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@tomdinning, this sounds like just the sort of thing to occupy my OCD side for a few weeks at a time! I do have a panoramic head coming so this may actually be something I seriously try…
@tomdinning, this sounds like just the sort of thing to occupy my OCD side for a few weeks at a time! I do have a panoramic head coming so this may actually be something I seriously try…
We’re taking the stress off of the day by having “The 7 Days Of Xmas” (trademark pending). The seven of us, 5 here and the mother-in-law and the brother-in-law, all have a thing we want to do with everyone else. So we’re doing them all, from going laser-tagging to seeing the Hobbit. One thing every day over the next week.
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Christmas day is just an ongoing barbecue here in the afternoon. Nice and simple, good food, good company, some laughs, some 8 ball and table tennis competitions, I might even be coaxed into singing karaoke…We’re taking the stress off of the day by having “The 7 Days Of Xmas” (trademark pending). The seven of us, 5 here and the mother-in-law and the brother-in-law, all have a thing we want to do with everyone else. So we’re doing them all, from going laser-tagging to seeing the Hobbit. One thing every day over the next week.
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Christmas day is just an ongoing barbecue here in the afternoon. Nice and simple, good food, good company, some laughs, some 8 ball and table tennis competitions, I might even be coaxed into singing karaoke…@tomdinning and @redman thanks guys. For a $450 camera/kit lens cranked open to its widest (18mm), I think it’s pretty damn good! I’m quite surprised at the level of detail on my 27″ iMac, there’s no noise there at all, even when pixel peeping. I’m really looking forward to revisiting this one with better and wider glass on the same body to see the difference that makes.
@tomdinning and @redman thanks guys. For a $450 camera/kit lens cranked open to its widest (18mm), I think it’s pretty damn good! I’m quite surprised at the level of detail on my 27″ iMac, there’s no noise there at all, even when pixel peeping. I’m really looking forward to revisiting this one with better and wider glass on the same body to see the difference that makes.
@Alison, I look forward to your pictures, I’ve always loved the emotion a library could conjure within me and that was intensified when I discovered Candida Hofers book of photographed libraries from all over the globe.
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@tomdinning, hopefully you’re around and haven’t gone awol for the holidays yet. The following is my final photograph of the Mortlock Library for now. I’ll revisit when I’ve got wider glass.
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I stitched this together in Photomatix Pro keeping it neutral, no alterations at all. Then went to work in Photoshop using numerous masks to take it a little darker in the shadows, add some contrast, selective brightening, selective sharpening and finally a little selective saturation.
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From not knowing anything about masks a couple of weeks ago, to getting out this shot, I think I’m getting there… slowly!
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Tom, I’d like to thank you again for your invaluable assistance with this piece. I couldn’t have done it without you!
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I worked out why I had such difficulties with the colour balances initially. I had been using partial metering. Yesterday when I got up to the third floor for the following shot I used pattern metering so the camera read the entire scene, not just the books at the end. It’s amazing how much better a picture is when you use the right settings on your camera! Not to mention how much simpler the after work was.
@Alison, I look forward to your pictures, I’ve always loved the emotion a library could conjure within me and that was intensified when I discovered Candida Hofers book of photographed libraries from all over the globe.
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@tomdinning, hopefully you’re around and haven’t gone awol for the holidays yet. The following is my final photograph of the Mortlock Library for now. I’ll revisit when I’ve got wider glass.
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I stitched this together in Photomatix Pro keeping it neutral, no alterations at all. Then went to work in Photoshop using numerous masks to take it a little darker in the shadows, add some contrast, selective brightening, selective sharpening and finally a little selective saturation.
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From not knowing anything about masks a couple of weeks ago, to getting out this shot, I think I’m getting there… slowly!
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Tom, I’d like to thank you again for your invaluable assistance with this piece. I couldn’t have done it without you!
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I worked out why I had such difficulties with the colour balances initially. I had been using partial metering. Yesterday when I got up to the third floor for the following shot I used pattern metering so the camera read the entire scene, not just the books at the end. It’s amazing how much better a picture is when you use the right settings on your camera! Not to mention how much simpler the after work was.
