Friday Photography Blog No 23 | 140 comments (140 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (4.00 / 10)

We had the whole skittles area reserved for us so it was nice and spacious, not packed full of drunk people and our pubs are smoke free now so this baby came along for his initiation. Only for a short while. 10 weeks old, with his very proud Dad.

I used the 50mm lens for these shots but the light was low so it was tricky getting decent shots.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:50:52 AM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (none / 0)

Were you allowing the camera choose exposure or doing it yourself?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 03:07:02 AM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (none / 1)

Full manual, 50mm lens with the largest aperture possible so that dictated the shutter time to get decent exposure without too much movement.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 01:27:44 PM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (none / 0)

I posted that before I tried playing with the image: I saw then why you'd made that choice of brightness in the image! Nasty yellow monster!

Nice composition though.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:43:03 PM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (4.00 / 11)

I quite like that shot:

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 03:20:39 AM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (none / 0)

That did not occur to me to convert to B&W, thanks.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 01:26:08 PM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (none / 1)

The original had lots of distracting colour that just got worse when I tried to up the exposure. Especially the blue on the baby that looked as if it was some sort of bizarre UV light or something against the big scary yellow patch. That's always a sign it's worth trying in black and white.

If you shot the picture RAW you should be able to get some more detail out of that slightly annoying highlight on the baby's head and still bring up the father's face a little more with a little post-processing. Or send me the RAW and I'll give it a shot - I'm playing with the Aperture 2 trial version which is rather a nice toy.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:40:10 PM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (none / 0)

Lovely yellow pub walls. Alas I did not take the photos in RAW since it was just a pub birthday thing. I must learn my lesson. Can still send you the original if you reckon you can do anything with it?

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:55:25 PM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (none / 0)

Sure, send it over - I'm messing with this thing anyway.

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:58:25 PM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (none / 0)

Always shoot raw if you can! Sure, it means that you have to miss meals so you can buy big memory cards, but who needs to eat?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 02:59:19 PM EST
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Re: CAFÉ, PUB AND STREET SHOTS (none / 0)

Thing is though, on nearly every occasion I've been out with the camera over the last few months, I have shot RAW, except for this!

I found some good deals on memory cards online. The price has come down a fair bit over the last 18 months.

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Fri Feb 22nd, 2008 at 03:05:10 PM EST
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