Some pics to share

[alexio]

I'm pretty new to photography. Here are two shots that I made recently. They were shot with an Olympus E510 using one of the two kit lenses, the 14-42mm 3.5-5.6 one. The pictures were edited with Photoshop Lightroom (first time using it).


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/AlexKok33/dolphin.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/AlexKok33/glassthingy.jpg

Enjoy and feel free to comment ;)

[alexio]

Exporting the last shot from Lighroom made it look a little dull. Here is one with better colours.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/AlexKok33/P4091413.jpg

[alexio]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/AlexKok33/colourtest.jpg

Lightroom is awesome :)

[[XC] 2long4u]

Pretty nice. Which photo program is easy?
I had CS3 but I couldn't figure out how to use it in a short amount of time.

[alexio]

2long4u;2914857']Pretty nice. Which photo program is easy?
I had CS3 but I couldn't figure out how to use it in a short amount of time.
Thanks :) You could use Lightroom to play with colours and do easy editing like cropping and corrections to pictures like straightening the horizon and removing spots and red eye, etc.

[MaxxxRacer]

I like the first shot alot. That dolphin is from Aquarium of the Pacific isn't it?

EDIT: Nvm, you're from the netherlends, dont think you have been to Long Beach, California.

[alexio]

I like the first shot alot. That dolphin is from Aquarium of the Pacific isn't it?

EDIT: Nvm, you're from the netherlends, dont think you have been to Long Beach, California.
Thanks :up:

I believe my brother won the Dolphin some years ago, with such a game:

http://www.tienen.be/upload/fotoreportages/fotoreportage_kermis_eendjes.jpg

So basically it was something like $1 :p:

[brightwindow]

The second picture looks nice.

[alexio]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/AlexKok33/gordijn.jpg

Shot with my E510 with the 3.5-5.6 lens at 17mm, ISO 100, f/9.0, 1/50s. The picture was afterwards edited with Lightroom.

[systemviper]

Wow, they are fantastic.

Just a quick question, why lightroom instead of photoshop...

Just for it's ability to do stuff fast and easy?

You work is very impressive.

Regards
Steve

[alexio]

Wow, they are fantastic.

Just a quick question, why lightroom instead of photoshop...

Just for it's ability to do stuff fast and easy?

You work is very impressive.

Regards
Steve
I use Lightroom mainly because it has fewer buttons and still does the job :D My second reason to use LR is that I find the catalog function to be very convenient for handling RAW files.

Thanks for the positive comment :up:

[systemviper]

I use Lightroom mainly because it has fewer buttons and still does the job :D My second reason to use LR is that I find the catalog function to be very convenient for handling RAW files.

Thanks for the positive comment :up:

Great stuff, So what your saing is that rather then using the mother of all photoediting software, You are using a lighter version/functionality that allows you to do things fast and with a high rate of quality,
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that is very cool. I use photoshop just about every day, so I am always looking for shortcuts.

But i have just overlooked Lightroom but will go back and do a little eval.

Is it a freebee or does it come with bundles or do I/my company have to buy it standalone.

thanks for your tips and keep up the messing around, there is obiviously talent there!~:up:

[alexio]

Great stuff, So what your saing is that rather then using the mother of all photoediting software, You are using a lighter version/functionality that allows you to do things fast and with a high rate of quality.
Yes exactly.

that is very cool. I use photoshop just about every day, so I am always looking for shortcuts.
Lightroom is perfect for your needs then. Remember that it's mostly functional for RAW files, so it's a good idea to shoot in RAW.

Is it a freebee or does it come with bundles or do I/my company have to buy it standalone.
I believe Lightroom costs $299 for a single user license. There is also a trial version, but your best bet would be trying the 2.0 beta version. It expires at the end of August. I haven't tried it myself yet (I use the latest stable version, 1.4*) but I've heard good things about it. Give it a shot :up:

thanks for your tips and keep up the messing around, there is obviously talent there!~:up:
That's the first time I hear that. Thanks for the motivation :)

[alexio]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/AlexKok33/gordijncrop_.jpg

A crop that gives a mysterious feel to the picture. This is the result of a tip on another forum.

[alexio]

This was just a practice shot to explore depth of field, hence the F11 aperture. Some contrast, colour vibrance and (software) lens vignetting were used to enhance the picture :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/AlexKok33/matmafheidmedium.jpg

Same lens at 19mm, ISO 400, f/11, 1/40s.