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by **Herbidacious** » February 5th, 2016, 1:17 pm

On the course I did a while back, the guy pointed out that 'in the old days' the manipulation was done whilst processing and developing film, so it's nothing new. There were a few HDR shots there I think - something I would like to play with - although it's an aesthetic that's over done a bit perhaps.
I am thinking about doing a Lightroom and/or Photoshop course at some point, just so I know. I have full Photoshop on my computer at work so it would be good to be able to use it. (in my lunch hour, of course

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Am chomping at the bit to get out with my camera at the moment. Sunday may work!

by **uschi** » February 5th, 2016, 3:20 pm

I find that HDRs work better with architecture than with persons. The same goes for tone-mapping. Skin or petals don't benefit much from these treatments as they don't bring out softness or silkiness.

by **Herbidacious** » February 6th, 2016, 12:30 pm

Selfridges all Valentined-up. Looks more devilish inferno than romantic ambience to me

(A bit blurry - just a phone photo.)

by **chicken_hot_pot²** » February 12th, 2016, 8:39 pm

Great photos and more from me.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/

by **uschi** » February 13th, 2016, 12:56 pm

Herbidacious wrote:Selfridges all Valentined-up. Looks more devilish inferno than romantic ambience to me (A bit blurry - just a phone photo.)
IMG_3143.JPG

Love it! It's like a film title "The St Valentine's Inferno" :lol:

Great pictures Jane! Love to see your pets!

by **chicken_hot_pot²** » February 15th, 2016, 8:15 pm

I like the red Herbi, very jolly.

Thank you Uschi and here are some more.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/

by **suffolk** » February 18th, 2016, 9:08 pm

I had a lovely day out today at Oxburgh Hall with some friends ... the forecast was for sleet and gales ...

by **Pepper Pig** » February 18th, 2016, 9:13 pm

Wot, no priest hole?

by **suffolk** » February 18th, 2016, 9:26 pm

We didn't go round the house today - this was a group from the Gardener's World forum so we spent all day in the gardens and the café :chops:

I've rotated both of the last two, but they still come out sideways :rolleyes:

I'm very pleased of the one with the reflections of the trees

by **Rainbow** » February 18th, 2016, 10:30 pm

Lovely pictures, Suffs. Looks like a good day out.
When I clicked on the last 2 photos they rotated in the new window, and the one with reflections is very effective

by **Zosherooney** » February 18th, 2016, 10:56 pm

That's what I would call a Grand Day out ! Nice pikkies.

by **chicken_hot_pot²** » February 19th, 2016, 9:51 am

Super photos Suffs.

by **spotteddick** » February 19th, 2016, 9:55 am

Very nice Pics Suffs :tu:

makes me think that Spring is about to be sprung, must get out into the Herrenhaus Park.

by **spotteddick** » February 19th, 2016, 2:15 pm

Caught this Siskin (Carduelis spinus) just as it was about to land on the feeder

: Coming into land!; P1250804 (86x100).jpg (37.39 KiB) Viewed 13593 times

by **Seatallan** » February 19th, 2016, 2:36 pm

Lovely Suffs! What a day you had in the end. :luv:

And like the siskin too Dick.

by **chicken_hot_pot²** » February 20th, 2016, 8:43 pm

Lucky you spotteddick.

Other thing from me.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/

by **Herbidacious** » February 20th, 2016, 9:33 pm

Looks lovely, Suffolk!

by **Herbidacious** » February 21st, 2016, 2:27 pm

Has spring sprung, Jane, chez vous?! Very sweet ones of Izzy and Rufus.

by **chicken_hot_pot²** » February 21st, 2016, 8:46 pm

Herbidacious wrote:Has spring sprung, Jane, chez vous?! Very sweet ones of Izzy and Rufus.

No Herbi it hasn't, or the flowers think it has, but the rain doesn't. :lol:

Izzy & Rufus are lovely to photo, but may get fed up with it all before Spring actually does arrive.

This was my entry today for the Sliders Sunday Group.

Sliders Sunday.

by **hickybank** » February 21st, 2016, 8:54 pm

Great image Jane, let us know how you get on.
I have completely lost my photographic mojo at the moment. I am sure it will return one day.

