Come for a walk with me....

gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
edited February 14, 2004 in Technique
Went for a hike about half an hours drive away today in a Sub-Tropical Rainforest. The temp is great...pretty well constantly at 18-22c (64-72f)

Set the camera on auto & really stuffed a lot of shots. The forest floor was so amazing but now i realize that the camera thought i needed more light & washed so many shots out (yer yer yer...photography 101, i can lift heavy stuff though).

The moss & lichens created a deep green glow that needed manual settings. Will try again in 2 weeks time.

Anyway here is the link...plenty of fungii for Fish & even some of gods critters on the last page for Lynnma (a doe & joey Red Legged Pademelon...he is too big for her pouch but still stops in for some milk) & a scrub turkey.

Here they are...

http://humongous.smugmug.com/gallery/66370/1

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2004
    some samples from the site

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    edited February 8, 2004
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    edited February 8, 2004
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2004
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2004
    Excellent shots. How badly washed out are the bad ones? You might be able to save them in PS.
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2004
    Nice one.

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    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2004
    wxwax wrote:
    Excellent shots. How badly washed out are the bad ones? You might be able to save them in PS.
    Most of the tree shots on my smugmug pages. You would have to see the forest floor to realise the difference. Hell...100 photos of trees...what have i become ?
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2004
    This is what i mean waxy....you would have had trouble reading a book next to this tree....just a deep green sort of glow all about.

    It washed out big time. I know it may be able to be played with in P/S but i think its time to get serious with the manual settings.

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2004
    I'm at work and actually working! When I get home early tomorrow morning I'll see if my meager PS skills make a difference. I saw some of the other shots... but many seemed to have at least one highlight that was blownout, and thus impossible to save I reckon.) But surely this one can be manipulated into something resembling what you saw. ne_nau.gif Give me about 10-12 hours. :D
    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited February 8, 2004
    I dont know what it looked like so this is a guess based on what you said but i thought i woud play with it.


    I looks like you live in a beautiful place.

    Nice shots, love the big tree.
    http://dehmphoto.smugmug.com/

  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,938 moderator
    edited February 9, 2004
    Humungus wrote:
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    There's something about the perspective on this one that I really like.

    Ian
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2004
    Your close to the money there Greaper...good work.

    Hey waxy ...dont waste any time in P/S. Im not worried about the photos at all. Hell its only 30 min drive to over 80,000 acres of this stuff with maybe 200 miles of walking tracks..& over 500 waterfalls.

    My point is that i should start to use the manual settings to capture what i see. I have always relied on the rear camera screen to show me what quality of photo i just took.
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2004
    ian408 wrote:
    There's something about the perspective on this one that I really like.

    Ian
    Its a great spot ian....everyone is sitting in the shade waiting for a bit more breeze. The para boys go first then the birdmen.
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2004
    Humungus wrote:
    I have always relied on the rear camera screen to show me what quality of photo i just took.

    i make that mistake over and over again. Just last week I spent 3 hours in the freezing cold, shooting the city skyline with traffic trails, and also a diner. Alomst every blasted one of them is under exposed. All on manual settings. I'm an idiot. The sooner I learn how to do it right, the sooner I can put myself out of my misery.

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    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2004
    Hey Greaper now youve got me doing it...

    P/S adjustments to what i saw

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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2004
    What i took with the camera...

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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2004
    Mate, I like playing, no bother, as long as you don't mind.

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    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2004
    Another one.

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    Sid.
    Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam
    http://www.mcneel.com/users/jb/foghorn/ill_shut_up.au
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2004
    Love your work mate...thumb.gif Thats it. ! Now i have to learn to get the camera to do that.
  • zero-zerozero-zero Registered Users Posts: 147 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2004
    Humungus wrote:
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    I know: those are your pets, Bill and Monica. Right? :D
  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 9, 2004
    :D mate you would be hard pressed to get a feed from one of them....they are only about 12 inches tall.
  • lynnmalynnma Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 5,208 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2004
    Humungus wrote:
    Love your work mate...thumb.gif Thats it. ! Now i have to learn to get the camera to do that.
    Hi Humungus,

    lovely pics, I could just feel the damp heat. Do you use your histogram (I'm assuming you have one) on your camera. I check the histogram every time I take a shot to see if it's exposed right... I think it's an amazing tool, someone on this forum gave me the link, may have been Charles but here it is.

    http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/index.shtml

    it was called "Understanding Histograms" can't bloody find it now... maybe you can.
    Good on yer mate.
    Lynn
    website
  • cmr164cmr164 Registered Users Posts: 1,542 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2004
    lynnma wrote:
    Hi Humungus,

    lovely pics, I could just feel the damp heat. Do you use your histogram (I'm assuming you have one) on your camera. I check the histogram every time I take a shot to see if it's exposed right... I think it's an amazing tool, someone on this forum gave me the link, may have been Charles but here it is.

    http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/index.shtml

    it was called "Understanding Histograms" can't bloody find it now... maybe you can.
    Good on yer mate.
    Lynn
    Don't think it was me but I can point to it this time :)
    http://luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/understanding-histograms.shtml
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited February 14, 2004
    lynnma wrote:
    Hi Humungus,

    lovely pics, I could just feel the damp heat. Do you use your histogram (I'm assuming you have one) on your camera. I check the histogram every time I take a shot to see if it's exposed right... I think it's an amazing tool, someone on this forum gave me the link, may have been Charles but here it is.

    http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/index.shtml

    it was called "Understanding Histograms" can't bloody find it now... maybe you can.
    Good on yer mate.
    Lynn
    Ta lynnma....well thats sunday gone rolleyes1.gif I have been avoiding using it (histogram) as it seems over my head but its time to start reading i think.
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