Somebody else's photos.

[George61]

Some great pics by a teacher in Shenzhen.
www.xanga.com/jessewarren

[icebear]

Very nice.

[woza17]

Stunning George. I like the composition with the sand in the foreground. Thanks for sharing.
Look like a nice bunch of foreigners. Good on them

[Raoul Duke]

Wow, outstanding stuff!
Wonder what sort of camera they must have?

[Loops]

That site kept me busy for a good while...he's got great pix!
The type of camera doesn't really matter...he says that he sharpens his pix with some program, so it could be a crappy camera for all we know. He is just a great photographer.

[Lotus Eater]

Photoshop has a sharpening tool in it, but even with that you can't do too much to make a crappy picture better (I know, I've tried endlessly .....).

[Non-Dave]

I "invested" a couple of hours looking at the site - really enjoyed it. Made me realise how slack I am with my own camera skills (I know how to do it just can't be bothered most of the time) and how valuable photos are in capturing memories.

I think I read on his site that he has a fairly normal digital camera but is hoping to upgrade to something like Roger M's. I understood from some of his comments that he plays around with the aperture and shutter speed settings nad the ISO speed. All doable on almost every digital camera - you just have to move the dial off "Auto". And that's where the beauty of digital cameras is - no wasted film! Just play around and if you don't like it, delete it. Many cameras also have a bracketing function where you can take a number of photo's automatically and it changes the exposure settings slightly for each one - then just pick the best one and delete the rest.

I'm pretty sure he drags a tripod around with him most of the time too. A tripod makes a huge difference to image quality.

All the usual image programs have a couple of sharpening and light control (brightness and contrast) thingies - but you're right - you need a good photo to start with.

[acjade]

Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos with us, George. Superb.

[ObertonGluek]

deborann said:

Photoshop has a sharpening tool in it, but even with that you can't do too much to make a crappy picture better (I know, I've tried endlessly .....).

I think you'd be very suprised, to be honest. If it's not totally dire, post one up and I'll show you what can be done to enhance certain properties of photos.

In fact, I'll find one of the pretty standard photos out of the photos forum and touch it up a little.

[George61]

Yeah. I usually give mine a touch of sharpening. I don't usually do much of anything else...contrast, sometimes.
Give us a before and after exhibition, OG.

[Lotus Eater]

Have a go at the 'hard night' one in photo of the week OG. It was taken late at night, from moving taxi of a moving bike. Be fun to see how much that one could be improved.

[icebear]

I use Google's Picasa 2 for my basic photo needs and the sharpening and adjustment tools can turn bad photos into good ones, and vice versa. I used Photoshop for a long time before Picasa was released but it was overkill, considering my use for it.

[Dajiang]

Hmmm, I know I've been posting lots of links and not much else, but I just can't not keep this little gem from you guys:

www.photomichaelwolf.com/50_years/index.html
Be sure to check out some of the other themes he's got there btw.

Dajiang

[George61]

Yeah, his architectural shots of HK are amazing. I was just looking at them this afternoon.