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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,884
    Pross said:


    rjsterry said:




    They could do with you informing them about insulation and being heat efficient!
    Ha. I think that's a garden you can just make out through the gap, so not a heated space. I quite liked the multiple repairs on the bottom edge, which are in turn decaying, and the forged hasp looks pretty old.
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    Exactly the same shot using ISO 1600 and 20" for reference.

    Carew Castle Milky Way 4
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    edited October 2022
    Well done, perseverance paid off! Great choice of location with the MW right behind the castle.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    I’m pretty useless on the post-processing stuff. I just slide things around until I get something that looks about right but don’t really know what does what e.g. playing with exposure seems to do much the same as brightness or shadow. I’m using Capture One as it is one of the few free bits of software that can work with Sony RAW files. Might eventually invest in Light Room (I have it as a basic app on my phone) and then do some research on using it properly.

    I was pleased that I actually managed to pull off what I had in my head even before I travelled down last Friday and discovered just how clear the sky was especially as it wasn’t something I’d even tried previously.
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    edited August 2022
    I use the free Light Room app (it works on a chromebook). It's quite generous how much is free, but full LR would be something far superior.
    I'd be chuffed with what you've achieved.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    I prefer your edit to be honest, it’s brought more detail out without looking too bright. It would be interesting to know the settings you used so I can try to replicate it.
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    edited August 2022
    I can try;
    Light
    Exposure up a tiny bit.
    Highlights-up
    Shadows-up
    Whites- down
    Blacks-up
    Colour
    Temp- down (blue)
    Tint-up

    Dehaze- up
    Sharpening- up
    Noise reduction-up
    That's about it. :)
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,582
    edited September 2022
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,919
    Some blues mountains today, including Mont Ventoux in the distance on the left...


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  • briantrumpet
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    This is more of a sort of 'things that cheer me up post/photo, in that today was supposed to be wall-to-wall miserable. It wasn't, and my friends who are staying and I went up to a local viewpoint up a dead-end road I'd never been up.


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  • pblakeney
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    Windy days are good for photography as you get less haze.
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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    pblakeney said:

    Windy days are good for photography as you get less haze.

    Certainly `blessed` with winds round these parts.
  • Pross
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    Would like to get some lightning shots but there’s no decent background from the house and I don’t want to go out and get soaked!
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    edited September 2022
    There are some storm clouds building here. Thunderstorm, empty beach, large waves...tempting. What could go wrong?
    Update. Just started raining, so a good excuse not to bother.
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,884
    edited September 2022
    Pross said:

    Would like to get some lightning shots but there’s no decent background from the house and I don’t want to go out and get soaked!

    Pfft. Where's your commitment to artistic endeavour? You wouldn't catch Turner staying in because he might get wet. 😁
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,678
    rjsterry said:

    Pross said:

    Would like to get some lightning shots but there’s no decent background from the house and I don’t want to go out and get soaked!

    Pfft. Where's your commitment to artistic endeavour? You wouldn't catch Turner staying in because he might get wet. 😁
    I’m putting the same level of commitment into it as I did to cycling or running. When it gets tough give up!
  • briantrumpet
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    Not up to other poster's efforts with moving water, but i wanted to catch some of the beauty of the cool stream right next to where the fire was a couple of weeks ago, and the pleasure of listening to its babbling. It'll do, for a lazy photographer.


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  • masjer
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    A quick visit to the beach. The waves were washing right up to the top of the beach, so it was a case of following the receding waves out, take a quick shot, then run.
    waves
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,919
    Had another go at photographing heavy rain on the same light... you can see the individual droplets, even if they are long & blurred. Watching it did make me wonder why rain apparently comes down in 'strings' (hence the French phrase for heavy rain)... I guess there must be some aerodynamics going on.


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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,884
    edited September 2022
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  • briantrumpet
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    Ah, I wondered why there were cobwebs in my bedroom on my return...


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  • pblakeney
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    ^^^ Oooo, nice! ^^^
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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    pblakeney said:

    ^^^ Oooo, nice! ^^^

    Cheers.
    It was perfect conditions. Sunset, large waves and no wind.
    I took a few pics, but the ones with nice waves had blown out skies, and you've guessed it, the ones with good skies had tame waves.
    This was certainly the best though.

    Ah, I see you've returned, Brian.
  • briantrumpet
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    masjer said:

    pblakeney said:

    ^^^ Oooo, nice! ^^^

    Cheers.
    It was perfect conditions. Sunset, large waves and no wind.
    I took a few pics, but the ones with nice waves had blown out skies, and you've guessed it, the ones with good skies had tame waves.
    This was certainly the best though.

    Ah, I see you've returned, Brian.

    Yup. Next stay will be Christmas, so the mountainous cheesiness should be frosty. In the meantime, soggy lumpy Devon...
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  • briantrumpet
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    The autofocus did the job this morning.


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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    There seems to be a lot of spider action on the web at the moment. It deserves its own thread. :)

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