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Stephen Coiner
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Using Shutter speed to Create a dark background in daylight to highlight the subject
I did this with a similar image earlier this year with minimal editing, but it was taken at ISO 400 f/2 don't remember shutter speed without looking it up. Michael I think center weight metering on…
Replied Apr 23
External Hard Drive
Mao, you don't necessarily have to defrag to upgrade top Windows 7, but it would make it much faster. However do make sure that your system is clean of any spyware or viruses before upgrading. Window…
Replied Feb 2
External Hard Drive
Les, thanks for the compliment, and I have a small fire safe that I do not keep locked, so if someone breaks in they can open it and see that there are nothing but backup cd's inside, no need to stea…
Replied Jan 30
External Hard Drive
Sorry to hear about your experience with WD Mark, I have been using WD drives since 1992 and have never had one crash maybe it was just faulty from the beginning. Les, I back up to cd's or dvd's and…
Replied Jan 30
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Superbly exposed !! Adore the richness of your colours and how you didn't go overboard with your add. I assume that you did some cloning because there's a headless trunk and a structure left behind at bottom left. If it wasn't for that, I would have…
nice job Tracey, like you, not sure about the eyebrows, I have been playing around with these techniques for smoothing skin on some photos of my wife, of course she doesn't like the fact that "apparently" I think her skin needs smoothed, hey I just…
Congrats on Feature...
I also love trees by themselves in fields, the snow adds another degree.
vignette makes the photo extra special. great scene
this flower has a beak, and is poised almost like a bird with great feathers around its head. ditto Mao except for the left bud, it adds to the photo.
I love open spaces, colors are right on, great comp
Amazing, light on the grass is superb, comp is great, clouds are not overdone, I'm thinking book cover art for Stephen King!
CONGRATS ON YOUR SPIDER FEATURE one mega cool mama
LETS HAVE A CALL FOR SPIDER CLICKS IT WOULD BE A WHOLE HEAP OF FUN AND GREAT INTEREST
brilliant lovely sharpness and color is great she is webbing up some live food to lay her baby eggs in she has probably knocked off her hubby already what a great spider I am totally scared of spiders but they are beautiful wonderfu find and wonderf…
sony cybershot 5MP
taken in 2004
forgot about this picture I took many moons ago until I saw Eva's spider picture.
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- Tell us about your history with photography.
- Started with 35mm canon point and shoot in high school, messed around with a manual 35mm. Used that until 2004 when I got a sony cybershot 5mp. Then March 2009 I bought my first DSLR camera, a Canon Rebel XS.
- What camera equipment do you use?
- Canon Rebel XS
kit 18mm-55mm IS, with polarizer filter
tamron 70mm-300mm f/4.0-5.6 DI LD macro 1:2
Canon 50mm f/1.8
Canon EF 28-135mm IS USM
Canon Speedlite 430 EX II
Stephen Coiner's Photos
Comment Wall (121 comments)
- At 9:02pm on July 26, 2010,
Scotty said…
- Thanks Stephen for the nice comments on my photos. Much appreciated!
Scotty
- At 2:28pm on July 23, 2010,
Tracy said… - thx for your support bud.... very appreciated.
looks like your trip to NV was wonderful. You've posted some fantastic images.
- At 10:00am on July 23, 2010,
Mao said…
- Mother Marie... ♥Thx Stephen !♥ Nothing really elaborate in the pp. The major thing was a simple mask to tone down the sky and a play with temperature.
- At 8:25am on July 21, 2010,
Mao said…
- The Slide... I do remember thinking about cloning out the lines and houses. I don't remember why I didn't do it ?? lol ! must be laziness... It was way past my bedtime ! ;] ♥Thx Star Trek Fan !♥ ;p
- At 4:22pm on July 19, 2010,
Michael said…
- Hey Stephen, I took a look at the Canyon photos and saw much that I liked. In regards to the Eagles Point shot I think it is stunning in full view and the texture is outstanding so it should make a great print. I am a tad concerned with how the sky will display in print because there is noise there that was likely enhanced during post processing. I would apply a noise reduction plugin through layer masking to "ONLY" the sky. You want to make sure that you don't smooth out the great texture that you have throughout the rest of the photo. Other than that it is a great photo and should make a great print. Hope this helps.
- At 4:18pm on July 19, 2010,
Mao said…
- I just happen to re-read your feedback and I misunderstood about the body rotation earlier !! I get it now ! lol !
- At 3:26pm on July 19, 2010,
- Bee at work - Thanks Stephen! I like the over all comp. Should have chosen a different title.
- At 12:59pm on July 19, 2010,
Mao said…
- Flower Girl... Well, yes, it's easier and that's why we post !! Someone else's eye is better as mine isn't objective ! ;]
I did 3 pics very quickly while talking with her about the difference with a snapshot and a photograph and a point and shoot and a DSLR. I was puzzle in these few seconds where to put her face as she would be against a bright area or either too close to the tree, so my guess was to put her a bit further away. And actually, her face wasn't blown out originally but it kind of happen in pp... oops ! ;o£
but♥Thx♥ I agree and appreciate your insight !
- At 7:12am on July 18, 2010,
Matt Johnston said… - Stephen,
No filters. I have a graduated ND kit but I hardly ever use it anymore. It's all about getting a perfect exposure to bring into PS.
- At 1:23am on July 18, 2010,
- Being a Bee - Thanks! I've found that I get better results using manual focus on these type of shots. I've also found that you can get a tad closer with bees than with butterflies.
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