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Goldilox

Goldilox

How do I edit this?
So since I bought my first DSLR from Ecker last week, I thought I'd chime in on this thread. Here's a few of my efforts, any (constructive) criticism welcome...








 
shoes

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Bridge - nice composition. i would have been tempted to close the aperture down a good few more stops though (perhaps increase iso for hand held, although looks like you have ample light there), and then brought the point of focus a little more into the foreground. This would have got the floor in the foreground to look sharp and give the image more of a perspective feel.

Afternoon play - that's some high quality cheating right there :D
 
Goldilox

Goldilox

How do I edit this?
A couple more I've taken since




big-blue-wolf, I've been wondering how you achieved that super blue sky on your shot of the two trees, were you using a polarising filter or was it a photoshop adjustment?
 
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Goldilox said:
A couple more I've taken since
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big-blue-wolf, I've been wondering how you achieved that super blue sky on your shot of the two trees, were you using a polarising filter or was it a photoshop adjustment?
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Probably a combination of both, I use a CP filter most of the time these days, the colour saturation is very pleasing on the whole. I can rarely resist the temptation to adjust a little in lightroom/photoshop though.

Actually, while we're on the subject of it, Adobe Lightroom is a gift from the gods for any photographer. I've been using this since the beginning, circa 2007 and can't rate it highly enough. You can get a free 30-day trial, I recommend you do it!

The software is geared around photographers and no one else. It has many of photoshop's tools, and lots of others (although they are just combinations of other photoshop functions handily rolled into a single slider - better than it sounds), and has a whole host of easy to use, genuinely handy photo management features, including comparisons of images, before & after juxtapositions etc.

It also works with RAW/NEF etc. which is, again, wonderful.

The software is considerably cheaper than photoshop, and packs a serious punch. I'm not even being paid to say this.
 
Jonah

Jonah

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Goldilox said:
big-blue-wolf, I've been wondering how you achieved that super blue sky on your shot of the two trees, were you using a polarising filter or was it a photoshop adjustment?
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It is indeed a polarising filter on my Sigma 10-20mm. Its a Kood filter purchased from Peter Rogers for £59.99. I also did boost the blues in Adobe Camera Raw. I always shoot in RAW now, so much more control than shooting in JPEG.
 
Jonah

Jonah

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Usually the cheaper a filter is the thicker the glass. Thicker glass can cause distortion to your photos.

Don't bother with eBay try http://www.7dayshop.com/ instead. I have had a couple of ND circular filters from there and they have performed ok.

My wife bought me the Kood filter as a present. If I had been buying it then I would probably have sourced it from the internet at a cheaper price.
 
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Goldilox said:
Does spending that much make a big difference to the photos? There's one on ebay for £8
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Hell yeah! It makes all the difference. Contrast, saturation, warp, DOF even.

I too use Kood filters, and swear by them. You get what you pay for, spending £60 on a filter is nothing compared to the results you get.

Looks like we have similar gear BBW!
 
Jonah

Jonah

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shoes said:
Looks like we have similar gear BBW!
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D40
18-55mm Nikkor kit lens
55-200mm Nikkor kit lens
70-300mm Sigma
10-20mm Sigma - absolutely love this lens, its attached to my camera probably 90% of the time.
ND110 filter
ND8 filter
ND4 filter
Polarising filters for all lenses
Cokin NDGrad filters
Gorillapod
Tripod - need to spend money on a better one
Monopod - ditto

Think that's it.

Next on the wanted list is a 50mm prime lens, would love a f1.4 but it will most likely be the newly announced f1.8 G series.


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John Marwood

John Marwood

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big-blue-wolf said:
Goldilox said:
Looks like we have similar gear BBW!
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D40
18-55mm Nikkor kit lens
55-200mm Nikkor kit lens
70-300mm Sigma
10-20mm Sigma - absolutely love this lens, its attached to my camera probably 90% of the time.
ND110 filter
ND8 filter
ND4 filter
Polarising filters for all lenses
Cokin NDGrad filters
Gorillapod
Tripod - need to spend money on a better one
Monopod - ditto

Think that's it.

Next on the wanted list is a 50mm prime lens, would love a f1.4 but it will most likely be the newly jiannounced f1.8 G series.
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Id have gone for the f1.2 mesenn...

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