Grant(aka_eddy) Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Is this what you meant Grant? Ha ha .....yes, yes it is! Shame you cant crop her out without ruining the symetry though. Agree the B & W does look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 7, 2006 Moderator Share Posted September 7, 2006 It was the symmetry that made me leave them in tbh, but having played around with it for a long time yesterday, I tried the mono - prefered the colour, like the slightly muted shades and the lighting was nice and even. If I'd been standing two inches to the left and zoomed in a little more, none of this would have been up for debate but then again, if I'd done that the kid would have been flat on his face too. Its an almost shot, nearly there but not quite (I don't mind anyone playing around with my photo's btw, other people do it all the time on another website I use - its a good learning tool) Oh and some Black & Whites will be coming up next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sit_Down_Potato_Head Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Bickster, I didn't buy the Mamiya (its an RB67), it was handed down by my Dad who used it at work. They gave it to him as a sort of retirement present. I say "sort of" as they were going to throw it away as they'd bought a digital camera. Criminal or what? Nice pics btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant(aka_eddy) Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Bit ott with the sky perhaps. But sharpened the pic, and took the water a bit cooler. Graduated tint for the sky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 7, 2006 Moderator Share Posted September 7, 2006 Some more - a monotone day mostly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted September 7, 2006 VT Supporter Share Posted September 7, 2006 Love the bottom one Bicks, great composition and the middle focus is spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 7, 2006 Moderator Share Posted September 7, 2006 Bit ott with the sky perhaps. But sharpened the pic, and took the water a bit cooler. Graduated tint for the sky. I took the sky to a similar nuclear orange myself and dint like it as much, looked a bit unnatural, you might be right about cooling down the river though. And as it happens I don't sharpen my photos for showing on here purely because they are RAW presharpened before any editing and the best way to sharpen an image is to suit the output medium, so from photoshop >save for web > photoshop > Sharpen >save is just a pain in the arse - it also significantly increases file size. Much easier to leave the file unsharpened as a PS file and sharpen according to the print medium / printer when needed - otherwise the files & filenames just become messy messy messy. So yes it probably does need sharpening but I can never be bothered just to display them on a forum :mrgreen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 7, 2006 Moderator Share Posted September 7, 2006 Love the bottom one Bicks, great composition and the middle focus is spot on. Aye its one of the few shots I took thats much more typical me photography and so far out of the ones I've done - its my favourite too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant(aka_eddy) Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Gotcha mate. Like the 2nd batch...like leaving the crossing man as red on the b&w. Thats a statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 7, 2006 Moderator Share Posted September 7, 2006 Bickster, I didn't buy the Mamiya (its an RB67), it was handed down by my Dad who used it at work. They gave it to him as a sort of retirement present. I say "sort of" as they were going to throw it away as they'd bought a digital camera. Criminal or what? Nice pics btw. Absolutely criminal but fortunate for you none the less. I'd love to have a go at medium format one day, might see what the rental costs are like and take one out for a spin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 7, 2006 Moderator Share Posted September 7, 2006 Gotcha mate. Like the 2nd batch...like leaving the crossing man as red on the b&w. Thats a statement. A technique I usually shy away from tbh, I usually think its a bit gimmicky. Saw one for sale in a London Gallery t'other day, which was a very good shot of a bridge over the Thames riuned by the fact that the photographer had resaturated the red London Bus. It left me thinking that the point of the shot was a red bus, which if it had been left as a monotone the photo would just have been a great B&W cityscape. But in this instance I thought the selective colour helped give the image its focus. It would have been better if the bloke hadn't spotted me taking a photo, assumed he was in the way and politely moved to the side - a few seconds before he was right in the middle of the frame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitey Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Picture taken with my mobile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitey Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Now something more serious: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RantinRob Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Blimey............a stump!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitey Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 And: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant(aka_eddy) Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Carve a face in that and it's Bert from Sesame street! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wurzel Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Just trying that panorama software Bicks :winkold: , see how much better it is. Old program: The good Program: Bit of a difference isnt there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 8, 2006 Moderator Share Posted September 8, 2006 Its just the dogs bollocks isnt it Wurzel Thats why Adobe have just paid millions for it images may still need a bit of freehand transformation from time to time but nowhere near as much as most programs what Camera phone is that btw Kitey, quality is superb for a phone cam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitey Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Its just the dogs bollocks isnt it Wurzel Thats why Adobe have just paid millions for it images may still need a bit of freehand transformation from time to time but nowhere near as much as most programs what Camera phone is that btw Kitey, quality is superb for a phone cam Here's a panorama picture from the Engadine. I'm in it btw. My mobile is a Sony Ericsson K750i. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant(aka_eddy) Posted September 8, 2006 Share Posted September 8, 2006 Here's a panorama picture from the Engadine. I'm in it btw. That place is gorgeous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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