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In response to: "The Snapper's Guide To Photography" 302 days old
by kiki2u [Member]

And you are right because it is really VERY beautiful!
Wonderful photo, with the yacht, the colours, you captured it all!
HA it is a sunrise!
Yes if it is a master piece this one :yes:
xxx more…
In response to: "The Snapper's Guide To Photography" 302 days old
by ajnspencer ^{^Pro}

Yeah, one of my favourites, the first sunrise of a new year, taken 1st Jan 2008. more…
In response to: "The Snapper's Guide To Photography" 302 days old
by kiki2u [Member]

See Andy, also here on this one you give great tips, and always you have great photos..the header is a photo of yours? more…
In response to: "The Snapper's Guide To Photography" 602 days old
by ajnspencer ^{^Pro}

Although I do a lot of wittering I've never been there, I'm South West based myself :) more…
In response to: "The Snapper's Guide To Photography" 602 days old
by Will [Visitor]

Just wondering, based on a bit of a wild guess are ur pictures taken from around Itchenor and Witterings? Simply cause thats where I live and was wondering if you knew of any good spots for taking photos.
Cheers,
Will more…
In response to: "RaW vs jpg format" 630 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

Thanks for posting that aj. I am going to impress someone with that one day, if you don't mind? (and it's useful to know!) more…
In response to: "RaW vs jpg format" 630 days old
by EthelRed [Member]

Thanks for the explanation about pixels and file sizes. I'd noticed that pictures with more detail have bigger file sizes and now I think I understand why! :)

I don't think my little camera does RAW but I will check. I am ok with jpg as I don't do much editing. more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 640 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

The GIMP is good, quite easy to use, well I am learning bits!
Quick and easy to download and loads of tutorials, just GO GOOGLE ;) more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by ajnspencer ^{^Pro}

Oh yes, we all have a little irremoveable mental image (with audio) of that scenario :)) more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

Nick is definately a lot better than me :)) although work programmes lol is a different story *can you hear the swearing and cursing in the background* :)) :)) more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by ajnspencer ^{^Pro}

Don't worry, we've all been there.

It is pretty simple actually, certainly for the basics :) (I reckon even Nick could use it...) more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

i got some with my hp printer but it confuses the life out of me :oops: is GIMP easy to use ? Sorry but i really am a beginner with this hobby :oops: more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by ajnspencer ^{^Pro}

Do you have any editing software?

If you don't you can get a freebie like the GIMP and do a few tricks like lightening up a shot if it's come out dark. more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

I am still trying to learn with my small dinky digital camera so any and all advice greatly received, love the pics i tried one on sat in the park it just kinda looked to dark will try and post them after work :) more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by classicrockchick [Member]

Thanks :) more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by ajnspencer ^{^Pro}

I saw that one I think, liked it :D more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by ajnspencer ^{^Pro}

I'm always trying for moody... in photos too :)) more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by ajnspencer ^{^Pro}

Darn, my camera mag lied to me :)) more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by gelöschter User [Visitor]

Cool stuff. I like playing with the light in my pics.

(My GCSE French tells me contre-jour means something like "against the day"...) more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by Rampage ^{^team}

I like this as well. Makes everything all moody. :) more…
In response to: "Contre-jour Photography" 643 days old
by classicrockchick [Member]

I like doing this too :)

One of my flickr photos is a photo taken from my back door straight into the sunlight - I liked the effect so I put it up.

I think if you like how it comes out, then do it :) more…
In response to: "Aperture - f-number.f-stop" 647 days old
by ajnspencer ^{^Pro}

Hope it works! more…
In response to: "Aperture - f-number.f-stop" 647 days old
by classicrockchick [Member]

I do have an editing programme that I think will do that - it says something like "lighten only dark areas".

Thanks for all that info - I'm going to give that a try :) more…
In response to: "Aperture - f-number.f-stop" 647 days old
by ajnspencer ^{^Pro}

I meant in an editing program (if you have one) you could simply select anything that's not Jazz and raise the levels a little bit.

Although if the whole pic is underexposed slightly you might be able to raise the brightness/contrast and still keep more detail in the fur. more…
In response to: "Aperture - f-number.f-stop" 647 days old
by classicrockchick [Member]

"If you underexpose by a stop or two you'll get more detail in the cat and then select the rest of the pic and bump up the brightness a bit."

Do you mean I could get two different exposures in the one shot? more…
In response to: "Aperture - f-number.f-stop" 648 days old
by ajnspencer ^{^Pro}

I'd dial in a bit of underexposure.

If yours is still like mine (mine is one down from yours) you hold down the AV +/- button and turn the little selection wheel, if you look on your LCD the little marker on the exposure scale will go up or down.

If you underexpose by a stop or two you'll get more detail in the cat and the more…
In response to: "Aperture - f-number.f-stop" 648 days old
by classicrockchick [Member]

Would this be a good way of preventing photos of white cats looking over-exposed?

And how do we do that on our camera please - 'cos I can't find it :) more…
In response to: "Tips - Photographing the Moon" 649 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

Too much info!!!! more…
In response to: "Tips - Photographing the Moon" 649 days old
by Old-Nick ^{^Pro}

Thanks for that, I will maybe have a bash tonight if the sky is clear. more…
In response to: "Tips - Photographing the Moon" 649 days old
by deleted user [Visitor]

:yes: more…