That's just lovely! I haven't had the time with little ones running around to get out at dawn or sunset, so I am jealous of these shots!
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That's just lovely! I haven't had the time with little ones running around to get out at dawn or sunset, so I am jealous of these shots!
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This photo has absolutely nothing to do with my ability as a photographer (because I don't have any) but is all a matter of the picture basically taking itself. But I wanted to share this shot I took of Portofino, Italy (on the northern Italian Mediterranean coast) last week as we were taking off on the ferry.
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This photo has absolutely nothing to do with my ability as a photographer (because I don't have any) but is all a matter of the picture basically taking itself. But I wanted to share this shot I took of Portofino, Italy (on the northern Italian Mediterranean coast) last week as we were taking off on the ferry.
So, a) - super-jealous! Did you have a blast?
B) Give yourself more credit! There's a "rule" in photography called the rule of thirds. Basically, if you put a tic tac toe grid over your photo, you want the most interesting part of the photo at one of the intersections. You really did a great job of that - and it's just beautiful!
Thank you! It was my first trip and I had a great time. There were many places we went that created lots of easy and great photos.
Grabbed this in Teddy Roosevelt Park outside of Medora last year. Nothing special, but I just like the "blueness" of it, and the wide open sky that I don't get to see much of living in the city...
The blue is just amazing in that one. It's hard to get that velvety of a tone without having to do some color editing.
Angie the first two butterfly shots are amazing. I really like those because they are different than standard butterfly shots. The wings are up and closed which dulls the color but really gives you a great look at the body/eyes. Great stuff! Keep it coming and you may drum up my business if you aren't careful.
You're awesome, FF.
Thank you so much - I loved that I could get a look at him so close. After I got those shots, I sort of tried to blow on him to get him to open his wings, but it was a no-go!
I think that is what draws me to that set. His wings are closed and it's not the normal picture you see. Normally you see the wings open and full of color. Great contrast in those pictures.
I used "Photoshop" generically as Kleenex is to tissue paper. I actually use the free GIMP program. My old Photoshop was 16 bit and no workie on newest 32 bit computer. I don't do anything elaborate but GIMP is decent freebee for composing some and adjusting/sharpening and whatever. I am not trained on layers and masking too much.
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That is actually the next class I want to take at the Art Center. I have the same combo deal. I do a lot of rock climbing, mountain biking, and just general adventure I like to shoot. Photoshop/Lightroom are essential for organization and processing but I know that I'm using about 5% of the features.
The dude who does the classes at Reiman mentioned that he's going to do a Lightroom class sometime in the near-ish future, so I emailed them to let me know when. I'm with you - I can crop, adjust exposure to some degree, and organize, but that's about my limit.
Machu Picchu --
Feedback welcome. Resized so loosing photo quality but you get the idea.
Exotic locales like this = cheating! :smile:
Ha... you're probably right. It was my first time shooting w/the new camera though so I couldn't help it... had to post them. :wink:
