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by **covalesky** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:20 am

KingPagla wrote:Nice. Did you do the b/w in camera, or have you started play with post processing?

I shot them in color and then applied a few filters using Picasa.

Image processing programs like Photoshop are way over my meager abilities. Picasa is really simple to use, and it is free and it can read RAW files

by **KingPagla** » Thu Feb 28, 2013 11:04 am

covalesky wrote:
I shot them in color and then applied a few filters using Picasa.

Image processing programs like Photoshop are way over my meager abilities. Picasa is really simple to use, and it is free and it can read RAW files

Cool beans.
Good start.

by **covalesky** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:11 pm

KingPagla wrote:Cool beans.
Good start.

Thanks

by **covalesky** » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:12 pm

Flash:

Flash by Rui P. Esteves, on Flickr

Man contemplating the bay

Homem a contemplar by Rui P. Esteves, on Flickr

by **covalesky** » Sun Mar 03, 2013 6:30 pm

Flower

Flor by Rui P. Esteves, on Flickr

by **KingPagla** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:46 pm

While stuck in traffic

20130306-081358.jpg by James P. King, on Flickr

20130307-104642.jpg by James P. King, on Flickr

20130308-081715.jpg by James P. King, on Flickr

But not taken with my DSLR.
These were taken with my carry around G15. Pricey for a point and shoot, but I love this camera - It'a got a fast 1.8 - 2,8 lens and shoots in RAW.

by **KingPagla** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:50 pm

And some others from in this mornings snow.

20130308-082722.jpg by James P. King, on Flickr

20130308-083014.jpg by James P. King, on Flickr

20130308-083248.jpg by James P. King, on Flickr

by **covalesky** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:00 pm

KingPagla wrote:
20130308-083248.jpg by James P. King, on Flickr

This one is my fav. The fence and the trees create awesome lines for the eye to follow.

by **KingPagla** » Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:35 pm

Thanks, Bro!
It's mine too.

by **covalesky** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 5:47 pm

Photos of a castle here in Portugal I took today. It was a opportunity to test drive the Canon 55-250 EF-S second hand I got yesterday.

Muralha by Rui P. Esteves, on Flickr

Musgo by Rui P. Esteves, on Flickr

Portugal by Rui P. Esteves, on Flickr

Muralha by Rui P. Esteves, on Flickr

by **KingPagla** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 7:05 pm

Very nice!

by **covalesky** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 5:48 pm

If any of you come to Portugal. Have one of these:

Buondi by Rui P. Esteves, on Flickr

I was lucky enough to have a colleague's Canon 35mm f2 for most of the day and this was one of the shots I took. When compared to my 18-55 kit lens this is a great lens. Awesome Bokeh, fast focus and clear image.

by **KingPagla** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:17 pm

Although I'd been steadily taking vacation pictures over the years, I only just got serious about photography again about a year ago and was wondering wtf this bokeh business was that people were talking about.
I looked it up wondering why I'd never heard of it before.
Simple answer: I'm old. The word hadn't been invented (or used by English speakers) yet when I first learned photography. We used to just say Blurriness. :O

by **covalesky** » Thu Mar 14, 2013 6:38 pm

KingPagla wrote:Although I'd been steadily taking vacation pictures over the years, I only just got serious about photography again about a year ago and was wondering wtf this bokeh business was that people were talking about.
I looked it up wondering why I'd never heard of it before.
Simple answer: I'm old. The word hadn't been invented (or used by English speakers) yet when I first learned photography. We used to just say Blurriness. :O

My bad. I'm new to this and Bokeh is all I read about (not that I'm looking). I had to google it for a bit until I finally got a description. I just accepted it as a term of the field.