Photo-a-day

[HSK]

[mmh]

something i'm experimenting with, i took around 40 pictures over 30minutes as the sky was getting dark and made this very roughly in ps. it's very tedious doing it by hand and it's not very smooth in the transition...
if anyone knows of a good way to do this i'd be open to tips!

thats a cool idea if you can find a smoother way to merge them

[kalniel]

Maybe use fewer exposures - try just the earliest, a nice coloured sunset one, and the latest. That'll give you three contrasting scenes which you should be able to blend together smoothly (gradient layer mask?) while making the transition more obvious too.

[Blastuk]

i chose the pics with the best colours, used about 7 in this one and did it with a gradient layer mask
a lot smoother transition, although i'll have to find some time to take some pics over a longer time period that will constrast bright daylight with a really dark night

[Virtual Monkey]

^That looks much better. Brilliant idea!

[matty-hodgson]

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Blastuk - do you have the Hi-res version of that?
it's awesome!

i'd love to use it as my desktop

[Blastuk]

here you go
http://sites.google.com/a/matttheox....attredirects=0

this one has some noise removed
http://sites.google.com/a/matttheox....attredirects=0

[YorkieBen]

Some shots from today, nice and sunny

[Bobster]

looks like everyone is taking advantage of our good weather, nice shots guys

one from my portrait session this morning

[Whiternoise]

I'm currently on a gliding course, wish i had the same weather as you lot

Damn fog and mist here!

I'll post some pics up though

[YorkieBen]

Couple more from yesterday





and one of my first shots with my a200 from last year

[brammers]

Are the gull shots with your 70-300G Yorkie? The bokkeh looks a bit nasty I'm afraid - harsh specular highlights and a very wiry, almost mirror lens effect...

[tfboy]

From tonight, along the beach of JBR in Dubai, away from the mayhem of exotic cars, gucci shoes and armani handbags

[kalniel]

From tonight, along the beach of JBR in Dubai, away from the mayhem of exotic cars, gucci shoes and armani handbags

Awesome photo!

[YorkieBen]

Are the gull shots with your 70-300G Yorkie? The bokkeh looks a bit nasty I'm afraid - harsh specular highlights and a very wiry, almost mirror lens effect...

partly due to heavy cropping and the post-processing - sharpening and contrast and the actual shot, the bushes behind the birds are actually quite close to the birds. But the 70-300mm G's bokeh is not its strongest point - certainly isn't beercan-esq. Although strangely sometimes it can be nice and buttery and sometimes it isn't.

[kalniel]

partly due to heavy cropping and the post-processing - sharpening and contrast and the actual shot, the bushes behind the birds are actually quite close to the birds. But the 70-300mm G's bokeh is not its strongest point - certainly isn't beercan-esq. Although strangely sometimes it can be nice and buttery and sometimes it isn't.

A lot of zooms seem to have problems around f/5.6 - I see the problem shot is f/6.3, whereas the F/11 one later is much nicer.