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Thanks but I'm on a mac and they're PC only

Thanks for that, I saw you reading and was hoping you were going to post I was looking at your blog and Flickr pics. Really love your pics. You should post more often!

Good point kja, I need to stop worrying about what lens, what post processing effect and just get out there and experiment. I'm getting seriously bogged down with all the variables and technical stuff. I guess I don't want to have to take a bunch of crap photos to get to where I want to be. I want to be good now god-dammit [ps I'm shooting jpeg at the moment, but would like to try RAW. Again, bogged down with all the ins and outs!]

It is a terrific and appealing artwork................. guess digitally enhanced photo should accompany it................. Creative section is for digitally enhanced artwork mine is small fry compared to some, just have a look at this gallery from the last Vigex international competition http://www.vigex.org.au/Slideshow.html?Sal...SalonSection=CE I love the snails

Maybe next year I'll have something worth entering Good luck!

I know with film there's heaps of different options, but I'm curious about replicating those effects on a DSLR without the help of a computer. I'll use a computer if that's the only way, but if there's a way to do it with settings and filters I'd like to try that first.

I saw that when I was stalking you on your flickr page I like it, and I think that's a different kettle of fish cause it's obviously something you couldn't achieve using traditional methods.

Thanks chezzyr, best of luck, hope it's nothing serious

So you can get a vignette filter, but is saturation always done on the computer?

I thought there were 2 kinds of photographers, ones that use photoshop and ones that don't! Or, am I wrong, is there a certain amount of post processing that's acceptable to the ones that don't like photoshop. Am I explaining myself properly?! I don't do enough photography to fall into one category or another, but I can see myself being tempted to use PS as I'm a graphic designer and I use it most days. I'd like my photography to be good enough not to "cheat", so I'm wondering if I want those lovely saturated shots, and I'm not using film, is the only option to post process? Too much thinking for so early in the morning

How did you get that effect in photoshop? Thankyouuu Hi, I didn't take them, but here's a few tutorial for you to try http://digital-photography-school.com/blog...mo-photography/ http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tut...lomography.html As Chezzyr said, there's heaps out there, I found these by Googling "dark vignette tutorial photoshop"

Nooooo, I don't necessarily think that using PS is cheating, but I'm just wondering how a purist would take a pic like the ones above

I know how to do it in PS, just wondering how to do it without PS Here's some of her pics, I hope it's ok to post them here as I put the link to her site in my OP.

So, for the people that think using photoshop is cheating, is there a way to achieve those effects without it? I did only film photography in college and I played around a lot with pushing and cross processing and doing my own prints. I loved it, but it's expensive! If I can get the same effects by post processing is that viewed as cheating by the purists?!

... take pics as nice as these http://www.charlottereeves.com.au/ More specifically, the vignette on some of the pics, is that a photoshop thing or a filter thing? Also, some of the pics are very saturated, can that be achieved on a DSLR or is it another photoshop thing?

Poor Atlas

So sorry SammyB. Take care

Thanks kja. They're quite reasonable prices. What site do you use to buy lenses from the US?

Wow Helen, those pics are beautiful Is that the purpose of that lens? Portraits? Is there anywhere I can go to read a list of which lens is best for which end use? I bought my 70-300 for portraits [and some dog sports] but I'm thinking maybe the 85 would've been better a better choice. Pooh. Time to start saving again!

I found out one of the reasons my pics were coming out crap. Somehow my camera had been set to underexpose everything by 2 stops I blame the OH

FYI http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?show...128905&st=0

I've never used a springer, but I do love my walky dog! It's got a bungee rope inside the metal housing and it also has 3 springs which you can reduce to 2 or 1 depending on the height of your dog. It's not physically possible for your dog to get under the wheel, the metal bar keeps them at a distance. If they lunge the cord absorbs the shock. I do tend to keep my hands on the brakes just in case, and although I've screeched to a halt more than once to avoid roaming dogs, I've never come off, and I'm very accident prone, so that's saying a lot

Mate, I'm all over it

Cesar Milan talks about doing it with rattle snakes in his new book Power of the Pack. He doesn't go into much depth though.

I wanna do flyball Stinkin OH makes me work so I've no time to train :D