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[tdpriest]

It's interesting to see that negative aspects (don't harm the reef, for instance) are creeping in. What about the biggie: "it's too difficult, all my images are ****, do you want to buy a camera..."? I think that thought intrudes itself from time to time and it's the encouragement of our peers that carries us through to the good times, when we reach the next stage.

[Steve Williams]

What about the biggie: "it's too difficult, all my images are ****, do you want to buy a camera..."?

LOL, I'm thinking that may be another presentation entirely.

Cheers,
Steve

[Steve Williams]

Thanks again for all the help folks, I thought I'd share how the chart turned out for the presentation.

The fonts look better in the real chart but you get the idea.



Cheers,
Steve

[loftus]

Thanks again for all the help folks, I thought I'd share how the chart turned out for the presentation.

The fonts look better in the real chart but you get the idea.



Cheers,
Steve

Excellent Steve; appropriate for all photography really

[tdpriest]

I've been thinking a little more: underwater photography is pretty much natural history, human history and divers. With the honourable exception of Alex's dancing divers from a few years ago, most diver shots are in the context of wildlife and wrecks. Somewhere along the line, there ought to be space for "research": learning the habits of the sharks, nudibranchs, sea-lions and so on, learning the history of your wreck, looking at other photographers' work, going away with people who can teach and inspire and a little more time for reflection.

I've been feeling a bit stale; it was stopping to think about controlling the way a viewer approaches the image and then considering what subjects would suit the technique, that let me win a prize at the British national "splash-in", as well as getting my enthusiasm back:




Tim

[Steve Williams]

Brilliant image Tim! I'm loving where you're going. Please say more about controlling the way a viewer approaches the image.

Steve

[tdpriest]

Oh, I was trying to make you start by looking at the middle, concentrating on the super-sharp focus of my macro lens, and deliberately throwing the edges right of of focus: making you look at the technically exciting bit. The image was taken through a Cokin radial blur filter, cut (with a hacksaw and considerable difficulty) to fit inside my macro port. It's a work in progress, and I have some other ideas for similar effects (at least one, the LensBaby, was a disaster in the water!).

Tim