Recent content by Racecar81

Hi Garry - thanks for the feedback. The highlight on the right is quite 'hot' - I was hoping, the 'homemade' diffuser would soften it somewhat and also help to create the light graduation across the face of the body. I think (as you suggest), moving the light source away will help this ? The...

I had a go at this, but with a slightly different type of knife. I think the principle is the same - shoot something shiny ! Took quite a while messing around with different 'inventions' (e.g. even made a homemade snoot at one point), but ended up with something relatively simple. Godox V860...

Thanks Mick - just ordered the Snowdonia book :) (FYI - It looks like the order has gone through (received confirmation emails), but after the Paypal process completed and it returned me to the Fotovue website, it went to a 'non-existent' page with a 404 error. You may want to check this as I...

Some nice examples there - thanks! I guess it would be nice to see an 'official definition', but I think it is one of those things that is too open to interpretation. I just wanted to think of something a little different, but dont want to overstep the boundaries ! @Harlequin565 - I tend to...

Our next local Photography Club competition is 'Still Life'. Is there any 'definition' of this or is it simply just a bowl of fruit/flowers ? e.g. Is product photography included (macro shot of wrist watch, some photoshopped pic of some Nike trainers on fire (is fire 'still'??), etc.)? Curious...

Allen - no flash, just upped the exposure a bit in lightroom to highlight the 'foreground interest', but agree that they are a bit overcooked. Was trying to get a certain look (wide angle with close foreground interest). Nearly, but not quite ! Thanks.

Reasonable sunset over South Stack (Anglesey) the other night. Thanks for looking :) Sunset over South Stack Lighthouse by Richard Breland, on Flickr

Hi Terry - thanks for the comments. I will clone out the bright spots. Regarding the clarity/sharpening - I havent applied any extra sharpening over and above what Lightroom has put in as default (40), and ironically I took the clarity down (-10) to try and give it a 'softer' look. I think the...

A recent snap from The Roaches (Peak Disctrict). All comments gratefully received - thanks for looking :) Up on The Roaches by Richard Breland, on Flickr

Decided to brave the weather and managed to dodge the hail/rain for this trip to the waterfall. Some sun broke through in the end! All comments gratefully received - thanks for looking :) Middle Black Clough Waterfall by Richard Breland, on Flickr

Thanks Jason. I like 'calm and sunny', but then you dont get shots like this :) I had a look on the Trinity website, but it looks like submissions closed at the end of Feb :(. Thanks ! Thank Peter.

Saw the weather was going to be pretty windy over the weekend, so decided to try and get a 'rough sea' shot at the Perch Rock Lighthouse. I could barely stand up in the wind/rain/sleet, but it made for an interesting shot ! All comments gratefully received - thanks for looking :) Perch Rock...

Thanks Neil :)

Had a very quick attempt in Photoshop. Created a Selective Colour Adjustment layer and decreased the Yellows and played around with the Reds/Magentas. Then added a Curves Adjustment Layer to adjust the look of the whole image (mainly decreased the highlights, but also changed the individual...