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Jason T Posts: 7421 Joined: 14th Apr 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 12:01 on 25th November 2008 Andy said: The polarizer enhances the colour, but it doesn't change them, that to me is a lot easier than editing my picture with enhancements such as saturation, especially when only one area needs to be 'coloured'. Its extremelly rare i colour photos, i just increase the saturation, just increases the colours, but doesn't change them, the colours are as they were in most of my shots. I mean i have done, and its pretty good fun, but can look pretty odd. |
Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 | I was going to say - Our eyes are a far more powerful than even the most impressive camera lens, including my own failing eyes Jason said it so much better and it’s all getting a bit to technical for a biff like myself so I will just say to Stephen, your Lincoln shots are great, Lincoln is my favourite place to visit, I love the cathedral especially at night when it’s all lit up, now that is a jaw dropping sight though sadly I have only seen it at night from a train and Andy, I think your photos are great also, excellent choice of camera if I may say so |
Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 12:14 on 25th November 2008 Thanks Lyn! Yes, it's the first model S5600, worth all of £100 now I should think, but having had Pentax, Canon, Ricoh and the like, I'm more than happy with it. It's a great thing photography, there are so many ways to get a result, no matter what camera you happen to have. Just to make a point, here are two pictures taken in the same location, on the same day (East Park, Hull), one of them being the only photoshop attempt I've uploaded here. Natural or unnatural, I suppose they both say something.  Picture by Andy Edwards This is unedited.  Picture by Andy Edwards
I know which one I prefer lol!
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Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 | I prefer the first one Andy and like you I can’t fault the good old S5600 it's done me proud. I am upgrading at Christmas to the S9600 but will still keep my beloved S5600. |
| Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 12:32 on 25th November 2008 I don't think I'll ever get rid of mine either Lyn. It's so light I have to check the camera case every time I go out...it weighs barely more when it's in there! Please let me know what the new one's like Lyn, I quite fancy one of those myself (obviously alongside the 5600 of course). A two camera person, I like the sound of that lol. |
Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 | Yeah I will Andy, I can't wait to trial it out myself, it's had some great reviews, no doubt I will be out Boxing day doing just that, if I had my way I would be out Christmas day but I think the family might object to pizza for dinner on Xmas day. I never really thought of myself as a two camera person but now you say it, it does sound good |
| Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 12:42 on 25th November 2008 It's better than good Lyn!  |
Stephen Posts: 62 Joined: 24th Jun 2005 Location: England | quotePosted at 12:59 on 25th November 2008 On 25th November 2008 12:04, Lyn Brant wrote: A bit too technical for me as well. I've never even owned a polarizing filter, even when I had a film camera. Lyn, thanks for your comment about my Lincoln photos. I have been there twice and the first time was very dull. I have to book well in advance to get the cheap ticket, so have to take pot luck with the weather.
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Posts: Joined: 1st Jan 1970 | Yes Stephen, that’s always a problem when planning these visits, lucky you got perfect weather the second occasions you visited, last time I went to Lincoln it was really bad weather. I do own a polarizing filter but I bought it for a reason that it doesn’t work on, dreaded lens flair when shooting towards the sun, I am slightly embarrassed to admit Jason had to explain to me what a polarizing filter is used for. |
| Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 13:11 on 25th November 2008 Stephen, you just screw it to the lens on your camera! That's not technical surely? |
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Eyes have the ability to see large dynamic ranges that cameras can‘t even come close to matching. A photo is made up of light and shadow, eyes can interpret allot more variation in light. Photoshop and others like it, even the most basic editors like the one I use is seen as a way of fixing what the camera failed to do, it won’t ever make a bad photo good and people are always going to enhance, like myself, maybe a bit too much for most peoples taste but like photography it‘s trial and error.