Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Thu Sep 20, 2012 6:27 pm  

Well, fireworks were cancelled so had to go find something else to take photos of! IMG_4615 by mortonstalker, on Flickr IMG_4612 by mortonstalker, on Flickr IMG_4587 by mortonstalker, on Flickr IMG_4158 by mortonstalker, on Flickr

Well, fireworks were cancelled so had to go find something else to take photos of! IMG_4615 by mortonstalker, on Flickr IMG_4612 by mortonstalker, on Flickr IMG_4587 by mortonstalker, on Flickr IMG_4158 by mortonstalker, on Flickr

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sat Sep 22, 2012 11:09 am  

I really like that first one RoversTrace!

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:31 pm  

Baxendale wrote:

I really like that first one RoversTrace!

Thanks, was one of my favourites, love playing with light trails

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:36 am  

Anyone know anything about digiscoping with a DSLR, rather than a compact?

It seems to me that the light entering is what it is through the 'scope (so no control over aperture). Need to set a reasonably high ISO, so is there a way then of automating shutter speed to get the correct exposure? Do you just have to guess maybe (which I find hard to believe given all the electronic wizardry)? I appreciate each camera will have different settings (mine is a Pentax) but any help with the principle would be gratefully received. Web searches for my camera model and digscoping with my camera have drawn a blank - save example results. I am pretty sure it needs to operate on manual (or even aperture priority) but the problem is without a lens I get no aperture reading.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Tue Sep 25, 2012 3:25 pm  

Anyone tried a SD to CF converter in their camera?
Looking at 32GB cards I can get SD cards at half the price of CF's and I would also like to try an Eye-Fi card which they don't do in CF.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:07 pm  

Haste ye back... by G and J Photography, on Flickr One from a little trip today.

Haste ye back... by G and J Photography, on Flickr One from a little trip today.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Fri Oct 05, 2012 7:44 am  

Big Graeme wrote: Haste ye back... by G and J Photography, on Flickr One from a little trip today. Cool effect.

Big Graeme wrote: Haste ye back... by G and J Photography, on Flickr One from a little trip today. Cool effect.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:18 am  

Big Graeme wrote: Haste ye back... by G and J Photography, on Flickr One from a little trip today. Very nice. HDR without the dreaded "HDR look". Many photographers / software writers are trying to achieve that, and I think you've shown that a light touch and understatement is the key.

Big Graeme wrote: Haste ye back... by G and J Photography, on Flickr One from a little trip today. Very nice. HDR without the dreaded "HDR look". Many photographers / software writers are trying to achieve that, and I think you've shown that a light touch and understatement is the key.

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Fri Oct 05, 2012 8:22 am  

I'm thinking of moving my organisation and post-processing workflow from a rag-bag of different programs to the all-in-one system of Adobe Lightroom and I'm currently on day two of a 30 day free trial.

Does anyone have any comments, advice, tips etc that might influence my decision?

Re: Photography thread 11.02 : Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:44 am  

LeedsBornWelshRoots wrote:

Does anyone have any comments, advice, tips etc that might influence my decision?

My pic above was handled completely in Lightroom, the only time I opem Photoshop now is if I need to do a high pass sharpen or a complicated edit.

There are so many good features it is hard to list them all but the all-in-one'ness of it is fantastic from import through to the final image, you can add scripts, plugins and presets that extend and improve the basic program.

It's also cross platform and identical on both Windows and Mac meaning if you grab a book or course on it you can just dive right in rather than have to work out what one version an and can't do.

Search YouTube for Jared Platt to see just a fraction of what it can do.