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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
05-09-2012, 07:06 AM
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Forum: Photo Critique
11-04-2011, 09:41 PM
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how about something like this?
- a different crop of the original photo
- less contrast
- changed the colour balance
- increased brightness so it's more balanced
- desaturated
... and fancy borders lol!
or the black and white version?
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Forum: Sold Items
07-25-2011, 07:05 AM
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Forum: Photo Critique
07-24-2011, 06:55 AM
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Attachment 98189
not sure if this is any good but that photo looked really dark to me. boosted brightness and de-saturated a little to soften the look.
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Forum: Photo Critique
07-24-2011, 06:28 AM
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Attachment 98187
outstanding photo!
personally i quite like the close-up feel of this shot. it shows what the musician is doing... focusing on her music. and by that note i've cropped it even more.
i've played around with contrast to boost her skin tone, darkened the background to draw more attention to the violinist. and i always love adding a touch of vignetting to these kinds of photos to isolate the subject.
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Forum: Sold Items
06-20-2011, 10:27 PM
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i think he means that it's just sitting there and not being used = 'collecting dust' :)
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Forum: Sold Items
06-16-2011, 06:37 PM
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Forum: Sold Items
06-09-2011, 11:04 PM
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Forum: Photo Critique
06-08-2011, 05:00 AM
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this is what i would do...
1) recompose the photo so the subject below gets more attention.
2) shadow and highlight - lighten up the darker parts of the photo to give it better balance.
3) contrast and sharpness - especially to the clouds. theres just so much detail in there!
4) boost the colours - i played around with the colours a little bit and also added more saturation.
now lastly, none of this may be to your liking. but at least it may give you some ideas to play with :D
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Forum: Photo Critique
06-03-2011, 12:12 AM
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no. 1 is a stunner! very good shot!
opinion - it's an injustice to not make these panaromic! :D
note: i'd also fix up that orange flare in the bottom right but i'm not at home.
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Forum: Photo Critique
06-02-2011, 11:35 PM
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almost the entire top half of the photo is plain and uneventful (although i love the shade of blue) it draws your eyes to nothing and adds very little to the image itself.
perhaps play around with some cropping to tighten up the composition?
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
01-23-2011, 06:24 PM
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opinion on what? whether you should get a second-hand dslr for $200? absolutely!
as per adam's suggestion a *ist DS, or a used k100d / k200d - more than capable cameras for the price.
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Forum: Sold Items
12-04-2010, 05:13 PM
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hi - i'm interested in the sigma 30mm but from australia. let me know if you change your mind on shipping international :)
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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-28-2010, 11:09 PM
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i've got a k-x (and previous used the k100d) and i've always just used the center point to focus and then re-frame my shots.
just last week i picked up my mates k-x and played around with it. at first i thought there was something wrong with his lens back / front focusing but then after speaking to him, found that he had set it to 5-points (or was it 6 / 7?) AF.
thats my experience with the multiple AF points on the k-x - not very good at all. not sure if the 11 points would be an improvement or not... but personally i'd stick with center.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
11-18-2010, 10:41 PM
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a relaxing day at the park
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Forum: Digital Processing, Software, and Printing
11-13-2010, 05:48 AM
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this is what i'd try
1) shadow / highlight - boost the shadows and reduce the highlights (use the show more options if using photoshop and play around with the sliders.)
2) boost overall contrast and brightness.
3) changed the white temperature with selective colour and playing with the neutrals.
4) topaz denoise - the background (masking the eagles so they don't lose detail)
5) apply sharpen edges.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-12-2010, 08:15 PM
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very nice shots! a very good variety.
by the way i can see a dirty sensor / lens in the last two pics :)
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
11-09-2010, 03:12 PM
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wow that first shot!!! :)
love number 6 too.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
10-26-2010, 07:15 PM
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nice composition. agree with jmr on points on sharpness / red tree. i think to create some mood you can boost up the contrast / exposure and reduce the saturation.
Attachment 74418
sorry for the small size... i ran this through picsay on my android phone. would have liked to have put some vignetting on it as well.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
10-14-2010, 10:18 PM
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hope this qualifies?
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
04-21-2010, 05:22 AM
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pentax m 50mm f1.7. i haven't used any of the limiteds - can somebody tell me if they much sharper than what i'd get from my 50mm?
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-23-2010, 02:12 PM
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yeatzee - i think i'd actually be one to vote no for the following reason...
1) i probably can't appreciate the difficulty of insect macro nor insects themselves. as a photo subject, this one looks particularly awkward in pose - is that how they are?
2) the in-focus head draws your attention to it, nicely done, but i think that the head is in a poor location (not an ideal composition).
well those are my thoughts anyway. i like the photo but not 'PPG' like.
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Forum: Mini-Challenges, Games, and Photo Stories
02-22-2010, 02:32 PM
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that first pic is really nice - i think if you play around with the cropping it'll definitely get through!
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Forum: Weekly Photo Challenges
12-27-2009, 05:47 PM
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bay of fires - tasmania
noticing that my friend had worn a red jacket that matched well with these "firey" rocks... :)
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