Random Photos : Part 4

[DibblyDobbler]

^^^ Nice shot. Nothing obvious leaping out at me

[realjv]

Café by realjv, on Flickr

[bazza white]

Andy_C77 said:

Some awesome images here. Below are a few of mine.







It would be good to have some constructive criticisms as I’m learning and always up for picking up new tips.

I see that captured quite alot on the cardiff photography photo group and been meaning to have a bash myself. Id darken then background and bring the for ground out.

This isnt mine but i quite like it.

[Harry Flashman]

Nature is a ham - if an artist painted these pictures, no-one would believe the colours. I took these this evening, in a tropical location. The first shot is straight out of the camera - I have done a slight crop. I used a graduated ND filter to take these.

Second photo, I have messed around with the shadows to make my pregnant wife a silhouette, and gone for a weird abstract soft focus thing to blur the horizon.

I need to work on getting the focus and sharpness better, deal with the vignetting, and there is too much noise (I need to work out what ISO to use I think). Underexposed too I think - did not want to blow out highlights, but I may play a bit more in Lightroom. However, I liked the colours (and thought they were insane), so posted them. All constructive advice eagerly taken!

DSC_1382.jpg by baconrashers, on Flickr

DSC_1386.jpg by baconrashers, on Flickr

Edited by Harry Flashman on Sunday 25th March 09:09

[ukaskew]

Very nice Harry. My only thing in terms of feedback would be that if going for the silhouette look shot number 2 may have worked better if taken from a much lower angle. That would avoid any clutter around the body outline (such as the pier).

[DavidY]

180324 Tryfan by David Yeoman, on Flickr

[singlecoil]

DibblyDobbler said:

^^^ Nice shot. Nothing obvious leaping out at me

Thanks.

I 'shopped in the table and the wallpaper but with composites it's always difficult for the person doing it to know how obvious or not it is to others.

[DibblyDobbler]

ukaskew said:

Very nice Harry. My only thing in terms of feedback would be that if going for the silhouette look shot number 2 may have worked better if taken from a much lower angle. That would avoid any clutter around the body outline (such as the pier).

+1 Great shots Harry. My 2p worth: you're right they are a bit underexposed - doesn't look like you needed the grad to me (or maybe it was too strong). I would stick to the lowest iso possible (usually 100) provided it doesn't give you a too-slow shutter - presume you shot these on a tripod? If not then that would be the way to sort out any sharpness worries.

[Harry Flashman]

Thank you Chaps. I'll try a lighter (and no) grad tonight if we get another one of these stunners. And I'll take a tripod so I can get the ISO down. I didn't have one to hand, so was struggling a bit - these were hand held!

Be prepared for lots of sunset photographs over the next week as I try to get them right...I'll vary the scene when I can so folks don't get bored of me.

Edited by Harry Flashman on Sunday 25th March 18:12

Edited by Harry Flashman on Sunday 25th March 18:12

[DibblyDobbler]

You did pretty well then - handholding at 1/5 or 1/3 is not exactly recommended! The usual rule of thumb is 1/focal length but I personally wouldn't handhold at less than about 1/40 even at wide angle. With no tripod best option would have been to open the lens up a bit (say to f4) and maybe whack the iso up to 400 - that would have given you a decent shutter speed

[Harry Flashman]

Thank you DD!

[DibblyDobbler]

First shot with my shiny new X-T20 which has replaced my X-T1.

Am also trying out new ND filters - Hoya PRO ND which have replaced all my Lee gear. So far so good


Two Bridges by Mike Smith, on Flickr

Edited by DibblyDobbler on Tuesday 27th March 21:26

[noell35]

Looks great Dibbly. I've got the same lens and filter but on an xt10.

[DibblyDobbler]

noell35 said:

Looks great Dibbly. I've got the same lens and filter but on an xt10.

Cheers - it’s goid kit

[nessiemac]

My favourite shot of the year so far from the weekend.

Pearce rd 1. by nessiemac1, on Flickr

[Dogsey]

Lady Falls by Mike Gardiner, on Flickr


Swirling Pools and Waterfalls by Mike Gardiner, on Flickr

[RobDickinson]

Windy Ohau by Rob Dickinson, on Flickr

[STIfree]

A wander round the town of Sapa in Northern Vietnam, very close to the Chinese boarder. The weather rapidly changes being 1300meters up.

[LongQ]

STIfree said:

A wander round the town of Sapa in Northern Vietnam, very close to the Chinese border. The weather rapidly changes being 1300meters up.

Most interesting pictures.

Thanks.

I'm glad passing time seems to be leaving the iconic images of downed Huey's and paddy fields behind whilst introducing something close to the reality of the ages that inhabitants have long experienced - but with a modern twist.

Very nicely observed.

[Harry Flashman]

Some holiday wildlife:

DSC_0033.jpg by baconrashers, on Flickr

DSC_0186.jpg by baconrashers, on Flickr