Recent content by Mr.Smith

Been busy working :( Not much photo time, but sitting here thinking what to take and my pockets were clinking.... Coins-1 by Mr K.Smith, on Flickr Coins-2 by Mr K.Smith, on Flickr Coins-3 by Mr K.Smith, on Flickr Coins-4 by Mr K.Smith, on Flickr Coins-5 by Mr K.Smith, on Flickr...

Here's to 2013 a year to learn new things and find those great shots Mr Smith

Well thought I would give this a try, so scoured the web, watched a few tutorials on Youtube. Here are the results. Stitched together in Zerene software(trial version at the moment) I have used 7 images to create this, and had to soften it up a bit due to there being some spots that are still...

Was out getting some star snaps tonight and thought Would have some fun while having a smoke(yes dirty habbit) And got this Smoke-1 by Mr K.Smith, on Flickr Any1 got anything similar? If you do would love to see them :)

Well no stars were out tonight as it was cloudy. However the moon was looking like it had rings. So I snapped a few shots to share here. Not huge amounts of detail but it was the halo effect I was after and not detail Pic 01 18mm 10sec @ f/3.5 ISO 1600 Moon rings-1 by Mr K.Smith, on Flickr...

Friend of mine pointed me in the direction of this software last night. Dont know if any of you are using this so thought I would post it up. Its a free download from microsoft and its stitches images together to make large lanscapes. The image below was a quick test this morning super...

From the Queens View overlooking the Glenshee in Scotlands. Not great light this morning Took loads of pictures this morning but just showing 3 here, hope you like. Best I could get with my only lens 18-55mm landscape (1 of 1) by Pifco, on Flickr landscape (2 of 1) by Pifco, on Flickr...

Managed to get my first stars tonight.. Not got a tripod yet so camera was held against the wall and fired :) Images are not super sharp but not a bad effort me thinks stars (1 of 2) by Pifco, on Flickr Hoping for a tripod and a less cloudy night next time. Settings: 20sec at f/4 @ 18mm iso400

Looking for a lens for shooting stuff a little bit further away. Is this the right lens for me? Is the price reasonable? Or is there something better out there? Nikon AF-S DX NIKKOR 55-300mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR Lens: Amazon.co.uk: Camera & Photo Thanks for the input.

Ok had to try this out, there is a game out for the PC called Starwars The Old republic, some of you may or may not of heard of this game. Anyway, captured a screen shot, SW (1 of 1) by Pifco, on Flickr Over expose and under exposed in light room by -1.5 , 0 , +1.5 And then ran it through...

Comments please sunrise (1 of 7) by Pifco, on Flickr sunrise (2 of 7) by Pifco, on Flickr sunrise (3 of 7) by Pifco, on Flickr sunrise (4 of 7) by Pifco, on Flickr sunrise (5 of 7) by Pifco, on Flickr sunrise (6 of 7) by Pifco, on Flickr sunrise (7 of 7) by Pifco, on Flickr Fly...

1 photo 1st is lightly edited in light room Moss (1 of 1) by Pifco, on Flickr 2nd is proccessed in photomatix Moss 02 by Pifco, on Flickr Which is better, im not sure..

Hey all opinions on this tripod please.. Manfrotto 055XPROB Pro Tripod Black with 804RC2 Head. Its my first tripod so any others out there at and around the same price please let me know. Thanks

Hello folks, New to this photography buisness, got myself a Nikon D3100 for my birthday. I live in Aberdeenshire and work offshore in the Oil and Gas industry. So I'm new to this photography lark so expect lots of silly questions from me Here's looking forward to making some good images Thanks