Random Photos : Part 4
Discussion
Morbid said:
Zelda Pinwheel said:
tenohfive said:
According to your EXIF data you're shooting at 1/800 and at ISO 2000 - which explains the noise in the sky (and probably helps with the fact that the sun bleaches out so much rather than being more distinct.) I just can't see a reason for that high ISO - were you on auto, and exposing based on the foreground? Personally I'd be at ISO 100 (in fact I rarely leave ISO 100) as for a static scene you can easily use a much lower shutter speed to compensate, eliminating that noise. For some reason Flickr isn't showing your aperture - what was it? The foreground looks out of focus to me. And if you want the sunray effect (for artistic reasons) f/11 plus should help, whilst ensuring everything is in focus.
I take it you aren't using grad's (graduated neutral density filters)? Personally I don't do much shooting into the sun and haven't got around to spending £150 on the basics I'd need for a Lee filter kit with adapter and 0.9 grad that I want (hurry up Christmas) - that is undoubtedly the best option for getting sky and foreground correctly exposed. But exposing for the sky then using a grad tool in post processing to lower the highlights whilst preserving the colours works reasonably well for me, though I do find my foreground - something I tend to prefer lighter, rather than in deep shadow - suffers with some noise as I'm pulling so much out of the shadows of an original image that's relatively dark. But if you prefer the dark-ish foreground (as your shot above) that's less of an issue.
I'll add a caveat emptor that I'm not on the same level as most of the photographers in this thread, I just tend to play around and find out what works for me whilst staying very much on a budget.
ETA:
Horizon: try and make sure it's straight, even a few degrees can change the perspective when cropping in post. If you were to crop that image you'd definitely lose the grain tower or whatever it is on the right edge of shot (not a bad thing anyway in my eyes, it's a minor distraction from an otherwise pleasant country scene.)
Thanks for that! It was all a bit of a rush last night - coming home after dinner, the light was beautiful so I just grabbed the camera and shot off to the nearest decent corner - I absolutely confess that I didn't really pay any attention to my settings, it was probably on ISO2000 since the weekend. Unfortunately the clouds were losing their shape really quickly and I just wanted to grab what I could. I don't do very much post processing at all, and no, I have no ND filters (yet, also on my Christmas list).I take it you aren't using grad's (graduated neutral density filters)? Personally I don't do much shooting into the sun and haven't got around to spending £150 on the basics I'd need for a Lee filter kit with adapter and 0.9 grad that I want (hurry up Christmas) - that is undoubtedly the best option for getting sky and foreground correctly exposed. But exposing for the sky then using a grad tool in post processing to lower the highlights whilst preserving the colours works reasonably well for me, though I do find my foreground - something I tend to prefer lighter, rather than in deep shadow - suffers with some noise as I'm pulling so much out of the shadows of an original image that's relatively dark. But if you prefer the dark-ish foreground (as your shot above) that's less of an issue.
I'll add a caveat emptor that I'm not on the same level as most of the photographers in this thread, I just tend to play around and find out what works for me whilst staying very much on a budget.
ETA:
Horizon: try and make sure it's straight, even a few degrees can change the perspective when cropping in post. If you were to crop that image you'd definitely lose the grain tower or whatever it is on the right edge of shot (not a bad thing anyway in my eyes, it's a minor distraction from an otherwise pleasant country scene.)
Edited by tenohfive on Wednesday 9th July 10:05
You're right on the cropping too - I did cut out a bit of annoying tree on the left, but missed the grain tower on the right.
The horizon IS straight, but both the fields and tree line slope. However I'll have another stab at it tonight and see what I can make of a revised version.
Major lesson here - more haste, less speed!!
Many thanks for your advice.
SlowStig said:
I hope these are good enough for this topic!
