Photography Thread

1…113114116118119…220

Comments

  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,881
    briantrumpet said:

    masjer said:

    briantrumpet said:

    With thanks to whoever was having a bonfire this morning...

    And here's me thinking it was a nice morning mist.

    It did surprise me, as it was otherwise as clear as a bell this morning.


    I found out this summer that that stand of pines at the far end of Budleigh beach are a remnant of when it had a working harbour. They were grown for replacement masts so the story went.
    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,911
    rjsterry said:

    briantrumpet said:

    masjer said:

    briantrumpet said:

    With thanks to whoever was having a bonfire this morning...

    And here's me thinking it was a nice morning mist.

    It did surprise me, as it was otherwise as clear as a bell this morning.


    I found out this summer that that stand of pines at the far end of Budleigh beach are a remnant of when it had a working harbour. They were grown for replacement masts so the story went.

    Whether it's true or not, I'd not heard that before. Sounds plausible.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    masjer said:

    briantrumpet said:

    With thanks to whoever was having a bonfire this morning...

    And here's me thinking it was a nice morning mist.

    Dot Cotton in the bushes, with a tab on.
    Ben

    Bikes: Donhou DSS4 Custom | Condor Italia RC | Gios Megalite | Dolan Preffisio | Giant Bowery '76
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ben_h_ppcc/
    Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/143173475@N05/
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,911
    Pross said:

    Note to self, when you have the perfect autumn morning make sure you take a camera with you. My phone did a decent job but would have loved to have my camera and filter with me. First proper autumn morning of the year with a light frist, mist, sunrise and a high tide. I'm hoping tomorrow morning is similar so I can get out early to a few locations I passed whilst driving but the forecast isn't promising.

    Couldn't pick a favourite sorry!


    Nice, all the same. Third one for me.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,911
    I did remember to take my camera - no mist, but not bad, all the same. I can't decide either.








    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,669
    I think from mine the top one is my favourite, just a shame about the pylon. I played around with the settings of the third one in Flickr and it looked great in the editor but as soon as it was saved looked over-saturated and unnatural, something I seem to get a lot when editing. My preference of yours is the red leaves (Japanese maple?), very autumnal.
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Agree - #1 with the mist rising up looks fantastic.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,580
    My favourite of Pross's, with a quick mod. 😉


    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,911
    I must admit that, particularly in my French photos, I try to avoid all the overhead electrical cables, pylons and poles, (which are generally much more ubiquitous and intrusive there, as they bury very few), but occasionally will resort to a bit of PB trickery to 'tidy up' an image where there was no way to disguise them. I feel very naughty though.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,580
    edited October 2022
    I feel the same Brian, and try to avoid any distractions but sometimes needs must and it's nice to know the option is there, if you can be bothered.

    Actually, a nicer one if you have the resolution might be a crop on the central tree.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,911
    pblakeney said:

    I feel the same Brian, and try to avoid any distractions but sometimes needs must and it's nice to know the option is there, if you can be bothered.


    The clone tool is the most useful there, just a shame that in Irfan View there's no option for softening the brush, or even feathering the edges. Must admit I quite like the challenge too.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,881

    1985 Mercian King of Mercia - work in progress (Hah! Who am I kidding?)
    Pinnacle Monzonite

    Part of the anti-growth coalition
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,669
    This is the one I wish I'd had my DSLR with ND filter for

    Smoke On The Water, Fire In The Sky
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,669
    pblakeney said:

    My favourite of Pross's, with a quick mod. 😉


    Thank you - I have no idea how to edit things out like that.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,580
    Pross said:

    pblakeney said:

    My favourite of Pross's, with a quick mod. 😉


    Thank you - I have no idea how to edit things out like that.
    Pretty much every software package will have a cloning/healing tool.
    Takes time and practice to do a good job though. Well for me anyway.....
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,669
    pblakeney said:

    I feel the same Brian, and try to avoid any distractions but sometimes needs must and it's nice to know the option is there, if you can be bothered.

    Actually, a nicer one if you have the resolution might be a crop on the central tree.

    Resolution seems to be fine and makes some background detail much clearer. I'd really like it if it wasn'ty for the power cables.

    IMG_2340
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,580
    With a little practice....
    (Can you tell I am bored at work? 😉)


    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    A quick walk and couldn't resist taking a pic. They were tiny.
    calves
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,911
    masjer said:

    A quick walk and couldn't resist taking a pic. They were tiny.
    calves

    I'll always take pictures of bovines, if I heifer chance to.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    I was going to do a long walk, but sore calves.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,911
    Pross said:

    My preference of yours is the red leaves (Japanese maple?), very autumnal.


    My French Facebook tribe have agreed with you, if the number of likes is to be believed.
    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,580
    The red leaves are appealing but there is more to #4 imo.
    4, 1, 3, 2 for me on longer viewings.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,800
    Very wet with rapidly fading light.
    trees
    fungi
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,911
    edited October 2022
    Just a couple of trees, snatched on the phone on the ride into work...



    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,911
    Oh, forgot I'd taken one at the end of my road...


    https://www.facebook.com/unanglaisendiois
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,669
    I'm thinking about paying out for Lightroom and / or Photoshop but can't work out which I need. I really only want to be able to adjust exposure / contrast / colour etc. and maybe remove the odd pesky pylon that is spoiling a shot and I think I can do everything I need in Lightroom although the healing tool in Photoshop is apparently more accurate. The other thing I would like to try is bracketing. No real interest in full-scale picture editing / graphic design type stuff. LR is about £10 a month or LR and PS is around £20, I don't mind paying the extra if there's likely to be a load of features I'll use in both but I'm leaning towards just LR. Would welcome opinions though.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,580
    A bit of a left field response but I use Affinity Photo.
    It does all I want for a one-off fee of £47.99.

    https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/photo/
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,669
    Thanks, I'll tke a look. I've currently got GIMP installed and via Raw Therapee I can open and edit the Sony RAW files all free but I find it all quite complicated. I suspect the same would apply with LR or anything else to be honest as it probably comes down to me not unerstanding what all the functions do. One thing I'd love to be able to do and don't know if it is viable in any software (or at least not wiothout a lot of skill in edting) is to make the sky darker and stars / foreground lighter in my Milky Way photo. I got an 18" x 12" print done of that but it all looks a bit dark compared to how I see it on screen which is annoying.

Categories