T's Snaps

[GrauGeist]

Hard to compete with a 500mm with my little 300mm...

Those came out reallly nice! Super details!

Aaron...get both, you know you wanna!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

You really want me to go broke don't you GG.

 

[GrauGeist]

You really want me to go broke don't you GG.

Sure, why not? I did!

 

[evangilder]

Sweet!

 

[trackend]

Thanks guys

Man, those are great shots Lee!! Now I have a dilema. Macro lens or 500mm lens. Crap.

Thankyou Aaron . your lens choice will be decided by which you would get the most use out of and as with us all how many pennies you have to spend (my camera was secondhand).I believe you can still buy extension tubes which are cheap and will increase your current lenses macro ability by alot it just wont be that brilliant at any moving objects in super close up as the exsposure times go up due to the need of small Fstops for the depth of field and you will have to play around at how you light the subject because the lens will cast a shadow from any built in flashes, So it could be possible to strike a commpromise and get both.

 

[Gnomey]

Excellent Lee!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thank you for the info Lee. It's a dilema for I have too much fun with both ends of the spectrum.

 

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In contrast to the moon images the same evening I also took two sunset shots bit fuzzy as they are cropped from much larger images as I couldnt get close enough even with the zoom zt full streach.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Very cool shots Lee but what causes the shadow around the birds? I got the same effect when I shot the barn with the vulture. Is it the fact that they are moving?

 

[evangilder]

Nice, colorful skies. The bird formation makes a nice addition to the composition.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Very nice!!!!

 

[GrauGeist]

Nice shots!

The colors of the sky/clouds gives it a real mellow effect

Very cool shots Lee but what causes the shadow around the birds? I got the same effect when I shot the barn with the vulture. Is it the fact that they are moving?

Aaron, that's color "bleeding" caused by the file being converted to a .JPG file. Your original image you extracted from your camera will have a large file size both in information and viewing area. If you convert to a .JPG, it drops every other pixel and "rounds out" to the nearest color. That causes "bleeding" of colors. Also converting (or saving) to .JPG from a RAW format can mean the difference between an image file size of 1.4Mb in RAW and 450Kb in .JPG (this is a typical example). After you make a copy of your image, and resize it, try using the "Sharpen" tool in the Effects menu (this applies to both PhotoShop and PaintShop, by the way). This can help reduce (or eliminate, in some cases) the bleeding.

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Thank you Dave.

 

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There you go Aaron, Im glad Dave told you as I didnt have a clue

Add on to this post I bloody broke my vest pocket Fuji Miju's LCD today by falling on it, so quick web review, checked local store brought 150 quid Canon 12.1 meg Sure Shot A1100 IS its not true 12.1 meg as after compression its around 9.8 but for the price not bad.
This test shot was taken on the way home from work on full auto. 100% frame first image and cropped to 3% second, no Pshopping on either or enhancements
Picture is crap but it contains textures, straight lines, writing and plenty of sky to show fall off, metering accuracy and detail capture. I would say not bad for the price. Yet to try the video the write up says its OK

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Good shot Lee! I like the cropped and blown up shot. Even though it's starting to lose it's crispness that to me adds to the photo instead of detracting from it.Kinda makes it look like a painting in a way.

 

[evangilder]

Ah, you make me miss England with that shot, Lee. Nice!

 

[ontos]

Great shots Lee. The last one is my favorite. 8)8)

 

[GrauGeist]

I like that shot, it has all sorts of cool stuff going on. The colors, the buildings, water and the sky.

So how do you like your new camera so far?

 

[Gnomey]

Nice stuff Lee!

 

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I had a nice day out today at a local military show heres a few mono images of some of the guys the first is a chap who dresses as a WW1 french medic so it cried out for a bit of sepia tonning and ageing
the rest are self explanitary
I tagged a couple of aircraft on the end that were at the show to round things off