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  • #152
    CelticRambler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,890 ✭✭✭CelticRambler


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Is it just me and my monitor settings, or does they sky appear almost mauve to anyone else?

    Doesn't appear mauve to me ... but then again, it doesn't appear at all - nor does any of the rest of the picture. Everyone else's (oh, except pft's from yesterday) is there ... :confused:


  • #153
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,110 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Red Rocks Amphitheatre by Jack Arigho, on Flickr

    Anyone who can ski those moguls must have legs of titanium - vicious!


  • #154
    jaansu
    Registered Users Posts: 820 ✭✭✭jaansu


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Red Rocks Amphitheatre by Jack Arigho, on Flickr

    Anyone who can ski those moguls must have legs of titanium - vicious!

    You're right, as anyone trying to ski down there would be suicidal but I was told it's a wicked concert venue - without the snow!!


  • #155
    Adrian.Sadlier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,722 ✭✭✭Adrian.Sadlier


    Loki, I think your horizon is off on your last post. Great image, but crooked horizons are a bug bear of mine - I find it hard to get past them.


  • #156
    Loki98
    Registered Users Posts: 677 ✭✭✭Loki98


    yeh, you're right Adrian. Just checked it out, it's off by 0.43 degrees


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  • #157
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,702 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    Adrian.Sadlier wrote: »
    49747783592_7e190e29ba_c.jpg

    If you go down to the woods today ... by Adrian Sadlier, on Flickr

    I'm curious what happened along the top of this image, is it editing ? Or some lens artifacting w/ busy background ?


  • #158
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,167 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    it's also on the left, just above the football. weird out of focus effects from leaves much nearer the camera?


  • #159
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,702 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    it's also on the left, just above the football. weird out of focus effects from leaves much nearer the camera?

    right, yeah, busy foreground makes more sense than busy background.


  • #160
    Adrian.Sadlier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,722 ✭✭✭Adrian.Sadlier


    It's out of focus branches and leaves in the foreground, back-lit and a shallow depth of field (f/3.2)


  • #161
    keps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    Loki98 wrote: »
    49764169878_6213082e8a_c.jpg


    Where is my CREAM:mad:


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  • #162
    Loki98
    Registered Users Posts: 677 ✭✭✭Loki98


    keps wrote: »
    Where is my CREAM:mad:

    Ah, keps, forgive me for omitting the blindingly obvious but We"re all out of cream. Sorry, abject apologies, maybe next time


  • #163
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    parko202 wrote: »
    49728608541_41d0d6f26a_c.jpg


    Is this Howth ?



    Lovely shot, so simple, but just great


  • #164
    New Home
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    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=113237823&postcount=1360

    I'm so envious!!


  • #165
    iLikeWaffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭iLikeWaffles


    New Home wrote: »
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=113237823&postcount=1360

    I'm so envious!!

    Ever heard them scream. Was putting out the bin one night and thought someone was being murdered, even went out with a maglight to see if something was amiss. It has to be the most terrifying sound an animal can make.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk1mAd77Hr4

    This but for about 15 minutes straight, even sounded like help at one stage :eek:


  • #166
    Wailin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,432 ✭✭✭Wailin


    The screech of a barn owl at night is also terrifying!


  • #167
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,110 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    I heard a scary screaming comming from the woods one night and took a torch and went to investigste. It turned out to be badgers having a fight. Awful noise. I left them to it after one of them made a move in my direction while making the horrible rasping shriek.


  • #168
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    dball wrote: »
    should've brought my camera by Zed Llab, on Flickr

    2iT9YpN

    Is that one of the Skelligs I see ?


  • #169
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    Adrian.Sadlier wrote: »
    49842864197_c1953ee933_c.jpg

    The rain in Spain .... by Adrian Sadlier, on Flickr

    The original post of this had way too many blown highlights. A recent tutorial on an editing approach from DCC camera club (thank's Helen) via Zoom made we want to have another go at it!


    Nice shot, really hard to get rain I find ...
    well done


  • #170
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,110 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Top left corner puts me off.


  • #171
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,167 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    where's the original? it's the sort of shot where i suspect blown highlights won't be an issue; the rain doesn't quite look natural in that treatment, almost like an overlay.


