gareth_harper

Brilliant.

Keep it coming Bill.

Any chance of bigger better scans? I really love this sort of stuff. Cheers!

Excellant, I love it. Some pictures just seem to get better with age. Sometimes I wish was around back them. Must have been a lot more work back then, I've gotten used to my autofocus, motor wind, matrix meter to keep me out of trouble. Keep posting this stuff!

Great shot.

Geert, you are spot on as usual, I looked at the other negs but this was the best I took at this angle. Also if I'm honest the film is rather thin and doesn't print too well. Was still getting the hang of Delta 3200 at this point. Sadly the statue I think has gone, also I would have had several rolls playing around with this but yet again I was asked to leave this museum for breaking the artists copyright. What nonsense.

The scans not that great, but I do like the photo.

That really is a shocking way to police a demonstration. Wow!

Not possible in the darkroom though.

Interesting picture. It's a wee bit flat and I think the highlights are just starting to blow.

Now if I were in the darkroom I'd blast his face with some light at grade 5 to try and get some texture back in his skin but I'm not quite sure what you do digitally. Anyway I thought a little sepia flavour might help.

Yup that seems better Tony. It seems the other little lights had blown I think.

Wow, nice picture, don't like the yellow cab though. I'd keep it all b&w and try for a slow shutter speed to blur the cars.

Nice politics. Almost a good shot. Good composition and you seem to be in close enougth but there are too many hiden faces. I get the impression there might be an intense debate here but it's kept hiden from us. Keep shooting!

Refugee exhibition at Glasgow museum of modern art.

Comments/ratings welcome.

Thanks Tony. Plenty of Haggis available in Ayrshire!

Friends of the Refugees Ayrshire Burns day Gathering.

Protestors against the imprisonment of refugees in Scotland hand in

gifts at a Burns day gathering outside Dungavel Prison for Refugees.

Thanks Geert. I agree with you. I wish I'd had least caught Arthur's microphne which would have emphasised him as the speaker. Always find it difficult to find ways of getting the speaker and the crowd.

Good to see you haven't abandoned us here at photonet!

 

Potentially nice but either you have overexposed your velvia or you have made a mess of the scan.

If you have ICE use it, if not make sure the slide is absolutely clean. You need to set up the contrast and colour balance, this to me has a horrible blueish hue and it's pretty flat.

A bit of work and it could be rather nice.

This is interesting, but I find the wasted space on the right a distraction. Anything more on the neg to the left?

I like the composition idea, but the half chopped head is err not my cup of tea.

I also feel you have overblown the contrast.

It's nearly a cracker, in my opinion but it's a miss.

I can't quite see what the big news is either, wrong forum?

Arthur West of Friends of the Refugees Ayrshire addresses a Burns day

gathering in protest against the detention of refugees in Scotland at

Dungavel Prison.

Comments/ratings welcome.

Photo for frea.org.uk

Thomas, Digital has less lattitude generally then even slide film. Also it's just a matter adjusting the shadows in levels if you want to drop the darker areas. I think the exposure and contrast are just fine as they are.

Yes it's better, but it still doesn't look perfect. I tried several time and I can't seem to get it. It still seems to have a wee bit of a yellow hue and you've overblown the magenta a bit (edge of hat on right hand side). You might want to gently use the sponge tool to de-saturate the tree in the background. It may all just be different moniters though. It's a brilliant picture, I guess getting the colour exactly right can wait till you print it. I'm being far too fussy.

Marina, you are teaching me! Many of your pictures are brilliant. Downloading other peoples photos and playing with them in photoshop is also a great way of teaching yourself how to set up photos. It's the light that makes this shot, great light.

Policing at the recent MAB protest against the ban on 'religious

symbols' in schools. Comments and ratings welcome.

I was thinking about a more severe crop. I'd be sacred to take this without asking.

Nope I've gone overboard again. There's definately more to be had out of this, though I've sure not got it right.