TLW Photographers make your interest known

[ChrisM]

Not usually into taking portraits but managed to snap this of my 6wk old daughter -

 

[stringvest]

that's a great picture Chris. Congratulations.

[Mel Wood]

A nice part of the world mate !

 

Went ice skating down at the pier head !

 

 

 

 

First trip over to Alfred for ages,weather was bitterly cold and ice aots !

 

 

 

 

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HAAAAANNNNNNNGGGGG OOONNNNNNNN A MINUTE!!

 

Raininblood, are you also Askew Spit/Keith by any chance?

 

In another corner of the internet, I am keithjones84.

 

We've been chatting briefly on Flickr tonight then I just came on here and recognised your three graces/double yellow lines one from a few weeks ago.

 

Small world!

[Mel Wood]

On the 'photography, making your interest known' side, I'm very much just a keen amateur myself, bumbling along and trying to learn what I can, but I'm chuffed to have had five or six as readers' pic of the day via Flickr in the Echo/Daily Post over the last few months, including tonights one.

 

 

Apologies for the content seeing as we're not on the FF!

 

Going on a Liverpool Waterfront Night Lights walking tour in the next couple of weeks with a pro (an early birthday pressie) so looking forward to that and hoping to pic up some tips.

 

Has anyone on here been on one of them? Shaun Mackie, it's with...

[Captain]

Got my D5100 today. If only the fucking battery would finish its charge!

[raininblood]

Congratulations on your daughter Chris,lovely shot :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[withnail71]

great shots mate !

[withnail71]

[raininblood]

Lovely shots Withnail,some great looking brickwork there mate! nice one .

 

First cruise ship of the season,Balmoral

 

 

 

 

 

 

Early doors at the pier head,loco !

 

[withnail71]

[raininblood]

Cool shots mate ^^^ love the other thread you started too ;) gf

 

Large unit this girl,nearly 300,000 dwt !

 

 

Some from around mann island !

 

 

 

 

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[Mel Wood]

Absolutely superb, them, raininblood!

[Acid]

Just fuck off would you? Bloody hell. I put some pictures on facebook, and you get your mates saying ahh mate great shots, you should get them framed. Then you come on here and see this shit. Throwing my camera away tomorrow.

[redheart]

Ladybower

 

 

[withnail71]

Nice pic mate.

[raininblood]

999, thats one stunning shot mate,fantastic :thumbup:

[raininblood]

Few pics from the Liverpool sea odyssey !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[raininblood]

HMS Dragon at the clt .

 

 

 

 

 

 

rb

[stringvest]

fantastic pictures again rb. I'm loving the quality of stuff on this thread. Well done all.

[withnail71]

[redheart]

Raininblood...much respect and kudos for your stunning pictures

[raininblood]

Ace shots 'W 71' the colour and texture on them rocks is superb mate,they look like sharks teeth !

 

Had three goes at this in the past ,best one yet !

 

 

rb.

[raininblood]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rb.

[FanchesterCity]

Some impressive shots there RB!

 

For me, the B/W shot with the horse monument to the right is my fave... simply because I find it one of that photos that makes you want to come back and look again, seeing more little details and 'goings on'... plus it has me wondering what the foreground building is / was and who's lived there etc.

 

 

The one with the Liver Building and the couple - looks pretty wide... 18mm?

 

Nice job in the Radisson too.

 

Personally, I'm a huge fan of the 'processed' look (saturated, photoshopped (almost CGI) look) - but it comes in for a lot a snooty criticism.

 

Very impressive.

[FanchesterCity]

Couple of tips for you novice photoshoppers and those playing with HDR

 

1) HDR serves little purpose in a scene that require HDR... basically, you need to be looking for shots that HAVE a dramatic contrast / range - because that's what you're trying to capture right? I know it sounds obvious, but sometimes you can see a really great scene and then (in your mind) visualise some great HDR version of it... but you never achieve the look you wanted - simply because the HDR was never there in the first place. That make sense?

 

 

 

2) Adjustments in Photoshop:

 

a) Place your image on a layer

b) Create a new 'adjustment layer' on top of the image

 

Do NOT just adjust the levels, or brightness and contrast... doing this will permanently change your image. But by using (b) - an 'adjustment layer' you can modify the adjustments as you like without compromising the original image layer.

 

 

3) Dramatic B/W

 

a) Place your image in a layer group/set

b) create a new adjustment layer (Hue/Saturation) in the layer group/set, just above your image layer. Desaturate your image (to make it B/W)

c) Duplicate the layer group/set (so you have two layers groups/sets of the same image

d) Change the blending style of the top layer group/set (usually set to normal, but try changing to hard light, or similar) - if the effect is too dramatic, simply reduce the opacity of the top layer to suit your taste.

 

You can similar HDR, or at least get more dramatic B/Ws this way.