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  • #172
    Adrian.Sadlier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,722 ✭✭✭Adrian.Sadlier


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    where's the original? it's the sort of shot where i suspect blown highlights won't be an issue; the rain doesn't quite look natural in that treatment, almost like an overlay.

    48765875383_8e848d1b2e_c.jpg

    The heavens opened - mono by Adrian Sadlier, on Flickr


  • #173
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,110 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    I prefer the original with blown highlights. Getting rid of them also got rid of the ladies under the umbrella by losing them in the background shadow.


  • #174
    CelticRambler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,890 ✭✭✭CelticRambler


    Another one here who prefers the original. The blown highlights suggest a torrential rainstorm in the midst of bright sunshine, the kind that would come out of nowhere, soak you to the skin, then just stop leaving you wondering what the hell happened, and a real "capture the moment" photo. The reprocessed image is a bit ... meh.

    I can understand why you'd want to recover a bit more detail from the pavement to the right of the car, but I feel it's come at the price of all the atmospheric texture of the buildings' façades.


  • #175
    iLikeWaffles
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    pete4130 wrote: »
    49873689216_3a3c889e0a_c.jpg

    Magnificent shot!


  • #176
    pete4130
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,944 ✭✭✭pete4130


    Thanks.

    It's a bit of a throw away shot for me. Taken with a Mavic Pro drone. I struggle with how poor their dynamic range can be on landscape shots. I'm too used to a full frame camera.
    I much prefer using them for straight down drop shots.

    Was a sunny day here and I thought I heard some thunder and thought I'd mistaken it for a wheelie bin being moved by the neighbours. Then the next rumble there were no mistakes. Sent the drone up, had a look around and there was a localised storm cell and double rainbow just south of the steelworks.

    It's actually a 3 shot HDR. I usually shoot like this with the drone for landscapes because it struggles so much with blown highlights and dark shadows.


  • #177
    CabanSail
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 9,047 CMod ✭✭✭✭CabanSail


    I also find the sensors on the DJI drones to be quite limited. I have the Phantom 3 and an Inspire 1. There are some better camera available for the Inspire but they are beyond my budget at present. They also suffer from noise.

    I too am used to the freedom of full frame.

    Still it does allow for a different perspective.


  • #178
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    pete4130 wrote: »
    49908129993_721e9a9804_c.jpg


    Very nice, where is this do you mind me asking ?


  • #179
    Wailin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,432 ✭✭✭Wailin


    @ Daire Quinlan

    That's a sparrowhawk


  • #180
    DaireQuinlan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,702 ✭✭✭DaireQuinlan


    Wailin wrote: »
    @ Daire Quinlan

    That's a sparrowhawk

    Seems so, I was thinking peregrine originally, but the head didn't really match up. Sparrowhawk fits though. From what I can tell it's busily chowing down on one half of the breeding blackbird couple that spent the last few months building an ornate nest in one of the trees in our garden. Nature, red in tooth and claw etc etc :-D


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  • #181
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,110 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    DaireQuinlan wrote: »
    Seems so, I was thinking peregrine originally, but the head didn't really match up. Sparrowhawk fits though. From what I can tell it's busily chowing down on one half of the breeding blackbird couple that spent the last few months building an ornate nest in one of the trees in our garden. Nature, red in tooth and claw etc etc :-D

    Send it round my way, I have some magpies it can have.


  • #182
    iLikeWaffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭iLikeWaffles


    There was one in my area for about a year, then it was found dead. Rat poison I believe it was must have eaten a Rat that had just eaten the poison. They really are amazing animals. Got a similar picture of one in my back garden dismembering something definitely a sparrowhawk, they take their sweet time at it too. They will take a bite out of whatever it is they're feeding on and make sure nothing is around them, if disturbed at all they'll fly away pretty sharpish with the prey in its talons. As I found out trying to get a decent picture.

    513673.jpg


  • #183
    New Home
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    keps wrote: »
    Dodder

    49912358421_6e1e69493a_c.jpg
    Robin Island

    In cartoons, that would turn out to be the head of a crocodile.


  • #184
    keps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    New Home wrote: »
    In cartoons, that would turn out to be the head of a crocodile.

