The Photography Thread

[Malc]

I brought the ring up close touching my nose...

EDIT: The more I do it I seem to get my right eye or my nose. So I guess my left eye is knackered then.

Magnakai, I really like your dog photo. It's also nice to hear when a photographer leaves the post editing to a bare minimum or not at all. It's very rare these days it seems, but I like it when the picture we see is exactly how it came out when you were there taking the shot.

[Garf]

An owl..

[EDDIE M0NS00N]

Can anyone recommend some good quality but cheap photo editing software?

[Ginger Tosser]

The Gimp, it's very cheap (free)

Failing that, Photoshop elements can be bought quite cheap (on offer usually less that £50). Also might be worth looking at Paint shop Pro (PSP), not used it since my move to Apple though so no idea what the current version does.

[browngirl]

someone recommended me "gimp" not tried yet as i dl'd photoshop that u can use for 21 days to evaluate

[Magnakai]

If you're on the Mac, Acorn gets a bit of press. Never used it though.

[Malc]

I also use GIMP. As i'm tight and refuse to pay money for Photoshop.

[Magnakai]

I did a shoot a couple of weeks ago for a website, and it's now live with my pics. They've credited me for every shot, which is very good IMO. Not necessarily the same picks I would've made from the photos I gave them, but I'm quite pleased nonetheless:
http://www.northandsouthideas.com/

There's also a gallery sub-site which has my pics on it too: http://www.northandsouthideas.com/gallery/

[funkydan]

Well done Mag - you should be very proud!

I'm just waiting to hear if I have managed to blag a press pass for the Barbican this Saturday night to shoot an artist known as Rodriguez for the Big Chill website. Fingers crossed eh!

[winky]

I'm doing a slightly dogmatic photographic routine at the moment. I'm trying to shoot with only my 50mm, in manual focus, exposure and aperture, in B&W, into JPEG, without any post processing. So far, I found out that I focus much better with my left eye. Who'da thunk?

I've only done one day properly so far, but I think I got a few good results so far:

This is a great shot. Looks like your project is going well but cant help but think a bit of processing would give some different images, more black and white contrast - thats my personal preference for black and white.

Congratulations on the published pictures, they look great, very proffesional.

[Garf]

Tommy - Picasa from Google is not bad for free - it's a bit limited, but considering it's gratis, you can't grumble..

Magnakai - well done on the published shots - as said, they look very good.

A few from the weekend when we visited Groombridge Place:

Giant Swing



and Giant Chess..

[spagmasterswift]

Great macro

[Magnakai]

Cheers guys Tis always nice seeing your work in situ.

Good luck Dan, that sound like it'd be a lot of fun!

Garf, that swing shot's really nice.

Winky, I quite like the softer tones. It's less dramatic when viewed small like on this stie, but when I'm looking at them full screen they have a lot of detail and smoothness. Having said that, I have since upped the in-camera contrast a touch, so I'll report back with those results.

[MartyG]

Really liking those industrial shots Garf

Was my Dad's 60th birthday bash on Saturday, so plenty of portrait work (took nearly 700 photos) - like quite a few, but I won't post loads on the thread ( these were taken with my Canon 20D )


Will the Real Slim Shady, Please Stand Up


Sing While You're Winning

[Garf]

Great portraits Marty - I'd like to do more stuff like that, but no-one in my family likes being snapped...

One from yesterday, in between showers..