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Cartman forgot about that

yes but did the harmony's belong to Elvis or Cave?

Picasa is limited though, Elements is good for starters, theres not a lot it cant do that photoshop can Thats the thing with digital, nearly every shot needs to be shopped in some form or other even if its just sharpening, its the way cameras are set up

we had a **** FANTASTIC sunset on Monday night, the sort where the sky looks like its on fire, where was I? in the bloody office Don't know whether I've put this one on here before but its my fave sunset shot, the colours are just unreal but we get these here two or three times a year, usually in the autumn

Love that one wurzel! I'm going out for the day tommorrow, see If I take anything worthwhile

Pah you can't help some people You cant create those things from where you were, the point is to find somewhere you can, thats why landscape photography isnt as easy as turn up and take photo, theres a lot of legwork and research goes into it and most good landscape photography requires shooting either in the first or last hours of daylight ("the golden Hours") as the light is considered to be better. thats how all those great landscape pictures you see on calenders and the like are created However if you like the photo the way it is thats also fine, its all personal opinions, if it means something to you thats the best reason in the world for liking it Is the foreground as dark on your screen as it is mine btw?

Yes Pete, absolutely sound advice with regards lens BUT with Digital photography the body will make a difference, pixel count does matter as do the various features a camera has. For example my Nikon D70 is provong to be a problem for me now because it won't shoot at an ISO lower than 200, this wouldn't be an issue with a film camera because the ISO is governed by the film you put in but in digital its in camera, also theres various features like noise reduction that some makes are better at than others for the higher ISO settings. If you want a full frame digital you'll have to spend serious money as the cheapest Fullframe digital body on the market is the Canon 5D (about £1800 body only last time I checked). There are a lot more issues with digital bodies than there ever were with film If I was starting now from scratch I'd go down the Canon route as their lens are fractionally better and there isnt a lot to choose between the bodies, When I bought in, the entry level dSlr bodies of Both companies the Nikon won hands down. Kit lens wise the Canon Kit lens with the Canon350 (the one you mentioned Peter) isnt as good as the kit lens bundled with the nikon D70s. its a minefield out there and you have to be informed in your purchase

few more mins work, sharpened it up and burned in a few areas and tried ( :roll: ) to balance out the sky with the foreground

the landscape needs abit of shopping Al, thought I'd have a quick bash before i got in the bath very roughly and two mins work - took longer for PS to fire up shame about the telephone wire, really didnt have time to clone that out as a view from my window type snap its not bad, still no real point of focus, no leading lines and no compositional rules On a positive point it has a couple of weak diagonals and a nice interesting sky but not that bad can't really comment on Aston kicking a ball as I'm crap at action photogtraphy myself

going to be cruel to be kind here that photo is awful!! you need to ask yourself what is the point of the photograph, what is its purpose, what is the focus of the image? That photo is a snap and nothing more it has no point of focus. You have a great subject there (the canal locks), these are great source of leading lines (another photographic compositional technique) - lines that lead the eye into the image and to the focal point of the photo. You need to assess the situation you are in and look around for the best way to photograph your subject. the tree - thats a no no unless you wanted a photo of the tree, the flat path in the foreground - what a waste of space adds nothing and goes right across the image Also as anthony mentioned the highlights (the whitest part of the image) is blown out, with digital photography you always need to meter for the highlights, control them and the shadow areas can have the detail brought out in photoshop later, its almost impossible to drag out details from highlight areas. To control the highlights you need to read the manual of the camera and learn how its metering works got to go to work now, otherwise I'd post more. I'm not being nasty trim, its only by constructive criticism that you can learn to improve your photography. I'm off tommorow, so if you post some more I'll try and help you a bit more but do a google on photogrphic composition, theres literally thousands of websites out there you can read that will help you learn what makes the difference between a snap and a good photograph

Juju if you are going to buy a cheap dslr, buy a canon or a nikon low end model, then any lens you buy at a later date will still be compatible. You have to remember you are buying into "a system". the big boys camera are always going to be a beter purchase for this very reason. the only other possibility is buying into the 2.3rds system but thats a) expensive and not exactly taking off at great speed

Well one secret is to stop the car and get out before you take a photo Depends what you mean by "good photography" I suppose You could try to make your photos obey certain photgraphic rules, such as The Rule of Thirds if thats the sort of thing you want a hand with, its easy for me to help you, but just remember the rule that rules are there to be broken too

Ah a share price of below £2, that should really please Mr Petchey :roll:

Its not an attempt to get your email to spam you its a genuine attempt at something aimed at changing the club for good

we want the box we want the box ee i adio o we want the box (calm down Rob - the box this time is plywood with plastic handles)

Bollocks to the double barelled shotgun, I want a blunderbus for the wider spread of shot

I think I would too dunno why but I probably would, but I'm too normal so it would never happen

Certain posters hasnt posted in here for a while has he?

I don't think Ali was telling you not to post, he was just expressing that everytime you open this thread you have just that little bit of hope that somethings happened, moves are suddenly afoot, but really you know its not the case but you still get slightly depressed when you open it and nothing has actually happened

New crowd control measures tested ahead of end of season protests

Do you ever get bored with going over the same stuff time and time again?? Ah constructive debate at its best

I didnt need to look it up, it was after £lies announced his patience was running out with the Comers, we had the "takeover will be done by xmas, new year, due diligence fiascos first then we announced the Rothschild appoinments, just goes to show three months is a long long time in the history of the Villa or so it seems

By My reckoning its 4 months tops but your substantive point remains valid

Isnt that what I said?