Posts for: DoctorChas
Apr 30, 2013 22:49:35 #
Thanks for all the nice comments :D
Next time we're going to try and get a couple of kestrels in the studio. Might need a longer lens for them :D
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Next time we're going to try and get a couple of kestrels in the studio. Might need a longer lens for them :D
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Apr 30, 2013 17:42:38 #
stableflame wrote:
Chas Hi,
Took the time to look at all the work on your site, some impressive stuff. May look to contact you in the near future.
Dave
(Billingham)
Took the time to look at all the work on your site, some impressive stuff. May look to contact you in the near future.
Dave
(Billingham)
We'd love for you to come along.
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Apr 30, 2013 14:40:29 #
R.G. wrote:
Thanks, DoctorChas. Your comments reinforce what has been said previously. You're right - they are quite rare in the far north. I think I'll have to practice with rainbows in the meantime.
Here's a handy chart for working out the best times and places:
http://www.atoptics.co.uk/halo/chafreq.htm
Worth having a gander at the rest of the sitelots of interesting info on atmospheric optics.
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Apr 30, 2013 11:03:44 #
Bkh42 wrote:
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Your web-site and the aims for your club are very impressive.
Brenda
Your web-site and the aims for your club are very impressive.
Brenda
Thanks, Brenda. We're a fairly small group but we're nothing if not enthusiastic and we have great fun sharing and discussing our work.
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Apr 30, 2013 10:53:41 #
It's actually dead easy to do. First you MUST shoot on a tripod. Then choose a scene where you have both moving and static elements. Take three shots and then in post, remove two of the three colour channels on each successive shot: red and green leaving blue on the first, red and blue leaving green on the second and finally green and blue leaving red on the third.
Layer all three shots together and then set the blending mode on the top two to screen. Voilà!
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Layer all three shots together and then set the blending mode on the top two to screen. Voilà!
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Apr 30, 2013 10:47:56 #
My weapon of choice for denonising would be Dfine and unless I had no option, always on the original RAW file. Denoising a JPG is a bit like trying to knit fog!
I think #1 is better.
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I think #1 is better.
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Apr 30, 2013 10:37:51 #
Very nice. It's worth trying a circular polariser with shots like this. I never leave home without mine.
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Apr 30, 2013 10:33:09 #
I've done a few experimental shots using the Harris Effect. I think with the right subject, this could be rather fun.
Enjoy and comment as you see fit.
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Enjoy and comment as you see fit.
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Apr 30, 2013 09:57:46 #
Brings back memories when my son was that age. Lovely shots!
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Apr 30, 2013 09:55:43 #
I'd hate to have to polish all that chrome. Great shot, though.
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Apr 30, 2013 09:51:31 #
Excellent, particularly the first one. It really looks like one could just reach out and touch him.
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Apr 30, 2013 09:10:16 #
What you have there, RG, is a circumhorizontal arc, not a sundog. With the few I've managed to bag, I've found that underexposing about a stop helpsthat way you're less likely to de-saturate the colours. Shooting RAW (who doesn't?) also give you more controla little judicious tweaking of curves can help to bring out the colours.
For the curious, these arcs are caused by light refracting through hexagonal plate ice crystals in cirrus clouds when the sun is at least 58 degrees above the horizon.They get rarer the further north (or south) you go.
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For the curious, these arcs are caused by light refracting through hexagonal plate ice crystals in cirrus clouds when the sun is at least 58 degrees above the horizon.They get rarer the further north (or south) you go.
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Apr 30, 2013 08:30:58 #
lovemypups wrote:
DoctorChas, welcome back and what a fantastic site to visit! I haven't seen all of the photos yet, but I LOVE all of the ones I've seen so far. Very professional looking and I truly enjoyed what I have viewed so far. Thank you for sharing with us.
Debbie
Debbie
Thanks you. :D It was a lot of fun to put together.
I'll pass on your comments to the membersthey'll appreciate them.
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Apr 29, 2013 14:56:07 #
Nightski wrote:
That is mind boggling.
I've done bigger :D
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-47435-1.html
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Apr 29, 2013 14:52:22 #
Nightski wrote:
Great Photo Doctor...how did you get everything in? Amazing.
Easy. Shoot 84 photos in 28 groups of three and hope someone doesn't drive a boat across the shot and mess everything up.
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