JawD 8 Posted January 9, 2012 Share Posted January 9, 2012 Some cracking shots there fella. If you look at my thread I have a very similar image of the durham one. I think its a fairly popular shot. I too would have liked the waterfall one with a ND filter to lengthen the exposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted January 9, 2012 Author Share Posted January 9, 2012 (edited) There's a possibility that the exposure isn't quite right on some of them (and a hint of lean) because I processed them on a laptop which doesn't have the best screen. No ND filter, as they were taken with a compact. EDIT: the waterfall is The Falls of Falloch, north of Loch Lomond. Edited January 9, 2012 by Dr Kenneth Noisewater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 There's a possibility that the exposure isn't quite right on some of them (and a hint of lean) because I processed them on a laptop which doesn't have the best screen. No ND filter, as they were taken with a compact. EDIT: the waterfall is The Falls of Falloch, north of Loch Lomond. You took them with a compact? hats off to you mate they look DSLR standard and so I'd say you've done extremely well to capture such good pics. As for the laptop screen I had the same problem for a while, I ended up investing in a £250 screen as I realised that laptops aren't really the best thing to edit pics on but obviously thats a pretty major outlay and not for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 You took them with a compact? hats off to you mate they look DSLR standard and so I'd say you've done extremely well to capture such good pics. As for the laptop screen I had the same problem for a while, I ended up investing in a £250 screen as I realised that laptops aren't really the best thing to edit pics on but obviously thats a pretty major outlay and not for everyone. Yep, everything I've posted on here I took with one of these: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonictz5/ They're a bit better than a standard point-and-click but they don't give full control. I obviously use a tripod for the low light ones, and give my pics a bit more pop with lightroom, but other than that, it just learning to get the best out of a compact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 (edited) You took them with a compact? hats off to you mate they look DSLR standard and so I'd say you've done extremely well to capture such good pics. As for the laptop screen I had the same problem for a while, I ended up investing in a £250 screen as I realised that laptops aren't really the best thing to edit pics on but obviously thats a pretty major outlay and not for everyone. Yep, everything I've posted on here I took with one of these: http://www.dpreview....s/panasonictz5/ They're a bit better than a standard point-and-click but they don't give full control. I obviously use a tripod for the low light ones, and give my pics a bit more pop with lightroom, but other than that, it just learning to get the best out of a compact. Looks like a nice camera but like you say you'll always be limited by its functions... but just shows it's not all about equipment and if you have a good eye for a photograph you can sometimes achieve better results than someone with better kit. Have you not considered upgrading to a DSLR? I think it'd be a good move and something you'd enjoy Edited January 11, 2012 by ajax_andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 No, I couldn't be doing with a bag full of lenses, and swapping & changing them all the time. I might go for a bridge camera like this: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/Q110superzoomgroup/page8.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajax_andy 0 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 No, I couldn't be doing with a bag full of lenses, and swapping & changing them all the time. I might go for a bridge camera like this: http://www.dpreview....group/page8.asp That's just a misconception mate, get yourself a good wide angle lens and you can use it for pretty much everything. I only use 2 lenses which are my 17-50mm Tamron zoom and a 50mm prime, however I hardly use the prime unless its for portraits and even then a lot of the time I just use the wide angle tamrom because of the style of portraits I do. Bridge cameras are ok but I have never really fully understood why people would go for one over a DSLR... image quality etc isn't as good and they are as or more expensive than a decent DSLR. You can actually get great pics just using the kit wide angle lens that comes with the DSLR that will still give better picture quality than a bridge camera... the insect pic I posted from the comp I entered was just with the standard kit lens. Like I said bridge cameras are fine, I guess each to their own, but for the price I dont think they are good value fo rmoney and limit the user from progressing due to the lack of functions and lens options should you start to outgrow it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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