Recent content by BillP

I agree that best to keep it looking natural and not over process. Keeping transformations as simple as possible usually does this. Hope ok, I've taken your image and did just three small adjustments. To get the bluer sky just played with the Hue & Saturation. So this pic boosts the blue...

Yes...long lens is a necessity generally, especially for birds. I tend to like 300-500mm range for wildlife. Did you get any good pics? Love the name of that town!

Here some interesting items on behavior... http://www.avesnoir.com/10-really-weird-crow-facts/

Good luck with the shoot. Not sure it would be a good thing to light up all the sequins. Trick will be to make sure that the sequins that are lighting up create a flattering flow and pattern on the model's body, and not an detracting one. 1st link is a poor reflection. Take note how the...

Page 94 of the D70s manual talks about what setting the camera needs to be in for flash with manual lenses and what guide number to use. Here's the manual from the Nikon site - http://download.nikonimglib.com/archive2/Iw8j600ZB6yh01plMUb477zDUU06/D70S_NT(En)02.pdf

Agreed. Monitor the wound closely. If it gets bigger or redder or develops a lump under the skin then seek attention. There is a rather small spider common in UK and US called the Brown Recluse. It can be as small as 6mm or as large as about 20mm. Depending on how much venom it injects can...

FWIW, I am trying to get my son into photography for fun and to support some of his hobbies. So he does not need something that will produce images that can be printed in 20"x30" or larger, but just something that will produce good prints and good content for the web. As I researched cameras...

Perhaps you should stop thinking about taking photos for the sake of photography, and instead try using your camera instead as a tool to some other end. As example, when I was into biking and hiking the various trails where I lived, I rather enjoyed using the camera to document some of the...

Or he could not. Or you could. Or you could not. Or a unicorn could be involved...maybe Bigfoot! All unfounded conjectures...or in other words, senseless gossip. Unfounded. Meaningless. A waste of time. Childishly irresponsible, not humorous. I think this has run its course for me. :cool:

Not so tasteful as humor on a forum imho. But c'est la vie. FWIW, your activity on the internet is not really something you can "clean out". Sites you visit are stored many places, including on the servers of your service provider, and at hop points along the way for a period of time. Just...

I don't think so...especially when he went to such lengths as reported in the article. Inviting the police to examine your computer is not a "limelight" seeker does imho. "It has left him so shook up and desperate to clear his name he later called police and asked them to come over to review...

No...they will not calm down. But if his side did not get into the open, then the flood would still happen and there would be no counterpoint available. So never a good tactic to wait to mount a defense until after the opposing force has mounted an overwhelming response. Either way this will...

What a great topic as something I've been pondering lately. IMO, it is the bias of the person (either observer or recorder) that determines what a picture should be for them. So basically there is no rule in what a photo should or should not be as the intent of the photo captured by the...

I'd say perfectly fine in UK as your purpose is private study (country dependent)... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_dealing_in_United_Kingdom_law "Fair dealing is an exception to United Kingdom copyright law which allows for the use of copyrighted works without licensing in certain...

Because things like this, if left unattended, can mushroom overnight into all kind of bad things. I think he did the right thing and immediately got press on how it was a false accusation, otherwise the gossip about it would be free to take off into whatever crazy direction that the worst...