Recent content by Somelier

I like the first one, it just sort of "grabs" the eye. The second one has just a bit too much contrast for me, with the loss of detail.

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I'm with you on this one - surely Lightroom must be the easiest and fastest way to locate and view RAW files, at least if you've taken the trouble to set things up properly in the first place! I download my images directly to an external hard drive, then immediately import into Lightroom...

It's great, real eye biting stuff. One of those rare occasions when overdone HDR works. Gives it a surreal, scifi look. All it needs is some lightning hitting the building and it could be straight out of one of those dark scifi films.

The amount of light falling on the sensor is purely down to aperture and shutter speed. There is NO multiplication factor, only cropping factor. The laws of physics cannot be changed. A lens will produce a certain sized image of a subject at a given distance no matter what size film/sensor is...

Your imagination is being tested already. If you're serious about this course, then you shouldn't be asking for ideas on here, but allowing your imagination to wander. It seems a very good project to test new students.

Been using them for years, they are a great bunch and have a very wide range of used gear.

Because the mirrors in clothes shops are slightly convex and make them look slimmer than they really are. Also, their friends are too diplomatic to tell them how dreadful they look!!

The 18-55 kit lens could be the problem. When I bought my 300D, the kit lens was very good, but the one I bought with my 400D was dire - I quickly replaced it with a EF-S 17-85 IS. You need to put the camera on a good steady tripod, use either a remote release or self timer, focus using live...

Took this on Bath Rugby Club pitch. The bird would land on a floodlight, then swoop down across the grass. Canon 450D plus 100-400 lens

You know, I only live 5 minutes away from the raceway and I've never been to an event!

Macro's what? Or do you mean Macros

Just to reinforce what has been said by DucDuc, it is better to format the card after downloading images than to simply delete them. Deleting does not remove them from the card, but simply deletes the pointer to the files. While files will be overwritten, there will still be remnants of data...

I'm not familiar with your camera, but with my Canon, I can either set the focus to static - focusses when I press the shutter and the focus stays at that point, or dynamic - the focus follows the movement of the subject. The latter is best on moving subjects. The static will miss the important...

That's a stunner