Lawrence's 365 for 2014

Lawrence

Senior Member
Ah ok I cannot help you then, have you thought of using LR? Then I could help you :p

Thanks Scott.
Now I must confess that I haven't thought of using anything else for two reasons:
1. In the end I have to settle on one and buying a whole heap of different software to decide which is best is not something I can afford to do and
2. More importantly I hate the learning curve. For some reason my mind is not as flexible and retentive as those brought up with computers so what I learn today will be forgotten by next week and need to be learned all over again until I have done it a thousand times.

Elements 11 seems to be able to do everything I need (for the time being anyway) and I would have thought saving a "watermark" isn't too difficult but this is about the 4th or 5th time it has disappeared on me. Hence why I hate the learning curve … I thought I had done this right only to find a month down the track it has gone "walkabout"!!
 

Scott Murray

Senior Member
Thanks Scott.
Now I must confess that I haven't thought of using anything else for two reasons:
1. In the end I have to settle on one and buying a whole heap of different software to decide which is best is not something I can afford to do and
2. More importantly I hate the learning curve. For some reason my mind is not as flexible and retentive as those brought up with computers so what I learn today will be forgotten by next week and need to be learned all over again until I have done it a thousand times.

Elements 11 seems to be able to do everything I need (for the time being anyway) and I would have thought saving a "watermark" isn't too difficult but this is about the 4th or 5th time it has disappeared on me. Hence why I hate the learning curve … I thought I had done this right only to find a month down the track it has gone "walkabout"!!
Dont you hate it when things go walkabout lol
 

Lawrence

Senior Member
Day 126

Another day of getting my photos in early.
Some interesting rain drops on the deck furniture this morning as I was waiting or my coffee machine to warm up.
I just enjoyed the reflection of light that I saw.
Do wish I had a macro lens for these though.
I particularly like the third one with the reflection of the deck railing in the water droplets. Pure fluke of course.

Deck chair dew.jpg

Dripping deck chair.jpg

Dew Tip.jpg
 

john*thomas

Senior Member
2. More importantly I hate the learning curve. For some reason my mind is not as flexible and retentive as those brought up with computers so what I learn today will be forgotten by next week and need to be learned all over again until I have done it a thousand times.

Elements 11 seems to be able to do everything I need (for the time being anyway) and I would have thought saving a "watermark" isn't too difficult but this is about the 4th or 5th time it has disappeared on me. Hence why I hate the learning curve … I thought I had done this right only to find a month down the track it has gone "walkabout"!!

I hear you on hating to learn a new program. There are 50 things I would rather be doing than sitting down and learning new software.

That said.....I use this for watermarks. Quick and easy.

LunaPic | Free Online Photo Editor

(and free)
 

snaphappy

Senior Member
Thank you Lawrence catching up on your thread gave me great photos, some great giggles at the commentary and I learned something new :)
 

Lawrence

Senior Member
Day 127

Been a busy day and I left things until the last minute. I still have heaps to do so today's photo is just a photo.
However i do think there is some potential in revisiting the subject of this dining room chair which needs some repair work on the upholstery!

In Need of repair.jpg
 

Lawrence

Senior Member
Day 128

Leaps and bounds in improvement with my PP. Very happy with today's photos as I was trying something specific and knew it was possible to get something in post processing - whether I had the ability or not was an entirely different thing.

The first one was the hardest as this is how it looked in real life and out of camera. I am standing on the bridge that replaced the subject bridge and I had to shoot through a security fence.

Seen better days.jpg

Autumnal Entance.jpg

Just a peep.jpg

Waikato PP.jpg
 

slowpoke

Senior Member
Like the bridge and the river the best.I wish that gate wasn't in the woods road shot.It's a great shot too.I just hate gates in my woods.lol:)
 

Lawrence

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Lawrence I really like the last shot with those storm clouds....it's just very very nice :D

Thanks Vixen. I like it too and if you could see the "before" shot you would understand. I knew there was something there but creating it without PP for me was impossible. Hence why I am so pleased with it.

Like the bridge and the river the best.I wish that gate wasn't in the woods road shot.It's a great shot too.I just hate gates in my woods.lol:)

Thanks Joe - that was the gate for the driveway to the entrance of whatever lay beyond and there was a gate on either side. I do have photos of both gates which I will process. I was just so pleased to have got the look I was after that I couldn't wait to post this one. I think I have 3 different shots in total.
 

wreckdiver1321

Senior Member
All of those are fantastic shots, really great work buddy. Very impressed with the composition on all of them. The second and fourth shots are wall hangers.
 

wthorson

Senior Member
Day 126

Another day of getting my photos in early.
Some interesting rain drops on the deck furniture this morning as I was waiting or my coffee machine to warm up.
I just enjoyed the reflection of light that I saw.
Do wish I had a macro lens for these though.
I particularly like the third one with the reflection of the deck railing in the water droplets. Pure fluke of course.

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Very nice raindrop shots. :) It is so much fun to play catch up on your thread. :)
 

Lawrence

Senior Member
Day 129

I spent most of the afternoon photographing an eye! A friend of mine is doing an Iridology course and needs to be able to take a good clear shot of the iris - of course she doesn't quite have the right gear although her camera does have a "macro" setting. Its not too sharp though and in the end I had to tell her she was trying to photograph a very intricate and complex part of the human anatomy with the wrong gear.

However it was interesting and fun and the net result is I have no photos from that seen as it was her camera!

On the way home I spotted these spoonbills (clearly mathematicians they are so perfectly spaced) sitting on a log which resembles a really big crocodile head. I used my 70-300 mmm with my Kenko 1.4X TC with no tripod. Hence not as sharp as I would have liked.
I took a few other photos as well but we have a guest tonight so no time for processing.

Quick edit: Tomorrow's photo will only be posted the next day as I am away for a night. Have a good weekend everyone.


Spoonbills.jpg

Three Little Spoonbills all in a row.jpg
 
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