General Photography thread

[shingle]

are you shooting jpeg or raw?

Raw if he's got any sense. Only press photographers shoot jpeg.

 

[1066familyman]

Raw if he's got any sense. Only press photographers shoot jpeg.

Remember I'm not on a full blown DSLR. I'm also not likely to blow any of my photos up for printing.

 

[LamieRobertson]

The time of year when you start to get some decent sunsets from close to The Old Toll Bridge …taken while stuck in roadworks earlier this week, with my phone

I probably should crop it a bit but i loves those wispy clouds

 

[shingle]

Remember I'm not on a full blown DSLR. I'm also not likely to blow any of my photos up for printing.

But you still want to get the best out of your images regardless of whether you're blowing them up or not. All the info is in the raw file, you can recover highlights get detail in your shadow area etc. You should always be shooting raw.

 

[1066familyman]

Could be a very late call on VAR here.

Oops. Wrong thread

 

[1066familyman]

But you still want to get the best out of your images regardless of whether you're blowing them up or not. All the info is in the raw file, you can recover highlights get detail in your shadow area etc. You should always be shooting raw.

I get that, but three things to consider here for me I think.

My level of seriousness, ability and equipment. It's fairly low on all counts.

Also, I'm not big on post processing and not sure that even if I was keen I'd have the commitment to learn how to use GIMP to its fullest.

 

[shingle]

I get that, but three things to consider here for me I think.

My level of seriousness, ability and equipment. It's fairly low on all counts.

Also, I'm not big on post processing and not sure that even if I was keen I'd have the commitment to learn how to use GIMP to its fullest.

Fair enough

 

[Jack Straw]

The time of year when you start to get some decent sunsets from close to The Old Toll Bridge …taken while stuck in roadworks earlier this week, with my phone

I probably should crop it a bit but i loves those wispy clouds

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Please forgive me if I have sinned, but if you had have cropped it, it could have looked like this?

 

[LamieRobertson]

Please forgive me if I have sinned, but if you had have cropped it, it could have looked like this?

Lol…ye but tbh I was only going to knock off about an eighth from the top…that blue sky and wispy stuff has appeal to

 

[1066familyman]

This evening's Moon just making itself known.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Worth a look

Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Frenzied bee ball wins top prize

The extraordinary moment a manic scrum of male bees envelops a single female to try to mate with her.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I love cyclamen in the cooler months. Seem to flower for ages.

 

[LamieRobertson]

I love cyclamen in the cooler months. Seem to flower for ages.
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Aye…..this little spot was at the bottom of a customers garden

 

[Wardy's twin]

I get that, but three things to consider here for me I think.

My level of seriousness, ability and equipment. It's fairly low on all counts.

Also, I'm not big on post processing and not sure that even if I was keen I'd have the commitment to learn how to use GIMP to its fullest.

That camera will shoot RAW but can't remember the format as its native to panasonic and some software products don't recognise it that said don't just write it off . That camera has a lot of functionality regards controlling the image quality so its something to look into on a few winters nights and then try the next day.

 

[1066familyman]

That camera will shoot RAW but can't remember the format as its native to panasonic and some software products don't recognise it that said don't just write it off . That camera has a lot of functionality regards controlling the image quality so its something to look into on a few winters nights and then try the next day.

I already found out how to shoot in Raw alongside jpeg on it. I did that for a while and just realised I wasn't doing anything with the Raw files. I rarely do any post processing and have little interest in doing so, at the moment. All the Raw files were doing were taking up more space and giving me more stuff to deal with, so I went to just using jpeg as it's more than sufficient for my purposes.

The Panasonic may get sold on anyway, along with my spotting scope. I'm trying a 'superzoom' bridge camera at the moment and so far it's easily trumping both. Although it has a smaller sensor than the 1 inch Panasonic, the reach is easily the selling point for the type of photography I'm interested in and it's far more flexible than digiscoping. It also has the ability to shoot in Raw, although obviously I'm not bothering at the moment.

 

[Kneon Light]

Problem with photographing birds here in the Falklands is that I can't get close enough!!

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

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Problem with photographing birds here in the Falklands is that I can't get close enough!!

Incredible shot. Absolutely love it!

 

[Jack Straw]

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Problem with photographing birds here in the Falklands is that I can't get close enough!!

You managed to get the silver paper off, then?

 

[Wardy's twin]

I already found out how to shoot in Raw alongside jpeg on it. I did that for a while and just realised I wasn't doing anything with the Raw files. I rarely do any post processing and have little interest in doing so, at the moment. All the Raw files were doing were taking up more space and giving me more stuff to deal with, so I went to just using jpeg as it's more than sufficient for my purposes.

The Panasonic may get sold on anyway, along with my spotting scope. I'm trying a 'superzoom' bridge camera at the moment and so far it's easily trumping both. Although it has a smaller sensor than the 1 inch Panasonic, the reach is easily the selling point for the type of photography I'm interested in and it's far more flexible than digiscoping. It also has the ability to shoot in Raw, although obviously I'm not bothering at the moment.

Which camera are you looking at now? Nikon P900? Understand where you are coming from but I guess with me as i took better pictures I found that taking RAW I could make good pictures better. I was not a fan of digiscoping as I have done similar with a telescope and just found it poor quality and hard work. But if you are using the camera as an extension of bird watching recording i guess quality is not your primary objective.

 

[1066familyman]

To add to this Raw vs jpeg subject. I'd liken it to digital music files.

I listen almost exclusively to lossless files, either via streaming or burned from my cd/vinyl collection. I can hear a difference, and it matters to me. For those that can't hear a difference, or can but aren't bothered by it, then sticking to lossy in these days of huge digital libraries and mobile phone listening via bog standard headphones makes most sense. Serious music listeners will always tend to favour lossless over lossy though. Just like serious photographers will always favour raw over jpeg.

I do listen to lossy files. Exclusively old reggae burnt as mp3's. Most of that in its original format was pretty poorly recorded anyway and I grew up listening to loads of cassettes, so I'm used to most of that music being much more about feel than sound 'quality'. Horses for courses and all that.

So for my photography, I'll be sticking to jpeg for the foreseeable future.

Which camera are you looking at now? Nikon P900? Understand where you are coming from but I guess with me as i took better pictures I found that taking RAW I could make good pictures better. I was not a fan of digiscoping as I have done similar with a telescope and just found it poor quality and hard work. But if you are using the camera as an extension of bird watching recording i guess quality is not your primary objective.

Nikon p950