Nice. I've always called those duvet clouds. I think you're overdoing the grads a bit though. The rule of thumb is that for a natural result the sky should always remain brighter than the land. Even on reflections which is where most seem to slip up (0.45 is ideal, 0.6 a little too much). I only use more than a 0.6 shooting into the light.
The other option if the contrast isn't too high (as in your cloud shot above) is to expose carefully in RAW, metering with the histogram etc, then use the grad, recovery and fill tools in Lightroom.
OK, I dont really know anything about dig photography etc.. but used (when a yoof) take alot of piccies - develop, use filters etc.. Anyway heres the daft question.. I was wondering whether you can get a similar/same result post processing the raw image file as you can putting a filter on the lens??
Ahh, the catch is I'm a Linux evangelist user and prefer free open source software
QuoteAhh, the catch is I'm a Linux evangelist user and prefer free open source software Obviously I was fishing for that... its not too strong to say that if it wasn't for Lightroom I would view shooting digital as a massive pain in the arse. With it, its a pleasure. The first software I've ever paid for, and willingly.
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NOW this is what I call f*cking good news
No shit Sherlock
Quote from: GCW on June 03, 2009, 04:27:54 pmNo shit SherlockWhy are women more likely to want flexible working? I'd be quite happy to be flexible in my working if offered the chance to go part-time and I could afford to.
Cos they are more likely to want to look after children? By "want" I assume they mean actually request and/or accept, rather than just a vague whimsical desire to work less.
My job (academic) has significantly fewer women than men - despite there being similar numbers at the Postgrad level (and to a degree at postdoc). This (I think) is because academia is especially cruel if you take time out for birth/bringing up children... Our careers are built around research and publication - and a 1-2 year break from this can be really hard to come back from - it punches a whopping great hole in your publication record. Its even worse in the States with tenure track....Sure, we can get flexible working hours - but at the end of the day it really is publish or perish...
Yeah, I was just being facetious/obtuse about the poor journalistic write-up.
Gay penguinsParticularly enjoyed this bit. "The zoo flew in four females in a bid to get the endangered birds to reproduce - but quickly abandoned the scheme after causing outrage among gay rights activists, who accused it of interfering in the animals' behaviour."Survival of a species vs rights of gay penguins.
The lazy, slack, inaccurate reporting on Radio 1 really pisses me off. They're running an item on the news today about how 1 in 10 drivers are giving up nights out in order to be able to afford to fill their cars with fuel "because the price of petrol has risen to over £1 per litre again".