The Photography Thread

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What's S.C. Selective Contrast? Whatever it is, there's a nice glow to the picture. About the only thing I don't like is the coloured lettering on the bottle which dominates the picture and, in my view anyhow, detracts from the subject. Unless of course it's an advertising shot for Advent, in which case, perfect

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Selective colour or in this case colours, its a technique by which a usually a single is highlighted in a b&w image, red is very popular.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Crackle easy sorted

 

[Nigelnaturist]

 

[Crackle]

Ah right. I'm much more interested in the glow you've achieved. I think any technique can work if applied to the right subject in the right circumstances. Personally I like my techniques to work subtly. However knowing what you want to do and managing it are two entirely different things.

For that shot of the child, I'd be thinking how I could get rid of the branding or at least tone it down.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Ah right. I'm much more interested in the glow you've achieved. I think any technique can work if applied to the right subject in the right circumstances. Personally I like my techniques to work subtly. However knowing what you want to do and managing it are two entirely different things.

For that shot of the child, I'd be thinking how I could get rid of the branding or at least tone it down.

Well the glow is a touch of HDR.

 

[Crackle]

Well the glow is a touch of HDR.

Is it. Interesting. Personally that's the kind of use I'd be looking to use it for. I might have guessed it was Gaussian blur, selectively applied but not HDR. That's how I like to see good techniques used. You know when you see a good picture. You know you couldn't have taken it and you're left scratching your head how it's been done. Of course it's all subjective. Someone's like is another's hate, ultimately you take the picture that pleases you and if others like it, it's a bonus.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

[QUOTE 3334849, member: 9609"]Twistle the bottle around before taking the picture - modern software is taking away the skill of taking a good picture, I like to see stuff straight from the can[/QUOTE]
Photographs have always been manipulated, no modern software is not taking away from the skill of the photographer it is adding to it.

 

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[QUOTE 3334849, member: 9609"]Twistle the bottle around before taking the picture - modern software is taking away the skill of taking a good picture, I like to see stuff straight from the can[/QUOTE]
I'm was assuming it's taken already but I don't disagree and ultimately I like pictures which are 'of the moment'. I think your own stuff illustrates that pretty well. Composition and lighting are still everything. I appreciate a purist viewpoint but I'm not a purist, I like playing in Photoshop.

 

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[QUOTE 3334885, member: 9609"]kind comments - but I do also fiddle with them a little, often darkening the over light bits and lightening the over dark bits. In any case it is not particularly skilful to get nice pictures where i live.[/QUOTE]
You do yourself a disservice. landscapes are much more difficult than they seem.

What I realized recently, is that it's not the end result I enjoy, though it's always a bonus to get something but the act of photography. I realized it made me slow down, observe, relax and just see things differently or see things I'd not seen before. Just the act of carrying a camera makes me tune into my surroundings.

This was illustrated by an act of incompetence when I left my memory card in the computer and spent a peaceful hour taking pictures which were not being captured. The camera was trying to tell me but I was too absorbed and not checking what I was doing and when I finally sat down to review everything I realized what I'd done. Rather than being frustrated, I felt surprisingly relaxed with the added bonus of knowing I didn't have the frustration of reviewing all the pics and realizing none of them were worth a fig. I doubt it'll catch on though: Cognitive Shutter Therapy.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

You do yourself a disservice. landscapes are much more difficult than they seem.

What I realized recently, is that it's not the end result I enjoy, though it's always a bonus to get something but the act of photography. I realized it made me slow down, observe, relax and just see things differently or see things I'd not seen before. Just the act of carrying a camera makes me tune into my surroundings.

This was illustrated by an act of incompetence when I left my memory card in the computer and spent a peaceful hour taking pictures which were not being captured. The camera was trying to tell me but I was too absorbed and not checking what I was doing and when I finally sat down to review everything I realized what I'd done. Rather than being frustrated, I felt surprisingly relaxed with the added bonus of knowing I didn't have the frustration of reviewing all the pics and realizing none of them were worth a fig. I doubt it'll catch on though: Cognitive Shutter Therapy.

mine has a setting that will prevent you from even trying to take a photo if there is no card in the camera...
have you looked through the settings? or read the handbook? you may find such a useful setting...

 

[Crackle]

mine has a setting that will prevent you from even trying to take a photo if there is no card in the camera...
have you looked through the settings? or read the handbook? you may find such a useful setting...

It doesn't stop you, it just flashes a message on the screen in blinking red lettering. "Oy! twitface. There's no card in the camera" Or something like that.

You actually have to look at the screen to see it though.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

It doesn't stop you, it just flashes a message on the screen in blinking red lettering. "Oy! twitface. There's no card in the camera"

You actually have to look at the screen to see it though.

what camera do you have? I ask because you may be able to change that setting.... that's all

 

[Crackle]

what camera do you have? I ask because you may be able to change that setting.... that's all

A now ancient Pentax *ist D, which still does a lot more than I use.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@User9609 This argument as been around since the birth of photography. at what point does a little dodging and burning in the darkroom stops being a photo and becomes a work of art, then you get the artists saying its not its a photo ect.... photography like art is a technique to create an image.