CF: Clickers Corner - Page 38

joglynne · 22-08-2010, 16:03

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Originally Posted by alferret

Some great photo's from Tomas Mak.

http://tomatito.sk/photogallery/

Check out the Macro insects. My fav pics are from the portraits section.

An interesting link alf, thanks.

I found the insect shots a bit too much and, as a result, didn't have the nerve to even open the the Jumping Spiders section.

I have fallen into total jealous awe of some of his Experimental shots, especially the silhouette shot of the man against the London background.

speedfreak · 22-08-2010, 16:04

howdy clickers

can someone tell me roughly how much Id be looking to pay for a decentish camera, mainly for close up shots of things in my fish tank, from big fish to corals to tiny little creatures.
Thanks

LSainsbury · 22-08-2010, 16:37

DW & joglynne:

Thanks for the advice.

I've changed the link to yellow to make it stand out more. Due to the way the album works (out-of-the-box-solution) I cannot modify the homepage of the album with text - only photos. I did have an image in there bit it looked a bit naff.

With regards to returning to the home page, I've made it so the actual album launches in a new window. I'll do something out the "Home" and "Home Page" on the album itself soon.

Delta Whiskey · 22-08-2010, 17:03

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Originally Posted by speedfreak

howdy clickers

can someone tell me roughly how much Id be looking to pay for a decentish camera, mainly for close up shots of things in my fish tank, from big fish to corals to tiny little creatures.
Thanks

Are you going to be shooting through the glass of the tank, if so you'll need to use a polarising filter to reduce the reflection from both the glass and the water. Although you can just about get away with it if you put the lens directly up against the glass to omit extraneous light. It's difficult to recommend a camera without knowing your budget, a compact camera with a macro facility could be all you need or you could be looking at a DSLR with interchangeable lenses.

speedfreak · 22-08-2010, 17:39

Is under £100 too cheap,second hand? Yep its through the glass which I think is 12mm and its curved glass which has been a pain to get a decent pic through

Delta Whiskey · 22-08-2010, 18:48

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Originally Posted by speedfreak

Is under £100 too cheap,second hand? Yep its through the glass which I think is 12mm and its curved glass which has been a pain to get a decent pic through

For that sort of budget your looking at a compact camera, something like the Canon PowerShot A480. http://www.canon.co.uk/for_home/prod...480/index.aspx You'll need a tripod (a small gorillapod would be good http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joby-GP1-D1E...2498722&sr=1-1). Cokin make a filter holder which works with compact cameras http://www.cokin.co.uk/pages/filterfast.htm so you can use a polarising filter with it to reduce the glare in the glass.

speedfreak · 22-08-2010, 19:24

Excellent, thanks for the links, I'll have a proper read when Im not being mithered to death at home! I realise its not much money but was just after a guide really as to if I need more or not.

Cobbydaler · 24-08-2010, 21:44

Canon's 120 megapixel sensor?

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/360568/c...-camera-sensor

Not quite ready for the real world!

Delta Whiskey · 25-08-2010, 08:13

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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler

Canon's 120 megapixel sensor?

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/360568/c...-camera-sensor

Not quite ready for the real world!

Soon have full size 10x8 digital plate camera's.

joglynne · 25-08-2010, 15:17

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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler

Canon's 120 megapixel sensor?

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/360568/c...-camera-sensor

Not quite ready for the real world!

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Originally Posted by Delta Whiskey

Soon have full size 10x8 digital plate camera's.

Imagine how big you could blow up your photographs and still have a brilliant resolution.

Delta Whiskey · 25-08-2010, 18:51

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Originally Posted by joglynne

Imagine how big you could blow up your photographs and still have a brilliant resolution.

I made a 30inch x 20inch poster out of an image from my 10 megapixel R10 compact camera, so you're looking at wall sized prints.

Uncle Peter · 25-08-2010, 21:41

10 megapixels will allow you to print a full A4 page at not far off 300dpi and A3 at around 150+ dpi which is decent enough as long as the source image isn't noisy. t'other half works for a magazine publisher (actually for the magazine itself rather) and they never go lower than 300dpi for print images.

joglynne · 26-08-2010, 12:22

I enjoy working with mixed media and I like the idea of being able to use a large photo as a base for some experimental work. At this rate I will never get to retire, so many ideas and not enough time to play with them.

Halcyon · 21-09-2010, 21:24

I've just got Adobe CS 5 Premium edition for the excellent education discount price and am just playing around with it.
Does anyone else use it and reccomend any good new features for photographers.

I have to admit the 'content aware' fill feature is rather impressive for fixing parts of your photos. I've just been using it to cut out a person and also litter from a street photo and it is briliant.

Delta Whiskey · 22-09-2010, 08:31

I do all my work in CS5, mostly in ACR (Adobe Camera Raw). ACR can do maybe 90% of the adjustments that a photographer needs, then I finish off in CS5. I can recommend the Scott Kelby book 'CS5 for digital photographers' and also his websites http://kelbytv.com/ http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/ http://www.photoshopuser.com/ and the video podcasts http://kelbytv.com/photoshopkillertips/ http://kelbytv.com/photoshopusertv/