[Mike Barrio]

Nice one Irvine!

Best wishes
Mike

[Sandy Nelson]

On the other hand, you can just let it be

I quite agree, when does nature ever provide you with perfection, if you are capturing the world around you, it should look like the world around you.
Maybe i'm a touch anal about these things, but when you start messing with "A Photo" it becomes art and then we are on a different subject IMHO.

However i do really like all the photos on the post

Eddie, what type of camera did you take the Assynt one with? I think the original one looks like scotland and i love it, the doctored version looks like New Zealand from a magazine, Nice piece of Art but doesn't make me feel like i want to be there

Sandy

[Iain Goolager]

Horses for courses Sandy but it's well know that what the camera records is not exactly what the eye sees.

All photography is digital art

God males better sensors than Nikon. 

Iain

[Mike Barrio]

I think we need amber polarising filters Amber sunglasses certainly brighten up an otherwise gloomy day!

Best wishes
Mike

[Iain Goolager]

Amber nectar is more in order at the moment 

Iain

[Allan Liddle]

Agree with that Sandy, but then again it depends on the camera, settings etc to truly capture the world around you as it truly is.  A wee bit of photoshop can help tidy up, but agree too much can alter the photo away from what you were trying capture in the first place.
In the end all photos are subject to interpretation, any photo taken, edited or not, is a form of art and each of us will like some more than others.

All good pics btw, really like the 'drama' from this morning's shot, and the Assynt pic simply because i love it there, the rugged beauty is always spectacular.

[Mike Barrio]

Every picture tells a story!

[Irvine Ross]

God males better sensors than Nikon. 

Iain

Aye but this one is made by Panasonic

Irvine

[Mike Barrio]

    

[Eddie Sinclair]

Sandy,
it was taken with a Nikon D5000. This was taken 2 years ago with the kit lens that came with the camera. I have a dedicated wide angle lens nowadays for landscapes and I am getting a little better at it now. I still do not use any editing software but I spoke with Matt earlier today and he has given me a link to a guy in Aberdeen to get some tuition from so I will spend some money on tuition and take it from there. I agree with everybody on the fact that we are spoiled up here with the scenery and the light.

Eddie.

[Iain Goolager]

Aye but this one is made by Panasonic

Ah! the Lords own choice Irvine.

from the book of ACTS
"for the Lord he did speak in leisurely council with Hedros the king of Panasonia. Aramaic preamble came so gently to the king that bestowed on him was the gift of divine pixelation"

It's true

Iain

[Matt Henderson]

Just to add my point of view. There is yet to be a Camera that can capture the same level of contrast as the human eye can. Also the human brain is a clever thing and what you perceive to be a bright blue sky is actually that washed out colour that ends up in your average photo however your brain and endorphins trick you into believing it's a much brighter blue. I like to edit to get it back to how I remember it to be not always how it shows up in a photo. I agree there is a fine line before you tweak it too much. But I firmly believe there is a place for post processing of digital photos.

That Barry O'Flynn had a cracking photo in the Evening Express on Thursday.

Matt

[Mike Barrio]

Barry O'Flynn

    

[Mike Barrio]

This morning, as the camera saw it

Cheers
Mike

[Irvine Ross]

Did you roll over and point the camera out of the bedroom window?

Irvine

[Mike Barrio]

It's a hard life Irvine, but somebody has to do it     

Best wishes
Mike

[Iain Goolager]

Nice photo Mike, been on a course for a few days and been fortunate to be in the car when the sun has been rising,  amazing possibilities on Tues, Wed & Thursday...........then today arrives and so does the cloud & rain 

Iain