These two leapt immediately to mind, but now that I take a real good look at this picture of them… I don’t know why…
These two leapt immediately to mind, but now that I take a real good look at this picture of them… I don’t know why…
Looking good @admin! To me there is nothing better than stepping out into the yard for your vegetables and fruit rather than heading to the fridge. Gets busy when fruit trees are ready to be harvested though. We have a sharing ethos here and hand around the abundance or excess. I think it’s been good for the kids to see that this stuff comes from the earth not a supermarket! And we don’t have to worry about herbicides, pesticides, waxes, etc…
Looking good @admin! To me there is nothing better than stepping out into the yard for your vegetables and fruit rather than heading to the fridge. Gets busy when fruit trees are ready to be harvested though. We have a sharing ethos here and hand around the abundance or excess. I think it’s been good for the kids to see that this stuff comes from the earth not a supermarket! And we don’t have to worry about herbicides, pesticides, waxes, etc…
@tomdinning, wise words if ever I did hear them! Thanks. I think we have a winner… I’ll invest in better glass, replacing the body later on.
@tomdinning, wise words if ever I did hear them! Thanks. I think we have a winner… I’ll invest in better glass, replacing the body later on.
@tomdinning you know what? I reckon you should give this online guidance thing a shot. You could offer a unique service assisting people with one shot at a time for a fee. Otherwise get your online courses happening, please.
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The skylight and the carpet changes tone depending on the clouds and sun.
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Thanks a million for your assistance/guidance Tom. It makes all of the difference.@tomdinning you know what? I reckon you should give this online guidance thing a shot. You could offer a unique service assisting people with one shot at a time for a fee. Otherwise get your online courses happening, please.
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The skylight and the carpet changes tone depending on the clouds and sun.
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Thanks a million for your assistance/guidance Tom. It makes all of the difference.Okay @tomdinning here is my first attempt playing with masks, dodging and burning of two exposures. Am I getting there?
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Okay @tomdinning here is my first attempt playing with masks, dodging and burning of two exposures. Am I getting there?
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Howdy @tomdinning, coming to the decision of these two cameras is based on my budget. I can get either of these camera bodies for just under a grand with 4 year warranties if I buy online. They both have basically the same features and I’d like to keep the body for say 3-5 years. I still have my iPhone 4 as an example of that, it’s a phone, it still works when I touch it and some times I even answer it! I never have been a compulsive buyer just to have the latest and greatest. My previous iMac lasted 4 years and now sits on my wives desk, I upgraded to the bigger screen for my web design & graphic design work, and cause it’s not good for her back to look down at a laptop screen for her Uni post-grad studies.
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I don’t feel I have envy of any sort, I want to continuously improve in all aspects of this light chasing game, but would like to make the most of the equipment out there within my budget.
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If I stick with this brand, I can always share the better lenses with the boys, there’s benefit to that.
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How much improvement will I see if I just get better glass for this current camera? You see forum after forum full of people ranting about it’s not the camera it’s the glass. I think it’s all about the fool behind the glass getting it right before they pull the trigger, but I could be deluded!
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In regard of glass I would like
– a nice wide prime, 20mm or so, not fisheye though
– a 50mm prime for street pictures
– a 20-105mm type
– a 300mm telephoto
Then a couple of dream lenses a little later on
– a tilt-shift for architectural stuff
– a 500mm telephoto for birds
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Tom you wrote:
“Past that point, anything will do because from now on you concentrate on the most important bit; getting the picture.”
Is that a subtle hint to stay with the body I’ve got for a little longer, sorry, I’m not good with innuendo!Howdy @tomdinning, coming to the decision of these two cameras is based on my budget. I can get either of these camera bodies for just under a grand with 4 year warranties if I buy online. They both have basically the same features and I’d like to keep the body for say 3-5 years. I still have my iPhone 4 as an example of that, it’s a phone, it still works when I touch it and some times I even answer it! I never have been a compulsive buyer just to have the latest and greatest. My previous iMac lasted 4 years and now sits on my wives desk, I upgraded to the bigger screen for my web design & graphic design work, and cause it’s not good for her back to look down at a laptop screen for her Uni post-grad studies.
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I don’t feel I have envy of any sort, I want to continuously improve in all aspects of this light chasing game, but would like to make the most of the equipment out there within my budget.
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If I stick with this brand, I can always share the better lenses with the boys, there’s benefit to that.
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How much improvement will I see if I just get better glass for this current camera? You see forum after forum full of people ranting about it’s not the camera it’s the glass. I think it’s all about the fool behind the glass getting it right before they pull the trigger, but I could be deluded!
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In regard of glass I would like
– a nice wide prime, 20mm or so, not fisheye though
– a 50mm prime for street pictures
– a 20-105mm type
– a 300mm telephoto
Then a couple of dream lenses a little later on
– a tilt-shift for architectural stuff
– a 500mm telephoto for birds
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Tom you wrote:
“Past that point, anything will do because from now on you concentrate on the most important bit; getting the picture.”
Is that a subtle hint to stay with the body I’ve got for a little longer, sorry, I’m not good with innuendo!
