December Photography Thread

[stowpirate]

This morning at Tesco's

 

[neonwilderness]

He/she is gorgeous

It's difficult to tell, but we think she's a she

 

[cybertect]

A few of the boy at the park this afternoon.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

 

[stowpirate]

 

[stowpirate]

A few of the boy at the park this afternoon.

Cybertect did you need to prove film is now dead in such a stunning way? Now I know why I need to be spending more on my digital kit - Canon EOS 5D? - they are wonderful photographs

 

[neonwilderness]

A few of the boy at the park this afternoon.

He has rather striking eyes!

I like this. Have you edited it? It doesn't look quite right, but I'm not sure why.

 

[cybertect]

Cybertect did you need to prove film is now dead in such a stunning way?

Thanks. Yes, a 5D, though a 50mm f/1.4 lens does much of the work.

Thumbnail links to bigger versions if you want to see them

 

[stowpirate]

I like this. Have you edited it? It doesn't look quite right, but I'm not sure why.

Because the light was coming from behind the church it was in shadow which is always a mistake! I was more interested in the sky than the actual foreground and found equalization on some images does a wonderful job of enhancing lost detail in the sky but does some strange things in the area between bright and dark as in the trees. I will try doing the photo again with the foreground as a silhouette.

Picasa and Gimped with an over cooked sky!

 

[stowpirate]

Thanks. Yes, a 5D, though a 50mm f/1.4 lens does much of the work.

This is the one that stands out as being special.

I have a few similar shots of my kids when they were younger but unfortunately I was using either a Praktica SLR with its mediocre standard 50mm f1.8 lens or Olympus AM100 plastic compact. These are from the AM100

 

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[cybertect]

I have a few similar shots of my kids when they were younger but unfortunately I was using either a Praktica SLR with its mediocre standard 50mm f1.8 lens or Olympus AM100 plastic compact. These are from the AM100

I love the one of him peeking out of the tree

 

[Sweet FA]

New Forest this morning

 

[idioteque]

Those are great Sweet FA

I wish I could get to the NF more, I'm stuck in Southampton

 

[Sweet FA]

Those are great Sweet FA

Thanks

I wish I could get to the NF more, I'm stuck in Southampton

No.56 bus goes from Central Station to Lyndhurst The photos above were taken in that bit of the park on the left, just before you get into Lyndhurst. I took loads this morning but most were rubbish. I need to figure out how to take photos in really bright, sharp sunlight. It made all my pictures look washed out and colourless. In real life, everything looked really bright and colourful

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Sweet FA

Those pictures pointing at the ground looked good. The oak leaf in one picture had a bit of blocked highlight in it. The cemetery one illustrated the point you were making about exposure more obviously.

There should be an exposure compensation dial somewhere on your camera or in a menu. If you can give it about one stop worth of reduced exposure you should be able to get rid of the bleached-out effect. On my camera I have to routinely set it to minus 0.7 on glary sunny days.

 

[Sweet FA]

Aha - thanks for that Hocus. I need to find time to experiment more really; haring around after a 3 year old, grabbing snaps as you go, doesn't give much chance to figure out the intricacies

 

[Barking_Mad]

 

[tom_craggs]

From the Horiman;

 

[tom_craggs]

Did you take these @ f/1.4?

 

[Refused as fuck]

 

[cybertect]

Out playing with cars in Hampshire last night

 

[stowpirate]

Christchurch Park Ipswich taken this morning.

 

[neonwilderness]

 

[pogofish]

 

[e19896]

The other 60 Images..

 

[stowpirate]

 

[pogofish]

 

[Hocus Eye.]

Hark, the Herald Angels...

 

[stowpirate]