cadman342001 wrote:
Thanks Ram,I think you misunderstood my description though. The lights are always on, it's just that in one of the two sequences, 1 set of the 3 colours are not working. But I will certainly try and remember your pp advice as I'm sure to need it in another similar shot.
Got it. I thought the lights were off intermittently. I have seen some work of photographers who also take a dusk shot before the lights come on and blend them.
Once you are open to blending exposures, sky is the limit. I am now tinkering around with Luminosity Masks and it is definitely the right step forward in terms of my photography.
Heh, heh, Brown Truck is about to deliver the mythical Nikkor 800/8 AI-S. I was inspired by Jose (asiostygius) and his many avian pics. This is my first manual-focus Nikkor in 35 years. Have been using a Yashica 300/5.6 with 2x teleconverter for birding, and I couldn't take it anymore.
Cool beans! Like Andy said, show us both the lens and the shots you're getting from it. I'm green with envy!
rico wrote:
Heh, heh, Brown Truck is about to deliver the mythical Nikkor 800/8 AI-S. I was inspired by Jose (asiostygius) and his many avian pics. This is my first manual-focus Nikkor in 35 years. Have been using a Yashica 300/5.6 with 2x teleconverter for birding, and I couldn't take it anymore.
ramkumar999 wrote:
Got it. I thought the lights were off intermittently. I have seen some work of photographers who also take a dusk shot before the lights come on and blend them.
Once you are open to blending exposures, sky is the limit. I am now tinkering around with Luminosity Masks and it is definitely the right step forward in terms of my photography.
No worries, like I say good advice much appreciated for future use.
Yeah, I believe Luminosity Masking is the way to go but I'm too lazy ! I've been thinking of buying one of the 3rd party panels such as Lumenzia by Greg Benz. I'm just too tight/broke to pay the 40 bucks for it
This is the only way to get the skyline here, the other side (front?) is right on the beach. A great spot during the summer electrical storms apparently as lightning strikes the top of the antenna on the Q1 building (right).
I will post a B&W version later but I'm sure we can all agree that I had to post this one in colour. The colour combinations of the building lights are very pleasing to my eye, plus the bonus of random clouds drifting past and catching on the tops of the buildings and the serenity of the Nerang River in the foreground made this shot (once the river calmed after the odd boat passed in the night !).
Very interesting find tucked away in suburban Maryland. This house is all that's left of a slave plantation just 15 minutes south of Baltimore and about 40 minutes or so drive north of Washington DC.
The home itself was built probably over 200 years ago, and seems to have had some fairly recent maintenance. In the 1850s or so, it was owned by Henry Owings, who was a county judge and slave owner. The plantation included a 200-acre farm. The farm and slave quarters are gone, there's now county buildings, and a large parking lot associated with the offices in the area. Right behind the house, there's a rather ugly office building, somewhat visible in the photo.
cadman342001 wrote:
Surfer's Paradise Skyline by Night
This is the only way to get the skyline here, the other side (front?) is right on the beach. A great spot during the summer electrical storms apparently as lightning strikes the top of the antenna on the Q1 building (right).
I will post a B&W version later but I'm sure we can all agree that I had to post this one in colour. The colour combinations of the building lights are very pleasing to my eye, plus the bonus of random clouds drifting past and catching on the tops of the buildings and the serenity of the Nerang River in the foreground made this shot (once the river calmed after the odd boat passed in the night !).
Thanks chaps ! Pretty pleased with it, I took loads of shots and this just happened to be the last one, the "swell" of the river gave the reflections this unique look.
I think I may get this printed and framed for my daughter's unit as a thank you for letting me crash for a month, they have lots of white wall space and nothing on it so I'm sure they'd be grateful for anything !
One of our bulls broke through the fence last week and went for a stroll on a public steet. It took a while to bring him back, put a lasso around his horns and get him into the stables where he will remain until a buyer comes to pick him up. Too dangerous to put him back in the herd now that he knows how to get out of the fenced off area.
After that adventure, we needed something with a more positive vibe, so we went to visit a herd of wild horses
