Photo-a-day

[GeorgeStorm]

I'm still a kid really:

I'll never let you go by George.Yoda, on Flickr

Couple of other bear related ones on my flickr aswell

[Ruggerbugger]

Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance showing off at Bruntingthorpe's Buccaneer Rollout event a couple of weeks ago.

[kalniel]

I'm still a kid really:

hehe nice

[g8ina]

Right George, playtimes over, lets see some proper piccies

[GeorgeStorm]

Haha, and what do you class as a 'proper piccie'?

[g8ina]

One of not toys ?

[GeorgeStorm]

Haha ok

Pretty in Pink by George.Yoda, on Flickr

That any better? Also tried to get some more bee photos, uploaded a couple of the better ones, the AF was a little hit and miss with all the flowers/leaves.

Then had a little play with photoshop, not used it a lot before, but still pleased with how it came out:

Dandelion B&W by George.Yoda, on Flickr

[j.o.s.h.1408]

Two way call by jonneymendoza, on Flickr

[g8ina]

Much better (for me anyway) George.

and thats a cracker josh !

[GeorgeStorm]

Thanks, had another couple today:

Pink flower by George.Yoda, on Flickr

Really pleased with how that one came out

[GeorgeStorm]

Complete accident (didn't want it to focus on the window)

Oops (window could do with a clean) by George.Yoda, on Flickr

But actually I like it

Also uploaded a couple of others last couple of days, more flowers, so you'll be pleased g8ina

[redddraggon]

Was a bit bored last night, so was looking through my catalogue and playing with the presets on LR4, I never thought anything of this shot, as it was pretty high iso and quite soft, at f/1.4 and slow shutter speed, but I quite like the cross processed look. Not good enough for my flickr, I'm starting to get quite critical with that, but will go well in my Pets album on facebook.

[redddraggon]

Also uploaded a couple of others last couple of days, more flowers, so you'll be pleased g8ina

The Chicken shot is pretty good. How are you uploading photos? You seem to be (inadvertently) stripping the EXIF data, and because I'm nosy I always like having a look at that data!

[GeorgeStorm]

Err I'm opening them in photoshop, sometimes playing with the white balance/some of the auto settings (since I still don't really know what I'm doing in photoshop) then resizing them and saving them as .png since that what photoshops defaults to.
Should I be saving them as something else? (and is the EXIF data the shutter speed, ISO etc?)

[redddraggon]

Err I'm opening them in photoshop, sometimes playing with the white balance/some of the auto settings (since I still don't really know what I'm doing in photoshop) then resizing them and saving them as .png since that what photoshops defaults to.
Should I be saving them as something else? (and is the EXIF data the shutter speed, ISO etc?)

It might because you are saving the images as .png, AFAIK .png won't carry the exif data. TBH you're better off saving the images the images as jpeg after you've played in PS.

If you are going to be serious with your shooting I would recommend lightroom, if you are a student/teacher/work in education you can get lightroom 4 for £60.

[GeorgeStorm]

Ah, fair enough, is it possible to just replace the photos on flick with jpeg versions? Or would I have to delete then reupload? Losing number of views etc (not THAT bothered, since I only made it last week, but is interesting none the less)

Yeah I've been recommended lightroom, not tried it yet though.