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COMMENTS THREAD FOR RANDOM PHOTOS LV

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


    Not on my phone there isn't!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    cnocbui wrote: »
    Fog-Snow-Trees-2.jpg


    IBB its intermittently loading. Imgur/Flickr etc might be better.


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


    NEW WAVE wrote: »

    Pheasant in flight

    V4HqwEs.jpg

    Something weird going on in the background here. Selection for background looks like it is feathered too much giving a halo around the edge. Shows up in the blurring. Also something funny going on in the selection of the feathers.

    Hard to be sure on the small size posted.


  • Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Thanks for your comments Adrian. As I said previously I use Lightroom, and Affinity Photo, and I’m still on a learning curve with both of these programs as I’m sure you were once as well. I feel that I still have a long way to go to catch up with you and the many other excellent posters on this thread.:)


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


    NEW WAVE wrote: »
    ...... I’m still on a learning curve with both of these programs....... I feel that I still have a long way to go to catch up .......

    I'm still learning, which is why I love photography. And as for catching up - forget about it; it's not important. But improving is.

    I found a good way for me to improve was to post shots for constructive criticism. I learn nothing from praise, thanks or prizes. But I learn a lot from people giving their opinion on my shots. Once I learned not to be defensive about my photos (after all, they are the best I can do - at the moment) I really began to learn.

    I normally post photos at http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/forums/forums in the appraisal gallery. They don't pull punches and you should expect people to have a go at re-editing images. However, anybody who is rude or who provides criticism that is not constructive is very swiftly dealt with. It's a nice community, open to all levels. And the guys there like to help.

    Photography is a journey, not a destination.

    Enjoy the ride!

    Adrian


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    I'd view that as the instagram vs photogs divide.

    With us, sometimes less is more. With instagram folks want filtered out the wazoo HDRx11 stuff.

    If you have the raw maybe try fixing exposure and colour only, then add a tiny bit of contrast and leave it at that. At a guess you added a rake of Clarity/similar which is adding that haze.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,175 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    GBX wrote: »
    46533869875_fdacb7f83f.jpg


    Tulips by Gary Byrne, on Flickr


    First time messing around with HDR. (Might be slightly too much for some peoples liking :))

    one minor thing - needs a tighter crop; you can see a line of what i assume is the table just at the bottom of the frame.
    re people not liking HDR, a lot of the time it's because they can see the puppet strings, so to speak. that's not really a factor in your shot.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,018 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    one minor thing - needs a tighter crop; you can see a line of what i assume is the table just at the bottom of the frame.
    re people not liking HDR, a lot of the time it's because they can see the puppet strings, so to speak. that's not really a factor in your shot.

    Thanks for the feedback MB. I failed to notice that. :)


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,175 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    33769015008_5e84fe3aeb_z.jpg

    that's bleedin' fantastic.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭✭bernard0368


    that's bleedin' fantastic.

    Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    copperhead wrote: »
    40526903363_4e41337781_c.jpg1-12-18-3 by thomas walsh, on Flickr

    Love this. Was only thinking today that I really miss doing sea side long exposures. Must try and get out and take a few. Plenty of coastline in Dun Laoghaire after all.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,018 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    As do I.




    (noob question - if somebody can advise)

    General question about filters. I know there is many different filters available. I'd like to start doing something like the above or milky river/waterfall type pics. I got a cheap set online with different ND value filters. I know these are probably crap - but before I spend bigger, I'd like to chance it and try my hand first.
    When using a filter should the filter glass be in direct contact with the lense housing? I see even Cokin sets have a holder and its very similar to the one I have but the filter sits away from the lens.


    Cokin_CBA40058_A_Series_Filter_1233040156000_459605.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    Don't use the bracket filters myself, so cant comment.

    Give this guy a read if you've never done long exposures before.

    Not all will apply but I found it really helpful.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,018 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    fixxxer wrote: »
    Don't use the bracket filters myself, so cant comment.

    Give this guy a read if you've never done long exposures before.

    Not all will apply but I found it really helpful.

    Great write up. Thanks Fixxxer!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 305 ✭✭copperhead


    GBX wrote: »
    As do I.






