Post any random picture!

[Logsplitter]

I can’t compete with your picture quality @TheDocAUS absolutely amazing photos. I particularly like that Brahminy Kite
I think we need another thread for people with amateur cameras.

 

[TheDocAUS]

I can’t compete with your picture quality @TheDocAUS absolutely amazing photos. I particularly like that Brahminy Kite
I think we need another thread for people with amateur cameras.

It is a hobby for me when I travel.

And you see the one great image of the Brahminy kite I got, not all my duds!

 

[Logsplitter]

A hobby of mine to , but you’re helping justify a very expensive camera.

 

[TheDocAUS]

A hobby of mine to , but you’re helping justify a very expensive camera.

The Doc's rule of thirds applies here. An image is one third equipment, one third technique and one third post processing. Points 2 and 3 are cheaper than a new camera.

I have learnt to get good images from low level equipment. I spent 1.5 hours trying to get a shot one morning. I gave up and put the DSLR and tripod in the car, I walked away and I was about 50m from my car. Nature decided to put on a light show and I only had a point and shot camera in my pocket. I always carry the P&S when traveling, just in case.

I managed to get this image as insurance. Only then did I walk back to the car to get the DSLR, but it was all over before I got there. All the stunning light was gone, it lasted about 2 minutes in total.

Having said that, the Brahminy Kite image did require a high end mirrorless camera.

The same thing happened on my last trip and that P&S (a Sony DSC-RX100M2) got me this image, my favourite landscape image of the trip. The beautiful light was home before I could get back to the car, again.

 

[TheDocAUS]

A hobby of mine to , but you’re helping justify a very expensive camera.

I took two of your earlier images of the leopard and I did about 60 seconds work on each (Point 3, post processing). They look even better now and I only had a low resolution image to work on. If I had the original RAW image I could do much more.

 

[Logsplitter]

Wow I need to learn that skill

 

[Logsplitter]

Here’s a random one. 2019 in Senegal. I hit a puff adder. I tried to swerve and miss it but caught its head. This local guy was still taking a chance though as still not dead at that point as nerve still twitching

 

[TheDocAUS]

Wow I need to learn that skill

1. leveled image
2. cropped image to get rid of distractions and put focus on the painted dogs
3. got some details from the shadows
4. got white balance correct, to remove the yellow colour contrast
5. reduced colour saturation a little, to bring back some details
6. sharpened the image for viewing on the screen and made sure the image profile was sRGB, used by PC Monitors (so colours display the best)

It took me longer to type those 6 points than change the image.

 

[CRH]

1. leveled image
2. cropped image to get rid of distractions and put focus on the painted dogs
3. got some details from the shadows
4. got white balance correct, to remove the yellow colour contrast
5. reduced colour saturation a little, to bring back some details
6. sharpened the image for viewing on the screen and made sure the image profile was sRGB, used by PC Monitors (so colours display the best)

It took me longer to type those 6 points than change the image.

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You missed timing & luck in your points. Skill is a big one though, which you obviously have plenty of.