Recent content by tacko

I have a daily XL (I think) and think it's the mutts nuts. Quite simply I pitched up in the shop and asked them to get the kit I wan't to carry and tried the bags until I got the right size. Mind you I don't carry a load of stuff, 400D, 100-300mm (with hood), 18-55mm and 50mm prime + a few...

The only thing I would say is if you look Arab and you are unknown to the local spotters you will raise attention. As mentioned an increasing number of bases use the spotters as a valuable set of eyes and ears, and will often have the phone number for the guard room. So rather than pitch up...

I got a selection of my Africa shots in a Photobox one, and I was a little disappointed with the quality of the printing. It seemd to sufffer worst where there is a lot of sky or sea in the shot looking a little dotty for want of a better word. Also on one of the pages there was also a head...

Love the first one, Not to keen on 2 or 3. 2 seems alittle over processed and the orchid doesn't seem to burst out of the background. 3 just doesn't really float my boat so to speak!

Gotta be #1 for me, the riders pose and the direction he's looking in complements the composition.

Went to greysacle, then duo-toned adding a bit of yellow and fiddled with the colour to add a little atmosphere (oh and a 180 flip!) Would have prfered the people walking into the frame to draw your eye across the horizon.

Perhaps you could change the name to Green Wind....?, as it seems to be a nice juxtaposition of renewable generation vs asthetics. It is this just somantics? Any way enough longwords for the weekend I'm off to lie down!

Thanks. I still have the RAW file, do you think lifting the white balance would help out. Alternativly would removing the vignetting help as this is darkening the edges? Think I know what your getting at with photoshops save options.

Should be done now, but i'm not happy with how it looks, it's alot clearer on my home computer (obviously way larger image size) but also on my facebook gallery. I think the problem is reducing it to 800 pixels but thats what the rules said was max size!! Clearly I'm doing something...

has this worked?? If so what do people think? Shot looks better with more pixels!!

Hello All, I'm Chris and I live on the Coast near Newcastle. I bought a Canon 400D for my honeymoon in Africa last August and have well and truely caught the bug! I now have the Canon kit 18-55, which everybody seems to diss but I reckon it's still a better lens than I am a photogapher! I...