Thread: Show Us Your Flickr!

mate you have got some really really nice work in there.

can i ask i noticed in a lot of the pics your skys are very blacked out...

was this done post production or was it created using filters?

p.s i particually like the stuff that you did in melbourne.

Nice shots - love the defender pushing the muddy bow wave at tolangi.
(P.s. no "k" in Mordialloc)

Originally Posted by dullbird

mate you have got some really really nice work in there.

can i ask i noticed in a lot of the pics your skys are very blacked out...

was this done post production or was it created using filters?

Thx for the compliments Dullbird..

The Aussie sky, Im finding is very difficult to shoot, the dynamic range on the 400D sensor is not as broad as one would like to have. I found that shooting dark and contrasty Foregrounds, I tend to over expose the sky severely.
I have found Circular Polarisers to be a help, but mainly shoot in RAW and post process in Aperture 2, pulling back the Highlights helps greatly without introducing Noise.
I wanted to try some Grad Filters, but the Cokin series/system is too bulky and cumbersome for my liking.

Originally Posted by Sleepy

Nice shots - love the defender pushing the muddy bow wave at tolangi.
(P.s. no "k" in Mordialloc)

Thx Sleepy !....lol.....spelling was never my forte...

Nice shots ciapek.

Try bracketing the shots and merging post process with a layer mask so the darker sky goes with the lighter forground. Don't know if you can do this in Aperture though.

Originally Posted by ciapek

I consider myself a complete Newbie, but I try and persist.

Appreciate your humbleness but..............they are great photos. You obviously know what you're doing.

actually just read in my photo magazine that aperture is the program to have........

i have lightroom, which i'm still learning how to use but so far has been awesome....

lightroom was the best thing to buy if you couldn't run aperture.

Originally Posted by dullbird

actually just read in my photo magazine that aperture is the program to have........

i have lightroom, which i'm still learning how to use but so far has been awesome....

lightroom was the best thing to buy if you couldn't run aperture.

Don't stress Dullbird, Aperture 2/Lightroom are essentially the same context but obviously from two different suppliers, they are dominantly RAW converters with a modest array editing/control tools with an integrated library management system. I had the option to go for either of the two, but I thought about what it would be like if I had TWO different Library systems handling all the photo workflow and archives, and because I'm on an iMac, i went for Aperture, it integrates itself into all of the Mac's environments and is so seamless in cross transferring Photos between all of Mac's other software.
After the initial learning curve, I got familiar with it, watched all the video tutorials on the Apple website, and I would now find it hard to switch to something else. Even to the point that I now have stopped using photoshop all together, lol.....Photoshop in "my opinion" somewhat corrupts the ideal of Photography. RAW converters I think limit your editing expanse for a reason, and I like the fine line they represent between processing and "Polishing Turds"......lol........sorry could not help myself............