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Frazer Family replied to the topic Thanksgiving Still Life in the forum Photo Critique 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Thanks James, for the comments.
I wonder where the softness you’re seeing comes from; maybe it’s the result of slight camera movement between frames?
I don’t think it’s out of focus.
What’s funny to me is that, upon examination, the softness, which is present in the .DNG file too, looks as though it comes from a denoiser. I didn’t use one, though.…[Read more]

Frazer Family started the topic Thanksgiving Still Life in the forum Photo Critique 2 months ago

Since today is Canadian Thanksgiving, I prepared for it last week by setting up this shot. It’s an HDR, compiled in Darktable from three shots each separated by two full stops.

Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Lens: EF-S 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6 IS
Focal length 171 mm
ISO: 100
Speed (-2 stop): 1/1250 sec
Speed (0 stop): 1/320 sec
Speed (+2 stop):…[Read more]

Frazer Family replied to the topic FEATURED: Organized Toys vs. Disorganized Toys in the forum Shoot to Serve Photo Assignments 5 months, 1 week ago

Here are a couple other ideas. I realize that the first photographs are not toys, but they demonstrate organization vs. disorganization.

Frazer Family replied to the topic FEATURED: Photographer in the forum Shoot to Serve Photo Assignments 7 months, 3 weeks ago

This is heavily edited in GIMP, as, in the original, the camera was in the middle of the picture.
Would you want the word ‘Nikon’ wiped out?

Frazer Family replied to the topic Guiding Light (ends February 1) in the forum Shoot to Serve Photo Assignments 10 months, 2 weeks ago

Here’s my attempt at it: four pictures compiled in GIMP 2.8; three of lightening and one of the lighthouse. The picture of the lighthouse was actually taken in the middle of the day, so I darkened it significantly.
Eliana Franzenburg, here’s a quick description of how I did it, in GIMP, (because it’s free software, although Photoshop or Affinity…[Read more]

Frazer Family started the topic Silouhetted leaves in the forum Photo Critique 1 year, 4 months ago

Here’s a macro shot I was able to fix thanks to buddingphotographer‘s suggestions on chromatic aberrations. Any critiques are appreciated.

Metadata:
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4.5-5.6 IS
Aperature: F/5.6
Speed: 1/1600
ISO:400

Frazer Family replied to the topic Obedience vs Willfulness (ends July 27) in the forum Shoot to Serve Photo Assignments 1 year, 4 months ago

One of my brothers suggested a close crop, but I only have 1700 px. I should have thought of taking some closeups.

Frazer Family replied to the topic Obedience vs Willfulness (ends July 27) in the forum Shoot to Serve Photo Assignments 1 year, 4 months ago

I know this is a really late entry, but I finally managed to get a picture of a “stubborn” donkey. The truth is, she really isn’t stubborn and it was hard to make her look like it! 🙂

Frazer Family replied to the topic Chromatic aberration corrections. in the forum Photography Q&A 1 year, 4 months ago

Thanks buddingphotographer, I think that will really help.
He seems to be really able to produce good results with that.

Frazer Family replied to the topic Chromatic aberration corrections. in the forum Photography Q&A 1 year, 4 months ago

Good point, David Frazer. But “chromatic aberrations” only gives me an automated chromatic aberration correction. Sometimes, it does a good job, and other times it doesn’t.
Specifically, I was wondering about the TCA (Transversal Chromatic Aberration) red and blue sliders under the lens correction module, as shown in the screenshot. Is this…[Read more]

Frazer Family started the topic Chromatic aberration corrections. in the forum Photography Q&A 1 year, 4 months ago

Hello everybody,

Does anyone know how to do an effective chromatic aberration correction? I’ve been trying to use Darktable’s “lens correction”, but the tool is really complex and I haven’t been able to make heads or tails out of it.

Any and all relatively educated answers are appreciated.

Frazer Family replied to the topic Obedience vs Willfulness (ends July 27) in the forum Shoot to Serve Photo Assignments 1 year, 5 months ago

When I saw the request for “willfulness,” I immediately thought of one of my photos of our very stubborn calf! I’m attaching a few ideas for “obedience” too, though the first one doesn’t quite fit the criteria in that it contains a person. I thought of my “Horse Training 101” photo… 🙂 Then my sister suggested we go out together to take a new…[Read more]

Frazer Family replied to the topic Tulip in the Dew in the forum Photo Critique 1 year, 5 months ago

When I came to look at these again, I agree with Lydia Bennett and blessingscaptured about the focus. It would have been better to close my aperature more. Thanks for the input.
jamesstaddon, your idea about the compositional/colour correction is a good one. Thanks for pointing that out.

Frazer Family started the topic Tulip in the Dew in the forum Photo Critique 1 year, 6 months ago

I was trying to get a good shot of the sparkling dew on these tulips, but the sun stayed behind a light cloud cover until the dew dried up. What could I have done to improve these shots? Any advice is appreciated.

Photo #1:
Aperture: f/5.6
Speed: 1/160 sec.
ISO: 200
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Lens: 55-250mm f/4.0-5.6
Focal length:…[Read more]

Frazer Family started the topic Snowy Lamb in the forum Photo Critique 1 year, 7 months ago

@creative-click-photography, it’s lambing season up here in Quebec! Do you get snow in lambing season in Australia – September I guess? I admit, April 20th is really late to have this much snow still around even in Sherbrooke. 🙂

I’d be interested in hearing from anyone with experience photographing animals in the snow. To get the image of there…[Read more]

Frazer Family started the topic Icy Birch Seed Close-Up in the forum Photo Critique 1 year, 8 months ago

I liked the effect that the ice gave to this shot. I wasn’t really sure how to crop it though. I’ve included a non-cropped version as well as my final copy. Any and all comments, critiques, and suggestions are appreciated.
Exif data:
Camera: Canon Digital Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/5.6
Speed: 1/1250
Focal…[Read more]

Frazer Family started the topic Cat in the forum Photo Critique 1 year, 9 months ago

I actually took this shot some time ago, but I only got around to editing it recently. Any critiques would be appreciated. I have included a jpg copy of the original and of the editted version.

Exif data (applicable to both):
Camera: Canan EOS Digital Rebel XT
Lens: EF-S 50-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Aperature: f/5.6
Speed value: 1/640
ISO: 200
Focal…[Read more]

Frazer Family replied to the topic Dreary Beauty (ends February 17) in the forum Shoot to Serve Photo Assignments 1 year, 10 months ago

Here are a few taken a couple years ago.

Frazer Family started the topic Removing fog in post-processing in the forum Photography Q&A 1 year, 10 months ago

Hi everyone,
I have a question for someone who is good at after-shot corrections. When I took this shot, the rain forced me to keep my camera inside a clear plastic bag. Also, there was a lot of fog rising from the puddle in this shot. I didn’t like the fog/blurriness effect, so I used Darktable software to achieve the second photo. However, I…[Read more]

Frazer Family started the topic Foggy Sunday Morning in the forum Photo Critique 1 year, 11 months ago

I posted a few months ago two other pictures of this beautiful morning and it was suggested that my focus be on the fence instead of the close-up cedar hedge. This is such a picture that I took at the same time. How would you edit this picture? I took it with the sunbeams in mind, but didn’t succeed at drawing them out. I observed, James, that…[Read more]