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Thanks, you two :) Big Harry yawn Boof & I shared pretty much the same thoughts about Monday

You can get them for pretty much any price. I used an $8 one for years - only changed coz Tilly snacked on it :)

gapvic - because only the dads take care of the young :)

I'm too cheap to pay for it :) I don't upload full images and always resize for display so reaching my quota (on photobucket - can't remember my login for flickr since I stopped using it ages ago) is never an issue.

Beautiful again, Gapvic! Week 32 Dad with his four bubs on our way to the beach yesterday

Yay! Glad you're getting comfortable with it :) tlc - yes, it's waterproof to 12m ;)

Woohoo! have fun!!

yay snow!! Looks Christmassy I love #1, 5 & 6 of the second set :)

Pretty nice job!! I admire your patience - unless it was for a client, there's no way I'd fool with major cloning projects!

Yay! for my slow dogs :)

Ah, AGFA colour film, how I do miss thee! It was perfect stuff for underwater work. Looks like you guys are having fun!!

I would update with this one if I had the 7D :) The updates can fix glitches, make things run even more smoothly and add functions. Some are great, some are just meh but this one looks useful (at least to me).

So - pureed, chunks, grated: which to add to their food?

20+ RAWs in a burst - that would be cool when you need it, I reckon :) I'd like the file name change, too, since I shoot multiple cameras and can end up with the same file names. Of course, I don't own this camera, so it's all just pie in the sky for me LOL

you're so cute, huga!

Sounds like an excellent update!! Linky to small blurb. Canon's site with the update

Looking really good, Everyone :) I haven't added much to this thread so here goes with some things I've been noticing from posted shots and something that I find helpful when thinking about portraits. Move around. You can make very small adjustments to your stance and view to totally change the results. It's easy & fast and creates a nice diversity. Here's three of Boof from yesterday all taken within a couple of minutes. The last two were taken within a minute of each other. I changed the processing to suit each frame, too. Took about 2 minutes for all three. The top four things I've noticed that are easy to work on and can really improve a shot: 1 - avoid ugly backgrounds. Think about what's behind your subject and move until it's not there, use a very shallow DOF to try to minimize it, look at processing to get rid/minimize or move your subject. 2 - eliminate distracting elements. Huga had a great before and after with the broom in the original. She knew it was there, knew that it was distracting & added nothing to the image, knew that she was going to have to extend that wall to create the image she wanted and knew that she was going to remove the broom in post - that's one way, and can be the only way depending on the scene. So you have to know beforehand so the elements are relatively easy to remove without mucking the whole image up. Removing elements before you take the shot is often easier so be sure to look around the scene and try to eliminate as much as you can in the first place. 3 - room to breathe. I know it's tempting to fill the frame but sometimes with portraits that can feel a little claustrophobic or crowded. It can also feel like an afterthought - didn't check around the frame so just cropped the snot of out it to isolate the subject. Negative space is your friend. Room for the subject to breathe in front of the face is a good thing. You can always crop tighter, but it's hard to get space back if you've gotten too close in the first place. 4 - focus. If it's not spot on the eyes - or in rare cases other crucial spot - bin it. Close enough is often not good enough. Hope this helps someone :)

Came across this link for portrait black/white presets. No idea how lovely they are, but they're free and might be good to have and tweak to your liking. There are also some for landscape etc if you click the link in the post. Enjoy!

Felt shamed with all the talk of the 50 and the 30 lately, so broke out the 30mm for a bit of a play around today. Boof happened to wander up while I was doing other things so of course he got shot! So sweetie One could almost believe we get pretty autumn light here! Kitty is not amused

That's a good price (didn't check shipping)! Yes, but not by much :)

I have a chance to pick this up for a good price so I might just do it. I really shouldn't be throwing out more cash for more gear but...

Awesome! I have just changed dog food and this one says on the side of the bag x amount of cups per day and both are thinking their throats have been slit, though it's not really much different to the last kind (about half a cup/day). They aren't needing to lose weight (well, maybe Tilly a teensy bit, but no biggie). I'm hoping that by adding some extras to it they'll be happier

Until you mentioned editing features, I didn't even know photobucket had any LR resizes on the EXPORT, not the import (well, I'm sure it can on the import maybe, but I don't see why you'd want to). One click for me exports the file ready for display on the web as that's how I have it set up as default. I *think* there's even a plugin for LR that will upload right to Photobucky but I use those images other places so put them in a folder on my hard drive and upload manually from there.

My two love a bite of carrot and I'm wondering if there's any real reason not to add some to their food during the week?

LOL coz it works at least :) No extra steps for me really, I do it all through Lightroom and just pop up the file. Is there a help contact somewhere on the site? Maybe there's a simple solution - as I've never done anything other than host stuff there I have no idea where to look.