The "Post your pictures here" thread.

p0ss3s3d · 23 Apr 2010 at 20:57

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Please excuse the messed around EXIF's. Trying to work out which program exports the best files. First shot is exported in photoshop as a jpeg. Second is in lightroom. Third is from photoshop again but this time saved for web. Think I prefer the final web resize.

peterattheboro · 23 Apr 2010 at 22:16

They are some great shots.

I need to learn how to do dramatic clouds like that

DB_SamX · 23 Apr 2010 at 22:42

peterattheboro said:
I need to learn how to do dramatic clouds like that

+1

Any help anyone?

BruceLee · 23 Apr 2010 at 22:49

Either a ND Grad when taking the shot or possibly a graduated filter or burn tool in PP, but obviously you need good clouds like p0ss3s3d had to begin with

Big-Mac-Please · 24 Apr 2010 at 09:40

Nice shot of sutton harbour there Abyss

The_Abyss · 24 Apr 2010 at 10:10

Big-Mac-Please said:
Nice shot of sutton harbour there Abyss

Actually that is Ipswich marina

For some reason I seem to be having some problems with exporting jpgs out of Lightroom, and CS4 too. This is one I took this morning:

Lowest possible compression, yet the colours really are all over the place. Camera is set to Adobe RGB, output is set the same. I'm baffled - it happened since Lightroom updated to 2.7, but CS4 also now seems affected. Argh!

p0ss3s3d · 24 Apr 2010 at 10:25

peterattheboro said:
They are some great shots.

I need to learn how to do dramatic clouds like that

DB_SamX said:
+1

Any help anyone?

BruceLee said:
Either a ND Grad when taking the shot or possibly a graduated filter or burn tool in PP, but obviously you need good clouds like p0ss3s3d had to begin with

BruceLee is right about needing the clouds in the first place. It was actually done with a two shot bracket. One for the highlights one for the shadows. The rest is magggiiiicccccccc.*

*maybe

Zogger · 24 Apr 2010 at 10:33

The_Abyss said:
Lowest possible compression, yet the colours really are all over the place. Camera is set to Adobe RGB, output is set the same. I'm baffled - it happened since Lightroom updated to 2.7, but CS4 also now seems affected. Argh!

Lowest compression? that's very compressed at 41k. Maybe you want the other end?

BruceLee · 24 Apr 2010 at 10:37

p0ss3s3d said:
BruceLee is right about needing the clouds in the first place. It was actually done with a two shot bracket. One for the highlights one for the shadows. The rest is magggiiiicccccccc.*

*maybe

Oops yes there is the bracketed option which I forgot. I went to the shops but they were all out of magic

The_Abyss · 24 Apr 2010 at 12:26

Zogger said:
Lowest compression? that's very compressed at 41k. Maybe you want the other end?

I uploaded that one to Flickr as a tif - no idea why it is so compressed :confused:

prUnE · 24 Apr 2010 at 12:43

Went to pickering last night to watch some men (and women) in lycra...

Pug · 24 Apr 2010 at 13:18

Bought a new lens - Sony 18 - 250, despite getting good reviews, people insist lenses cant work well over such a range, but so far i am happy - meet Steve - taken at 250mm, cropped in with a minimal USM in PS:

P_A_N_I_C · 24 Apr 2010 at 13:48

hehe awesome pic

geekyEd · 24 Apr 2010 at 15:25

Obligatory awwwwwwwww

famas · 24 Apr 2010 at 18:16

The cause of all my pain, itching to get back on her though

icysniper · 24 Apr 2010 at 20:02

famas said:
The cause of all my pain, itching to get back on her though

how do you make the image like that???????

EDIT: dw, done it

mctiny · 24 Apr 2010 at 20:52

icysniper said:
how do you make the image like that???????

EDIT: dw, done it

I'd like to know actually...

Wedge · 24 Apr 2010 at 22:26

^^ layer masks

MouseMat2004 · 25 Apr 2010 at 11:03

Got a nice chase scene yesterday

And these too:

Sorry about all the photos, thats only half of the 'good' ones too!

famas · 25 Apr 2010 at 11:59

The detail in the parrot shot is great. Try and play around with the composition of your shots, have a look into the rule of thirds.
Keep em coming.

As Wedge says I used a black and white layer then just used the brush tool to bring back the colour. there are loads of tutorials about.
here's one using the eraser tool.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt4VuEMRGgk