The "i'm proud of this picture i took" thread #4

Better. Usually for B/W, I use a black and white gradient map above the layer. Then I go into levels or curves and tweak the original from there.
If you are using curves, drag the center down a bit until it looks right to you. Levels are a little tricky depending on the picture.

 

Thanks for the tips. I used curves in Lightroom to adjust it this time.

 

petrified of spiders, but damn i love them jumpers


jumping spider by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


jumping spider by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


jumping spider by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


jumping spider by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


jumping spider by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


jumping spider by basketballfreak6, on Flickr

particularly disappointed that out of nowhere sky went completely overcast, in #5 instead of beautiful blue it was grey overcast sky

 

Thought I'd post a few more shots from my trip up to Snowdonia a couple of weeks ago. This time from around Cwm Idwal, and looking down to wards Llyn Bochlwyd.

Hope you like them!

 

so much better in colour Mike! good work. Although I'm not sure if you used a polarizer, but if you did, I would use it slightly differently.

 

Looks too saturated for my taste but other than that effin' awesome!

 

Nudgee Beach sunset by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


Nudgee Beach sunset by basketballfreak6, on Flickr

despite prediction of only 27% cloud cover decided to go for a shoot anyway, glad i did

 

Really nice work Mike!

 

Autumn in England


Bath Landscape by Rudlin, on Flickr

 

went up to Hervey Bay for a few days for the first time, weather was crappy during sunrise/set hours everyday so ended up shooting a lot of birds, definitely not something i usually shoot

on side note was really cool sighting the ospreys though, first time ever seen one in person let alone getting so close to one in the wild was pretty awesome feeling


Tern by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


Tern by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


Tern by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


Osprey by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


Osprey by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


Osprey by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


Osprey by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


Martin by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


Hervey Bay Sunrise by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


Urangan Pier "Sunrise" by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


Urangan Pier "Sunrise" by basketballfreak6, on Flickr

 

A couple from last Sunday's shoot.
le/nccaptured/]Chris coombes[/url], on Flickr

 

nicely lit Chris

so my intended couple of hours at the botanical garden today somehow turned into 5...


demselfly by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


demselfly by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


demselfly by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


jumping spider by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


jumping spider by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


jumping spider by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


dragonfly by basketballfreak6, on Flickr


dragonfly by basketballfreak6, on Flickr

and umm...can pretty much see what happened to the first jumping spider i was shooting...needless to say i was left traumatised...lol

 

I'd like to think that the big one is the mommy, and its giving the little one a spider hug. But I guess thats not how nature works

 

funny how u say that, i actually had a friend that genuinely thought that's what was happening lol...

but i did feel bad tho, it was distracted by me instead of looking out for its predator...was a friendly little fella too, was climbing on my finger and stuff

on another note one of my dragonfly pic got featured in explore on flickr, pretty happy about that

 

FULMTL, Wow. Now that is some amazing scenery.

 

Wales


Brecon Beacons, Wales by Rudlin, on Flickr

 

amazing scenery Rudlin, shame about the poor B/W conversion. Brecon is lovely though, I'll give you that.

 

From a shoot yesterday.