Photo Thread

[jebus]

Very nice

[Mad Moose]

Liking that one a lot

So do I. Those are the kinda pictures I want to be able to take. I'll get more up at some stage.

Jebus I love the one you took of the terracing with the sunlight. That for me is capturing exactly what you saw and thats how I want my pictures to be. What ground is it at? Really captured me that picture.

[jebus]

It's at Jackman Park in Limerick, have a few taken from there with other fans, I'm not really interested in what goes on the field to be honest

My advice for you if you're thinking of getting a digital SLR next year would be to not get at all reliant on photoshop or even cropping your images yet. Better to just frame it right in the camera because you can get too lazy if you work off altered images too much. As for brands, do some research online, there's not much difference between Canon and Nikon but other brands are just as good as well. But do look up models and their reviews after you look around.

The image in the OP is very good by the way

[Mad Moose]

A little more of the Derbyshire Dales and my love of stone walls.





Guiness in Verona

[Mad Moose]

The third largest Colesseum in Italy. My favourite country to visit.




Castle walls



Nightime in Verona

[dahamsta]

Wasn't there a Foot.ie Flickr group?

[jebus]

there's one specifically for LoI photos alright, for general snap happy chaps I'm not so sure though

[kingdom hoop]

Nice thread.
I went on a little spree of taking photos in the locality a few months ago but my 'expertise' is limited to seeing something I like and pressing the button. Must figure out the finer arts at some stage. Here are a few of my more favourite captures -


"Sunset At Barrow Beach"




I suppose this one has to be "Kiss My Ass"




"Mind The Gap"

[kingdom hoop]

Any advice from the more expert, or not so expert, would be welcome.


"Serene Tree"





"Untitled"





"I'm Not Sure Why But This Mountain Caught My Eye"

[jebus]

With landscape images I do think it's worthwhile messing around with photoshop and seeing what effects you can produce
Hope you don't mind me using one of yours but to show you what you can do in even 5 mins on photoshop I knocked this up

"Mind The Gap"





I don't know if that's the sort of thing you'd be looking to do though, it's all down to personal preference but how I did that is

Open image in PS
Create new layer
Go to Filter - Blue - Gaussian Blur, set it to 5%
Set layer mode to overlay
Go to channels, double click on green
Get a new layer
Set foreground to white and press alt + backspace
Go back to Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur and set it to 10%

and hey presto. Similarly on my own ones



YASHICA 635

[jebus]

or on a colour image



HOLGA

it just makes the image a bit more surreal and dreamlike, which again I like when it comes to certain styles of photography, landscape being one of them, but messing around on photoshop and looking up online tutorials is well worth your while if that's the area you want to investigate

[Mad Moose]

Some great photo's there Kingdom Hoop.I particularly like 'Serene Tree' and the next one to it.

Serene tree is very well taken.Some fine detail in there. What kind of camera is it taken from?

Where is 'Untitled' taken. I think I recognise that road.

Good work on the photoshop Jebus. I've never done that before. I will have a look. What site or programme do you recommend?

[pineapple stu]

Not the same as a showcase for posters' work, but www.trekearth.com is an excellent site which anyone posting on this thread will enjoy, I think.

[jebus]

Harpsbear I'd go with Photoshop personally, but Google have a great free editing program called Picasa that you can download, it's pretty basic but for little edits like sharpening your image, messing around with hue and saturation, things like that, it works a treat

[kingdom hoop]

What kind of camera is it taken from?

Nikon D40. It's the entry level dSLR from Nikon, my first foray into "proper camera" territory. It was recommended to me by someone who knows about these things, and I can't find fault with it. It definitely captures colour and detail well. For a beginner workman like me it's certainly an adequate tool.

Where is 'Untitled' taken. I think I recognise that road.

It's in the mountains just outside Killarney in Kerry, in a part called the "Gap of Dunloe". Gorgeous part of the country, pity it was cloudy that day though as the light doesn't do the views justice - maybe that's where Jebus's photoshopping tips might come in.