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[liverpoolfcmike]

Very nice Andy M!

[Andy M]

Thanks Mike :) A couple more:

 

 

This might be a bit too unfussy for some:

 

[Nick Leeson]

I think the flickr group is no longer invite only. Well, I hope it is. If it aint then I've reached the bottom of my clue barrel.

[liverpoolfcmike]

Andy, i like the tones in the sky and the minimalism of the last picture.

 

I should be getting my canon 450d soon, can't wait!

[Andy M]

My wife has a 400D - nice little camera.

 

Canon appear to be discontinuing the 40D, so there may be a deal to be had on them too... :)

[Captain]

What kind of software do you guys use to view your photos? Windows Explorer fucks me off more and more so I think I need a better program for this.

[Carradona]

The photo of the babies feet is excellent.

[Karl_b]

What kind of software do you guys use to view your photos? Windows Explorer fucks me off more and more so I think I need a better program for this.

 

Picasa 3: Free download from Google

[Nick Leeson]

I use lightroom captain

 

 

It's absolutely ace for cataloging(sic?) both RAW and Jpegs and allows you to arrange and sort and store them by all manor of details. It's truly ace.

[Captain]

Cheers for the tips so far, keep them coming. I've tried Adobe Bridge CS3 a bit and I'm not impressed so far.

[Nick Leeson]

lightroom is like the sound concept that is bridge but with just the neccesary parts of photoshop all wrapped up and made to actually work. I can't recommend it highly enough.

[jacco maccaco]

What kind of software do you guys use to view your photos? Windows Explorer fucks me off more and more so I think I need a better program for this.

 

To be honest nothing more than the proprietry software that came with the camera (Canon Eos 20D), In my case its Digital Photo Professional or DPP for short.

Obviously I've upgraded it with every new version (now v3.5.1.0) and now that I'm taking more pictures RAW its pretty good at what it does, better in my opinion than CS2 (Only using a 20d so dont need CS3.......yet)

 

Looking ahead to a potential upgrade (5d mkII) then DPP seems to bring more out of a RAW image than anything yet offered by a 3rd party programme.

[Andy M]

Lightroom 2 & CS3.

 

90% of editing down in LR with more serious stuff being done in CS3. All files are shot RAW and converted to 16bit TIFFs if I edit in CS3.

 

:)

[liverpoolfcmike]

shot this one driving through belgium... not great because i shot it in the car, but i think i did a pretty good job considering.

 

[liverpoolfcmike]

another one from a while ago...

 

[sm9]

lightroom is like the sound concept that is bridge but with just the neccesary parts of photoshop all wrapped up and made to actually work. I can't recommend it highly enough.

 

I'll second Adobe Lightroom 2, particularly if you're shooting RAW files. It's great for not only adjusting/processing images, but also for light re-touching, organising, and keywording.

 

I have to admit though, when I've done serious pixel-peeping and testing in the past, the software that comes free (as Jaco says, above) usually produces the best results, although at the expense of being easy to use and full of other features.

 

Ste

[Andy M]

Another minimalist effort from me:

 

[liverpoolfcmike]

Nice.

 

I've just ordered my Canon 450d (with kit lens) + 50mm f/1.8 lens. :D

[Andy M]

Fantastic choice :)

 

You'll love that lens. I'd owned a 20D for a year and most of the time it was left on the shelf gathering dust - I just wasn't getting the results I'd wanted. One afternoon while out shopping I popped into the local camera store to weigh up what sort of price I could get for my good condition 20D (they'd only been out in the UK for 18 months or so).

 

Instead, I walked out with a 50mm mk2, and my proper interest in photography started. Within a handful of months the 20D had been replaced by a new 5D, and the 50mm had been replaced with a Canon 35L and 135L (which are both ridiculously fantastic).

 

Without that 50mm I reckon I'd have given up on photography. A lovely little lens :)

[Andy M]

Oh, and one more (apologies if I'm boring the arse off anybody with these):

 

[jacco maccaco]

 

Canon 35L and 135L (which are both ridiculously fantastic).

 

 

Ah "L" lenses and primes too, the only thing keeping me with Canon and not switching to Nikon.

 

Oh and keep the pictures coming too.

[liverpoolfcmike]

Really like that one Andy M. I think a long exposure would look magical to be honest.

 

My 450d came today with the 50mm f/1.8! It's charging at the moment.

[Captain]

Tried a Tokina AT-X 80-400mm today which was offered to me by a friend for a silly price, it's mint condition. I quickly discovered that big zooms are not my thing (at least so far), and no autofocus really sucks. Add to that the lack of VR and I'm passing up on this one.

[Nick Leeson]

I have the tokina 11-16 on my wishlist now.

[Andy M]

Anybody in Liverpool before 15th March should head down to see: Recollections: photographs of Philip Jones Griffiths

 

If you don't know who Philip Jones Griffiths was, see: Magnum Blog / Philip Jones Griffiths 1936-2008 - the photo blog of Magnum Photos

 

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Vietnam Inc. by Phillip Jones Griffiths