The 7th UK South-East "Everyone's a Winner!" Gossip Thread (All Welcome)

courier wrote in post #9497261
yeah i had noticed that actually. Going to have to get the uv filter over the weekend. Cant have this glass being damaged

I've never used one on my 70-200 2.8 IS - I find the hood protects it sufficiently. The only lenses I use filters on are the 10-20 and 24-70 as they have quite shallow petal hoods so don't offer as much protection to the front element from knocks.

Kaben wrote in post #9497514
Love that seal shot - saw it on twitter in december, made me crack up!

Just need a quick opinion on this shot. Ignoring the massive blown highlight in the middle, what do you guys think on the colours? Does the lens flare work in this?

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Nice, I like!

Cheers guys, i will submit it then.

What about this one? Having to play with custom white balances (i.e fiddling with teh sliders lol ) as there are about 5 different coloured light sources going on.

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Kaben wrote in post #9497514
Love that seal shot - saw it on twitter in december, made me crack up!

Just need a quick opinion on this shot. Ignoring the massive blown highlight in the middle, what do you guys think on the colours? Does the lens flare work in this?

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Kaben wrote in post #9497659
Cheers guys, i will submit it then.

What about this one? Having to play with custom white balances (i.e fiddling with teh sliders lol ) as there are about 5 different coloured light sources going on.

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Hi Rob

IMO the first one needs to be cropped across the top where the 'slab' of green meets the 'black' ~ why? Because the player is creating too much of a "leading line" i.e. the eye slips off him to the uninteresting blocks of colour at the top. Crop ut and see what you think, does it tighten the composition for you as well???

The second one is very nice, perhaps not original in look but it does give make the subject more dynamic and is the better of the two images overall.

HTH

Edit ~ ref WB ~ was the guitar a pure white colour? If so a rough & ready correction i.e. does not always work, is try to set the white point using an area on the guitar, if it makes the overall WB look better then great but if not so be it

Box Brownie wrote in post #9497811
Hi Rob

IMO the first one needs to be cropped across the top where the 'slab' of green meets the 'black' ~ why? Because the player is creating too much of a "leading line" i.e. the eye slips off him to the uninteresting blocks of colour at the top. Crop ut and see what you think, does it tighten the composition for you as well???

The second one is very nice, perhaps not original in look but it does give make the subject more dynamic and is the better of the two images overall.

HTH

Cheers L, i think you are right there.
Im usually reluctant to crop out of 3:2 (for keeping galleries looking neat) but that does look better without the top part.

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Yeah, colour picking for the guitar sent everything else mental, so i had to play with the sliders for the best balance between whites on the guitar/shirt and the background colours

Jonathan wrote in post #9495614
I've got Tuesday and Wednesday off work next week if anyone want to do some shooting. SWMBO was talking about Folkstone Harbour?

Bugger I would but I'll be scrubbing that tunnel for you wouldn't want you getting dirty as you went through now would we

@ Victor - there's a thread here asking about accessing abandoned buildings: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=818603 Thought you might be the right person to answer her question!

Mike wrote in post #9497585
I've never used one on my 70-200 2.8 IS - I find the hood protects it sufficiently. The only lenses I use filters on are the 10-20 and 24-70 as they have quite shallow petal hoods so don't offer as much protection to the front element from knocks.

id forgotten the 70-200mm f4 has a huge hood.

Talking of Victor, where are these building shots then?

Jonathan wrote in post #9495614
I've got Tuesday and Wednesday off work next week if anyone want to do some shooting. SWMBO was talking about Folkstone Harbour?

Sounds good, although I don't have Tuesday and Wednesday free I'd love to visit Folkestone as I never have.

Kaben wrote in post #9497659
Cheers guys, i will submit it then.

What about this one? Having to play with custom white balances (i.e fiddling with teh sliders lol ) as there are about 5 different coloured light sources going on.

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I like it, Rob, nice image. I do agree that a tad needs cropping off of the top, but like you I just can't bring myself to ruin the aspect ratio so maybe some of the right needs to go with it which is a shame.

Matt Photog Peters wrote in post #9498035
=Matt 'Photog' Peters;9498035]Talking of Victor, where are these building shots then?

+1 did we miss them?

@ Anke, just a quickie. Things like Deal Castle, the Bandstand, Lifeboat House etc. I'm guessing I'd need some kind of property releases so sell those for anything but editorial yes? What if I got a shot of the sign that says "Welcome To Deal" with the castle behind, same thing? Signs I take it need no release?

Thinking I need to increase my number of photos as I've had a few zooms in the last few weeks but no buys.

SwitchBlade wrote in post #9498368
@ Anke, just a quickie. Things like Deal Castle, the Bandstand, Lifeboat House etc. I'm guessing I'd need some kind of property releases so sell those for anything but editorial yes? What if I got a shot of the sign that says "Welcome To Deal" with the castle behind, same thing? Signs I take it need no release?

Thinking I need to increase my number of photos as I've had a few zooms in the last few weeks but no buys.

Great question, I think you'd need a release if the private property was in any way recognisable in the background. I'd go editorial, you'll not sell it as easily but you'll be safe when you do.
Signs don't need releases, public ones at least

Anke wrote in post #9498241
+1 did we miss them?

Pretty sure we didn't ..

Victor, pull ya finger out!!

Matt Photog Peters wrote in post #9498413
=Matt 'Photog' Peters;9498413]Pretty sure we didn't ..

Victor, pull ya finger out!!

He's not stuck somewhere is he?