Some weekend shots

[Deemac]

Hi folks,
Here's a couple taken this weekend. Saturday at Thurso Xmas lights & Sunday at Dunnet Beach. Hope you enjoy.

#1.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh116/deemac1965/40DB_7552edit1Sm.jpg

#2.
http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh116/deemac1965/40DB_7642_3_4edit1Sm.jpg

[Mystical Potato Head]

Excellent street shot.I think you've got that technique mastered and i do like that lovely blueish tone of the beach shot.

[dragonfly]

both are lovely Deemac

I've not been brave enough yet to try night photography - will get round to it eventually I daresay, just don't want to look like a prat who doesn't know what they are doing, which would be correct :roll:

[Kenn]

Really like the 1 of the Christmas lights.

[Mystical Potato Head]

both are lovely Deemac

I've not been brave enough yet to try night photography - will get round to it eventually I daresay, just don't want to look like a prat who doesn't know what they are doing, which would be correct :roll:

Get yourself down to Scrabster for night shots,not many ppl wandering around.Some of my greatest disasters have been from there and nobody watching me mess it up.Even better....no Neds.:lol:

[Deemac]

Agreed with MPH. Start at Scrabster. Nice and peaceful at night and lots of lovely water reflections.

Bring a tripod and remote trigger, ISO100, f11 (or more if you want a longer shutter speed), manual focus (set to infinity) and your off.

The camera club is also doing a night photography street session on the 18th January if you want to come along.

[silversurfer]

I too went out with the camera on Saturday afternoon and came across Deemac in the town centre. A great day for photography, clear skies, hard frost and high tide. Some photos below:

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/grantcoghill/xmas20098edit1Large.jpg

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/grantcoghill/xmas20097edit1Large.jpg

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/grantcoghill/xmas20092editLarge.jpg

[silversurfer]

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/grantcoghill/Xmas20096edit1Large.jpg

[Bobinovich]

Nice pair Deemac and lovely set Silver - wd both!

[Deemac]

Love your bridge shot Silversurfer. Nice set

[Mystical Potato Head]

Great shots Silversurfer,love the santa in the window shot.

[dragonfly]

Agreed with MPH. Start at Scrabster. Nice and peaceful at night and lots of lovely water reflections.

Bring a tripod and remote trigger, ISO100, f11 (or more if you want a longer shutter speed), manual focus (set to infinity) and your off.

The camera club is also doing a night photography street session on the 18th January if you want to come along.

yes I did see that but 18th Jan is my daughters 18th so think I might have other plans for the night unless she is planning on going out with her underage mates!

I haven't got a remote trigger - do I need one or can you just use the camera's self timer? and what is an infinity setting <rummages thru book to find it>

ok found out what infinity is thanks to husband!

[plumber]

Love the one of the bridge, great colours

[North Light]

Deemac,
The first ones excellent, very effective.

silversurfer,
Like the window shot, and the beach photograph is good.

dragonfly,
Yup, you can get away with the self timer. Go and play, set to manual, take an exposure at meter recommendation, one at +1, and one at +2 on the scale in the viewfinder, change the shutter speed to get this variation, preview the results on the screen, pick the best setting and then use that as your base to start from. Have fun.

[Rictina]

Oh WOW, lovely shots.

Are you a proffesional tog ?

[Deemac]

I couldn't resist having a wee edit with this one. Any better?

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh116/deemac1965/40DB_7552edit2Sm.jpg

[Bobinovich]

OK I've got to ask - is this a trick question? I've saved them both, opened them up and can't see any real difference!!! I'm sure the more eagle-eyed might but I'm lost. Needle & haystack come to mind :D

[dragonfly]

OK I've got to ask - is this a trick question? I've saved them both, opened them up and can't see any real difference!!! I'm sure the more eagle-eyed might but I'm lost. Needle & haystack come to mind :D

I thought it was just me, I have tried to see diff but can't ;)

[Scunner]

I thought it was only me that couldn't see the difference, thanks for the previous two posts.

[Mystical Potato Head]

A wee crop top and bottom.:roll: ;) An improvement.

[North Light]

Mmm, well I have to admit I prefer the original crop, I think the trail of red light continuing to the corner is more effective. The original has a better feeling of space.

[Mystical Potato Head]

Just goes to show its all about personal taste,i thought there was too much space at the bottom.If you had a group of photographers all taking shots of the same scene then i doubt very much if you would get 2 the same and all probably thinking there perspective is the best one.
Btw,what do you call a group of photographers??
Google gave some amusing suggestions,if its a large group then its an overexposure.
There's also a snap,a gaggle,a click and a clique.

[Anji]

Silversurfer - I love your first one. It would look great framed on my living room wall.

[North Light]

MPH, agree, personal taste is one of the important bits, if we all liked the same thing it would be a boring world.

Like the ideas for names, a few more suggestions:-

A group of photographers using film - A Roll.

A Group of Digital Photographers - A Pixilation.

NL

[Deemac]

The edit involved making the top line of stars running accross the street parallel with the top of the image by skewing up on the left edge. There was also a minor crop at the bottom (because of the skew edit).

[Mystical Potato Head]

MPH, agree, personal taste is one of the important bits, if we all liked the same thing it would be a boring world.

Like the ideas for names, a few more suggestions:-

A group of photographers using film - A Roll.

A Group of Digital Photographers - A Pixilation.

NL

Press photographers-A harassment.

[Dog-eared]

How do you edit to make the stars line up with the top when the window frame bottom right is still the same - off vertical going by the rh edge of the print ??

[Deemac]

How do you edit to make the stars line up with the top when the window frame bottom right is still the same - off vertical going by the rh edge of the print ??

In photoshop - 'Control A' (to select all), menu - 'edit', 'transform', 'skew' - grab a control point and adjust to suit. Then crop the blank space out. You could also use the 'distort' facility found in the same location. How much you can edit without noticable distortion wil be content dependent.

[silversurfer]

what a difference a week can make - last weekend hard frost, today (Sunday) snowing! Anyway, dying to try out new tripod and cable release so got up early. Results below. Many strange looks from passers by as I climbed over the fence into the square at 7am.

http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/grantcoghill/MillerAcademyLarge.jpg


http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/grantcoghill/Square20Dec09Large.jpg


http://i414.photobucket.com/albums/pp230/grantcoghill/TreefrombehindLarge.jpg

[North Light]

silversurfer,

Worth the effort, particularly like the shots of the square.

[Deemac]

Agree with NL. Particularly like the 3rd shot (I'd remove the ugly bins tho ;-))

[Rheghead]

great shots silversurfer.

[Mystical Potato Head]

Great results Silversurfer,2nd is excellent.
I'm not too keen on the 3rd ,not because of the bins but because its a view of the back of a statue which is obscuring the view of the xmas tree.Perhaps a couple of feet to the left might have offered a better viewpoint and still be able to get both statue and tree in shot.
Still a very good exposure though,good even light and lovely colour tone.

[BINBOB]

Love them all...well done,great effort.;)

[young_fishin_neep]

some really lovely shots, they would make lovely chrismas cards too!

x

[kas]

Nice work guys.