    Haha

    When I was doing a tidying up on this photo in photoshop- I thought the exact same thing and wondered should I ‘create’ some eyes and a big mouth/teeth!

    Might have a go tomorrow for fun - too much wine tonight- so results could be scary


  • #185
    New Home
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    Could also be a turtle! :)


  • #186
    keps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    New Home wrote: »
    Could also be a turtle! :)

    No way - it’s a croc


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  • #187
    iLikeWaffles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,325 ✭✭✭iLikeWaffles


    keps wrote: »
    Haha

    When I was doing a tidying up on this photo in photoshop- I thought the exact same thing and wondered should I ‘create’ some eyes and a big mouth/teeth!

    Might have a go tomorrow for fun - too much wine tonight- so results could be scary

    Googly eyes!


  • #188
    keps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    Didn't spend too long at this so you can see the joins! And i should have reduced Robin size.. just some fun


    49924129327_09ea8023aa_c.jpg
    Messing about/Joke


  • #189
    New Home
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    Now, do it with a sea turtle! :D


  • #190
    keps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    49924279247_07b1496907_c.jpg
    Turtle


  • #191
    New Home
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    THANK YOU!! :)


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  • #192
    keps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    New Home wrote: »
    THANK YOU!! :)

    No probs- it’s real Covid 19 material!


  • #193
    pete4130
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,944 ✭✭✭pete4130


    TomSweeney wrote: »
    Very nice, where is this do you mind me asking ?


    Port Kembla Beach in NSW in Australia. Bit of a throwaway snap. Late in the afternoon, light wasn't great and did an vertical panorama with the drone. There weren't many surfers out. Just hadn't had the drone up in a while and needed to fly.

    Between lockdowns, rain and wind there haven't been many opportunities.


  • #194
    TomSweeney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭TomSweeney


    pete4130 wrote: »
    Port Kembla Beach in NSW in Australia. Bit of a throwaway snap. Late in the afternoon, light wasn't great and did an vertical panorama with the drone. There weren't many surfers out. Just hadn't had the drone up in a while and needed to fly.

    Between lockdowns, rain and wind there haven't been many opportunities.


    Gorgeous, lucky to live in Australia!!!


  • #195
    AngryHippie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭AngryHippie


    zippy84 wrote: »
    Mountain-Fire-Small.jpg


    I don't know exactly why, myriad reasons, but this is one of the best photographs I have ever seen on the Random Photos Thread.

    Kudos Zippy.


  • #196
    FlipperThePriest
    Subscribers Posts: 693 ✭✭✭FlipperThePriest


    AngryHippie wrote: »
    I don't know exactly why, myriad reasons, but this is one of the best photographs I have ever seen on the Random Photos Thread.

    Kudos Zippy.

    I'm not sure it's even one of the better ones on that page :D but thank you very much, glad to hear it has struck a chord.

    It was the view from my back door last night. Processed on a crappy monitor, so I may need to revisit it, blacks and shadows and the general balance may not be right.


  • #197
    CelticRambler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,890 ✭✭✭CelticRambler


    pete4130 wrote: »
    49983477716_4a442256df_c.jpg

    I didn't think I had a shred of OCD in me, but I have a desperate urge to fix the alignment of that court, second from the right on the bottom! :pac:


  • #198
    New Home
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    Damn you, CelticRambler, that's all I can see, now! Can you have eyeworms, as well as earworms? Look at the bottom alignment, too... aaaargh!!


  • #199
    pete4130
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,944 ✭✭✭pete4130


    Yeah, you can't win them all. If I aligned the bottom, the top would be out. What can you do?


  • #200
    New Home
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    Oh I know, it's not the photo, it's those tennis courts! :)


  • #201
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,110 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    CelticRambler wrote: »
    I didn't think I had a shred of OCD in me, but I have a desperate urge to fix the alignment of that court, second from the right on the bottom! :pac:
    New Home wrote: »
    Damn you, CelticRambler, that's all I can see, now! Can you have eyeworms, as well as earworms? Look at the bottom alignment, too... aaaargh!!

    OCD-fix.jpg

    :)

    I couldn't for the life of me figure why anyone would botch that so badly, but when I went to fix it, i realized it was to stop players killing themselves by running into the floodlight pole.


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