Padge
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This is getting complicated (bit out of my comfort zone here). I can stretch as far as the Canon 450D or Nikon D60. Any good?
450D is a cracking camera, my wife uses one and has an excellant spec for the price. You get the choice of full range of canon lenses, as opposed to the limited Nikon choice, which come in a wide range of price brackets to suite am or pro specs and pockets.
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Here's one I took way back when?
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Some winter rugby union "sportraits" ...
Shurely shome mishtake, action shots.
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St. Judes v Thornhill (46-22)
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Given the final score, congratulations on your reactions to capture picture number 3
The Rochdale coach at one point gathered his troops behind the sticks and bellowed at them "lets see if we can at least stop them scoring in the next set of six".
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Here's a few from St.Judes recent 96 - 8 thrashing of Rochdale Mayfield.
St.Judes v Rochdale Mayfield 1
St.Judes v Rochdale Mayfield 2
St.Judes v Rochdale Mayfield 3
St.Judes v Rochdale Mayfield 4
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Just been to Crete on holiday, while we were there we took a 10mile walk down the Samaria Gorge. Here is one of the shots I took during the 6hr hike.
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Ok... be gentle.
This is one of my first pictures that I've chosen to show people
A little bit of post processing goes a long way of course...
Th picture is 'middley', I would prefer to have it cropped with more space in front of the car than behind, gives the car space to move into and drop it lower onto one of the thirds. Great capture though.
Here's a quick crop to show what I mean (hope you don't mind)
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A few shots of some Gulls that followed our ferry from Kavala to Thasoss taken on my recent Greek adventure.
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Great photos Ed.
Ta Lisa.
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I have just been here ...
on one of these...
and one of these...
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What have you done with the photo to make certain colours prominent. (I'm a novice to Digital Photography).
I adjusted the saturation in CS2, the yellows were already quite bright but I did tweak them up a bit. I also tweaked the red and blue channels.
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Here's a very good reason to go to Perignan even if you don't believe they should be in SL
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Sod that check out the ladies!!
I suspect that was his thought as well.
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Watch the Birdie
Check out the guy with his child on the right having his photo taken by his wife on the left.
Taken in the medieval city of Carcossonne.
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Ah, fair enough. Not having CS2 (or indeed CS3) the only time I get that halo effect is when I've over-sharpened and I have little floating people with their own clouds around them
I have used the effect deliberately in the covent garden musicians shot, you can use it to give a backlit effect.
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Fantastic colours and composition but - personal opinion only - I think they're over-sharpened. There's that 'halo' effect at the edge of some of the buildings.
The halo effect is due to using highlights/shadow in CS2 not sharpening.
Because some of the pictures are in back streets in bright sunlight you get deep shadows, the dynamic range is being pushed to its limits, one way to pull it back is to use the shadow/highlights to balance it out, however a side effect can be haloing. It can be reduced in effect by adjust the tonal width when it is applied but that reduces the overall effectiveness. If the pics were for competition of for printing for show then I would do some fine cloning to remove the halo.
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err,Ed,can you tell us why the theme of your piccies is bedroom windows??
I have a point and shoot.
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Here are a few views of Perpignan from our recent trip for the rugby.
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I'm a little teapot, short and stout, here's my handle, here's my spout...
Very funny shot, well captured.
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Aren't people creative.
Love this thread.
The great thing about this thread is, apart from the usual Canon v Nikon silliness, there aren't sides and people get an opportunity to show a side of themselves that never shows on most other threads, their artistic and their appreciation of the artistic side. Along with a lot of sensible help and advice.
"Love this thread", couldn't agree more.
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very crude photo .... but meant a lot to me.. a real sense of achievement to make the summit from sea leavel.. mt rinjani
i took this one over 20 years ago as a child when swimming around the beach just after dark with the camera.. not the best focus or light but have always liked it
You have an eye for a shot, you should take more.
If you have a good eye then you can learn a lot with the simplist of cameras, good gear makes life easier, but having the restrictions of a compact camera will help you learn more about positioning, composition and light than any camera bag full of lenses and bodies ever will.
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thanks...
I'd love a new camera... but such is life.
My brother is a keen underwater photographer and told me earlier today that for the first time someone has offered him some cash for one of his photos but he doesn't know how much t charge.... and a cafe near his work wants to dsiplay his shots.. .
... my mum's partner has also just won first prize in some photography competition ... all photos entered had to be taken on a pre-determined day...
I should ask them for tips as they are a resource i never use.
Asking for advice is always good but more important is taking photographs as it really is something were practice and lots of it helps.
Once you have taken your photographs though better still is to get someone who is a good photographer to critique them. Pointers to what want wrong or as to how a tweak here and there could improve your shots is the most valuable advice going. Never be afraid to show your photographs to someone who knows what they are doing and ask their opinion and advice.
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Here is a rule I invented for my wife to remember when taking shots with a digital SLR. Its simply all the things to remember before you hit the shutter button.
I think those new to digital photography will find it helpful to remember this simple word.
WATCHIT.
White balance, what are the lighting conditions.
Apature, will the apature give me the required depth of field.
Time, is shutter speed fast enough to stop shake have I room to manouveur the F Stop
Crop, What is in the frame, is there room around the edges, anything unwanted.
Height, would a higher/lower viewpoint be better i.e. shoot animals at eye level.
Iso, am I using the fastest ISO rating I can, can I adjust ISO to speed/slow up the shutter.
Take it, all the above checked and correct SHOOT.
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