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Hi Leek

I like the two pics of footprints. The interesting point about ASICS is that it looks like it is pillow embossed i.e. coming out of the sand rather than being depressed. BTW what lens did you use - the kit lens?

Chris

sirhc55 wrote:Hi Leek
I like the two pics of footprints. The interesting point about ASICS is that it looks like it is pillow embossed i.e. coming out of the sand rather than being depressed. BTW what lens did you use - the kit lens?
Chris

I also noticed the embossed effect once I had uploaded it...

All photos were with the standard 18-70 lens...

Nice photos there Leek. I especially like the helicopter and the footprint, although it looks strangely familiar......

Oops... Did I inadvertantly copy a photo of yours??? or do you have the same corn on your foot???

Nah, not one of mine, but i am sure i've seen it somewhere else, not sure where......will check.....

I too like the 'embossed' look of the asics print. And the footprints look good as well...

Did you walk backwards out of the sea to get that one?

Good work, would love to see more of it.

Cheers
Brett

bwhinnen wrote:Did you walk backwards out of the sea to get that one?

No... I ran backwards and then knelt down quickly b4 the next wave came in...

Found out why it looked familiar.

http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php ... at=0&pos=0

If you click on the link above you should notice that two pics to the right is the footprint pic. This is a link to RAYDAR's pixspot site, but if you click on the footprint, it is your photos. Hmmmm, a pixspot anomly...

The embossed effect is an optical illusion. If you rotate the footprint 90 degrees counter clockwise then look at it for awhile it will suddenly sink into the sand. The same effect can be gotten if you photograph the moon and rotate the photograph 180 degrees.
I should add that it's very difficult to create an illusion like this and the fact you've done it so early on with your D70 means you deserve to be congratulated.

Killakoala wrote:Hmmmm, a pixspot anomaly...

Not really an anomaly... Raydar's link gives you the last few photos to be uploaded (which should change constantly)... He/she should probably have used this link:
http://www.pixspot.com/thumbnails.php?album=100
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Hi Leek

Nice Photos Thanks for sharing.

From viewing your helicopter and roller coaster images, it looks like you have one or two dust bunnies on your CCD.

Cheers
Kristine

I too noticed that the image was the same as Raydars. A glitch in posting no doubt. Which brings me to a feature in Photoshop that many of you may not be aware of....if you have two similar images and you are not sure if they are the same image...or simply similar...you can find out this way. Copy one of the images...Select All/Copy and paste it on top of the other image. Then go to Layers/blend mode/difference. This mode will examine the top pixel and compare it to the pixel beneath it. If they are exactly the same the filter will cancel them out and display a black pixel. If the 2 images are exactly the same then a pure black image will be displayed. If any pixel differs then this will be shown in a colour that intensifies in relation to how different they are. This means that if someone takes one of your images and makes any change to it you can pick up where the changes occur. If only 5 pixels have been changed in any way the filter will reveal this.

Kristine wrote:From viewing your helicopter and roller coaster images, it looks like you have one or two dust bunnies on your CCD.

OK Kristine, You're talking to a complete beginner here... What's a dust bunny? and where on my photos is it???

Cheers,
Leek

Hi Leek

A dust bunny is basically a speck of dust that has lodged itself onto the sensor of your camera (dust bunny is a nick name). It is not a big drama; everyone eventually gets them and they are easy to get rid of by using a blower or you can grab some eclipse cleaning solution and give your sensor a wipe over (see Birddog about this).

Here is a link to an article which will explain a bit better:
http://www.bythom.com/cleaning.htm

If you want further information on this, just let me know.

I had what can only be called a dust python right out of the box. Looked like a big black snake. I bought this kit and it has worked like a charm!

leek, I can see the bunny in your coaster image:



They will show up often when you shoot the sky.

Yep I spotted it soon after Kristine's post and it has been annoying me ever since... I can't see a thing on the sensor - even under bright light, but I guess it would be pretty small... I'll try a blower first and then the kit you mentioned if that doesn't work...

Leek,

Are you looking for it (on the sensor) in the correct location?

Remember that its location will be inverted and reversed relative to where it appears to be in your images.

gstark wrote:Are you looking for it (on the sensor) in the correct location?

I examined the whole sensor with a Petzl headlamp on my forehead and couldn't see anything... But I'll have another go tonight...
Could it be on the lens rather than the sensor???

Thanks for all the help...