Recent content by alexnail

The inference would then naturally be that I don't. I appreciate criticism, I really do, even if in this case it amounts to taste, but I go to extraordinary lengths for my images and I do more than my fair share of waiting!

Well to satisfy your curiosity I use a curves in photoshop on my images to manipulate contrast by setting local white and black points. Increasing the contrast also increases the saturation and I feel that those adjustments more accurately capture the experience of being there. I dont use HDR...

Here's an unedited raw showing the full view from the first image (I would have posted the original files but its a triple row panorama of 12 images). You can decide to what degree they are real or not. All the images use a similar process. There is no noise reduction or any processes on any of...

Asking if the colours are real whilst stating that the greens look 'odd' and the images 'computer generated' seems like you have already made up your mind! I suppose what you wanted to know is whether I used photoshop 'too much'. I can only really suggest that you photograph the Icelandic moss...

Hi all, I lead a workshop group hiking and wild camping in Iceland at the end of July. Amongst a fair amount of rain and cloud we had some spectacular conditions. These are my favourites:

I'm a semi professional landscape photographer who used the 17-40 for 5 years before upgrading to the 16-35. I have owned 2 copies of each lens. There is no sharpness difference. However the 16-35 does have better micro contrast shooting into the light and the sunstars are nicer. The main reason...

Insurance is a way of managing risk. Anyone thinking of buying insurance can look at the probability of having their gear stolen/damaged and look at the costs of insurance. If my quote was £200/year then if I only damaged/lost £100 a year on average then the insurance is wasted. Given that I...

Barring the low probability of someone returning my gear it seems that I have had £4500 worth of equipment stolen from outside my house. (my fault on so many levels) The key points are: if any of you see anything come up for sale and you think it might by mine I would really appreciate any...

All of Davids images apart from the 'Maria Tree' image (entered into Your View) would technically be disqualified as composite images. If my interpretation of this rule is correct: 11) Digital adjustments. Digital adjustments, including High Dynamic Range (HDR) imaging techniques and the...

They aren't conspiracy theories David and I don't think you're an evil mastermind, but you have yet to actually admit what you did to any of the images. To be honest, what I want to see is LPOTY change, not see you run into the ground. Unfortunately you were the first overall winner to have...

You forgot that you cloned and/or composited all of your LPOTY entries? Was that before or after you were told you had won? I'm sorry that I'm being accusatory now, but this is a major issue it's gone past 'did he didn't he' to 'he did' and he is unapologetic. The way I see it. You...

Here is an update to my blog which shows that both the winning image and the winner of 'Classic View' are composites and therefore inelligable for entry. I guess David didnt read the T&Cs but still he's a lucky man to take away 11K. http://www.alexnail.com/blog/news-updates/lpoty-2012/ Alex

Anyway unless someone makes a totally unjustified comment I will let this thread be. I know I haven't come out well here, but maybe that is better than censorship.

Oh no, absolutely not (the moon image is as shot though except for a WB correction, possibly one of the least edited images I have). Digital editing is a valueable tool in realising the potential of a scene. [edit: just to clarify I am not saying that my images are exact replications of a scene...

Well the line I set is a moot point because I am not criticising David for compositing the towers from one shot into the tree from another, I am merely pointing out that he is misleading people.