General Photography thread

[Jack Straw]

That is a stunning photo Jack. Now i know, like art, photography is very personal, i thought the two upright pillars in the foreground spoil the whole thing. Just my humble and very uneducated opinion

I put them in on purpose to try and give a bit of drama and get people thinking, just as you have done. West Pier photos are two a penny, so you need to do something different.
Here's the pier without the pillars. What do you think?

 

[clippedgull]

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Top work Dave

 

[clippedgull]

I put them in on purpose to try and give a bit of drama and get people thinking, just as you have done. West Pier photos are two a penny, so you need to do something different.
Here's the pier without the pillars. What do you think?

5 stars Graeme. You are getting really good at this lark! Merry Xmas!

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Another one from wakehurst place in the summer. Come on you bees. Lol.

Merry Christmas everyone.

 

[Uncle C]

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Very difficult to capture yellow flowers, but that's brilliant. What lens and settings did you use?

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Very difficult to capture yellow flowers, but that's brilliant. What lens and settings did you use?

Would you believe it actually was my iPhone 5s

 

[Uncle C]

Would you believe it actually was my iPhone 5s

I'm very impressed.

 

[Norman Potting]

I'm sure that's the culprit on that post!
Would you like me to straighten your photo for you? Otherwise, good shooting.

Thanks for the offer, I dusted off my hardly used copy of Photoshop Elements and did as you suggested to this and a couple of ones taken at the same time.









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[Zukey Seagull]

Thanks for the offer, I dusted off my hardly used copy of Photoshop Elements and did as you suggested to this and a couple of ones taken at the same time.



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On your camera does it have a option to enable a grid on the screen. Then you can line up the horizon with the lines on your camera screen (rule of thirds)

 

[Eeyore]

 

[Zukey Seagull]

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Great photo.
Have you ever used the function High-dynamic-range on your camera??

 

[Bozza]

Thanks for the offer, I dusted off my hardly used copy of Photoshop Elements and did as you suggested to this and a couple of ones taken at the same time.



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Straightened on my phone.

 

[Eeyore]

Great photo.
Have you ever used the function High-dynamic-range on your camera??

It's just a 'point and shoot' Canon. The functions are almost non-existent. I normally take pictures and adjust the contrast etc in 'Photoscape'.

 

[Zukey Seagull]

It's just a 'point and shoot' Canon. The functions are almost non-existent. I normally take pictures and adjust the contrast etc in 'Photoscape'.

O right, amazing picture still.
I have never used photoscape. I normally use photoshop elements.

 

[Eeyore]

Grand Parade, December 2010.

 

[Norman Potting]

Straightened on my phone.

I thought Apple would have an app that would let you do that and keep the horizon level.

 

[fat old seagull]

The real trick of good photography is to frame the photograph well, snap a good image, and crop it carefully. If you can't do that, the results will be disappointing - however much you've spent on the equipment.

A further tip .. if you want to persuade folk that you are a "good photographer", throw most of your photos away. Only a small percentage will be more than just a record of what happened. Not that there is anything wrong with recording what happened, of course.

Unless you want to become an immortal photographer like Vivian Maier, who it appears discarded nothing. One of lives truly sad stories.

 

[Jack Straw]

Went down to the beach again this evening. Then basically I just went nuts with my eyes closed in the digital dark room!

 

[jevs]

Like it Jack, very much.

 

[Titanic]

Fascinating image Jack. Could you post the before darkroom shot - just so we can see the sort of processing you are doing? And perhaps explain the software and processes you have used? I would love to understand / experiment with this sort of thing.