Snapper's Guide

In response to:The Snapper's Guide To Photography

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:42:33 +0100

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

In response to:The Snapper's Guide To Photography

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:18:55 +0100

Yeah, one of my favourites, the first sunrise of a new year, taken 1st Jan 2008.

In response to:The Snapper's Guide To Photography

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 23:17:17 +0100

See Andy, also here on this one you give great tips, and always you have great photos..the header is a photo of yours?

In response to:The Snapper's Guide To Photography

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:42:41 +0200

Although I do a lot of wittering I've never been there, I'm South West based myself :)

In response to:The Snapper's Guide To Photography

Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:22:01 +0200

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

In response to:RaW vs jpg format

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:00:51 +0100

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!)

In response to:RaW vs jpg format

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:42:33 +0100

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.

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:41:44 +0100

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 ;)

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:43:40 +0100

Oh yes, we all have a little irremoveable mental image (with audio) of that scenario :))

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:39:27 +0100

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* :)) :))

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:37:45 +0100

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

It is pretty simple actually, certainly for the basics :) (I reckon even Nick could use it...)

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:36:15 +0100

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:

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:28:50 +0100

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.

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:22:25 +0100

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 :)

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:17:54 +0100

Thanks :)

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:11:04 +0100

I saw that one I think, liked it :D

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:10:41 +0100

I'm always trying for moody... in photos too :))

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:09:56 +0100

Darn, my camera mag lied to me :))

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:03:10 +0100

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

(My GCSE French tells me contre-jour means something like "against the day"...)

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:58:36 +0100

I like this as well. Makes everything all moody. :)

In response to:Contre-jour Photography

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:20:23 +0100

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 :)

In response to:Aperture - f-number.f-stop

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:38:48 +0100

Hope it works!

In response to:Aperture - f-number.f-stop

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:34:27 +0100

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 :)

In response to:Aperture - f-number.f-stop

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:31:25 +0100

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.

In response to:Aperture - f-number.f-stop

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:24:10 +0100

"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?

In response to:Aperture - f-number.f-stop

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:39:50 +0100

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 then select the rest of the pic and bump up the brightness a bit.

Alternatively if you have photo editing software you could do exposure bracketing (in the menu) to shoot three pics, one underexposed, one overexpose and one just right, then put the normal pic over the underexposed pic and gently delete the normal exposed cat.

For aperture on yours selecting AV mode on the top wheel you use the little select wheel to choose your aperture.

In response to:Aperture - f-number.f-stop

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:54:33 +0100

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 :)

In response to:Tips - Photographing the Moon

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:31:16 +0100

Too much info!!!!

In response to:Tips - Photographing the Moon

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:27:19 +0100

Thanks for that, I will maybe have a bash tonight if the sky is clear.

In response to:Tips - Photographing the Moon

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:07:06 +0100

:yes: