Recent content by highpriest

Welcome to the forum :) Body The 650D is an excellent choice. Body only, brand new can be had for under £500 and you might find used bodies in very good condition in the classifieds. With the 18-55 kit lens, it can be had for just under £530...

It is a brush preset in LR4 (discovered it today actually :)). Nothing too complicated by the looks of it - it sets Exposure to +0.41 and Saturation to -63. It can be found in the Effect drop down if you select the Adjustment Brush tool (shortcut K). Cheers

HoppyUK and Seajay - glad you liked it. It was a very simple edit in Lightroom 4. I used the 2012 Process. Warmed up the photo slightly (Auto WB picked Temp +3 and Tint -9 which looked right on my laptop screen). Tone Exposure: -0.12 Contrast: +7 Highlights: -67 Shadow: +10...

Is this better? I had a play with it in Lightroom 4. I hope you don't mind. Let me know if you want me to delete it from my flickr. Cheers

Sorry, yes :)

50mm can be an awkward focal length on a crop body. For a bit more money, see if you can get hold of a 35mm f/2.0. The Sigma 30mm f/1.4 is also an excellent lens for indoor photography.

That's exactly what they are. While reviewing images, press the 'INFO' or 'DISP' button (depending on camera) to make them go away :) Cheers

Completely agree - Zenfolio is brilliant but for the OP's needs, flickr would be ideal IMO. Yes, it does not allow the level of customisations that a pro Zenfolio account would give you but for amateur use, it's more than adequate. And it is a whole lot cheaper! I considered Zenfolio 3 years...

The 70-200 f/4L will be a huge jump in image quality. I recently acquired one and couldn't be happier.

Yes, it does look like just the design has been tweaked slightly to match the recently refreshed 18-55 II (design changes aimed at bringing manufacturing costs down slightly). Cheers

An updated version of the 55-250 has been announced by Canon. Available next month. http://www.canon-europe.com/About_Us/Press_Centre/Press_Releases/Consumer_News/Cameras_Accessories/20110613_Canon_unveils_ideal_telephoto_lens.aspx Cheers

Looks like you just missed focus. The chair (or whatever the object is behind the boy) looks sharper in focus.

...then reinstall your computer and start all over ;)

Nice one :)

Here's an example: 1/5000s, f/1.8, ISO 100, 85mm I frequently hit the maximum limit when using large aperture lenses on bright days. Cheers