Enola Gaye by paulcjtaylor1, on Flickr
White House by paulcjtaylor1, on Flickr
Tree Snake by paulcjtaylor1, on Flickr
A eclectic selection indeed! Welcome Enola Gaye by paulcjtaylor1, on FlickrWhite House by paulcjtaylor1, on FlickrTree Snake by paulcjtaylor1, on Flickr
Not posted anything new in a long long while
Some photos from the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone...
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By motion-images, on Flickr
Thanks for looking comments and criticism welcomed.
Some photos from the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone...
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By motion-images, on Flickr
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comments and criticism welcomed.flat-planedCrank said:
Not posted anything new in a long long while
Some photos from the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone...
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By motion-images, on Flickr
Thanks for looking comments and criticism welcomed.
About time too! Great work and distinctively your style - one small comment, the cars mostly appear to be driving out of the shot rather than into it, was this a cunning plan or just the way it panned (sorry) out? Don't necessarily think it detracts but it sort of breaks a 'rule' for these shots so I just wondered Some photos from the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone...
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By motion-images, on Flickr
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comments and criticism welcomed.ExPat2B said:
Some interesting stuff stating to arrive at Farnbourgh Airshow, and some new found respect for Lloydh, framing fast moving aeroplanes with a prime is bloody hard work !
Farnbourgh4 by natureiser, on Flickr
Farnbourgh1 by natureiser, on Flickr
Really like that A-400M shot. Comes with practice in regards to the prime I guess, you should see some of my hashed efforts ha! Farnbourgh4 by natureiser, on Flickr
Farnbourgh1 by natureiser, on Flickr
flat-planedCrank said:
Not posted anything new in a long long while
Some photos from the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone...
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By motion-images, on Flickr
Thanks for looking comments and criticism welcomed.
So fresh, just awesome work. Some photos from the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone...
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By motion-images, on Flickr
Thanks for looking
comments and criticism welcomed.Was meant to be at RIAT again today but the head gasket on the car has gone so put paid to that little trip. Managed some shots yesterday though.. Off to Portugal for Hot Blade 2014 next Saturday so hopefully get some interesting shots.
Aeronautica Militare Eurofighter Typhoon EF2000 by lloydh.co.uk, on FlickrDifferent sort of edit to my usual stuff, not sure if its noticeable? Or good for that matter
RAF Red Arrows by lloydh.co.uk, on FlickrZelda Pinwheel said:
Morbid said:
Zelda Pinwheel said:
tenohfive said:
According to your EXIF data you're shooting at 1/800 and at ISO 2000 - which explains the noise in the sky (and probably helps with the fact that the sun bleaches out so much rather than being more distinct.) I just can't see a reason for that high ISO - were you on auto, and exposing based on the foreground? Personally I'd be at ISO 100 (in fact I rarely leave ISO 100) as for a static scene you can easily use a much lower shutter speed to compensate, eliminating that noise. For some reason Flickr isn't showing your aperture - what was it? The foreground looks out of focus to me. And if you want the sunray effect (for artistic reasons) f/11 plus should help, whilst ensuring everything is in focus.
I take it you aren't using grad's (graduated neutral density filters)? Personally I don't do much shooting into the sun and haven't got around to spending £150 on the basics I'd need for a Lee filter kit with adapter and 0.9 grad that I want (hurry up Christmas) - that is undoubtedly the best option for getting sky and foreground correctly exposed. But exposing for the sky then using a grad tool in post processing to lower the highlights whilst preserving the colours works reasonably well for me, though I do find my foreground - something I tend to prefer lighter, rather than in deep shadow - suffers with some noise as I'm pulling so much out of the shadows of an original image that's relatively dark. But if you prefer the dark-ish foreground (as your shot above) that's less of an issue.
I'll add a caveat emptor that I'm not on the same level as most of the photographers in this thread, I just tend to play around and find out what works for me whilst staying very much on a budget.
ETA:
Horizon: try and make sure it's straight, even a few degrees can change the perspective when cropping in post. If you were to crop that image you'd definitely lose the grain tower or whatever it is on the right edge of shot (not a bad thing anyway in my eyes, it's a minor distraction from an otherwise pleasant country scene.)
