The Photography Thread

[Larry the Leit]

stunning mate

Each to their own. She's a bit old for my taste.

[bulldog_paddy]

Each to their own. She's a bit old for my taste.

Your posts never fail to make me smirk!

[gazza77]

Each to their own. She's a bit old for my taste.

56 if you want to be pedantic.

[Padge]

56 if you want to be pedantic.

 

That's brought her right back in the frame* for Larry

 

 

*No pun intended.

Edited October 12, 2014 by Padge

[Larry the Leit]

She could do with an iron.

[gazza77]

Taking flight by 77gazza, on Flickr

 

Macaws and other birdlife, feeding at a clay lick on the Tambopata River in the Amazon Rainforest.

[gazza77]

Cusco skyline by 77gazza, on Flickr

[Larry the Leit]

Taking flight by 77gazza, on Flickr

Macaws and other birdlife, feeding at a clay lick on the Tambopata River in the Amazon Rainforest.

Photoshopped crows. You're fooling nobody.

[l'angelo mysterioso]

adel woods this morning

 

[l'angelo mysterioso]

adel woods this morning

[my missus]

lanzarote

[gazza77]

Views across the Colca Valley.

 

Colca Valley by 77gazza, on Flickr

[l'angelo mysterioso]

lanzarote

I know that view well

[l'angelo mysterioso]

Views across the Colca Valley.

 

Colca Valley by 77gazza, on Flickr

now that is a stunner

[l'angelo mysterioso]

Finn

 

[gazza77]

now that is a stunner

Cheers. Nothing does justice to the scale of the place though. The canyon itself is more than twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, not that I've been there to compare.

[gazza77]

Finn

 

 

Nicely lit.

[l'angelo mysterioso]

Nicely lit.

crack of dawn mate

but I've mucked about with it a little bit. I try not to do that if I can, and I was pleased enough with the original

[gazza77]

crack of dawn mate

but I've mucked about with it a little bit. I try not to do that if I can, and I was pleased enough with the original

You've always got to do a bit of fettling, especially if shooting in raw. Takes a bit of time, but well worth it.

[my missus]

that is stunning.

[Larry the Leit]

Finn

 

 

Findus would be a better name.

[Padge]

crack of dawn mate

but I've mucked about with it a little bit. I try not to do that if I can, and I was pleased enough with the original

 

 

You've always got to do a bit of fettling, especially if shooting in raw. Takes a bit of time, but well worth it.

 

 

That's a cracker Chris and as Gazza says, if you shoot in RAW its a given that you tweak the picture, sharpening following conversion is a must.

 

People wouldn't think twice about manipulating an image in a darkroom, somehow post processing digital is seen as 'cheating'. Digital terms such as "Unsharp Mask" actually come from the process done in a darkroom that produced the same affect.

 

Basic straightening, cropping, levels, contrast, dodge, burn, sharpening, blurring etc. are all techniques nicked from the darkroom.

[gazza77]

That's a cracker Chris and as Gazza says, if you shoot in RAW its a given that you tweak the picture, sharpening following conversion is a must.

 

People wouldn't think twice about manipulating an image in a darkroom, somehow post processing digital is seen as 'cheating'. Digital terms such as "Unsharp Mask" actually come from the process done in a darkroom that produced the same affect.

 

Basic straightening, cropping, levels, contrast, dodge, burn, sharpening, blurring etc. are all techniques nicked from the darkroom.

All true. That said, the more you get right in the first place rather than "fixing" later, the better the image is likely to be.

[l'angelo mysterioso]

That's a cracker Chris and as Gazza says, if you shoot in RAW its a given that you tweak the picture, sharpening following conversion is a must.

 

People wouldn't think twice about manipulating an image in a darkroom, somehow post processing digital is seen as 'cheating'. Digital terms such as "Unsharp Mask" actually come from the process done in a darkroom that produced the same affect.

 

Basic straightening, cropping, levels, contrast, dodge, burn, sharpening, blurring etc. are all techniques nicked from the darkroom.

thanks for that dave

I do have a problem with some of the stuff that goes on though.

I don't like the idea of trying to make a bad picture good by slathering a load of effects on it. That held good when I used to have a dark room. There are certain kinds of pictures  that really hack me off.

[Padge]

All true. That said, the more you get right in the first place rather than "fixing" later, the better the image is likely to be.

 

Absolutely, get the best image you can, but to knock it up a notch will still need manipulation.

 

Any picture you take that you are happy with is THE picture. If others like it then that's a bit of a bonus.