Perkil8r Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Just a few snaps from this afternoon. Wingedrat1 by Perkil8r, on Flickr wingedrat2 by Perkil8r, on Flickr snail1 by Perkil8r, on Flickr slug1 by Perkil8r, on Flickr rustyeye by Perkil8r, on Flickr rustybin by Perkil8r, on Flickr mcfly3 by Perkil8r, on Flickr mcFly1 by Perkil8r, on Flickr lonesoldier1 by Perkil8r, on Flickr ironrose by Perkil8r, on Flickr fireant3 by Perkil8r, on Flickr fireant1 by Perkil8r, on Flickr discarded1 by Perkil8r, on Flickr decay by Perkil8r, on Flickr bluebell1 by Perkil8r, on Flickr abandoned by Perkil8r, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brantuk Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Though the subjects don't blow my skirt up those are some pretty darned good quality images Mike. Were they done with the 300D? Very nice shots full of colour and pin sharp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Though the subjects don't blow my skirt up those are some pretty darned good quality images Mike. Were they done with the 300D? Very nice shots full of colour and pin sharp. Thanks Yes with ye olde 300d, just messing about looking for stuff that can look different if you look rather than just see. Just trying to find a cure for cabin fever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 some nice stuff there Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Love the macro, especially those rusty textures Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 In fact, that wheel barrow is a stunner. How did you shoot? RAW? As a tip, it is easier to recover detail from overexposure than under exposure. See if you can adjust your camera to shoot overexposing by one third. You can then pull it down during processing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 (edited) In fact, that wheel barrow is a stunner. How did you shoot? RAW? As a tip, it is easier to recover detail from overexposure than under exposure. See if you can adjust your camera to shoot overexposing by one third. You can then pull it down during processing. Thanks I don't remember all of the steps I used in the processing. I did shoot this lot in RAW yes having discussed the pros and cons last night / earlier today. Up until then I had stuck with JPEG. If I recall, the steps I used were: Duplicate, LAB Colour, High Pass (4.2px), Apply as soft light to original, Flatten, Greyscale, Duoscale and picked a pale sage as the second colour. Then convert to RGB and use HDR. Messed a bit with contrast ad saved. It was something like that. I don't really know for sure as I was messing about really, not done this sort of thing before. As for under vs over exposure, I have been going towards under than over, I'll try that next time Edited May 30, 2013 by Perkil8r Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ibbo Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 nice set Mike I need to get out more and use mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Sounds like you are exploring all the right features Mike. Definitely go over, unless you are shooting a bright subject in harsh light. That horse photo of mine, the white one with the blue eye, could not be overexposed. I would have totally blown the highlights. The reason over exposure is better than under is because you get more apparent noise in the darks than the lights. Increasing exposure on an underexposed shot is more noisy than the same shot that has been decreased after having been overexposed. Make sense? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Makes sense to me. I was saying to Mrs Mike earlier.... Back in my day a shot was costly to do (film and processing) and you never really knew what you had until afterwards. But it was easier in some respects because it was what it was. Now you take shots as many as you want and pick the better ones. Yes you can do a lot more with them but the skill set is a lot larger now. I guess having played with AP helps though as I now know my way around PS pretty well, but it's completely different to AP processing. It's all fun though, just need to find my feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 I use Lightroom for most of my processing. Not that expensive and allows batch processing of shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Never used it. One thing that bugs me with shooting in RAW is I have to open each one in PS Bridge and look at them before I can delete any etc, in Jpeg it's a lot easier to weed through them. The 350d will shoot in RAW but also provide a jpeg at the same time so you can scroll through fast in windows to weed out the junk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 That's why I use Lightroom. You can download a trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 I'll have a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Harper. Posted September 11, 2013 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Some real nice piccies there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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