Flickr Users - I'd appreciate some criticism!

[LosOjos]

@edumoto: lots of great advice there, thank you! Love some of the pics on your website, am I right to believe that a lot of the beach shots are HDR? And the blue landscape shot with the rock in the background is great, did you use a filter or post-processing to give it that blue tint?

 

I'll check out Chase Jarvis's blog, thanks for the tip. Are there any books you'd recommend to a beginner like me?

[edumoto]

Josh, yes there is a fair bit of HDR in some of the beachhut stuff. i tend to over process if i'm using hdr. no point pretending and tbh I like the look. The blue landscape shot, or any of the blue shots are long exposure shot in near darkness. It's been tweaked but its the colour my nikon records the light at. at night, the only light coming through the clouds is the part in the blue spectrum and yes, if you shoot raw you could adjust the colour temp manually. for creative effect, you can try shooting with the white balance set to one of the presets, "cloudy" tends to give a blue hue.

 

Books? Maybe, none off the top of my head but there are a million and one in print (or on line). I'd say, get something covering photography in general (rather than just digital as these tend to be focused on post processing) as although they will cover film stuff as well, they usually cover the basics better. Photography 101 I'm not an expert BTW, just further along the same "muddling along curve" that you've just jumped on.

 

if you get stuck, mail me at "anything@ and then my url.

 

happy snapping

Edited April 28, 2011 by edumoto
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[CHR1S]

@edumoto thats a great bit of advice, sums up what I was trying to say much better!

 

Love your HDR work, someone else who likes high contrast colours

[edumoto]

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Thanks Chris, I'm going to have a poke around your bits later. The guy that got me into it has a flikr feed, "clearinnervision" although he doesn't do so much HDR any more. He's a good buddy and a prolific photo taker. You'll see a lot of his poor GF Nat, in a corn field, dressed like kill bill. Are you using a photomatix plug in?

[beeswax]

I use HDR photography software & plugin for Lightroom, Aperture & Photoshop - Tone Mapping, Exposure Fusion & High Dynamic Range Imaging for photography for my HDR work, I find it better than the inbuilt PS tool.

 

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HDR is very much a personal thing, people like ALOT of HDR others a little. Make your HDR pics to your liking.

 

My flickr is Flickr: mini.chris' Photostream I haven't renewed my pro membership yet, so there are a lot of pictures missing.

 

Nicely subtle HDR.

Have a look here - RAW HDR Processing | Andre Gunther Photography for some tips on creating HDR images from a single RAW image.

[CHR1S]

Ive renewed my flickr pro all my pics should be back, Ill add my new stuff soon

[CHR1S]

Thanks Chris, I'm going to have a poke around your bits later.

 

Ooo Errr, just be gentle