tropicalrips 0 Report post Posted September 9, 2005 17-55mm my dream lens very expensive glass N@Z you should try this lens with the D2x or D2hs these two bodies will show you what the "S" in the AF-SED stand for...SPEED!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpribadi 0 Report post Posted September 10, 2005 Cropped and touch up in Photoshop - Nice flower N@z tongue.gif Excellent touch up Barradio!!! N@Z, very good lens!!! Can see from the result Here is from my cheapo compact, ixus-i Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Q00 0 Report post Posted September 10, 2005 what a shot... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blues 0 Report post Posted September 10, 2005 I think I throw away my D70 and buy the ixus already .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N@Z 0 Report post Posted September 10, 2005 No contest lah bpribadi, you got sifu skill! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N@Z 0 Report post Posted September 10, 2005 I noticed you used PS CS2, what workflow process do you normally use for your images? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
heady 0 Report post Posted September 10, 2005 Here is from my cheapo compact, ixus-i We all know it is the workman and not the tool. Although I won't call an ixus cheapo but if you were not using a tripod, you surely got the most firm hands I have seen. bpribadi, you are in the class of sijosae when it comes to craftmanship. Salute! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpribadi 0 Report post Posted September 10, 2005 (edited) Thanks All! I noticed you used PS CS2, what workflow process do you normally use for your images? I don't have specific workflow, just follow my feeling Just the rule of thumb, sharpening always the last step. PS CS2 has additional feature to reduce highlight and brighten shadow. But usually I use 'screen' to increase brightness and use 'soft light' (a little bit) to add contrast and color saturation... to add some punch of the picture I normally never bring tripod with me, the shot was made under a very bright sunny day (this morning), so can get a high shutter speed... (the blur one I don't post lah.. ) Cheers! Edited September 10, 2005 by bpribadi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpribadi 0 Report post Posted September 11, 2005 (edited) Another Sun Flower Taken last year. Here I tried to make a nice pic with a very simple composition What I tried to show here is definitely not the composition, but how PS trick can make the flower 'pops out' from the background, and the dynamic range adjustment that makes the petals looks lively I used G2, as you know, with small sensor I couldn't get a blur background. In the original pic, the background is sharp and very distracting. If I use large aperture, the flower is not very sharp. Thanks to PS, for this kind of pic, where the color of the object is different than the background, it is easy to seperate the background and the main object. I use channel mixer to seperate the background from the main object. For the background, I apply gaussian blur and box blur, and then darken it with blending option 'multiply'. For the main object, I just apply a little bit of contrast with blending option 'soft light' and sharphen it. After that, flatten the image... then enjoy the picture... Here is the original without touch up: Edited September 11, 2005 by bpribadi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blues 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2005 (edited) salute!! u r the PS king in this forum ... Do share more of ur Ps trips and tricks esp. with newbie like me Edited September 12, 2005 by Blues Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blues 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2005 happened to be at the Indian temple yesterday, shot the event celebrating lord ganesa's birthday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpribadi 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2005 salute!! u r the PS king in this forum ... Do share more of ur Ps trips and tricks esp. with newbie like me happened to be at the Indian temple yesterday, shot the event celebrating lord ganesa's birthday Sure, let me know if there is anything specific you want to do in PS, and I might have the trick Indian temple normally rich in colour, I think it would be nice to get those colorfull pics Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blues 0 Report post Posted September 12, 2005 hm yea the temple is indeed very colourful ^^ .. most of my interior shots however areabit too dim and the darkernon-flashy colour tempts me to switch everything to BW where there is no distraction I posted some of the exteriors here http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=151003 :X Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bpribadi 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2005 I like pic no. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blues 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2005 thx for the encouragement bram Share this post Link to post Share on other sites