Photo-A-Day III

[Woolies]

Originally Posted by fallen_nemesis

my god that's rather stupendous!

My eye keeps being drawn to the wee white liney thing in the water on th right thoguh. What is it anyway?

*shucks* thank you

And aye, it's a navigation pole for the bridge - I kept being tempted to clone it out or burn it in but decided against in the end because "I don't want to do too much to the pic"...
Now it's been pointed out that it is noticable it'll have to be got rid of though

Originally Posted by Runt

That clears that up for me then

digital SLRs have a built in zoom factor of 1.6x compared to 35mm film SLRs.

It's not really true but it's a useful lie ""

[Fremlin]

Like these two from today.

[Witch]

Sannox beach in arran

[Woolies]

Originally Posted by Fremlin

Like these two from today.
http://content.altnation.com/gallery...4_original.jpg

I like the tit better (lol) although your bird & animal pics always have devastatingly good focus & sharpness.

[Woolies]

I've promised myself this is the last buildingy shot I post here without sharing something else I like that I think is worthy of your time.

This one sneaks in because it is apparently where Bill Sikes died in Oliver Twist - St Saviour's Dock.

EOS 5D, 50mm on 28-135 zoom
1/200 @ f11 ISO 3200

Lightroom's "Aged Photo" preset took care of pretty much everything I wanted off camera. Which admittedly when I shot it was nothing more than "this will look good in sepia".

Also for those folks that liked my Houses of Parliament shot earlier in the thread, I updated it and then decided I like another pic of the place much better. You can find them & a couple others in my altnation gallery here or on flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/spoiltc...rchisketchure/

[Potatojunkie]

EOS 400D, 50mm prime
1/50sec @ f/2.8 ISO 400
Flash bounced from ceiling.



Lassie in the background has no eyes.

[bikuki]

I'd like to point out that Stuart told me to look grumpy!

[Potatojunkie]

Say "loathing".

[bikuki]

I like how you've overexposed-out the massive breakout of stress spots on my cheeks, though

[Potatojunkie]

Duplicate layer > high pass flter > gaussian blur at 1/3 radius of high pass > invert layer > set blending mode to 'linear light' > set opacity to 50% > apply layer mask > paint layer back in over skin.

There was like one spot and you could hardly see it.

[Woolies]

Shannow taught me a variety of the Gaussian Blur trick years ago and it's great when it works (like on Vicki there), sort of like having an extra softbox light to give a lovely glow. Except that obv Vicki glows naturally from within due to being ace.

It's a good pic, good eye contact - I like it even though I can actually tell even from the wee blur at the side what a feckin state my hair was in.
Also I like the colour one better

[bikuki]

Ah, clever. I shall take note.

Also, I think the main spots are hiding under my hair. I have about 4 mahooooosive red blotches that seem impervious to makeup

[Potatojunkie]

Originally Posted by Woolies

It's a good pic, good eye contact - I like it even though I can actually tell even from the wee blur at the side what a feckin state my hair was in.
Also I like the colour one better

Fankoosquire. I'm really fond of the colour on the hair and hat, but not so much the odd yellow cast running riot in the shadows.

Originally Posted by bikuki

Also, I think the main spots are hiding under my hair. I have about 4 mahooooosive red blotches that seem impervious to makeup

Cheesegrater.

Ugh, that's actually a really horrible thought.

[djtoast]

I like the colour one better too, looks a bit... morbid or something in b&w

[Potatojunkie]

Originally Posted by djtoast

looks a bit... morbid or something

I'm leaving for the Whitby Gothic Weekend in about six and a half hours.

I'll finish packing for the Whitby Gothic Weekend in, uh, about six and a half hours.