Recent content by marksweb

With this & the 4 year old on a bike, I might go looking for a bow & arrow to try out and scare all the Welsh out of Chester. I dare say they'll uphold some laws and not others though...

Great work guys. Do you think we'll get any more? I hated this photo, but the car looked great against the nights sky. I just needed a tripod to capture it, but left it at home so had to rely on RAW & post processing.

Thanks. Ok chaps, well here's a recent shot of my car on a late drive; Horseshoe Pass Subaru Impreza RB320 by marksweb, on Flickr https://www.dropbox.com/s/ars7jyahdc56xtg/Horseshoe-Pass-019-Edit-Edit.tif.bz2?dl=0 You'll have to excuse the size. I've only got a TIF version.

I don't know about you but I find Photoshop to inevitably become a necessary tool so I pay for the photography package on the creative cloud. Gives you access to Photoshop & Lightroom for about £8/9 a month.

Yeah I've seen that & it lacks a 5xx unit. It seemed sensible to have the 3 options with the 580 in between, but it seems to have gone.

Has Canon discontinued the 5xx series speedlites? I borrowed a friend's 430EX II at Christmas & with Focus/the photo show coming up I was looking at the latest lineup but can't see any new 5xx speedlites, only the 430 and the 600. The 430 is great, but is a little lacking & then the 600 seems a...

How do these compare to the 50mm 1.8 in terms of image quality? I've been curious about them but not heard too much.

What body have you got? I've got a 70-200 f4 as well & have been considering a 1.4x for motorsport this year. I've got a 7D Mk2 & as I understand it a 1.4x would still drive the AF and work out nicely, but I'd love to try it out before taking the plunge!

Why the urgency to upgrade? I recently made upgraded my body for the first time in nearly 10 years. My old 300d was superb for years, it didn't have any fancy technology, but it still takes a decent photo with a good lens attached. My advise, save your money, then make a justified upgrade from...

I read an article this morning along the lines of "Apple issues first auto update for OS X" so I thought it was just pushed out.

So how do you calibrate a lens with a body?

Not had the time to pull out The Mask & his reflection so I'll just stick with what I did to the RAW... Profile ACR 4.4 Red Hue +25 Exposure +1.35 Contast -10 Highlights -22 Shadows 0 Whites +30 Blacks -5 Post Crop Vignetting Amount -53 Midpoint +57 Roundness +41 Feather +80 The Mask - Not...

I thought about printing & framing some more photos recently, but I've still only got this old shot I did for my A level Art as a series of 4 images, all in a nice big frame; Madrid Station by marksweb, on Flickr

+1 on the Manfrotto 680B here. I only recently bought it from another TP member but it's so easy to use & the foam grip keeps your hands of the metal in the cold as much as possible. It's so easy to use, and the screw-away legs even turn it in to some sort of martial arts weapon!! Friends have...

I've got one but shoot canon (most my 105 shots will be from a 300d). This one isn't great, but it's a bee shot with a 105mm macro And I quite like the DoF you can get from still life macros although can only find this test shot; Found some more shots that are a little nicer so here's...