We have a holiday in the Peak district booked for June so I am sure it will get plenty of use then
Our big holiday is next year though, celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary.
We have booked wildlife tour to Costa Rica so it will get lots of use then.

Cheers
Terry

by **chicken_hot_pot²** » February 21st, 2016, 9:17 pm

Thanks and I will do Terry,

Sounds like a great holiday to look forward to as well.

by **chicken_hot_pot²** » February 23rd, 2016, 8:47 am

Well, my Sliders Sunday photo didn't get anywhere special, but it was fun doing it and that's the main thing.

by **Herbidacious** » February 23rd, 2016, 10:36 am

Ooh where are you going in the Peak District, Terry? My homeland...

by **hickybank** » February 23rd, 2016, 11:19 am

Hi Herby, possibly my favourite area for walking, I have lost count of the number of times we have visited there, but must have walked every Dale over the years
We are staying on a farm (in caravan) close to Blackwell, already planning days out,
Monks dale is one of my favourite dales, A dry dale but surreal to walk through, Luds church, not a church but a natural rock formation near the Roaches where in my youth I learned rock climbing, also Berisford Dale Wolvescote Dale is a lovely walk, returning to Hartington for the Cheese shop there :drool:

I tend to steer clear of the tourist traps, Bakewell, Matlock, Dovedale etc
Do you have any out of the way places you visited

Terry

by **Zosherooney** » February 23rd, 2016, 11:55 am

Hicks, our solicitor did the same as you are planning to Costa Rica, he was over the moon with it. I must admit the bird life in Tobago was astounding as was the Flora.

by **hickybank** » February 23rd, 2016, 12:47 pm

Don1t want to wish my life away but cannot wait for it to come.
Arranged travel insurance today so that`s now covered, I use Leisure Guard who are very competitive for us oldies
Annual worldwide cover, including 45 day add on (we are in Spain for 6 weeks)
Total cost £174, which I think is good as we are both in are 70s, this includes all previous declared conditions, etc

Terry

by **Herbidacious** » February 23rd, 2016, 1:34 pm

I still can't decide on whether to take the 'big camera' to Cuba or not. Will you take yours?

My experience of the Peak District is somewhat restricted to childhood jaunts chosen by my parents for various reasons, but possibly not ones that one would choose as older adults with no children in tow. We used to go to Toad's Mouth and Longshaw a lot, sometimes Higger Tor, Hathersage etc. but mainly because they are quite close. Stretching it, Illam

My mother has never been one for 'long' drives. (My father didn't drive.) These days my mother only wants to go to the Chatsworth Garden centre :0

Bakewell market day used to be a (very early morning, otherwise 'we wouldn't get a parking place' ) Monday treat, but it's all changed now...

by **hickybank** » February 23rd, 2016, 1:49 pm

Ilam is nice although now a little crowded, but good starting point for a circular walk along the Manifold
We christened Ilam Eleven AM :lol:

I have spent many weekends dragging Scouts around the Peak district as part of the Chief Scouts challenge, but that was years ago now, good memouries though

by **hickybank** » February 23rd, 2016, 4:01 pm

Herby,
Re my camera, the answer is yes definitely it will go with me, Ann will take her compact as well.

Terry

by **Herbidacious** » February 23rd, 2016, 5:03 pm

Will you take a device to back it up while you are there? A little paranoid after the (brand new) card partial corruption in America.

on my pro side is: obviously better quality photos, more creative flexibility
on my no side is: messing up those creatively flexible photos; poor zoom and macro compared to my Lumix; heavyish bulky camera to carry round with me in addition to a 'handbag'; looking like a rich tourist (have to take all our cash with us too because of unreliability of cards, so that's what we will be!); not being able to back up as I go along on my tablet as the files will be too big (even if I stop shooting in RAW)

The no list is longer, but perhaps the pro list is weightier. I have two months to decide

May well end up taking the lumix and the canon.
I can get around the backup thing, but not decided what the best option would be. Wi-fi may be limited.

