UK South-East Skiver's and Fishwife's Gossip Thread (3)

Anke wrote in post #7692335
Anywhere in mind? The weather forecast around here for the next four days looks utter rubbish

Hmm, a toughie. If the weather is possibly bad then something industrial-esque that would still look good in wet conditions. Something like dockyards etc.

Not sure, my mind has drawn a blank for locations that are wet weather friendly

Kaben wrote in post #7692563
Hmm, a toughie. If the weather is possibly bad then something industrial-esque that would still look good in wet conditions. Something like dockyards etc.

Not sure, my mind has drawn a blank for locations that are wet weather friendly

I have a request from Marcelo, who doesn't patronise POTN as much as he should, for coastal. Which whatever the weather will be cool.

Anke wrote in post #7692574
I have a request from Marcelo, who doesn't patronise POTN as much as he should, for coastal. Which whatever the weather will be cool.

I can deal with that. Let me know what part of the coast you are thinking about.

Kaben wrote in post #7692704
I can deal with that. Let me know what part of the coast you are thinking about.

No idea, perhaps Newhaven? Dover? I'll do some more planning. Anyone else up for a coastal day out in the rain?

So did anyone spot this one at Hellingly and against my better judgment I have had a go at HDR.......!!!!!

vmlopes wrote in post #7693238
So did anyone spot this one at Hellingly and against my better judgment I have had a go at HDR.......!!!!!

Love the shot Victor, i took pics of that exact composition on both visits to the asylum. I love the colours, but the HDR looks a bit wrong to me - if you tinted the light outside the window a bit you would carry the sunset theme better. Also the noise makes it seem more unreal than it is - especially in the blue areas of the corridor.
I think if you can control the noise it will make this image great.

Much better than any of my own HDR attempts though!

(Sorry if what i have said sounds at all harsh - just trying to be constructive, as i know you don't do HDR very often.)

Kaben wrote in post #7693358
Love the shot Victor, i took pics of that exact composition on both visits to the asylum. I love the colours, but the HDR looks a bit wrong to me - if you tinted the light outside the window a bit you would carry the sunset theme better. Also the noise makes it seem more unreal than it is - especially in the blue areas of the corridor.
I think if you can control the noise it will make this image great.

Much better than any of my own HDR attempts though!

(Sorry if what i have said sounds at all harsh - just trying to be constructive, as i know you don't do HDR very often.)

Rob, aint this what its all about trying to improve our shots with C&C from each other??

I dont know why its noisy in photoshop it seems fine??

Need help as this really is my first attempt at HDR

vmlopes wrote in post #7693385
Rob, aint this what its all about trying to improve our shots with C&C from each other??

I dont know why its noisy in photoshop it seems fine??

Need help as this really is my first attempt at HDR

It may be artifacts from the jpeg compression - what quality level did you save it at?

Dedication that whats ya need! why wasn't he shooting it comes towards him slacker lol!

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vmlopes wrote in post #7693238
So did anyone spot this one at Hellingly and against my better judgment I have had a go at HDR.......!!!!!

I think the composition and lighting is very nice. Personally, the noise doesn't bother me, if anything the grain adds to the shot. You could try running the shot through noise ninja if you want to smooth it out.

For me its the cold cast on the wall outside works well with the warm feel inside the room however I would probably add a warm up filter on the window to make it less blue.

vmlopes wrote in post #7693238
So did anyone spot this one at Hellingly and against my better judgment I have had a go at HDR.......!!!!!

Victor, HDR ALWAYS causes noise and noiseware or noiseninja is needed.

Are you using Photomatix, or the tool in photoshop?

nealhumphris wrote in post #7693512
Victor, HDR ALWAYS causes noise and noiseware or noiseninja is needed.

Are you using Photomatix, or the tool in photoshop?

It really depends on what format the images you're using to create the hdr are in. I find you get much less noise with tiff files vs jpgs or even raw.

If the noise bothers you (I don't mind it) you could always try exporting your exposures as tiff files and then combining them.

Assuming you have multiple shots here. If you're just increasing/decreasing a single exposure for this then I'd expect some noise.

Kaben wrote in post #7692191
Evening all - hope your days were as fun as mine.
Spent the afternoon cleaning up pidgeon sh*t in our stock room. We have two flying rats that have taken up residence and they are prolific in their toilet habits.
The bloody stuff is like cement~!

Hope you wore breathing apparatus?? dried bird poo can really f*ck up ur lungs!!

I agree that the noise does add something to the picture, its just the brown brickwork in the blue corridor that bothers me - its really apparent there.