Recent content by Daft Togger

It must have been.....no real danger there, I'll stick with my 5D....don't think I'd even consider swapping it for the new D3. Not that I have anything against Nikon now :gag:

Yes, I go one about 8 months ago when I bought my Mac and 23" TFT...and it makes a huge difference, and allows you to make more accurate edits as well as judgements on others photos. But you've got to calibrate it every 2/3 weeks.

No ND grad in these shots? Darn, I might have to defect and go get me a Nikon !

No 2 is superb, like the fg interest....which takes up a lot of the frame, but works rather well as a lead in to a nice sunset.

Looks ok, but wonder what just the B&W looks like, just to compare....I usually try B&W when the lighting is flat.

Dunno what happened...they are back :)

Thanks Les, 3rd shot is actually quite a close crop....still in awe at how much of a crop you can make with the 5D and still get acceptable images.

Sharpness, yea it took me a while to master sharp images, the essential items being a tripod, but what made a difference for me was when I discovered the Mirror Lock...some say it makes little to no difference...well I beg to differ...with a good lens, mirror lock can make all the difference and...

Some of my fav water shots. 1. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/202/498337976_afe180ef3f_b.jpg 2. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/206/488080125_8b1a1f2fc6_b.jpg 3. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/197/498407757_ee42bab9c9_b.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/129/395194167_7b6de15f83_b.jpg

Thanks for the attempt, but you simply can't pull back detail that ain't there, you just end up with a low qaulity image that looks far from natural. It was intentional anyway. Had I wanted a nicely balanced image, I'd have used just a CP filter or a 0.3 ND grad and used AV comp if required.

So you missed the foreground light, the blue sky, and strange bright ball in the sky.....fair enough, can like em all. Under-exposure is intentional to get silloette.....I used a 0.9 ND filter to get the effect.

I use a hardware calibrator (the Spyder 2Pro) which basically calibrates your monitor to your chossen colour profile e.g. sRGB or Adobe RGB 1998, I choose to use sRGB and also set my camera to use this colour space for consistancy, something you also need to set in photoshop also.

Here's a shot I managed to capture the wee annoying midges in....

Like No2, however the right hand side is dark and underexposed...did you perhaps forget to turn your ND grad filter around ?