[djordan]

July 16, 2009 at 8:19 pm

Padraig wrote:

Hi Danny,
I’m not a fan of the high contrast look although it does suit the gull photo. I try to keep the processing to a minimum and go for the most natural look. At the end of the day though, its all down to personal preference. As for the shots themselves I’d be well proud of them

Hi Padraig,

first of all, you’re from carlow, me too so well done on that :P
I do try to process just a little but the weird lighting caused by the bright weather has hazed the original photographs.
Thanks for the compliment and criticism padraig. Much appreciated. :)

Dan

[djordan]

July 16, 2009 at 5:09 pm

miki g wrote:

On #2 and #3 I would try to show the whole bird. #3 maybe not so much though. Otherwise I think they are great. As for processing, I’m no expert, so I think I’ll leave that to someone more knowlegable.

I agree with you on number 2 all right:) That is my own fault i should have been ready for him. :)

Thanks for the comment:) Very much appreciated.

[djordan]

July 16, 2009 at 5:02 pm

Deebo wrote:

Yes its a nice set. Not sure what processing you have changed too but it does seem a bit excessive on the contrast esp on 3 and 4
Tell us more on what way you process.
Cheers, dee

Hiya Dee,

Thank for the C&C. I’ve actually changed my processing in the sense that I switched from photoshop to lightroom. I found in photoshop it was turning photos more into graphics than anything.

The style i use in lightroom i will admit i prefer to bump up the contrast but i’m doing so because looking through the some of my favourite wildlife shots i’ve seen the contrast has been high on them. The contrast is more of a personal thing. With regard to the rest of the processing, i have a preset designed to bump up the vivality of colours and i usually stick to it, it’s one i made. I like vibrance but a natural vibrance at that i used to have a habit of oversaturating in photoshop which was ruining my photos so i toned it down when i changed to lightroom and i began to think that the colours were jumping out a bit more but this time for the right reasons and not because they look unnatural.

At the risk of being slated what are your thoughts Dee?

[djordan]

July 16, 2009 at 4:55 pm

miki g wrote:

Hi Daniel. I’m into nature photography too as it’s very challenging. Firstly, that is an excellent set. I would be delighted to have taken any of those shots. I think you’re onto a winner. Keep it up and well done.

Thanks Miki g.

It is very challenging isn’t it. Thanks for the compliment. Glad to know it’s liked anyway.Is there any criticism you could give so as to help me improve?

[djordan]

June 30, 2009 at 9:15 am

Very nice shots, the best is the first one for me love the colours, the dull sky really helped you make the best of her :)

[djordan]

June 30, 2009 at 9:12 am

really great set well done.

[djordan]

June 30, 2009 at 9:11 am

Perfect little set with great lense.

The detail is very crisp and defined. Well done indeed :)

[djordan]

June 26, 2009 at 4:33 pm

what date jenny did you say?

[djordan]

June 26, 2009 at 10:52 am

cool cool, you heaidng with the group here?

[djordan]

June 25, 2009 at 11:00 pm

a mate told me he just read that he has somewhere between 300-500 songs pre-recorded ready for use. They’d make some money.

**cannot verify the above information.

[djordan]

June 25, 2009 at 10:46 pm

yup he died of a heart attack :(

reputation aside, its a sad day for the music industry.

[djordan]

June 25, 2009 at 1:00 pm

I’m one of the toddlers at only 21 :P

[djordan]

June 25, 2009 at 10:34 am

kenh wrote:

Lovely lighting and colours Daniel – well done!

PS Was one of them called Roger by any chance? :D

(See General Chat thread)

I’ve just seen that general chat thread, thanks for the update and indeed the nice comment :)

[djordan]

June 25, 2009 at 10:28 am

–Scratch what i wrote here already–

didn’t understand the joke, i’m new here, new guy syndrome :P

[djordan]

June 24, 2009 at 8:44 am

Hiya,

Nice pics, just one thing, if you up the contrast on the crow wouldn’t you run the risk of loosing the definition in the eye, i’m only saying because i tried to do the same with some pictures of razorbills i took and it lost its definition. Maybe an antique or industrial preset in lightroom could make the most of the background in the crow image. just an idea,only saying because the background in that photo has some real potential.

Dan