Thanks for that! It was all a bit of a rush last night - coming home after dinner, the light was beautiful so I just grabbed the camera and shot off to the nearest decent corner - I absolutely confess that I didn't really pay any attention to my settings, it was probably on ISO2000 since the weekend. Unfortunately the clouds were losing their shape really quickly and I just wanted to grab what I could. I don't do very much post processing at all, and no, I have no ND filters (yet, also on my Christmas list).I take it you aren't using grad's (graduated neutral density filters)? Personally I don't do much shooting into the sun and haven't got around to spending £150 on the basics I'd need for a Lee filter kit with adapter and 0.9 grad that I want (hurry up Christmas) - that is undoubtedly the best option for getting sky and foreground correctly exposed. But exposing for the sky then using a grad tool in post processing to lower the highlights whilst preserving the colours works reasonably well for me, though I do find my foreground - something I tend to prefer lighter, rather than in deep shadow - suffers with some noise as I'm pulling so much out of the shadows of an original image that's relatively dark. But if you prefer the dark-ish foreground (as your shot above) that's less of an issue.
I'll add a caveat emptor that I'm not on the same level as most of the photographers in this thread, I just tend to play around and find out what works for me whilst staying very much on a budget.
ETA:
Horizon: try and make sure it's straight, even a few degrees can change the perspective when cropping in post. If you were to crop that image you'd definitely lose the grain tower or whatever it is on the right edge of shot (not a bad thing anyway in my eyes, it's a minor distraction from an otherwise pleasant country scene.)
Edited by tenohfive on Wednesday 9th July 10:05
You're right on the cropping too - I did cut out a bit of annoying tree on the left, but missed the grain tower on the right.
The horizon IS straight, but both the fields and tree line slope. However I'll have another stab at it tonight and see what I can make of a revised version.
Major lesson here - more haste, less speed!!
Many thanks for your advice.
Then merge the layers, and use some noise reduction. This didn't work 100% so I also added some Gaussian blur to 'smooth' away some of the graininess.
Essentially you are really just adjusting 3 parts of the image to get the exposure and colour right for each section - what you could do using filters I guess (I don't use filters).
Here's my attempt at PP on the same pic using Lightroom insead of PS
Sunset PP by doriangrey380, on Flickr
Sunset PP by doriangrey380, on FlickrDibblyDobbler said:
flat-planedCrank said:
Not posted anything new in a long long while
Some photos from the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone...
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
By motion-images, on Flickr
Thanks for looking comments and criticism welcomed.
About time too! Great work and distinctively your style - one small comment, the cars mostly appear to be driving out of the shot rather than into it, was this a cunning plan or just the way it panned (sorry) out? Don't necessarily think it detracts but it sort of breaks a 'rule' for these shots so I just wondered Some photos from the F1 Grand Prix at Silverstone...
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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By motion-images, on Flickr
Thanks for looking
comments and criticism welcomed.I guess a bit of both! I've other shots that aren't 'short sided' in that way so it's a bit of poor shot selection in there too
lloyd h said:
So fresh, just awesome work.
Cheers lloyd h said:
Different sort of edit to my usual stuff, not sure if its noticeable? Or good for that matter
RAF Red Arrows by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr
Kinda 'smokey'? Both in subject and style RAF Red Arrows by lloydh.co.uk, on FlickrFew more from Silverstone...
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C&C welcomed
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C&C welcomed
Crater Lake - 159 by www.bazpics.com, on Flickr
Owens River - 16 by www.bazpics.com, on Flickr
Yosemite - 219 by www.bazpics.com, on Flickr
'Slick" Dickens (No word of a lie) plugging in the burner..
RNLAF F-16 Demo Team by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr
RAF Red Arrows by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr
RNLAF F-16 Demo Team by lloydh.co.uk, on FlickrRAF Red Arrows by lloydh.co.uk, on Flickr
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