I started a blog . . .

[Crabbie]

I'll still post my pictures here of course but I started a photo blog. I need a place where I can put it all in one spot to measure my growth. Check it out and tell me what you think!

http://pics-n-more-by-crabbie.blogspot.com/

[JudyJudyJudy]

Beautiful pictures!

The "Danger" sign picture is hilarious. :D

How big is that trapdoor spider? I might just take Teresa's snow over your spiders!

[Crabbie]

Thank you!

I'll find you the comparison pic we took - that spider was found in amberry's pool! The coin by the spider is a quarter. I'm going to scroll a bit for those who don't want to see it.


















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[JudyJudyJudy]

Okay, it's official. I'm staying in the eastern part of the US. :p To be fair, though, we have our share of big, ugly spiders, too, but I'm just used to them.

[Crabbie]

Yeah, this guy is kinda big. I'm glad we found him dead.

[Still_Tbog]

I love the perspective and depth of field of the train tracks and autumn leaves pics! Good luck with your photo journey. My mom and I started a blog for 365 days of pics this year. I REALLY want to stick with it and post at least one good pic a day.

[Teresa64]

;)Thats really cool. Spiders are scary though. I guess that is one nice thing about the cold...scary's away all the nasty critters.

[KatieLou]

Looks great! The spider pic has me freakin a bit. My fav is the train tracks, beautiful!

[Sassafras]

Wow! great pictures. I love the train track.

[Wildflower]

I love the perspective and depth of field of the train tracks and autumn leaves pics! Good luck with your photo journey. My mom and I started a blog for 365 days of pics this year. I REALLY want to stick with it and post at least one good pic a day.


I love this idea! I've tried starting blogs before and never can stick with them but I love taking pictures and I actually just took some photos of my niece that I kind of like yesterday, so I'm off to a start - don't mind if I copy you, do you? :)

Crabbie, are you taking a class(es) somewhere or just reading books, DVDs, youtube, trial and error, etc. to learn photography? (That's what I'm doing) I have a frustrating level of ignorance when it comes to lighting and exposure, but I've been trying to educate myself as much as I can.

[Still_Tbog]

Wildflower--not at all. :) If you start a blog I would love to follow it to see your progress. For a while I am going to be going with a theme just to make myself get inspired. Hopefully this will help me scrap more as well.

[Crabbie]

Thank you.

No classes yet. I've been reading other photo blogs to get ideas and what not. I plan on a class eventually - you know - when I have the time and money.

Here is a bunch of photo blogs you can check out.

http://blog.epicedits.com/2007/11/07/87-great-photography-blogs-and-feeds/

[Still_Tbog]

Duh--I guess you HAVE started a blog, lol.

[hidesome]

I'll still post my pictures here of course but I started a photo blog. I need a place where I can put it all in one spot to measure my growth. Check it out and tell me what you think!

http://pics-n-more-by-crabbie.blogspot.com/

The boat pictures would benefit from a polarizing filter. I like the rr-tracks shot too.

[KatieLou]

Oh one thing I would change, put a watermark on each and every photo on your blog. Yup, yup, do that.

[Wildflower]

Crabbie, thanks for posting that link - there is a wealth of info there!


Still Tbog, I did set one up but let's see if I stick with it for a couple weeks, and then I'll get back to you with a link - LOL :)

I took pictures of my niece yesterday. I liked how a couple turned out. I didn't have a whole lot of time and my 'set up' is next to nothing, but I'm just proud of myself to have done it on manual mode on my camera - LOL. That's progress anyway. Also I have a d40 so the 50mm lens I have I have to manually focus, which is somewhat of a pain - especially in medium to low light I'm having trouble getting sharp pics. Maybe I'll find some good tips on the link Crabbie posted ;)

Here are the pics of my niece I took if you want to see them: http://www.flickr.com/photos/26501185@N05/sets/72157612002366931/

[married_bears]

Thanks for sharing I love photos. Life still for a moment.

[KatieLou]

Wildflower, great catchlights in that first pic! *high five*

[Bohemian]

Cool! You are an awesome photographer. I really like the tracks and the one storm cloud with a break one. :)

[Crabbie]

Oh one thing I would change, put a watermark on each and every photo on your blog. Yup, yup, do that.

How do I do that?

[KatieLou]

You can make a simple watermark in PS, I will try to find you a tutorial on it. Then once you have made it you just save it as a brush and stamp it on at the end of your editing. Off to search....

[KatieLou]

file --new--make your watermark--rectangle marquee around your mark---
edit--define new brush--name it--save--done !!!

[Still_Tbog]

Wildflower, great catchlights in that first pic! *high five*


Ditto--that was the first thing to catch my eye as well.

[Tweet]

That is great, Crabbie!

[Bellaelle]

You are getting better and better! I will get some cool sites for you from dh. He is into photography and has a list of neat sites. You need to try the painting with light technique. Your dd would love it!

[Crabbie]

You can make a simple watermark in PS, I will try to find you a tutorial on it. Then once you have made it you just save it as a brush and stamp it on at the end of your editing. Off to search....

ps, I assume is photo shop, yes? If so, I really need to get off of my keister and go buy that.

[KatieLou]

Oh yeah, PS is photoshop. YOu need not have the big one, of course I would love to but it is way out of my range right now. I just have PS6.0 I gave $80.00 for it last year. Love it!

[hidesome]

Oh yeah, PS is photoshop. YOu need not have the big one, of course I would love to but it is way out of my range right now. I just have PS6.0 I gave $80.00 for it last year. Love it!

Try to get whatever version saves 16bit TIFF files.