Spot the Difference

OK, this shouldn't be too hard for you.

So you really don't want to be the guy who takes a crap picture and fixes it afterwards, it's always better to try and frame your picture without clutter in the background. Sometimes it just happens, or it's unavoidable... then you can see about removing things.

It's honestly not that hard, as long as you have a small patch of the area you want you can clone it all better. Just try to keep in mind don't copy whole sections, do little bits and try to mix up the pattern.

For bits like the red tractor, cut that shape out and place it on top of the layer you're cloning.

If you do it well your eye shouldn't be drawn to it, so sometimes the less work the better... sometimes it feels like a scene from Father Ted. If that happens start with a new car, re-open the file or jump back in the history.

Cheap Photography

Well it's cheap because I used what was to hand, it's more cheap in terms of amount of effort.

You'll need a Macro lens, remote flash, SLR and item to photograph.

I picked a crocheted rabbit which B made for me, the fluff on the edges hi-lights the flash.

Peak District Climbing

So in my last post about waterfalls I mentioned the reason for being up north was climbing, well here are some pictures from that too.

Gear: 7D with 15-85mm and 90-300mm. The 90-300 is a little slow at 4.5-5.6, but this isn't going to be a problem outside on sunny days. For any sports photography you're going to want a high FPS, like the 7D while the 100% view finder makes framing easy.

Everything was shot in RAW to help with editing.

We had some great clouds to make the skies look a little more exciting (always good to add to your stock library too). It's very easy to get bum shots while photographing climbing, they don't make great pictures... so I tried to stay at least at or above eye level.

The exception to the rule, shot from below.

The 90-300mm on a cropped body allows for easy candid shots.

That's me on the wall, I didn't quite make it as a 10second challenge this was taken with the help of a tripod and release timer.

Another candid shot.

15mm action.

On really windy days you may consider tying down camera on remote shutters, this poor 600D was well secured before being left on timer (It helps being on a climbing trip when working out how to tie down cameras).

The ropes make it look a little girly, I had considered removing it - but it would be a lot of work to remove the shadow along the arm.

Ahhh framing.

Little bit of HDR

Stitch job