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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    Not looking hopeful up here. Still loads of cloud cover and the car is shaking in the wind so keeping the camera steady is going to be impossible I think.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,925
    I haven't been looking at the sky.


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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    That’s a rather large bag of crisps. Not your usually individual bag with about 10 crisps in it.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,591
    ...or a tiny glass. 😉
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    A couple of hours wasted but if I hadn’t gone I know I’d have been seeing other people’s spectacular photos tomorrow and felt regret. Had a brief moment of hope with light some flashing light at the base of the clouds but it was an ambulance coming up the mountain and it’s light must have been bouncing off the cloud as it wasn’t obvious strobing blue light.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,591
    Think of it as some nice quiet time.
    As long as you enjoy quiet time...
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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    pblakeney said:

    Think of it as some nice quiet time.
    As long as you enjoy quiet time...

    There’s only one person whose company I enjoy so sitting in a car on my own staring at the sky is a pretty good evening!
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,802
    The plan was some waves shots as it’s been blowing hard all day. The sky was grey. The sea was greyer. It was also very hazy, then it started drizzling, so a quick stare at the sky a la Pross, then a change of plan.

    I almost called this Lorry in a Quarry, but that might have been annoying.

    Lorry
    Solva
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,925
    I had no photographic ambitions today, so just snapped a standard view at the end of the road. Very lazy.


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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,891
    A bit of cropping?


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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,925
    rjsterry said:

    A bit of cropping?



    Hmm, not for my eye, as I like the balance of the boats on both sides, though it would have been better if the ones on the right were also on their ends. Also miss the blue there, given the general lack of colour.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,925
    I also like the causeway crossing the centre line, and the bush on the right to counter the trees on the left, and the extra light on the right hand side (I was a minute too late for a shaft of actual sunlight).
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,891
    Or...


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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,925
    rjsterry said:

    Or...



    Then you miss the bit of light there was there...

    I do like to play with cropping (I'm definitely not a 4:3 purist), but for an en passant snap, I think the original says what I wanted it to, in both ratios and colours.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,591
    I've just put photos in the Pro Race forum.
    Debated where to put them so as they are 100% cycling this is just a heads up.
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  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,891
    briantrumpet said:

    rjsterry said:

    Or...



    Then you miss the bit of light there was there...

    I do like to play with cropping (I'm definitely not a 4:3 purist), but for an en passant snap, I think the original says what I wanted it to, in both ratios and colours.
    True. I think it was the strong edge of the wall/hedge against the water being just slightly off centre that was bugging me.
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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,925
    rjsterry said:

    briantrumpet said:

    rjsterry said:

    Or...



    Then you miss the bit of light there was there...

    I do like to play with cropping (I'm definitely not a 4:3 purist), but for an en passant snap, I think the original says what I wanted it to, in both ratios and colours.
    True. I think it was the strong edge of the wall/hedge against the water being just slightly off centre that was bugging me.

    It's always interesting what our gaze alights on, and how we perceive shapes/balance... and yes, often greatly affected by playing about with cropping... it's a fun game.

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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    Both of those are really nice. It's great to see sunset photos that haven't been adjusted to give a horrible, over-saturated fake look.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,925
    Pross said:

    Both of those are really nice. It's great to see sunset photos that haven't been adjusted to give a horrible, over-saturated fake look.

    I had to reduce the saturation that the phone had done, along with the lurid yellow hue.
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  • rjsterry
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    Don't think this quite worked but will have another go soon
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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,802
    edited September 2023
    Pross said:

    Both of those are really nice. It's great to see sunset photos that haven't been adjusted to give a horrible, over-saturated fake look.

    Thanks.
    Out of camera, it was a very dramatic orange, so I tried to give it back its soft haziness. Highly saturated colours can be difficult to avoid (for me and my camera), especially when the sun hasn’t dipped below the horizon and zooming in towards it. I find a wide shot easier to control, also any refections help balance exposure. I’d try exposure bracketing, but I’m not sure if it’s possible to stack multiple layers on my Chromebook. Brian’s magic HDR button seems to work a treat.

    This was OOC which some might prefer.

  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,802
    rjsterry said:


    Don't think this quite worked but will have another go soon

    The shot you did a while back (which quickly disappeared) rain, umbrellas, reflections, running to the station, was a real cracker. Can you repost it (or recreate it :) ) please?
  • rjsterry
    rjsterry Posts: 29,891
    masjer said:

    rjsterry said:


    Don't think this quite worked but will have another go soon

    The shot you did a while back (which quickly disappeared) rain, umbrellas, reflections, running to the station, was a real cracker. Can you repost it (or recreate it :) ) please?

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  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,802
    ^^ Ha, my memory served me well (on this occasion anyroads). Looks great! A crop mostly top and a bit from the bottom looks good too.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,079
    masjer said:

    Pross said:

    Both of those are really nice. It's great to see sunset photos that haven't been adjusted to give a horrible, over-saturated fake look.

    Thanks.
    Out of camera, it was a very dramatic orange, so I tried to give it back its soft haziness. Highly saturated colours can be difficult to avoid (for me and my camera), especially when the sun hasn’t dipped below the horizon and zooming in towards it. I find a wide shot easier to control, also any refections help balance exposure. I’d try exposure bracketing, but I’m not sure if it’s possible to stack multiple layers on my Chromebook. Brian’s magic HDR button seems to work a treat.

    This was OOC which some might prefer.

    You've captured a true human silhouette: one head, one torso, two arms, two legs and a mobile phone.
  • masjer
    masjer Posts: 2,802
    TheBigBean said:

    masjer said:

    Pross said:

    Both of those are really nice. It's great to see sunset photos that haven't been adjusted to give a horrible, over-saturated fake look.

    Thanks.
    Out of camera, it was a very dramatic orange, so I tried to give it back its soft haziness. Highly saturated colours can be difficult to avoid (for me and my camera), especially when the sun hasn’t dipped below the horizon and zooming in towards it. I find a wide shot easier to control, also any refections help balance exposure. I’d try exposure bracketing, but I’m not sure if it’s possible to stack multiple layers on my Chromebook. Brian’s magic HDR button seems to work a treat.

    This was OOC which some might prefer.

    You've captured a true human silhouette: one head, one torso, two arms, two legs and a mobile phone.
    :D I did think this, too. TBF, she was using it to take photos...then probably sending them to all her friends.
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,925
    I was supposed to be going out for a ride this morning at 9am, but we decided to delay for a bit....


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  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,680
    briantrumpet said:

    I was supposed to be going out for a ride this morning at 9am, but we decided to delay for a bit....


    Have you taken to referring to yourself in the first person plural?

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