Recent content by Earl Grey

wow, some great advice. plenty for me to ponder - will be a good learning experience for me I think!

Good advice thanks- a lot cheaper than I was expecting! I'll give it a go. Would you suggest sunny or overcast?

Hi all, Pretty new to photography so apologies for this very basic question. I have a Nikon D7500 and just really starting to get to grips with it. My brother-in-law passed away recently and has left us a large collection of paintings that he did - mostly oil on canvas. They will be stored so...

Sounds like we have plenty of volunteers for the next series ;)

Thanks, I thought about claiming I was trying to make the pier stand out against a darker background but actually that does look better as you can make out more detail in the trees

Have removed the dust spot and warmed the sunlight as suggested manual adjustments and sharpening_warmed by Earl Grey Rooibos, on Flickr

Really great photos, can I ask for some opinion - I was on a photography course at the weekend and the sky was similar to that in these shots- the tutor said on overcast days to avoid including the sky in shots if at all possible for the very reason we see here. My question is, for a shot like...

Thank you Craig, very helpful suggestions, I'll have a go doing as you suggest- hadn't even spotted the dust!

I'm a total noob so take this with a pinch of salt but I'd be tempted to PS out the twigs in the water to the left of centre, they're a bit distracting

tried to post a photo for critique on this site after joining it only to find the link didn't work because I've only posted two items and you have to do 3. So. Here's my third!

I'm in the middle of watching the first series on catch-up, enjoying it but it has a times been a bit too far up it's own rear and a couple of the 'experts' have at times just been plain rude. One guy when a contestant disagreed with him, rather than explain, just said "well that's why you are...

Hi, very new to photography so any opinions and suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Took this while walking the Cowal Way in Scotland this May and have done a little PP in photoshop but don't really know what I'm doing! Might not even get the linking to the file right, but here...