25.05.2008
May 25, 2008 Floral, Macro, Outdoor, PhotoBlog, Photography
Again I’ve been slow as heck with updates. Here are a few of my latest shots:
(More images in the post, click more)
Photo 24.02.08
Feb 24, 2008 Outdoor, PhotoBlog, Wildlife
Very slow on updates recently, but here’s a shot I just got:
Lots of work as of late, and I truely enjoy it! Less time to photo and other hobbies, but they’ll get their attention soon enough.
The power of PhotoShop
Oct 23, 2007 General, Learning, Outdoor, Photography, Software
After I got my dSLR I realized just how much one had to do to an image after shooting it. Don’t get me wrong, a well composed and exposed shot won’t need “much” but some things are needed to get what you’re after. I use my camera in RAW (CR2) mode exclusivly. This makes the job after shooting before printing/posting a tad bit “worse”, in order to get what you intended.
Here’s a shot I took last weekend, that I processed and thought I was happy with:
(Link to full version shot on Flickr)
This is ordinary at best. I was happy though as I didn’t know any better. Posted it on a community and wanted feedback and comments. I’m always after honest comments and critique and that means I want bad comments as well as good. If nobody tells me what I’m doing wrong if I can’t see it myself, then how am I to get any better? Got some great advice and decided to play around in PS (PhotoShop). Spent a few hours last night and thought I managed to get a better version. As I noticed this morning it was WAY over processed and just couldn’t pass it off as an image. Another member of the same community “pimped” my shot (meaning he edited it as he saw fit, and posted for me to see). Didn’t even bother posting the version I’d done, as that wasn’t even near what I wanted. While I was waiting for the member to answer my question on what he’d done to get the results, I explored PS a few more hours.
Here’s the final edit that I’m quite pleased with:
(Also link to Flickr fullsize version)
It’s not perfect, but I think it’s a heck of a lot better than the original post. This one I feel I could hang on my wall and be proud to have taken.
This just goes to show that one should never give up, and that there’s hope in just about any shot that the photographer has put some time into.
Tech. info on the shot:
Canon EOS 400D using the kit lens EF-S 18-55 @ 55mm focallength.
F/11, 1/30s shutter, ISO100.
Wow, long time no post
Several reasons for this, but I’m not going to post about that. Nothing new on the poker front, other than I’ve played almost nothing.
In accordance with advice I’ve been given, my sparetime has been spent fishing and hiking. No big trips yet, but enough to take the “noise” from days away.
I have a few images (sorry, poor quality cellphone-photos) in the post. Just click the “article”.