    General question about filters. I know there is many different filters available. I'd like to start doing something like the above or milky river/waterfall type pics. I got a cheap set online with different ND value filters. I know these are probably crap - but before I spend bigger, I'd like to chance it and try my hand first.
    When using a filter should the filter glass be in direct contact with the lense housing? I see even Cokin sets have a holder and its very similar to the one I have but the filter sits away from the lens.


    hi gbx as a general rule the filters should be as close to the lens as possible without touching the lens, with grad nd filters this isnt a huge issue but if your using neutral density filters EG 10 stop/ 6stop filters any leaks of light can destroy an image. ( also rember to cover eyepiece for long exposure )
    as for quality in filters it vary's vastly as does price, all most all filters will have some sort of color cast some more pronounced than others, theres two main types plastic / resin and glass but beware neither is very robust and will not take any mishandling as the coating will scratch easily,
    it all come down to personal choice and budget as most of what filters can achieve can be replicated in post processing with bracketing etc .
    also some filter systems can be interchanged eg cokin lee and nisi filters will fit in each others holders


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,018 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    copperhead wrote: »
    GBX wrote: »
    As do I.






    General question about filters. I know there is many different filters available. I'd like to start doing something like the above or milky river/waterfall type pics. I got a cheap set online with different ND value filters. I know these are probably crap - but before I spend bigger, I'd like to chance it and try my hand first.
    When using a filter should the filter glass be in direct contact with the lense housing? I see even Cokin sets have a holder and its very similar to the one I have but the filter sits away from the lens.


    hi gbx as a general rule the filters should be as close to the lens as possible without touching the lens, with grad nd filters this isnt a huge issue but if your using neutral density filters EG 10 stop/ 6stop filters any leaks of light can destroy an image. ( also rember to cover eyepiece for long exposure )
    as for quality in filters it vary's vastly as does price, all most all filters will have some sort of color cast some more pronounced than others, theres two main types plastic / resin and glass but beware neither is very robust and will not take any mishandling as the coating will scratch easily,
    it all come down to personal choice and budget as most of what filters can achieve can be replicated in post processing with bracketing etc .
    also some filter systems can be interchanged eg cokin lee and nisi filters will fit in each others holders

    Thanks for your reply. I'll take all this on board.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,550 ✭✭✭Myksyk


    Similar to a Coal Tit but that’s a Great Tit NEW WAVE.


  • Registered Users Posts: 770 ✭✭✭NEW WAVE


    Your right the Coal Tit has buff underparts where the Great Tit has bright yellow my mistake. Have updated.
    Thanks Myksyk


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    *schoolboy giggles at the back*


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    Dave147 wrote: »

    Would love to see a black and white version of this.


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,175 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    48031900798_9c94d8aede_c.jpg

    malin head?


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭MysticalRain


    malin head?

    Can't remember the exact location. But it was somewhere on Malin head.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,175 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    yeah, i thought i recognised the little island; this is it from beside the weather station:

    https://www.google.com/maps/@55.371128,-7.3389995,3a,75y,74.9h,86.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjdFak_LBKuphb_M6XGKT5g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭MysticalRain


    yeah, i thought i recognised the little island; this is it from beside the weather station:

    https://www.google.com/maps/@55.371128,-7.3389995,3a,75y,74.9h,86.36t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjdFak_LBKuphb_M6XGKT5g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

    Yep, that's the spot alright.


  • Registered Users Posts: 618 ✭✭✭Pablo_Flox


    curiousb wrote: »
    Calpe, Spain, 13 June 2019

    IMG_8917.jpg


    You might need to clean your sensor. It looks like there is a smudge in the 3 pictures your posted


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    What part of no comments is so bloody hard folks..................

    fixxxer wrote: »
    Might just be me at work but images not showing up.
    curiousb wrote: »
    hmmm, they weren't displaying for me initially, but after copying and pasting the URL's they now work, but I'll check it out in another browser. Thanks for the heads up...
    curiousb wrote: »
    Just checked in Chrome and Firefox and also on my phone and they seem to be displaying fine. Maybe someone else can let me know if there is a problem with the photos not displaying?
    GBX wrote: »
    When I go to your link I get the below message:

    Forbidden
    You don't have permission to access /images/IMG_8917.jpg on this server.
    keps wrote: »
    I've tried on Firefox,Chrome and Iphone and cannot see an image ony any
    curiousb wrote: »
    Hopefully fixed now. I have updated the URL's, think it was to do with Wordpress security setting...
    Meleftone wrote: »
    Nope..can't see any now:o
    curiousb wrote: »
    Really sorry for this messing aorund :mad: I think I have it now. Image hotlinking was enabled, now disabled!
    Meleftone wrote: »
    All good now


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,175 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    it'd be a bit weird telling someone the image is not showing, in a different thread.

    i assume the 'no comments' is intended to refer to commenting on the actual photo itself. the comments above are functional rather than aesthetic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Two pages of no pretty photos is still two pages of disappointment.


