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12/2/11 at 6:11am

il ciclista

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glass is really cool, not sure if you meant it but the light looks like it's spilling either in or out of it. icon_gu_b_slayer[1].gif

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12/2/11 at 7:58am

NOBD

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Nice.

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12/2/11 at 8:11am

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Heading to Spain in a couple weeks and bought a wide-angle lens for that purpose (12-24 F/4 Nikkor) but now I'm looking for a REALLY light weight tripod that is super portable. I tried out a tripod that had legs made of tent poles and it definitely worked but had massive vibration issues carrying my body and lens.

Any recommendations?

I also don't want to spend bank on a carbon fiber super-bad tripod. Something cheap and easy.

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12/2/11 at 8:41am

Szeph el raton

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I have a Feisol tripod. It's carbon so it's light but still stable. Was quite affordable.
I have one of the small ones that fit into carry on luggage if you remove the ball head.

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12/4/11 at 7:22pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by il ciclista

glass is really cool, not sure if you meant it but the light looks like it's spilling either in or out of it. icon_gu_b_slayer[1].gif

Haha, well I don't know. I think it's supposed to look like anyway you want it. Whichever works

Couple from the past week

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12/6/11 at 4:26pm

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Took a walk today trying to familiarize myself with a new camera.

Straight Out Of Camera with some slight cropping:

I like how the red of this door was captured - pretty true to life. Again, SOOC but with a little more cropping:

A couple more (Click to show)

These are all SOOC:

Critique/suggestions welcome.

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12/6/11 at 7:57pm

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The last one would look great cropped right up to the tree line, i.e. where the stairs end.

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12/6/11 at 9:53pm

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Inniskillin vinyard

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12/7/11 at 2:42am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaplan

Took a walk today trying to familiarize myself with a new camera.
Critique/suggestions welcome.

How did you make the B/W's? More contrast might make them a bit stronger.

Warning: Hope you don't mind (Click to show)

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12/7/11 at 6:52am

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Thanks for the suggestion TRINI, I see what you mean.

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How did you make the B/W's? More contrast might make them a bit stronger. Warning: Hope you don't mind (Click to show)

They were all SOOC, so using the camera's B&W setting. Some are using B&W + a colour filter, also in-camera. When looking through them I tried to bump the contrast on many of the B&Ws, but in then end I settled for the SOOC look. I suspect my monitor is too dark, so they may look too washed out on a properly calibrated screen.

Your results look better to me than what I got from a quick 'Shadow' increase in Picasa shog[1].gif

Thanks for playing around with them

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12/7/11 at 7:14am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaplan

Thanks for the suggestion TRINI, I see what you mean.
They were all SOOC, so using the camera's B&W setting. Some are using B&W + a colour filter, also in-camera. When looking through them I tried to bump the contrast on many of the B&Ws, but in then end I settled for the SOOC look. I suspect my monitor is too dark, so they may look too washed out on a properly calibrated screen.
Your results look better to me than what I got from a quick 'Shadow' increase in Picasa shog[1].gif

Thanks for playing around with them

You're welcome

. I see what you mean. The levels looked good, I just adjusted the curves in PS to darken the dark areas and lighten the light ones.

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12/7/11 at 7:25am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaplan

Thanks for the suggestion TRINI, I see what you mean.
They were all SOOC, so using the camera's B&W setting. Some are using B&W + a colour filter, also in-camera. When looking through them I tried to bump the contrast on many of the B&Ws, but in then end I settled for the SOOC look. I suspect my monitor is too dark, so they may look too washed out on a properly calibrated screen.
Your results look better to me than what I got from a quick 'Shadow' increase in Picasa shog[1].gif

Thanks for playing around with them

You're welcome

. I see what you mean. The levels looked good, I just adjusted the curves in PS to darken the dark areas and lighten the light ones.

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12/7/11 at 8:21am