feeling so unhappy

[macobee]

Hi,

despite previous success today was a disaster!

http://www.hongkong-chefs.com/Privateimages/private.html

hong kong, but what pictures! yes i did use many varieing settings in order to see differences and learn, but it seems no setting whatsoever was cutting it at all.

dont know if exif info is available or how to print it with pics, anyhow....c and c wanted and tips tips tips

cheers

Marco

[MALI]

Here is the biggest tip that has ever been given to the ones before you and will be given to the others that will surely follow for years to come: POST PICTURES HERE.

Folks around here do not like very much the idea of following a link that leads to a page with millions of pictures in it.

MALI

[milleker]

Wow, thats a slow loading page. From the first few images that I saw creeping along my first thought is wondering if you have a polarizer for your daytime cityscapes. I liked the night images.

Mali is right, if you want a better turnout include a few pictures in your post and number them. That way we can reply with thoughts and ideas and be able to reference a photo number.

[Robert_Lay]

I agree with MALI.

I went to the link and looked at your first picture, IMG_2839.

Using the histogram and the Image->Adjustments->Levels of PSCS2, I concluded that the white point was not set correctly, so I set it to 184 and set the mid point to 0.73. This gave me what I would consider to be a better exposure with a little more contrast in the middle tones.

I like the picture, because it is a spectacular night shot with decent composition. However, it was underexposed and did not have as much contrast as was possible. I feel that my adjustments improved it, but taking it at the proper exposure initially would have given you an even greater range of possibilities.

Thanks for sharing.

[vwyob]

Not being rude but took too long to load and I got bored.

[rammy]

Yeah took ages to load because you have quite a few large images on a single page. Some of them are close to 200KB each. Remember that even on a "relatively fast" internet connection you are only going to get about 200-500KB per second (if lucky) so will take a few seconds to load. Mostly, looking at around the 150-250KB/s and then you have to take into account IE really OLD caching technology so takes a little bit longer. Basically, reduce the size of all your images to small thumbnails and let people "click" on the ones they want to see larger versions of. Or put the big ones on seperate pages and provide a text link to them.

I do like some of the night time hong kong shots but try not to put the horizon in the middle of the shot. If the sky is dull then fill 90% of the frame with the foreground but aim to have 30% of sky in the shot. Also, take the same shot three times with slower or faster shutter speeds and see which one brings out the best in the night light.

The ones of the boy, is that your son? The large images mean something to you but the load times are slow and "other" people are ok to see small versions of the shot. No disrepect to you or the child :-)

[Duncaji]

Not being rude but took too long to load and I got bored.

Me too, saw a few and killed the page as a result. Sorry :cry: