Speedy88 wrote:

arpi2390 wrote:

At the risk of this being your daughter/niece or under 18, nice!

She is my girlfriend...

Another view from hotel:

Went out and took some last night for the first time in ages. Lack of practise shows though!




One from a couple of years ago

Chris, where exactly your claimed lack of practise is showing? I find quite difficult to pinpoint any areas of improvement there so I suspect that you are being tad modest there

Great shots, imo, I take you are having piss poor weather there too?

It is quite bad in here, dark, greyness, clouds and then pitch dark and seepia with artificial lights, can't get my arse to outside with camera when it is like this. There are some ducks at nearby, but it is too dark to take photos from them at morning or at evening, also colours will not work out in this lack of light time.

jtbo wrote:Chris, where exactly your claimed lack of practise is showing? I find quite difficult to pinpoint any areas of improvement there so I suspect that you are being tad modest there

I agree, some great shots... shame the car shot wasn't in your 340! What was the setup of that shot by the way? Just a tripod sitting in the rear/strapped down?

jtbo wrote:Chris, where exactly your claimed lack of practise is showing? I find quite difficult to pinpoint any areas of improvement there so I suspect that you are being tad modest there

Well.... the light trails were handheld, so you can't really make it much bigger or you notice complete lack of sharpness And the colours had to be photoshopped a bit to get rid of the tungsten lighting yellow, which I still hate doing (though I'm not sure why, it just feels a bit like cheating!)

SteveP wrote:I agree, some great shots... shame the car shot wasn't in your 340! What was the setup of that shot by the way? Just a tripod sitting in the rear/strapped down?

Tripod in the back seat, with me holding it down. Now I have it sussed in another car (when I'm not driving) I'm going to see if I can set up for a self portrait like that I think!

Also is there need to get rid of tungsten? That of course depends on from what kind of view one has in mind when taking photo, but if scenery is colour of pee, then it really should not bother a lot? That is just what I'm thinkin.
However making it disappear is not cheating, it is just part of art, even I think also that less photoshop is better, but I have learned to see how some things are more practical to make with photoshop. Maybe I have split personality problem?

I do hate that colour, but they put that about everywhere in here from some odd reason

Maybe try a fully black and white of that Jani, I reckon it'd look awesome!

Chris_C wrote:Maybe try a fully black and white of that Jani, I reckon it'd look awesome!

Pseudo black&white (that resembles bit of old b&w photos) works best for it, imo. What do you think?


Just reduced lot of yellow and red channels to get that effect.

jtbo wrote:Also is there need to get rid of tungsten? That of course depends on from what kind of view one has in mind when taking photo, but if scenery is colour of pee, then it really should not bother a lot? That is just what I'm thinkin.

I do hate that colour, but they put that about everywhere in here from some odd reason

Okay, that's not tungsten, which is used in incandescent lights (also halogen bulbs). The road illumination is mostly low pressure sodium vapour, and that's because it is relatively cheap and the lighting efficiency is very good. Someone thought that since the eye is most sensitive to yellow light, you don't need anything else to light the roads. They realize now that this was wrong, but the replacements are more expensive so they only tend to use them in new installations. Even high-pressure sodium looks a little better. And various metal halide lamps emit a white light much like daylight.

I reckon that looks hugely better Jani!

I'll stand corrected on the lights Nomead!

Couple for the thread











I've been having fun

You and Pyro-ben should so get together for a land-anchor party.
Got to love the landys.
But why thats pulling strap attatched to the wingmirror??

volvosneverdie wrote:But why thats pulling strap attatched to the wingmirror??

Lol, I hadn't noticed that! Timing of the shot and the throw

Chris_C wrote:

volvosneverdie wrote:But why thats pulling strap attatched to the wingmirror??

Lol, I hadn't noticed that! Timing of the shot and the throw

Are you sure?
Ive heard they have VERY strong wingmirrors.