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[Goff]

Well, I cropped that a little and rotated it, but that's all I could do. Noisy noisy nonsense.
That photo was taken in Coolock, that's your neck of the woods innit Goff?

Nah, Finglas. I suppose, in a "country mile" sort of way, you could say it's my neck of the woods.

You walked around Coolock with a camera? "You're braver than I thought."

 

[Goff]

I've the opposite problem but I've some old protective film on mine. I've almost given up on the screen other than for checking the framing of shots.

I try and check for sharpness by zooming in. That and blown highlights the odd time.

 

[magicbastarder]

the screen on my camera is brighter than the shots appear on my monitor, so it's hard to be certain of a spot-on exposure.

 

[Goff]

the screen on my camera is brighter than the shots appear on my monitor, so it's hard to be certain of a spot-on exposure.

Depending on the angle, mine can give different brightness levels. The best I can approximate is by holding it perpindicular to the ground.

I recently brightened the screen up to its highest level 'cos I read it somewhere, but I can't remember why it's good. Maybe so you can see it easier in harsh daylight?

Does your camera not show you where is over/under-exposed by flashing dark/bright in the burnt out bits? In histogram view.

 

[Space]

I try and check for sharpness by zooming in. That and blown highlights the odd time.

What exactly are blown highlights?

 

[magicbastarder]

it does, but just solid black or white. i can select histograms too. i just have to get used to it. i tend to underexpose by one third or two thirds of a stop habitually, to stop it whiting out in the highlights, but was recently reading that that's not a good idea - may have been a link that someone posted here.

 

[Goff]

What exactly are blown highlights?

I "think" that's the correct phrase. When the bright bits are so over-exposed that you lose detail in it. It shows up on the Canon as the "white/overblown" bits flashing as black when you view the histogram.

it does, but just solid black or white. i can select histograms too. i just have to get used to it. i tend to underexpose by one third or two thirds of a stop habitually, to stop it whiting out in the highlights, but was recently reading that that's not a good idea - may have been a link that someone posted here.

Apparently, you should shoot RAW and "Expose to the right" of the histogram. Meaning, push it as far as possible without blowing out the details and losing detail. Won't work with jpeg only as you're just losing the detail anyway. But with RAW, the information will still be there.

I'm still learning. But it's slowly coming together.

 

[magicbastarder]

blown highlights:
http://photos.imageevent.com/24peter/stevedarmis/IMG_7816.JPG
(photo is huge, btw)
you lose detail in the highlights as the light has exceeded the maximum the sensor can handle.

 

[Goff]

Jasus, that's sharp.

 

[Space]

Cheers. I had a look at google too it was another thing that I was aware of without knowing the correct term.

Handy advice I read was to try it in black and white. A lot pictures I take are in badly lit places so I don't come across the problem too often.

 

[classic seanc]

You walked around Coolock with a camera? "You're braver than I thought."

A camera in a stylish bag that looked like a purse.
Actually that last pic was out the back of an industrial estate. Now that camera has been returned to it's owner, and I'm back to the Cybershot......for now.


I don't think much of waiting for buses either.

 

[Goff]

Eos 350D, 1/6, f/3.5, 18mm, ISO 400.

 

[classic seanc]

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Dancing on the ceiling in DIT.

What a feeling.

 

[Goff]

Eos 350D, 1/60, f/5.6, 47mm, ISO 400.

 

[Space]

Eos 350D, 1/60, f/5.6, 47mm, ISO 400.

That's cool I likes it, spooky as fuck.

I must take some pictures in the fog before it clears.

 

[Goff]

That's cool I likes it, spooky as fuck.

I must take some pictures in the fog before it clears.

One of the benefits of living so near to the biggest graveyard in the country.

I get to play with Squirrels if I walk thru' in the morning.

Which, reminds me: i thought squirells hibernated? Is it getting too warm for them or just easy pickings in Glasnevin that they don't have to store the grub?

Our fog lifted.

 

[classic seanc]

Eos 350D, 1/6, f/3.5, 18mm, ISO 400.

When I was walking over O'Connel bridge on tuesday or wednesday morn this is exactly what I saw. I had the camera, but I didn't take a pic. I was pretty sure I'd fuck it up. The sky was a mad purple colour, twas surreal.

Must spread....

 

[Goff]

Taken with my Olde Ghosthunter. I think that's "The Gotchee".

 

[pete]

some random stuff from today


Somewhere in Sequoia National Park:

Shop sign in Trona:

Randy Sorensen's Desert Holly Espresso, also in Trona. Randy's a nice guy.

The road through China Lake

The view from Panamint Springs Resort:

The Shell petrol station next door:

Some odd creature (deceased) on the restaurant wall:

 

[flashback]

Yup. That's nice.