The Photography Thread

[gingerjon]

A few from Whipsnade on the weekend:

[Red Willow]

Sonny Bill at a junior training session with the Chief today.

That has to be a caption comp.

See this? I won't get my hands on it once I defect for the money.

[High Peak Rhino]

Sonny Bill at a junior training session with the Chief today.

If any of you wants a job there is one coming up at the Bulldogs I can give you the inside on.

[Bedford Roughyed]

Pics from Truck 11

The Lemonheads aka Evan Dando

Random cool hippy

Laura Marling

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26299928@N07/...57606328811132/

[Exiled Townie]

Couple from Centurions v Sharks yesterday

[bendyas]

I genuinly don't want to be vicious here but;

How much is a good photo down to a persons 'ability' and your ability to photoshop?

[Red Willow]

I genuinly don't want to be vicious here but;

How much is a good photo down to a persons 'ability' and your ability to photoshop?

There is no substitute for a good photo. Software will enhance but poor composition etc will still be an issue.

[gingerjon]

How much is a good photo down to a persons 'ability' and your ability to photoshop?

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.

[Exiled Townie]

I genuinly don't want to be vicious here but;

How much is a good photo down to a persons 'ability' and your ability to photoshop?

I agree with Red Willow and GJ, you can make a good photo look great with photoshop, (but you have to take a good photo first) but you can't improve it if its rubbish. This is an original photo I took a few weeks back (just been reduced in size to fit on here, nothin else changed).

This is how it looked after I photoshopped it, I think the second one looks better than the original, with less than a minutes work.

And don't forget, all these old black and white and early colour masterpieces have all been 'photoshopped' by the standards of their time, only it wasn't called photoshop, it was called 'dark room processes'.

Having said that, you can still get a first timer taking a cracking shot, and I'm sure some of the pro photographers on here, Sussex Vic and Gary Coyle, will tell you they still take some howlers.

[Severus]

Apparently 60% of photoshop users are working with a pirated copy. Who on here has forked out for it?

[l'angelo mysterioso]

Apparently 60% of photoshop users are working with a pirated copy. Who on here has forked out for it?

me

but the software I get with my cameras is usually pretty good anyway and I often use that

[waistline expansionist]

That said, without the camera taking the pictures for me, I'd be flucked.

A decent pro or competition judge with a magnifying glass can tell whether you used an expensive camera and lens combi or a "cheap" one, and he's gonna plump for the expensive one every time because firstly, yes, it will have taken a marginally technically better quality picture and secondly he has to justify having spent thousands of pounds on kit himself.

So if I ain't got 3 grand to spend on an EOS1 what's the point?

[candlestickchimney]

Apparently 60% of photoshop users are working with a pirated copy. Who on here has forked out for it?

Erm.....

My new 450D landed last night, yay, bye bye 400D!!

[gingerjon]

Apparently 60% of photoshop users are working with a pirated copy. Who on here has forked out for it?

Use Elements, no need for the full version.

[l'angelo mysterioso]

Erm.....

My new 450D landed last night, yay, bye bye 400D!!

my new D80 landed this morning after what I consider an unreasonable delay

battery warming up as I write

[candlestickchimney]

D80, nice!! (apart from it being a Nikon obviously!! )

We should organise a TRL photography outing at some point, could be a laugh, non??

[gingerjon]

Free concert outside the National Theatre, part of their Watch This Space programme:

[Marauder]

That has to be a caption comp.

See this? I won't get my hands on it once I defect for the money.

Little kid looking away "who the f#ck is this guy"

[clowesey]

Had a 400D for about 6 months but only recently started trying to use it 'properly'. Now acquired photoshop. Somehow think I'm going to be rather busy for the forseeable future trying to put it all together - decent piccies to start with and then seeing what else I can do with them.

Will post my first efforts shortly.

[candlestickchimney]

Get a copy of Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson (sp.). A great book to get you away from the cameras Auto modes.

[Red Willow]

Jon a couple of questions

Do you have a real job?

Are you homeless?

Got a copy of the book just need some time to read it. I must put some of my first efforts on here, so far they are unphotoshoped.

[gingerjon]

Do you have a real job?

Are you homeless?

Yes, and no.

Why?

[Red Willow]

Well you seem to have so much time on your hands with 2 small children, plus all your photos recently have been of the streets

[clowesey]

Get a copy of Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson (sp.). A great book to get you away from the cameras Auto modes.

Awaiting delivery, due Monday, along with Canon400D for Dummies. Although not a total novice and I can work out of Auto mode (with instruction book to hand) decided to, as the song says, start at the very beginning.

Off to Leigh to watch the GB v Oz Masters this afternoon so will see what I can get. After all, the speed is a little slower....

[gingerjon]

Well you seem to have so much time on your hands with 2 small children, plus all your photos recently have been of the streets

Photos mainly taken during lunchtime or on my way home!