Dave said:Where did you buy the dramatic clouds in the first one?
effyman said:Hi CT. I'm not really thrilled by the content of the first photo, but that is just me.
I do, however, like the second and third photos, with a few minor comments. For me the armaure is distracting in the middle one, and I would have tried to get it out of the way (of course that may not be possible). I feel that it distracts me and pulls my attention away from the main focus, the piano keys and guitar.
The last one is pretty cool. I really like how you were able to capture the drop of water right after it was released. The only thing I might have done differently here would be to bring the faucet into focus as well.
Thats just mythough and these are great photographs.
effyman said:and oops... I spelt armoire wrong ops:
CT said:Thanks fellers.
Steve. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!! that Mazda is a Honda.
Arkady said:Something I picked up recently with regard to skies - try taking two exposures - one for the sky and one for the foreground, then put them together in photoshop (and yes, it can be done with film too all you luddites!).
This gets around the problem with burnt out highlights and lack of latitude in general when dealing with a high subject luminance range.
CT said:Arkady said:Something I picked up recently with regard to skies - try taking two exposures - one for the sky and one for the foreground, then put them together in photoshop (and yes, it can be done with film too all you luddites!).
This gets around the problem with burnt out highlights and lack of latitude in general when dealing with a high subject luminance range.
This is something I want to do a fair bit of when I can get out and about. I'm just interested in the mechanics of how you go about it.
Presumably the camera is on a tripod so it's difficult to make the separate required meter readings for each exposure once the camera is tripod mounted. I'm guessing your technique is to meter for each shot and make a note beforehand - or use a hand-held meter perhaps?
KenCo1964 said:The wardrobe might have a posh name but youll not get many clothes in..
CT said:KenCo1964 said:The wardrobe might have a posh name but youll not get many clothes in..
It's actually a drinks cabinet Ken. I tend to make sure there's no room in there for clothes anyway. [smilie=b:
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Very James Bond, I too have a drinks cabinet, the wife she is so common, she keeps referring to it as the fridge. Every time I want a drink I have to move half a dozen yoghurts.
KenCo1964 said:Very James Bond, I too have a drinks cabinet, the wife she is so common, she keeps referring to it as the fridge. Every time I want a drink I have to move half a dozen yoghurts.
Arkady said:Something I picked up recently with regard to skies - try taking two exposures - one for the sky and one for the foreground, then put them together in photoshop (and yes, it can be done with film too all you luddites!).
This gets around the problem with burnt out highlights and lack of latitude in general when dealing with a high subject luminance range.
Adrian said:CT said:Arkady said:Something I picked up recently with regard to skies - try taking two exposures - one for the sky and one for the foreground, then put them together in photoshop (and yes, it can be done with film too all you luddites!).
This gets around the problem with burnt out highlights and lack of latitude in general when dealing with a high subject luminance range.
This is something I want to do a fair bit of when I can get out and about. I'm just interested in the mechanics of how you go about it.
Presumably the camera is on a tripod so it's difficult to make the separate required meter readings for each exposure once the camera is tripod mounted. I'm guessing your technique is to meter for each shot and make a note beforehand - or use a hand-held meter perhaps?
One problem going down the photoshop route is the time taken between shots can mean that objects (mainly clouds) may have moved significantly.
Steve said:Arkady said:Something I picked up recently with regard to skies - try taking two exposures - one for the sky and one for the foreground, then put them together in photoshop (and yes, it can be done with film too all you luddites!).
This gets around the problem with burnt out highlights and lack of latitude in general when dealing with a high subject luminance range.
Or shoot in RAW if your camera has this function which will usually give you +/-2 stops lattitude, then process the same image twice once for the sky and once for the forground and combine them in PS to get a perfect result.
Like Adrian I use filters but as usual there are many ways to skin a cat