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<![CDATA[Bridge Camera Users Group - All Forums]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/ Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:46:49 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Hi bax1933 and welcome aboard!]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2336.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:55:32 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2336.html
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The BCUG Admin Team]]> <![CDATA[Dee estuary]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2335.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:34:38 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2335.html
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Dee estuary13.jpg (Size: 1.22 MB / Downloads: 10) Took this picture looking across the river Dee estuary towards Wales with my Fuji finepixs S3400. Storm coming. Please comment.]]>
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Dee estuary13.jpg (Size: 1.22 MB / Downloads: 10) Took this picture looking across the river Dee estuary towards Wales with my Fuji finepixs S3400. Storm coming. Please comment.]]> <![CDATA[Nikon CoolPix AW100 -waterproof digital camera ]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2334.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:20:38 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2334.html <![CDATA[Hi dianne22 and welcome aboard!]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2333.html Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:16:30 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2333.html
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Using a long exposure and operating the shutter by remote and I hand held my flash gun to try and illuminate the statue, not really happy with the result so I may go back one evening Dodgy

The photograph shows the east/north side of the cathedral and Wren Library with the statue of Lord Tennyson in the foreground.

comments welcome

Link to my Flickr page/larger version
http://www.flickr.com/photos/colinbrammer/6911374479/

]]> This one below is from a raw conversion taken at f16 with a 30 second exposure.
Using a long exposure and operating the shutter by remote and I hand held my flash gun to try and illuminate the statue, not really happy with the result so I may go back one evening Dodgy

]]> <![CDATA[Sunday walk, Gilston and Hunsdon]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2330.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:32:54 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2330.html
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]]> <![CDATA[some pics on a walk with kids]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2329.html Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:20:48 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2329.html [Image: 100_0434.jpg]

Cheers]]>

Cheers]]> <![CDATA[RE: Sunday 19th February. Photograph of the Week (POTW). ]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2328.html Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:10:58 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2328.html

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20 below in central Europe, Romanian Bukovina, to be precise. There are spear like ice crystals that formed on the well head drum. Nicusbiera has shown us this wondrous shot. He explains his camera did not freeze up because there was no wind.

The originating thread is http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2322.html]]> <![CDATA[old cam]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2327.html Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:49:15 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2327.html ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[joy]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2326.html Fri, 17 Feb 2012 05:44:14 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2326.html ]]> ]]> <![CDATA[where is this?]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2325.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:10:25 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2325.html

Where is this and its not AIDENSFIELD?

This picture was taken with a point and shoot camera, I have posted this for the purpose of composition any comments welcome, the camera was a Kodak DX4330.]]>

Where is this and its not AIDENSFIELD?

This picture was taken with a point and shoot camera, I have posted this for the purpose of composition any comments welcome, the camera was a Kodak DX4330.]]> <![CDATA[A duck on the River Lea. ]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2324.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:32:46 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2324.html
[Image: Ware099.jpg]

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]]> <![CDATA[A stroll around Ware, Hertfordshire.]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2323.html Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:16:59 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2323.html
The countryside around was good Barley country, and with the Barley came Malt and Maltings. Ware was renowned for the malt that supplied the London breweries for an awful long time. Along with the malt came the Barge traffic, and the many riverside wharfs and warehouses that were tucked between the River Lea and the London to Cambridge coaching route or the A10.

Along this route, namely the high street, were the coaching inns and stables, along with three breweries and ...wait for it...over 120 public houses reputedly. Crib Street alone boasted ten pubs, not bad for a road less than a third of a mile long!

I was born just off Crib Street, in Princes street, a little road that still exists except for the lovely little 2 up and 2 down terraced houses with cellars, all demolished to make way for flats in 1967. Anyway, we start our stroll up the High Street and peek down the small narrow side entrances to the coaching yards, wharfs and stables, that ran down behind the large fronted shops and stores that line the high street.

Although these entrance seem to look alike, each is very different. note the granite wear paths for the coach and wagon wheels and also the cobbled paving. all very original features. I didnt use a flash purposely to keep the character of these dark entrances to the yards and wharfs.

