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The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Use Elements, no need for the full version. -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Well, firstly one has to be able to use photoshop. But it's unlikely it will save a 'bad' photo although it might make it more interesting. There's no difference to me between what's done in Photoshop now and what's been done in post-processing since the dawn of photography. Very, very few images are exactly what the camera saw. That said, without the camera taking the pictures for me, I'd be flucked. -
Uninteresting Trivial Facts
gingerjon replied to James Vukmirovic's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Well, there's the train to London. Not sure what else it has. -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
A few from Whipsnade on the weekend: -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
And very nice she is too. Shame the background is dark because having desaturated if it was paler that would be such a strong image. Anyway, took the camera to Great Missenden for the Chilterns Country Fair and in between chasing after Little Ginger I managed to a get a few photies... Full set -
Uninteresting Trivial Facts
gingerjon replied to James Vukmirovic's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
I am still recovering from the loss of the original thread. -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Didn't know that 'big ear-rings' were a reason to go to the south of France... Anyway, a reason to fear for the sanity of Sloane Rangers ... they need to be told that pigeons ain't pleasant creatures ... Sloane Square, London, July 2008. -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Superb shot. Incidentally Snorbans appear to be wearing a proper kit in that photo. Whoever designs next season's should have a look at it - see how it's done. -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
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 -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
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 Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Okay. I wont! Kirkwall Bus Station. No buses. Possibly a sensitive building though. -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Look into my eyes ... Details: D40x @ 300mm; 1/400; f/5.6; ISO 400 -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Excellent. Some great expressions there. -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
From a free concert in Victoria Embankment Gardens yesterday lunchtime: And in the evening, a Covent Garden street entertainer: -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
You see that's a good response but it took you hours and it still ain't as good as my phaser line. Incidentally I did a kelkoo on the A200 and Amazon is the most expensive for that set-up. -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Black & White first and foremost. Yes, yes. It's sunny here now actually. Meant to ###### down tonight though. Like that a lot. -
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gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
The aussie rules and cricket ones are belting. The others: merely superb. Do you have a gallery page at all? -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Right. Outside. Now. -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Yes, yes. That's what they all say. Anyway, in the absence of anybody else sticking their photies here here's one from yesterday: ITV were shooting a commercial for their football coverage next season. The crew were more interesting though. -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
You'd think wouldn't you? Linky dink -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
Are they the bastards that have put blotches on the inside of my viewfinder? -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
What's the issue with plugging the camera straight in? -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
I am so far! Not had chance to test on action pics yet and it's a bit top heavy on my light camera but it really does the job. There's some free lunchtime concerts near work this week and providing I can dodge the PCSOs and Park Police I'll be taking some snaps there! -
The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
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The Photography Thread
gingerjon replied to Red Willow's topic in Any Other Business / Any Other Sports
They're very good buskers so they're probably lying furriners. Well, to take the accordion player ... This is original - all I've done here is re-save the original RAW file as a jpeg. And here it's just been converted to grayscale. If I used the camera's B/W function this is what it would look like. It's okay here but you're right in that it can just be washed out - plus if all you do is desaturate or convert to BW this is what happens. Plus having the image as black and white/desaturated limits what you can in terms of filters. So. The gingerjon way - which is probably not the best way but it delivers the results I like is: Open the RAW image in Photoshop Elements. Sort out any under/over exposure and white balance. Boost the clarity. Open image in the editing window. With the image still in colour adjust first levels and the brightness & contrast. At this stage it will look somewhat unnatural in colour as I'm looking to build up contrasts (although without going crazy) - so the levels will probably move the midtones slightly and possibly drift in the under and over exposure bit. On the contrast I will probably move it within the range of +1 to +6 and move the brightness either + or - up to 4 or 5. So that's three layers after which I flatten the image to get back to 1. Then I apply the Gradient Map which is the best tool for converting to monochrome. It's best to experiment with this - I like using the orange/red end of the filter and having it almost black but not quite. Again flatten the image. Now go to enhance image and apply the Unsharp Mask. I tend to use: 60%, radius 1.0 pixels with 0.0 threshold - don't ask me what all that means I got there by experimenting! Finally apply any colour filters as required which will help with the overall toning of the image. This is something that can't be done if the shot has been converted to BW or was shot in monochrome mode. Flatten image. Save. And that's that. Probably clear as mud. Mods: Can we merge the two photo threads we have going please?