My car had its MOT test first thing this morning, and passed thankfully. While it was being done Rebecca and I walked up into town and bought a few imminent birthday cards and presents, picked up my new glasses, bought the boys some new clothes (which received approval on returning home!) and had a coffee.
I took my X-Pro 1 and my new 18-55mm. As it was early I wandered round the back of a couple of places. This is at the back of the Town Tub on Swan Street. So much going on!!
The boys have since been ferried into town and over to a friends in Leicester so at 12-45, Rebecca and I now have a rare afternoon on our own, so lunch at a local pub beckons, beofre setting up my new Canon Pro 10 A3 printer and fetching the boys back this evening!
On a side note, we saw the Threepenny Opera at Nottingham Playhouse last night. It is now on tour to Ipswich,Birmingham and Leeds. The cast were a mix of able bodied, disabled, blind, deaf, amputee and dwarf actors. It was utterly brilliant, and I would recommend that anyone looking for an entertaining night out at the theatre look it up.
another big hit with me. Do you shot in Jpeg or RAW? In colour in JPEG or straight into b and w? Just finding my feet with processing my images into b and w.
@newbank Thanks. A combination of Fine JPeg only and JPeg and RAW. This is the latter. I alway shoot in colour, tweak in CS5 and then convert to B+W in Silver Efex Pro before making any final adjustments in CS5.
@newbank yes, CS5 is photoshop. Photoshop Elements is pretty good and is less than 50 quid I think.SFX pro is a plug in that is about £100 but comes bundled with other software and is a great investment. There is lots of free stuff on the web too. Good luck choosing!
@gooner46 Cheers Chris, it has arrived, I just need to do a bit of space juggling in my office as the previous Canon printer was only A4, so is smaller!!
The same goes for this shot, it's a very busy scene, yet it is composed in a way that brings the lines together in an excellent photo.
The play sounds brilliant.
I've been thinking of starting to print myself too. I'm thinking of having a few frames up and change the photos in them from time to time. But I want a new lens too ;-)
Really admire your ability to make something so mundane look so fantastic. Someone else mentioned that show, think it's coming to the REP, will look it up
I love the harsh, sharp look to this, it works well with the subject matter. Fab. shot and processing, Sean. Fav.
Been thinking about Ben and all of you today. I hope his surgery went well.
I'm absolutely delighted to hear that Ben's op. went well, Sean. It must be a great relief for you all. All good wishes to him for a speedy recovery.
I hadn't sent you an e-mail, though. Must be another Alison?
I await news of the A3 printer.
The play sounds brilliant.
I've been thinking of starting to print myself too. I'm thinking of having a few frames up and change the photos in them from time to time. But I want a new lens too ;-)
Been thinking about Ben and all of you today. I hope his surgery went well.
I hadn't sent you an e-mail, though. Must be another Alison?