I have been trying out a few tools for creating panoramas as I really like the effect and it would be a great way of capturing some of my favourite places. I deliberately picked 3 very poorly matched JPEG images thinking that if the software works for those then it should cope with anything!
I first [...]
Archive for July, 2006
Picture #5 – Collioure Panorama
Posted in Finepix S5600, Photography, Photos on July 31, 2006 | 3 Comments »
Picture #4 – Hungarian Vizsla
Posted in Finepix S5600, Photography, Photos on July 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This is a photo of my brother-in-law’s dog Meeka taken in their back garden. Even at the full extent of the S5600 zoom the detail is still good with the added advantage of giving a nicely out of focus background. If you’re wondering what the spots in the background are; they are drops from a [...]
Zenfolio – $10 discount
Posted in Photography, Zenfolio on July 25, 2006 | 2 Comments »
My Zenfolio experience is just getting better and better. I’m glad I didn’t hit the upgrade button right away during my trial period as they have just sent me a $10 discount coupon! I’ve now upgraded to the basic 1GB storage per year package and it’s only cost me $15 dollar. It’s great value.
You can [...]
Adobe Lightroom first impressions
Posted in Photography on July 23, 2006 | 2 Comments »
The interface looks really good and the develop module appears to have everything necessary to for the initial processing of RAW files but I have one big problem. Where does this fit into my digital workflow?
I currently use Photoshop Elements as my main organiser and editor. I import my RAW images (or JPEGs) into the [...]
Picture #3 – Peacock
Posted in Birds, Finepix S5600, Photography, Photos on July 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Nothing special about this one but I really like the colours. The peacock was hiding under a bush when I managed to get the shot. I blurred the background a bit in Elements as I think it gives it more of a DSLR look!
Hosted on Zenfolio
Zenfolio rocks!
Posted in Photography, Zenfolio on July 20, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I posted a few days ago that I couldn’t find a photo gallery solution that fitted my needs, especially regarding password protection. Well I looked again at the hosting services and found lots that provide what I need. In the end it came down to a choice between Smugmug and Zenfolio. As it turns out [...]
Picture #2 – Asian Otter
Posted in Finepix S5600, Photography, Photos on July 19, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I think this picture really shows off the low-light capabilities of the s5600. It was taken in the shade of some very thick trees and even though it required ISO 800 the noise level is pretty low.
Asian Otter Hosted on Zooomr
Why installing Adobe Lightroom Beta is going to cost me
Posted in Photography on July 19, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I received an email today telling me the Windows version of Adobe Lightroom Beta is now available for download. The geek in me can’t wait to try it out but I just know it’s going to end up costing me money. I’m going to start using it and what happens if, as I expect, I [...]
Picture #1 – Truro Cathedral
Posted in Finepix S5600, Photography, Photos on July 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This was taken on a brilliant sunny day and the s5600 got the exposure spot on (IMHO). I couldn’t get far enough away for the normal shot so I went for this more unusual angle instead. It seemed a good candidate for a try at a black and white conversion using the instructions from Scott [...]
Where to host my pictures?
Posted in Photography on July 18, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I really can’t decide where to upload my photos as no where seems to provide all the features that I need. What I want is somewhere to host public and private photos. Flickr almost does what I want but I don’t want family members to have to sign up for Flickr accounts to see the [...]
