Comments on: Anthony Turns Six http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974 Not a photo blog. A personal blog with photos. Wed, 23 May 2012 20:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ひなた＆ふうた http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-24082 ひなた＆ふうた Sat, 25 Oct 2008 18:27:19 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-24082 あんと、おたんじょうび、おめでとう！！ あんと、おたんじょうび、おめでとう！！

]]> By: parv http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-24042 parv Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:46:37 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-24042 Lovely photos of Anthony's birthday. In the second photo of the cake cutting set, looks like cake is going to be obliterated! Lovely photos of Anthony’s birthday. In the second photo of the cake cutting set, looks like cake is going to be obliterated!

]]> By: Alex http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23937 Alex Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:07:20 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23937 Happy birthday, Anthony! The photos look very good to my eye (having tried the same recently with D200 and seeing the results ;) I have a question though. You said: "I went ahead and “enhanced” that first photo by adding an extra candle and two extra flames. (All in Lightroom, no less.)". How did you do that purely in LR? I was not aware LR2 allows cloning? Alex <span class='jfriedl'>There's a dust-spot cloning/healing tool, which can be used for more than just dust spots. It's only circular, so I needed several for each item, and a bit of luck, but it happened to work out. —Jeffrey</span> Happy birthday, Anthony!

The photos look very good to my eye (having tried the same recently with D200 and seeing the results ;)

I have a question though. You said: “I went ahead and “enhanced” that first photo by adding an extra candle and two extra flames. (All in Lightroom, no less.)”. How did you do that purely in LR? I was not aware LR2 allows cloning?

Alex

There’s a dust-spot cloning/healing tool, which can be used for more than just dust spots. It’s only circular, so I needed several for each item, and a bit of luck, but it happened to work out. —Jeffrey

]]> By: Jon http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23934 Jon Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:56:10 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23934 Oh and by the way, I think the photos are great Oh and by the way, I think the photos are great

]]> By: Jon http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23933 Jon Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:55:28 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23933 First of all, happy birthday to Anthony! The problem with shooting in candlelight (when the light source itself is part of the exposure) is more a dynamic range problem than a low light ISO problem. The range of brightness between the candle flames vs the shadows on Anthony is huge. I'm sure there might be some sort of fancy way to light this strobist-style and arrange the light to get it all to look great and be within range but don't ask me what it is. First of all, happy birthday to Anthony!

The problem with shooting in candlelight (when the light source itself is part of the exposure) is more a dynamic range problem than a low light ISO problem. The range of brightness between the candle flames vs the shadows on Anthony is huge. I’m sure there might be some sort of fancy way to light this strobist-style and arrange the light to get it all to look great and be within range but don’t ask me what it is.

]]> By: Bahi http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23918 Bahi Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:04:57 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23918 I think you'll come back to these and end up liking them a lot. Your memory of the scene as it looked looked to your eye and how you wanted them to look is still strong - too strong, perhaps, to let you see how good the photos are. Before reading your comments, I was left thinking that this was an excellent set. There's a relaxed, genuine and unforced atmosphere about the candlelit pictures - the kind of thing we could never have dreamt of before cameras like the D700. All the birthday pictures of my own childhood were lit with those four-shots-per-cube disposable units that my father used with his little Kodak. :-) They have their own charm but you can't beat ambient light. I think you’ll come back to these and end up liking them a lot. Your memory of the scene as it looked looked to your eye and how you wanted them to look is still strong – too strong, perhaps, to let you see how good the photos are. Before reading your comments, I was left thinking that this was an excellent set. There’s a relaxed, genuine and unforced atmosphere about the candlelit pictures – the kind of thing we could never have dreamt of before cameras like the D700. All the birthday pictures of my own childhood were lit with those four-shots-per-cube disposable units that my father used with his little Kodak. :-) They have their own charm but you can’t beat ambient light.

]]> By: Marcina http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23900 Marcina Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:19:35 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23900 Happy Birthday little man! -Aunt Marci Happy Birthday little man!
-Aunt Marci

]]> By: Martin Doonan http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23856 Martin Doonan Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:30:46 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23856 Many happy returns. Don't fret the technical stuff (you take some great family memories). My seventh (a long, long time ago - Star Wars, galactic time) was the "day that Birthday Parties Stopped". I think Anthony demonstrates a degree of contentment and restraint that I think my parents only wished I had at his age. Many happy returns.

Don’t fret the technical stuff (you take some great family memories). My seventh (a long, long time ago – Star Wars, galactic time) was the “day that Birthday Parties Stopped”.

I think Anthony demonstrates a degree of contentment and restraint that I think my parents only wished I had at his age.

]]> By: Gustaf Erikson http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23845 Gustaf Erikson Thu, 23 Oct 2008 20:27:23 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23845 Happy birthday, Anthony! Jeffrey, with regards to the AF problems you mentioned. Try setting the camera in release priority (options a1 and a2 on the D200). This way when you trip the shutter the shot will be taken, even if the AF module might think otherwise. I've combined this by using the AF-ON button to focus. The combo works for me. Happy birthday, Anthony!

Jeffrey, with regards to the AF problems you mentioned. Try setting the camera in release priority (options a1 and a2 on the D200). This way when you trip the shutter the shot will be taken, even if the AF module might think otherwise.

I’ve combined this by using the AF-ON button to focus. The combo works for me.

]]> By: Peter http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23831 Peter Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:04:45 +0000 http://regex.info/blog/2008-10-23/974#comment-23831 I think this is a great sequence, especially the candle-lit ones - I'd be very proud of them. I don't think this sort of shot requires pin-sharp focus, and certainly none of them worries me at all in that respect. The first one, especially, is a real cracker. As for Firefox, I have CM enabled and can't see any pixellation or stripes BUT, having read the text, then gone back to the first photos, I get a long lasting after-image of the text - I expect it's my age! Be interesting to see if others see what I can't. Happy sixth, Anthony! I think this is a great sequence, especially the candle-lit ones – I’d be very proud of them. I don’t think this sort of shot requires pin-sharp focus, and certainly none of them worries me at all in that respect. The first one, especially, is a real cracker.

As for Firefox, I have CM enabled and can’t see any pixellation or stripes BUT, having read the text, then gone back to the first photos, I get a long lasting after-image of the text – I expect it’s my age! Be interesting to see if others see what I can’t.

Happy sixth, Anthony!

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