyed when trying to concentrate on it.
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11th April 2010, 11:06 | #2045 |
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made a duplicate layer of the picture, then applied gausian blur until the background "harshness" went away. Then used a layer mask on the blurred layer so the bottom normal image showed through where the flowers and bee are.
Fixed the white and black points of the normal layer, and applied a light sharpen to the normal layer.
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11th April 2010, 12:00 | #2046 |
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WIN! thanks for that exo
I'll try do that on the high res version and see if I can get the same result |
12th April 2010, 13:31 | #2047 |
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Nice bit of image rescue exo. Good work.
Oh, and props for Heresy keeping the thread alive, and setting a pretty good bar for quality too. Now, if I could get away doing up my fucking kitchen for an hour I could actually post something. Otherwise check out my flickr to see how imaginative you can get taking self portraits in the dark just before bed, because you forgot (for the 48th time) to actually make the effort to take a good photo. Mind you, I am now getting the hang of isolating myself from a background using lighting (background == dark, me under spot).
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12th April 2010, 15:15 | #2048 |
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Some from late last year... have most of summer to post process at the moment.
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12th April 2010, 15:16 | #2049 |
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12th April 2010, 15:18 | #2050 |
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Edit - where has the disable smilies checkbox gone? (Edit Ab - still there for me, enabling me to edit this post to workingness.) |
12th April 2010, 23:33 | #2051 |
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^ Hey holy shit, those are pretty damn good. Surprised no one said anything so far... Filters?
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13th April 2010, 00:12 | #2052 |
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That first one is very nice.
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13th April 2010, 02:52 | #2053 |
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That effect where the water is all 'smoothed out' (like it's been gone over with a photoshop blend tool)... what is that, and how is it done / why does that happen?
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13th April 2010, 05:43 | #2055 |
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Damn, those are some nice shots. I like the second one!
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13th April 2010, 09:27 | #2056 | |
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13th April 2010, 09:50 | #2057 | |
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Recently whilst photographing Perf excercising one of her customers horses, I played around with a low ISO speed (100, 200) and found I was able to shoot at much longer exposures than I normally would (1/250 vs 1/800-1000 in direct sunlight) without massively blowing out the image. Is this the trick? Usually for bright sunny days we photograph the horses on shutter priority, 1/800, auto iso with the 75-300 nonIS kit lens.
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13th April 2010, 10:19 | #2058 | |
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13th April 2010, 10:21 | #2060 |
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Also stopping the aperture right down, using a low iso too.
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For what you are doing a little deliberate forcing of the film sensitivity is probably a good idea. 100 ISO is intended for bright sunlight use and as such is relatively 'insensitive' in terms of how quickly it records light levels. 200 is more interior and shadowy areas with 400 and above being strongly for low light levels. As you get more sensitive overall (IE the quicker the film speed) the less detail sensitive and more grain/noise you get. I'd recommend sticking to ISO100 as you will get more detail, less noise and slightly richer colours. (Note with the continuining improvement in sensors often the difference between ISO100-400 is pretty marginal and getting slimmer every year) The downside to direct sunlight is that it tends to cast very harsh shadows. Depending on how the horses and rider react to flashes you might like to try a little fill-in flash is she is riding close enough or if you can take the shot when she is riding in a shaded area. The softer shadows in the shade are usually more pleasing. Because the shutter is forcing the apeture then the depth of field you get in shot can be quite variable to the lighting conditions. That is when you might want to change the film speed to force a larger depth of field. Usually if you half depress the shoot button the camera will tell you both the apeture and the the exposure time - that F number will give you a handle on the depth of field. Low F numbers are very shallow so focus becomes paramount, which for a moving target like a rider can be tricky. The higher the film speed then the smaller the apeture has to become and the higher the F number.
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13th April 2010, 10:24 | #2062 |
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2nd - 20-35mm@22mm, polariser, f16@5s. 3rd - 105mm Sigma macro, polariser, f16@4s. Waiting for the 16-35 f4, and then getting a Hitech filter holder & filters. Sick of Cokin magenta casts, sick of hand holding for long exposures. Almost always have my dog with me when shooting, and while she's getting better at learning to be still, being able to move back from the camera during exposure will be nice. |
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Depending on what mode your camera is in, you shouldn't get blown highlights. If you're shooting in Manual mode then its easily possible to blow highlights. But in Av or Tv mode, your camera should do correct metering for you(use multi-segment) and you shouldn't get blown highlights.. unless the range of shadows to bright lights is quite large aka larger than the dynamic range your camera can capture. In that case you have to shift your exposure down to save the highlights(sacrifice the shadows), you do that with -ev compensation.
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13th April 2010, 10:31 | #2065 |
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Ta crocos, that works. Explains a lot.
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13th April 2010, 11:06 | #2066 |
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No prob
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13th April 2010, 15:27 | #2068 |
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Exo I cant seem to figure out how the layer mask works,
"Then used a layer mask on the blurred layer so the bottom normal image showed through where the flowers and bee are. " Is it a simple explanation or is it quite intensive? |
13th April 2010, 18:43 | #2069 |
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I'm pretty sure that's how it works, I know I'll be corrected, harshly, if I'm wrong |
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13th April 2010, 20:57 | #2071 |
yawn.
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Melon: great capture. Well cropped too.
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16th April 2010, 15:50 | #2072 |
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Good summer sunset light at Tunnel Beach late Jan (yeah I'm that far behind in pp)
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16th April 2010, 16:34 | #2073 |
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Nice, Yoda.
Magic hour FTW |
16th April 2010, 20:23 | #2074 |
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Wonderful, Yoda. Bottom one is my favourite because of the starker change in colour, and the full reflection.
I spent Easter in Prague. Took a bunch of pictures. It wasn't as photographically satisfying as other holidays I've been on. Maybe too much beer stifled my creativity. It was overcast for a few days whch never helps either. Anyway: |
17th April 2010, 04:28 | #2075 |
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Woah that last pic is epic Heresy!
Love how crisp those beach shots are too Yoda. |
18th April 2010, 07:33 | #2076 |
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Just some old rubbish to bump this thread:
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18th April 2010, 21:03 | #2077 |
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Sucks to have stuff on bottom of the page... Old stuff out of the way as well.
What are quick and customisable ways for watermarks? I'm farting about too much with faststone image resizer, might need to employ photoshop...
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18th April 2010, 21:17 | #2078 |
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edit... bah guess i better learn how to link first!
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18th April 2010, 21:19 | #2079 |
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Taking a few snaps with my new EOS 500D... Have cut them down in size, and don't know squat about linking etc lol!
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18th April 2010, 21:31 | #2080 |
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Nice Wibble very much like the second one down.
On a side note, Aperture 3 is friggin' amazing. |