Posts for: TonyB
Sep 14, 2013 17:36:25 #
Sep 14, 2013 17:29:05 #
Some pictures of Wheal Francis where mining of tin stopped nearly 100 years ago.
The old boiler house
Capped top of 700ft shaft
sunset over the ruins
Sep 10, 2013 17:04:01 #
playing with my HS50, as everyone says, practice, practice, and then practice some more.
Great tit
jackdaw
Collared dove
Sep 9, 2013 18:43:40 #
Kentee wrote:
The nice thing about amateur photography is that we can take and keep pics that WE like, not what someone else tells us to like.
If you had stood farther away from the building and allowed more "air" around it, the vertical straightening would not have removed the top of the tower and there would be more space on both sides. Perhaps the "gods who rule" would not have noticed and you would have gotten away with it.
You were shortchanged by the system IMHO.
If you had stood farther away from the building and allowed more "air" around it, the vertical straightening would not have removed the top of the tower and there would be more space on both sides. Perhaps the "gods who rule" would not have noticed and you would have gotten away with it.
You were shortchanged by the system IMHO.
Thank Kentee, unfotunately my back was against a wall so I couldnt move back any more. I will certainly keep on trying but I didn't understand why I was told 'too much PP used'.
Sep 9, 2013 18:40:05 #
buffoto wrote:
That's purely subjective; excellent image and better luck next time.
Thanks buffoto for taking the time to write and I'll keep on trying.
Sep 9, 2013 16:46:41 #
Doddy wrote:
Well Tony I cant tell whats been done to it (excellent photo) If you had told them beforehand what work you had done to it..well you know what to do next time!!
Thanks Doddy, apart from the verticals it is straight as it came from the camera, not even cropped.The only thing I can think is that I should have aimed the camera slightly higher as it almost looks like the top of the tower is cut off.
Sep 9, 2013 16:30:30 #
I took this photo for a club competition and tried to adjust the converging verticals, using PSE11 filters -camera distortion correction. I didn't win and was told that there was too much Pp on it. What is the view of our members, Please.
Camborne Library, Cornwall UK.
Sep 8, 2013 17:43:45 #
An old disused mining site near Falmouth, now converted to a nature walk. All photos taken with my Fuji X10
An old boiler house. Last used about 1870
A dodgy way to cross the stream.
I had to drive home with very wet feet after taking this.
Sep 2, 2013 11:49:19 #
Sep 1, 2013 17:25:16 #
Bubu wrote:
I have tried several LUMIX during my digital phase... (show quote)
If you want great focussing speed then the best superzoom must be the Fuji HS50EXR, it is practically instantaneous even at full zoom. It also has a larger sensor than most other cameras in its class, even though there is not much between them. I love my HS50, it feels great in hand and the pictures are almost as good as an entry level DSLR, clear and sharp with loads of detail. Finally Fujis are noted for their excellent colour rendering.
Sep 1, 2013 13:04:03 #
MAcatbird wrote:
Great pictures. I always enjoy seeing birds from other countries and ones not common around where I live.
Thank you, I was a bit wary about posting photos of such common birds after seeing all the rare and exotic bird photos that often appear here. But I must admit that our sparrows are certainly not rare here, yesterday we had about twenty of them squabbling around the feeders, and they do make a loud noise.
Aug 31, 2013 18:53:22 #
I love the sharp focus of the top dime compared with the blurred background. Maybe if the coin stack was straighter nearer the bottom and the top few coins curved more to the upper left it would guide the eye round better
Aug 31, 2013 18:11:40 #
carlysue wrote:
Looks like you are enjoying your new Fuji. Like that you got down on their level on the ground. Nicely done.
Thank you, I was sat in a deckchair about 30ft away from them.
Aug 31, 2013 17:52:15 #
Some pictures of my garden birds, taken with my new Fuji HS50EXR at full zoom equivalent to 1000mm and using my monopod to steady my shaking hands.
Dunnock
Sparrow
Chaffinch
Aug 30, 2013 19:20:07 #
I'm pretty certain it is a young Dunnock, sometimes called a Hedge Sparrow although not related to the sparrow family. It is related to the Robin family so Hedge Accentor is another probably another name for it. There are several in my garden and although they don't use the feeders, they forage the ground underneath them mixing with sparrows, robins and finches.
Dunnock
