Picture Thread for NH (Portsmouth: ice cream, seafood, jail)

[jakiedoodle]

I have my loon pics on my computer desktop and it's even scarier-looking blown up that big! They do have spooky eyes! LOL

[Valerie C]

JFR, Peanut is just way too cute--he looks like the most easygoing laidback cat I've seen in a long time! I really like looking at your cat pictures

Jacky I agree that those red eyes are scary, but did you know that part of the reason that it can see so well underwater? Loons are really fascinating, unlike so many other birds in many different ways. They can fly up to 75 MPH, and can dive 250 feet... It's amazing what a Mom can retain from kids projects

[JFRRACING]

ya, val. he's laid back all right...lol....he's always on his back. all six of them are like that, fat n happy..lol

[Auto]

Some shots from Hampton Beach.........











My Wife and son

[jakiedoodle]

great pics of the beach!!!

[Auto]

Originally Posted by jakiedoodle

great pics of the beach!!!

Thanks!
Its my all time favorite place to be.

[JFRRACING]

when i lived in nh i just about lived at the beach. either hampton or york maine. in fact i got some video at hampton beach in the middle of febuary. they did something called the penguin plunge. it was real cold and people were going in the ocean. it was to raise money for something. if i can figure out how to transfer the video to my computer i'll show you guys.

[Valerie C]

Auto, you take the most incredible shots of the most simple things. The lighting, the reflections... I think my favorite is the snail trail (love the barnacles on the snail!) I've slowed down in alot of my photography because digital just doesn't seem to have the clarity that I used to get with my SLR, maybe I need to ditch the cheap Kodak and go back to a real camera My old Canon T90 still works, but I never bring it out anymore cuz digital is so easy (and cheap, no processing fees...)

Anyway, nice pics!!

(edit: just noticed in the next thread that you shoot with a Canon Power Shot... do you do alot of touchup work, or are these pics "point, shoot, and post"?)

[NH2NCMom]

Originally Posted by Valerie C

Auto, you take the most incredible shots of the most simple things. The lighting, the reflections... I think my favorite is the snail trail (love the barnacles on the snail!) I've slowed down in alot of my photography because digital just doesn't seem to have the clarity that I used to get with my SLR, maybe I need to ditch the cheap Kodak and go back to a real camera My old Canon T90 still works, but I never bring it out anymore cuz digital is so easy (and cheap, no processing fees...)

Anyway, nice pics!!

(edit: just noticed in the next thread that you shoot with a Canon Power Shot... do you do alot of touchup work, or are these pics "point, shoot, and post"?)

all my personal shots (not that you asked me LOL) are just point, shoot and post - but there are a lot of options on my camera that I haven't learned yet...I posted that I have the Canon Power Shot S2 IS. I never touch up unless to crop down to a smaller section. Auto do you have the S2 or S3?

[Auto]

Originally Posted by Valerie C

Auto, you take the most incredible shots of the most simple things. The lighting, the reflections... I think my favorite is the snail trail (love the barnacles on the snail!) I've slowed down in alot of my photography because digital just doesn't seem to have the clarity that I used to get with my SLR, maybe I need to ditch the cheap Kodak and go back to a real camera My old Canon T90 still works, but I never bring it out anymore cuz digital is so easy (and cheap, no processing fees...)

Anyway, nice pics!!

(edit: just noticed in the next thread that you shoot with a Canon Power Shot... do you do alot of touchup work, or are these pics "point, shoot, and post"?)

Thanks!
Slowing down is something that took me a while to do lol.
One thing I trained my self to do was to look at everything as if I was taking a shot of it. I do this even at work. Makes finding the shot easier, for me anyway.

I started out with a sweet 35mm Cannon but found film expensive and fustrating to work with. I figured that I'd start out with a simple point and shoot to get the hang of digital first. I do some graphic design on the side. Thats where i could get the final result that I was seeing in my eye to come out for everyone to see, even if the camera was not playing along. I use Photoshop CS2 to do my post work. With the powershot I really dont have to do all that much editing. Cause over all it does take nice images if take the time with it. Just slight color adjustments and sharpness due to resizing for the web. Though I am looking forward to upgrading to a more profecional camera.

Example:
The first is what would be my Raw my image, only fixing the sharpness due to the resizing. Its not bad but not too much detail in the shell can be seen. That bugs me cause i could see it with my eyes. lol
The second is the finished with the adjusted adjusted lighting and slight color adjustment.
I could do further selective adjusts within the image and would if I was selling it. But overall it doesnt look too bad.

Originally Posted by NH2NCMom

Auto do you have the S2 or S3?

S2 I believe, not sure I'll have to look.