Black Pearl

Soooo bored today I washed the car

Jasper biding he time dreaming doggy thoughts until we take him out... A couple of friends saw how shi**y the start of my week was and decided to cheer me up, got in touch with Angela for our address and had a case of wine delivered. I am speechless at peoples generosity Thirty seven files focus stacked to maximise depth of field - it whiled away an hour or so if nowt else

Chillin' this morning with some Smeyeul

Grey and horrible here today

Gawd - is this old thread still going. Stuck in the house for fourteen days so music is keeping me sane. Listening to all sorts of stuff, streaming Apple playlist to find new music and generally letting things go a little loose. This sums up my mood this morning

Oh - I'll have to post more often ? Cheers mate, good to be back

Very sorry to hear that

Thanks Dee - turns out it was worth getting out of bed

Anniversary (19 years)

I’d say 80% of my editing is done within Lightroom with some work done with the Nik filters and an occasional finish in Photoshop. The thing to note is Lr and the raw editor (ARC) in Ps are basically the same thing. The difference is when you’re finished with the raw data and in Ps start working with layers and the more advanced tools. Something I just don’t enjoy doing but I would never dismiss.

Original Equipment - basically the Nikon/canon stuff. Some things they do are still (just about) worth the money but if Sigma have an ART version don't pay the extra for the Nikon and with the likes of Godox etc you don't need your eyeballs ripped out for Nikon Speedlights ad if to comes to general accessories then the branded stuff is just overpriced because they're arrogant and think they can get away with charging a fortune for a (fading) badge.

No reason at all to pay the daft prices for the Nikon - the Sigma is equally sharp, just as well made, as fast and far better value. With the likes of Sigma's ART line the OE kit is pretty much redundant theses days.

Ooo - thank you very much. A nice result from 50:50 guess work and blind luck.

For me the £10 a month subscription for Lr and Ps is more than worth it. I know there are other apps about but none of them offer the total end-to-end workflow that Adobe do and none of them are updated, supported and have such a large online resource available.

Spot-on Korkers

Cracker that

iPhone in Action

Some of the best photographs I've taken over the last few years have been with my iPhone. A week or two back I printed a couple of A2 posters for a friend who's partner had just come back from the Far East - the pictures were from here iPhone 6s and frankly they were incredible.

Well thats a turn up for the books - Thank you very much.

Aye, need more space and can’t afford to move so putting a bedroom and another bathroom into the loft.