Random Photos : Part 4
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Cracking aurora last night, one of the brightest I've seen.
Aurora Australis 27 Mar 2017 by Ben, on Flickr
Aurora Australis 27 Mar 2017 by Ben, on Flickr
Harry Flashman said:
He really doesn't!
I take tons of s
t lol I just dont publish that... 
GravelBen said:
Cracking aurora last night, one of the brightest I've seen.
Aurora Australis 27 Mar 2017 by Ben, on Flickr
Gutted I missed this, was hoping to see something last night but still total cloud cover :/Aurora Australis 27 Mar 2017 by Ben, on Flickr
LordHaveMurci said:
Would like some feedback on these if possible please
First suggestion is to stop using Thumbsnap, you'll get much better results with Flickr.Did you do any post processing? They look a little bit lifeless to me, that could be Thumbsnap. Maybe a little bit more contrast would help
singlecoil said:
First suggestion is to stop using Thumbsnap, you'll get much better results with Flickr.
Did you do any post processing? They look a little bit lifeless to me, that could be Thumbsnap. Maybe a little bit more contrast would help
No processing, these are straight from camera, I do have RAW files to play with if required. Did you do any post processing? They look a little bit lifeless to me, that could be Thumbsnap. Maybe a little bit more contrast would help
I expect one of the landscape guys will weigh in on this, but it certainly looks to me like your pictures would benefit from some post processing to liven them up. And on the second picture you could use Photoshop if you had it to remove the people who are adding nothing but distraction to the picture.
First one is interesting but really needs some good light, nice idea
Second suffers from the 'wide angle problem' where there is either nothing of interest for a large part of the image or its messy.
What I want to see is the nice curve of that spit with some space and the cliffs behind
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|http://thumbsnap.com/UZ8wWhRT[/url]
Third again messy foreground, the rest can be worked into something nice
Second suffers from the 'wide angle problem' where there is either nothing of interest for a large part of the image or its messy.
What I want to see is the nice curve of that spit with some space and the cliffs behind
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|http://thumbsnap.com/UZ8wWhRT[/url]Third again messy foreground, the rest can be worked into something nice
In terms of post processing you can start off with Photoscape, it's free, just Google and download it. This is what I managed in about two minutes using it. I cloned out the individual figures, left the others in to give a sense of scale and because they didn't catch the eye too much.
Then added a bit of brightness and contrast, and cropped out some of the foreground.
Then added a bit of brightness and contrast, and cropped out some of the foreground.
Thanks guys, I thought the 3rd one needed cropping but wanted to post as taken to get thoughts from people who know what they're talking about!
The one through the trees faces approx SE so getting sunrise/sunset there isn't going to happen, I'm assuming that's what you meant by good light? These were taken mid-late morning so maybe later in the day when the sun had moved around would have been better?
Singlecoil - thanks for that quick edit - gives me an idea of what to try.
The one through the trees faces approx SE so getting sunrise/sunset there isn't going to happen, I'm assuming that's what you meant by good light? These were taken mid-late morning so maybe later in the day when the sun had moved around would have been better?
Singlecoil - thanks for that quick edit - gives me an idea of what to try.
LordHaveMurci said:
Thanks guys, I thought the 3rd one needed cropping but wanted to post as taken to get thoughts from people who know what they're talking about!
The one through the trees faces approx SE so getting sunrise/sunset there isn't going to happen, I'm assuming that's what you meant by good light? These were taken mid-late morning so maybe later in the day when the sun had moved around would have been better?
Singlecoil - thanks for that quick edit - gives me an idea of what to try.
Hi, I don't know exactly where the first was taken from but probably near the golf course (judging by google maps) so I think it's looking SW. I would have thought that a nice winter sunset could be caught through the trees from there.The one through the trees faces approx SE so getting sunrise/sunset there isn't going to happen, I'm assuming that's what you meant by good light? These were taken mid-late morning so maybe later in the day when the sun had moved around would have been better?
Singlecoil - thanks for that quick edit - gives me an idea of what to try.
I use the first link (to no discernible advantage) and I've just found the second site.
https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/uk/exeter
http://suncalc.net/#/50.7053,-3.0719,13/2017.12.17...
Cheers.
170401 Perch Rock Lighthouse 1 by David Yeoman, on Flickr
4 mins but little cloud movement!
Edited by DavidY on Sunday 2nd April 15:53
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