[Image: Ware064.jpg]

The Town Hall, built on the site of the original town hall and doubled as a Corn Market. Later it became the 'Home & Colonial Stores', who else remembers them?

[Image: Ware067.jpg]

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The countryside around was good Barley country, and with the Barley came Malt and Maltings. Ware was renowned for the malt that supplied the London breweries for an awful long time. Along with the malt came the Barge traffic, and the many riverside wharfs and warehouses that were tucked between the River Lea and the London to Cambridge coaching route or the A10.

Along this route, namely the high street, were the coaching inns and stables, along with three breweries and ...wait for it...over 120 public houses reputedly. Crib Street alone boasted ten pubs, not bad for a road less than a third of a mile long!

I was born just off Crib Street, in Princes street, a little road that still exists except for the lovely little 2 up and 2 down terraced houses with cellars, all demolished to make way for flats in 1967. Anyway, we start our stroll up the High Street and peek down the small narrow side entrances to the coaching yards, wharfs and stables, that ran down behind the large fronted shops and stores that line the high street.

Although these entrance seem to look alike, each is very different. note the granite wear paths for the coach and wagon wheels and also the cobbled paving. all very original features. I didnt use a flash purposely to keep the character of these dark entrances to the yards and wharfs.

[Image: Ware064.jpg]

The Town Hall, built on the site of the original town hall and doubled as a Corn Market. Later it became the 'Home & Colonial Stores', who else remembers them?

[Image: Ware067.jpg]

]]> <![CDATA[winter pics]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2322.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:55:05 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2322.html [Image: 6864251079_0dab1b18db_b.jpg]

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]]> <![CDATA[Sunday 12th February. Photograph of the Week (POTW).]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2321.html Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:12:14 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2321.html http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2314.html

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[Image: chico.jpg]

]]> <![CDATA[The Skylight]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2319.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:04:20 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2319.html Photo Editor page.

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This is the a full size jpg. Pixlr does not accept tiff's, which is normally what comes out of my pre processing software

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This is the processed and resized image

1. Image >> Crop
2. Copy Layer
3. Apply Filter >> Mimic hdr
4. Scale opacity to suit and merge down layers
5. Create another duplicate layer
6. Apply Filter >> Unsharp Mask
7. Scale opacity to suit and merge down layers
8. Image >> Image Resize and choose 1024 on the width

Of course the fancy work with layers should not be done when you are first starting. But learning how to do that will provide extra tweaking ability.

The intention here was to lighten the parts in shade and give more texture to the sky and to provide some extra crispness with the Unsharp mask.

I do more more complicated things in the Gimp. But Pixlr is rather good for our purposes in the early learning stages. The refinements I use too can not be picked up so quickly; and I too imagined it all would be a lot easier.

Another thing to be observed is that pixlr is much less scary because it does not have the full features available of an advanced post processor. It is, I reckon, a very good launching point for PhotoShoop or the Gimp.]]> Photo Editor page.

300 px wide. Enlarge in [^popup] or [^new tab].

This is the a full size jpg. Pixlr does not accept tiff's, which is normally what comes out of my pre processing software

300 px wide. Enlarge in [^popup] or [^new tab].

This is the processed and resized image

Quote:... just plain grey. And what does it do? Reduce the exposure? Hmmm I can
do that with my camera...it's pointless! Well actually it isn't, and
that's why the ND filter is a necessity for the professional and
often found in the enthusiast landscape photographer's camera bag.

So here we go, this article explains some situations where a suitable ND filter helps. I guess this is just the sort of fancy information that comes to you as you get more involved!

http://www.ephotozine.com/article/tips-o...ilter-4871]]> <![CDATA[FILTERS]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2315.html Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:28:55 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2315.html <![CDATA[my little toy]]> http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2314.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:44:40 +0000 http://bridgecamerausers.co.uk/mybb/thread-2314.html ]]> ]]>