Fishing The Fly Scotland
Index => Main Discussion Area => Topic started by: Iain Goolager on 03/12/2012 at 23:06
-
As title...................... A photo
(http://i49.tinypic.com/votyrn.jpg)
be amused - or don't be, but it still remains - a photo
Iain
-
Really nice. :z16 :z16
-
Very 'arty', well done.
H :z3
-
Not bad iain :z16
Do you not have photoshop though? I'm sure you could have lightened it up a bit, kind of hard to see anything!!
Ben
-
Oh! that's dissapointing. On my works monitor it looks very dark too :shock
Due to printing some of the loons school Autumn Project pictures and them turning out too dark I decided to purchase an IPS, wide viewing angle monitor and a calibration tool. This shows photo's in fantastic detailed colours (and at the correct brightness).
Unfortunately I'll have to see if there is some way of saving a copy for web browsing as opposed to a print quality version.?
Anyone any experience of this?
Iain
-
Dude, I was joking.
You can even see all of those irelevant bits that Magnus was talking about, you know, the bits my camera is not good enough spot on any setting.
Ben
-
(http://i47.tinypic.com/ra6urt.jpg)
This any better? Should be a wee bit lighter without losing the desired 'feel'?
Like the pic Iain, keep 'em coming.
Cheers
Allan L
-
Iain,
I like the first one.
Regards,
Eddie.
-
Yup, the fist one is better. The sky is much more dramatic with the deeper colours.
:z16
Irvine
-
Me too ...... Great stuff Iain :z16
Best wishes
Mike
-
Nice work dude!
-
Thanks guys,
I've a few more general shots to post but I'll have to try and ensure they show as intended first.
Iain
-
Very nice Iain. Kinda sums up those end of season evenings :'( :'(
-
Alan, that's overly bright on my normal tv monitor (original looks ok on it too)
I'll try a white one
(http://i48.tinypic.com/15rd4qb.jpg)
Iain
-
Wow ..... nice :z16
-
Yup agree Iain, was simply offering a version with a 'sharper' foreground. In that instance, given you were trying to capture the dramatic sky, it wasn't in keeping with the original. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
Sorry
Allan
-
(http://i45.tinypic.com/25k4qqw.jpg)
Guys, here is a photo from Assynt fishing trip. If I can ever figure out how to find some manipulation software that I can understand then I can sort the blown out sky. Not as good as Iains but it does keep you going through the winter when the broonies are unavailable.
Eddie
-
(http://i47.tinypic.com/35b6tdv.jpg)
-
Iain,
what software are you using and does it require a degree in computer science or can auld mannies like me figure it out?
By the way the tree picture was great.
Eddie.
-
Hi Eddie,
I always import a picture to develop in Adobe Lightroom, there is a gradient filter in there (amongst many other manipulation tools) but I then opted to open it in Nik efex HDR pro (a Lightroom plug in) for no other reason than to have a quick shufftie of the picture in the various presets - there is also decent grad filter sliders in there too.
One such preset looked quite nice although more fanciful than the original tone of the photo, but it's all a bit of free artistic license anyway - so I saved it with that preset then back to lightroom where I reduced the volume of baron sky with a crop.
Noticed some dust specs on the photo so opened it in in Adobe Elements and removed them along with a bit of I'm not sure if it was wispy cloud or whatever up in the top right of the photo, added a quick border and converted to JPEG.
A pro would have I'm sure made 100% better go of it and if it was my picture to edit then I'd have spent much more time on it but it lets you see what a novice can do with a few decent programs and access to youtube.
The photo is actually quite good, bit of a blown out sky and dark foreground but a nice picture all the same. :z16
Iain
-
Iain,
thanks for that. I guess i might ask santa for some new toys for the computer and play with them over the winter. I see lots of great opportunities for photos when I am wondering about in the highlands but I do not yet possess the skills to replicate what I see into an image.
Eddie.
-
Eddie,
It's probably not the best idea to take advice from a novice when looking for a sound direction to take but here's what I'd recommend, for what it's worth.....................
Spend the money on a photography course BUT only after getting your head round the basics from books or the web as you'd want to be spend your time productively picking the instructors brains on technique rather than figuring out how to change settings on your specific camera, etc.
It's so much easier bringing out the best in a decent 'out of the camera' composition with tiny tweaks here and there than having to bring Frankenstein to life.
Adobe Lightroom 4 seems to have a huge following and for good reason, if I had to recommend one program then it'd be that one - followed by Photoshop Elements 11 (which is the latest but I have version 10).
