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Yes, I agree, Mat. The ages old discussion of artistic v. photographer, it seems. I am happy to learn from others' images... I appreciate suggestions when I ask for them, not so much when they are unsolicited. My Rocky Road ice cream may not be someone's French Vanilla, but I like both.
A tricky subject on any forum, all the more so on here as I doubt there are many beginners using MF, we are all likely to be fairly experienced photographers who've moved up to MF having used lots of other equipment on the way. What I think is a good idea, and maybe one for the mods to consider, is a visible yes/no option for anyone posting images to say whether they would like critique and also whether they are okay with image editing. Now if I was asked that, I'd say yes to the first point as I do like to hear what people think (so long as it's constructive and the respondant is polite about it) but I wouldn't be okay with a blanket permission to allow anyone to edit my images. So maybe that second one should be three options: yes/ no/ ask first. That way, if someone thinks they see an error in an image or something they feel they could do better, they could suggest what they think to the OP who could then reply giving permission or not as they see fit. What do others think?
I"d love to photograph Scotland. I like the Fuji GFX too. Are these images sharpened in any way? The resolution is very good...almost too sharp. I'm just curious what post editing has been done. Thanks.I've been on a short break in the Scottish borders for the past week. An easy 2 hour drive on fairly quiet roads and some great photo opportunities. Here are three I took with the GFX + GF 23mm. Firstly, Leaderfoot viaduct in Melrose. A railway viaduct opened in 1863 to take steam trains across the river Tweed. That must have been quite a sight back in the day:
Leaderfoot viaduct by Mark, on Flickr
Next, Inchcolm island in the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. Now uninhabited, the island is famous for the now derelict Inchcolm Abbey which is a tourist attraction, visited by boat from Queensferry. We spent a pleasant couple of hours on the island taking in views like this:
Inchcolm island by Mark, on Flickr
The last one I've processed so far shows the Forth Bridge as seen from the boat we were on. An amazing piece of engineering from the 19th century, still in use today:
The Forth Bridge by Mark, on Flickr
Here's a fun experiment, a friend visited with her 7 year old, I told her she could have complete control of her pictures and wear what she wanted, she messed up her hair, put on a hat and scarf and gave me her best modelling pose, hilarious! Just for fun but really made me laugh to see her idea of how she wanted to look.
Hi Ed
These three landscapes have all had very slight sharpening applied globally. I find they need very little and look pretty close to where they should be SOOC. On my monitor and as prints, they look right (to me, anyway). Beyond that, I resize them before hosting them on Flickr. These stages also add slight sharpening so, if you could compare a print with what you see on the forum, the forum image would appear slightly sharper than the print. Not excessively so (IMHO anyway) but I'm interested to get your feedback on that point, thanks.
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Hi Jurgen,
Yep, this forum is full of classy people! Thank you both for confirming that GetDPI is a real community of talented and caring people!:thumbup:
The morning run by Mark, on Flickr
Wow, Mark, that is cool! Love the contrast! Well seen and shot!Another one from Scotland with the GF 23mm. A group of sheep being moved between fields at first light. Right past the front of the cottage we were staying in!
Wow, I've seen cattle heards rounded up on T.V. (like in Texas or Wyoming), but never sheep herded up like this. Then again what does this " city slicker" know.about such things...LOL.Another one from Scotland with the GF 23mm. A group of sheep being moved between fields at first light. Right past the front of the cottage we were staying in!