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




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


    Nope.

    Edit: Actually you're right! I posted it on the 18th last month. I'll replace it so.


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


    The forum police out in force recently :D


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


    it'd be a bit weird telling someone the image is not showing, in a different thread.

    i assume the 'no comments' is intended to refer to commenting on the actual photo itself. the comments above are functional rather than aesthetic.


    And you could not even tell them ( according to ED E rules) that you were replying in a different thread -as that would constitute a 'comment'


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,175 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    ED E wrote: »
    Two pages of no pretty photos is still two pages of disappointment.
    what number of posts per page do you have set? i think the boards default is 15 or 20, but there are only 9 posts quoted?

    i set it to 30, makes more sense as i usually access boards on a desktop or laptop rather than the phone.


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


    what number of posts per page do you have set? i think the boards default is 15 or 20, but there are only 9 posts quoted?

    i set it to 30, makes more sense as i usually access boards on a desktop or laptop rather than the phone.




    It's 15 per page on my pc


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    Old boards is best boards. Pagination 10.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,169 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    @Adrian: Nice shot but any hesitance to shoot somebody at an ATM? I know you wont capture anything sensitive from that vantage but it'd still be something Id be very slow to do.


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


    ED E wrote: »
    @Adrian: Nice shot but any hesitance to shoot somebody at an ATM? I know you wont capture anything sensitive from that vantage but it'd still be something Id be very slow to do.

    None whatsoever. They weren't identifiable, no privacy was compromised and they were in a public space so no expectation of privacy.

    Plus they didn't' see me :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 259 ✭✭redape99


    I can't "unsee" the big laughing robot on the left hand side!


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Screen Cinema

    Oh no! Is that The Screen in D'Olier Street? :( I didn't even know it was being demolished... Mind you, I haven't been in that part of Dublin in ages, I'm so out of the loop! Are they rebuilding it?


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    New Home wrote: »
    Oh no! Is that The Screen in D'Olier Street? :( I didn't even know it was being demolished... Mind you, I haven't been in that part of Dublin in ages, I'm so out of the loop! Are they rebuilding it?

    I saw it recently from inside Hawkins house ( in background of photo) . interesting seeing it from above. All that was left was the internal steps.


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I'll miss it - that's where I went to see Amélie five times in a row.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 259 ✭✭redape99


    gzoladz wrote: »
    Fox

    48078125201_c06cc53bcc_c.jpg

    Lovely fox photo gzoladz!


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


    New Home wrote: »
    Oh no! Is that The Screen in D'Olier Street? :( I didn't even know it was being demolished... Mind you, I haven't been in that part of Dublin in ages, I'm so out of the loop! Are they rebuilding it?

    It's been closed for a while. You can still catch that usher statue in the foyer of the Savoy apparently.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 18,268 ✭✭✭✭uck51js9zml2yt


    New Home wrote: »
    I'll miss it - that's where I went to see Amélie five times in a row.

    That 6th time could have kept it open :)


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    They weren't showing it any more! So it's their own fault, really. :D


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  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 77,023 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,330 ✭✭✭fixXxer


    48128950532_df2ed21b5d_b.jpg

    Would love to hear about the technique behind this shot.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,424 ✭✭✭bernard0368


    @Fixxxer, There is not a lot to it except the patience of the fly.

    The image was taken with a loan canon Mp-e65 Macro lens. If I remember right at 3 times sizes. A ringflash was used to light the fly.

    Image was F11 @ 1/125. ISO100 On a tripod.

    The lens is a fantastic beast however the learning curve is huge, As you increase the size of the subject the light falls off something crazy and a lot of artificial light is required.
    It would be more at home in a studio setup than out of the field.
    Again thanks to the fly as you have to get damn close for focus (which is manual fixed meaning you have to move the camera back and forth to obtain focus.


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


    @DaireQuinlan


    That photo - 'all that remains of the Screen' is brilliant-


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,175 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    agreed.
    the yeast company is safe for the short term anyway, IIRC, a planning application to extend doyles into it was refused.


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