Have an ask around and check out the Net.
Happy hunting
Iain
-
Iain,
thanks for that. I guess i might ask santa for some new toys for the computer and play with them over the winter. I see lots of great opportunities for photos when I am wondering about in the highlands but I do not yet possess the skills to replicate what I see into an image.
Eddie.
Dad, I'll get in touch with Murray, whom I am sure would be more than willing to show you the ropes! What that man doesn't know about photoshop etc isn't worth knowing! I'll ping him a mail and get back to you.
:z18
Steven.
-
Eddie,
The way it was described to me was photoshop can edit out the spots on your face or in Iain's case a few pounds here and there :oops. With Lightroom you can make overall changes to a photo like Iain has demonstrated. I think in ideal world you would use both in parallel but at the moment I'm loving Lightroom.
Cheers
Matt
-
On the other hand, you can just let it be :z8
Sunrise this morning
(http://i49.tinypic.com/otzy39.jpg)
-
Nice one Irvine! :z16
Best wishes
Mike
-
On the other hand, you can just let it be :z8
I quite agree, when does nature ever provide you with perfection, if you are capturing the world around you, it should look like the world around you.
Maybe i'm a touch anal about these things, but when you start messing with "A Photo" it becomes art and then we are on a different subject IMHO.
However i do really like all the photos on the post :z16
Eddie, what type of camera did you take the Assynt one with? I think the original one looks like scotland and i love it, the doctored version looks like New Zealand from a magazine, Nice piece of Art but doesn't make me feel like i want to be there :z8
Sandy
-
Horses for courses Sandy but it's well know that what the camera records is not exactly what the eye sees.
All photography is digital art
God males better sensors than Nikon. :z7
Iain
-
I think we need amber polarising filters :z4 Amber sunglasses certainly brighten up an otherwise gloomy day!
Best wishes
Mike
-
Amber nectar is more in order at the moment :z4
Iain
-
Agree with that Sandy, but then again it depends on the camera, settings etc to truly capture the world around you as it truly is. A wee bit of photoshop can help tidy up, but agree too much can alter the photo away from what you were trying capture in the first place.
In the end all photos are subject to interpretation, any photo taken, edited or not, is a form of art and each of us will like some more than others.
All good pics btw, really like the 'drama' from this morning's shot, and the Assynt pic simply because i love it there, the rugged beauty is always spectacular.
-
Every picture tells a story! :z16
-
God males better sensors than Nikon. :z7
Iain
Aye but this one is made by Panasonic :wink
Irvine
-
:z4 :z4 :z4
-
Sandy,
it was taken with a Nikon D5000. This was taken 2 years ago with the kit lens that came with the camera. I have a dedicated wide angle lens nowadays for landscapes and I am getting a little better at it now. I still do not use any editing software but I spoke with Matt earlier today and he has given me a link to a guy in Aberdeen to get some tuition from so I will spend some money on tuition and take it from there. I agree with everybody on the fact that we are spoiled up here with the scenery and the light.
Eddie.
-
Aye but this one is made by Panasonic
Ah! the Lords own choice Irvine.
from the book of ACTS
"for the Lord he did speak in leisurely council with Hedros the king of Panasonia. Aramaic preamble came so gently to the king that bestowed on him was the gift of divine pixelation"
It's true
Iain
-
Just to add my point of view. There is yet to be a Camera that can capture the same level of contrast as the human eye can. Also the human brain is a clever thing and what you perceive to be a bright blue sky is actually that washed out colour that ends up in your average photo however your brain and endorphins trick you into believing it's a much brighter blue. I like to edit to get it back to how I remember it to be not always how it shows up in a photo. I agree there is a fine line before you tweak it too much. But I firmly believe there is a place for post processing of digital photos.
That Barry O'Flynn had a cracking photo in the Evening Express on Thursday.
Matt
-
Barry O'Flynn
:z4 :z4 :z4
-
This morning, as the camera saw it :cool:
Cheers
Mike
(http://fishingthefly.co.uk/sunrise111212.jpg)
-
Did you roll over and point the camera out of the bedroom window?
Irvine :z12
-
It's a hard life Irvine, but somebody has to do it :z4 :z4 :z4
Best wishes
Mike
-
Nice photo Mike, been on a course for a few days and been fortunate to be in the car when the sun has been rising, amazing possibilities on Tues, Wed & Thursday...........then today arrives and so does the cloud & rain :mad
Iain