I would love to go for a good long walk in the Peak District. It's not likely to happen though. Any time spent at my mother's really has to be spent with my mother.

by **hickybank** » February 23rd, 2016, 6:05 pm

No back up apart from Anns compact, she takes good pictures
I will take lots of memory cards & keep changing, I will take a couple just for video

by **chicken_hot_pot²** » February 24th, 2016, 8:39 am

Especially for Terry. Taken on our garden table yesterday.

by **hickybank** » February 24th, 2016, 9:37 am

Thanks Jane
Tegenaria domestica by the markings,looks like a female as the male is a similar size but has longer more slender legs.
Unusual to see outdoors this time of the year usually, but this winter has been so mild we have had none in the house, most disappointing
You also live far enough away for it to be that little bit warmer, so that will have brought her out of hibernation a little earlier than usual,
But if you get another cold snap it could kill it

Thanks for sharing :tu:

Terry

by **chicken_hot_pot²** » February 24th, 2016, 9:45 am

She was a real beauty Terry and I was as surprised to see her as you are!!

Sadly we've got rain again today and it's gone a lot colder, but maybe she's found somewhere warm to wait out yet another cold spell, X fingers.

by **hickybank** » February 24th, 2016, 9:52 am

Nice to find someone else who actually likes Spiders Jane that one is a member of the Funnel web species
terry

by **hickybank** » February 24th, 2016, 6:14 pm

Lovely day here today so we went for a nice walk & believe it or not I took my camera

The lovely Anglican church in Berkswell village

The raised walkway over this section which s the floodplain for the lake

A view across the lake towards the house behind the trees, this was Mercote hall but is now luxury apartments

The pathway through the woods

A squirrel enjoying the sun with us

by **Herbidacious** » February 25th, 2016, 2:41 pm

I love the bridge one, Terry, but lovely photos - and a lovely day by the looks of it.

by **chicken_hot_pot²** » February 26th, 2016, 9:42 pm

Wonderful photo Terry.

More things from me.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/

by **hickybank** » February 27th, 2016, 4:08 am

Nice to see yours to Jane, you find some unusual subjects to snap

by **hickybank** » February 27th, 2016, 4:12 pm

Is it a leaf pretending to be a fish or a fish pretending to be a leaf?
Interesting to say the least

by **hickybank** » February 28th, 2016, 2:24 pm

Or viewed from the other way up, now it has grown a leg

by **Herbidacious** » February 28th, 2016, 2:43 pm

ha curious!

by **chicken_hot_pot²** » February 29th, 2016, 8:20 pm

An alien from somewhere or other Terry. :lol:

Took Rufus down to the beach for the first time today, he wasn't sure about the sea!!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/44506883@N04/

by **uschi** » March 1st, 2016, 8:27 am

Great leaf, Terry! I love pictures that fire the imagination.

Great pictures, Jane! Rufus really looks unsure of himself. I would, too, on a beach, except that there are seashells for me to collect, so I run off, head down, looking for treasure. 8-)

OH and I went to Düsseldorf on Sunday to snap some brand new tube stations.

Benrather Winkel by natterjack3, auf Flickr

There are some more on Flickr.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/42166264@N05/

by **hickybank** » March 1st, 2016, 8:42 am

Agree with Uschi, Rufus is confused but will love it when he gets used to it.

Great picture Uschi good use of lines & contrast

by **uschi** » March 1st, 2016, 9:02 am

Thank you! These new stations are really well-designed. I wish Wuppertal had that kind of money to throw around to do something spectacular to at least one suspenion railway station. Sigh.

by **chicken_hot_pot²** » March 3rd, 2016, 8:43 am

Poor Rufus wasn't at all sure. He put his front paws into the sea and ran backwards!! But as you say, he'll get used to it; as long as we can get him down again before the 15th March. After that no dogs allowed on the beach until 15th November.

Understand the ban and it doesn't worry me, but I'd love for Rufus to enjoy the beach throughout the Summer too - if we get a Summer that is.

Love the station Uschi.

by **hickybank** » March 9th, 2016, 11:57 am

I think it still wants to be a fish

by **Herbidacious** » March 9th, 2016, 12:30 pm

It's lovely

by **hickybank** » March 9th, 2016, 11:04 pm

Sorting through my older photos I found this reflection I thought was quite nice

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