Pics from my new cam

Perywinkle · 8 Nov 2007 at 20:53

Well I didn't go for an slr in the end, as I couldn't really justify the extra money for something I only use now and again.

Went for a s9600 instead, took it out for the first time on Tuesday when I went fishing.

Found a couple of inquisitive dragonfly to snap.

vincent1989 · 8 Nov 2007 at 20:56

really like 1 & 3, but both could use a little crop, to focus more on the subject

ie (on the quick):

Perywinkle · 8 Nov 2007 at 21:02

I've got paint on the puter and that's it for photo altering lol so never played around with cropping and bordering as of yet.

vincent1989 · 8 Nov 2007 at 21:12

Perywinkle said:
I've got paint on the puter and that's it for photo altering lol so never played around with cropping and bordering as of yet.

ah, shame, i'll show you a quick go i had in PS in a sec

not brilliant but i'm not nearly as good at PS as some of the others here are

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(it would also look better done from the original (not one scaled down for the net))

edit: and infact i think i liked my origianl unedited crop better

ScarySquirrel · 8 Nov 2007 at 22:29

It would be a good crop but you managed to blur the picture which im confused about

vincent1989 · 8 Nov 2007 at 22:37

ScarySquirrel said:
It would be a good crop but you managed to blur the picture which im confused about

yeah, i was meant to just blur +darken the edges/corners, but i ballsed up :rolleyes:

this is much more like what i was after:

AndrewPE28 · 9 Nov 2007 at 06:10

Really like the 3rd one

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Tobes · 9 Nov 2007 at 12:53

bringerofdecay said:
yeah, i was meant to just blur +darken the edges/corners, but i ballsed up

this is much more like what i was after:
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Not really liking that. To me it's randomly blurring the image and isn't needed. Blurring shouldn't be used to frame a image unless it for depth of field which in this case it isn't. I like his original image better.

martinturner · 9 Nov 2007 at 13:25

Tobes said:
Not really liking that. To me it's randomly blurring the image and isn't needed. Blurring shouldn't be used to frame a image unless it for depth of field which in this case it isn't. I like his original image better.

I agree. In this instance I can actually see where the radial blur starts and finishes. Work with what you have got, not add something that is not there!