realspeed wrote:

have you tried converting them to black and white before scrapping them? Think you may well be amazed how may can be "saved". Even really bad ones if "aged" can look good

2nded....

I have to say I've got more critical now a days.... when I started I used to fire off loads but now I can end up filling a card and have 4 or 5 I actually keep....

T Terran



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EYorkshire wrote:

I agree editing can improve a mediocre shot or one that looks a little flat, I could improve all mine
But you must agree that a photo in 'raw' is a prime candidate for editing, not my camera that only has JPEG as it's output.
Plus my 'point and shoot' can only manage 6mp so I haven't quite got the decent base photo to build upon. Sharpening my jpegs tend to make the edges 'blocky' and unreal, also adding unwanted artefacts.
My sunset one had slight editing, I took it in sunset mode but it came out 'unreal', over the top sky colour and no detail in the foreground. I toned it down and gave the foreground some detail but there's a limit to what you can do with a base camera that takes OK'ish photos.

+1 for MPB photographic, most of my kit is from there, look regularly as they have a high turnover and there are bargains to be had.
This is the same body as mine and has a very low shutter count, the 40D is highly regarded as having a very good sensor, yes it's 'only' 10mp but you get stunning pictures, I have a 6ft square aerial view in the local library on permanent display of the town taken from a helicopter, people look and find their own houses, you don't need massive megapixels.
The reason the 40D sensor is good is down to the pixel density, the more pixels on a chip the more heat your generate and image quality will suffer, the 40D has an excellent balance and I am more than happy with the results.
More modern cameras are now fitted with fancy sensors that also try to fill the gaps between pixels to increase resolution, is it reallly needed at our level? costs a fortune for something you may not benefit from.

http://www.mpbphotographic.co.uk/used-equi...eos-40d-7/

stop linking to bargain cameras, i'm trying to buy some surround sound speakers and your distracting me



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realspeed wrote:

EYorkshire

Often that "wow " factor is achieved in editing not from the original photo

A very good place to buy or sell used photographic equipment:

http://www.keh.com

We are in the UK so shopping there is out of the question Ex 2010 Freelander2 GS-e Diesel manual Silver owner

I took these at Vintage MotoX event with EOS 7D and a Sigma 70-200 2.8 OS




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This is going into a competition on Monday night at our local camera club, It was made by dripping oil (citronella lamp oil) onto a hot soldering iron and firing the flash. I have coloured the two halves and I think it looks like a couple dancing? The original is much higher resolution and without the watermark.

It looks like a couple dancing now I read it

Red, guy with ginger Mick Hutnall hair, leaning in to give blue lady with long flowing locks a kiss, been held at the waist


Great photo,  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Messing about with an 'app' called trigger trap, this was caught by using two flashguns triggered by sound, the balloon bursting, while the camera was set on a 10 second exposure, the garage was in darkness, just a tiny amount of light for me to be able to see the balloon which was popped using a pin on the end of a broom handle.
Surprisingly, after setting up this was the only shot I took, pretty good first attempt, might have another play later.

Having caught up with this thread I'm amazed at the shots some of you are getting. Some very talented freelander owners!!

Having researched the back end out of what camera to buy, I'm settled on the Panasonic Lumix TZ35 which I hope will give me the shots I want whilst being compact and 'handy' and suiting my needs. Next job is to settle on some editing software and small tripod.

I did spend some time browsing through MPB Photographic and seriously considered a Panasonic GF3 setup but I think high zoom compact is 'me'.

Hopefully I'll get some shots worthy of posting in here!! 2013 FL2 - Black Edition Auto
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