oh no... flowers!

[GetCarter]

...well you lot seem to do them, and let's face it, they are almost stationary ;) - so thought I'd have a go.

All taken today in the garden (no I didn't plant them, and have no clue as to what they are - Mrs Get on the other hand...)

no picpost (nasty 700 thing), instead:

click here >> http://www.stevecarter.com/800-flowers.htm

Steve

[GetCarter]

BTW: for those techies - all taken with D2X - 17-55 AF-S Nikkor 2.8 @ 100 to 300 ISO - high speed crop, JPG Fine, large - bracketed 5 frames @ 1/3 stop - apature priority - bla bla etc (you get the idea). Then reduced to 800 pixels and sharpened to fix.

[-DeaDLocK-]

Bravo!

Number 2 is ace.

[te51cle]

I like the pastel shades in the last one and the composition of number 2.

Have you got CS2 yet ? Seeing as you bracketed so much that 2nd one might be a good candidate for testing the HDR facility ?

[V6GTO]

Absolutly first class, Steve. I like it when they can't run away

Martin.

[GetCarter]

te51cle said:

Have you got CS2 yet ? Seeing as you bracketed so much that 2nd one might be a good candidate for testing the HDR facility ?

No CS2 - what's an HDR facility when it's at home? Can I survive without it? (I usually have to have everything or I get upset).

[simpo two]

GetCarter said:

No CS2 - what's an HDR facility when it's at home? Can I survive without it? (I usually have to have everything or I get upset).

HDR is High Dynamic Range - you take bracketed shots, drag them into the HDR window and PS sorts out the best bits of each shot and sticks them together to give a composite. It will also correct minor misalignments so you can shoot handheld.

I thought this would be the answer, but when I tried it on a tricky landscape, the result was very flat and I decided I preferred to do it the old way, choosing the best and adjusting with levels.

[CVP]

GetCarter said:

No CS2 - what's an HDR facility when it's at home? Can I survive without it? (I usually have to have everything or I get upset).

HDR = High Dynamic Range. I think it works as follows, you take 2 images, first one exposed for the shadows and the second one exposed for the highlights. CS2 will then blend the two together using the4 bets bits from eahc and hence you get an image with more dynamic range than you should be able to capture with one frame from the digital camera.

I would have thought for you it would be good for balancing your landscape shots whilst still being able to get detail in the sky.

How are you getting on with the D2X, seems you're settling in nicely !

BTW - Image number one for me - lovely.

Chris

[simpo two]

CVP said:

you take 2 images

It will actually take at least 5!

[CVP]

simpo two said:

CVP said: you take 2 images It will actually take at least 5!

Cool. Intersting you say it does not appear to work too well. I use the Fred Miranda tool which does the same kind of thing using just 2 images (one underexposed, one overexposed) and even here I'm not 100% happy with the efforts it makes. I often find myself correcting and adjusting.

Chris