Barry Somers: Hear it ring
Yet another from my achieve from Charleville Castle, this shot taken with a 50mm 1.8 at the main door...I love the textures :)
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Yet another from my achieve from Charleville Castle, this shot taken with a 50mm 1.8 at the main door...I love the textures :)
Pana-Vision: Stony Grey Steps of Guagán
We took a little walk up one of the many paths at Guagán Barra a few weeks ago. It was a glorious sunny day so the going was tough but the views when we got up there were well worth it.
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The Almond Croissant Diaries: Garden Textures
A few days ago we visited my Aunt and Uncle. They have a HUGE garden, and while there, I was struck with the idea of taking some photos displaying the vast array of textures on show. Here are just a few…
The Almond Croissant Diaries: I’m back (at long last!)
Well that was a very prolonged and unexpected break from the online realm!
I have only just, within the last hour or so, managed to get online in my current residence in Wiltshire. Apologies for the lack of updates - I will endeavor to make up for it soon. At least I have lots of photos and stories to upload 
Hot off the Memory Card: Remembering Dick Mack
One of Dingle's more prominent landmarks. On numerous summer holidays I fondly remember being taken into the back kitchen to meet Dick himself or drinking red lemonade at the bar. In fact, for a long time I was well known as the boy who bit his glass (though I was too young to remember it).
They also made/sold leather goods on one side of the bar and I still have my little leather keyfob. Perhaps my memory is exaggerating but beer, leather and smoke never smelt so good as in that bar.
I probably should have gone in for a pint this time but that might have ruined the memories.
Iced Coffee: Bite
Magic Brian performing his escape from a straitjacket at the Street Performance World Championship.
inphotos.org: Samskip Pioneer
Samskip Pioneer, a container ship, docked in Cork last weekend. We were down by the Marina in Blackrock on a blistering hot Saturday. While us Irish sat in the shade, Spanish students sat out in the 3pm sun, some wearing long sleeve tshirts! I know, I know, they’re used to the heat but the mind still boggles. I’m useless if the temperature goes above 25C.
Anyway, I went searching and found aprs.fi where you can track the radio transmissions from shipping and found this map showing the location of Samskip Pioneer last Saturday. Login as “V2BT5″, the callsign of the ship. Yes, it’s in Cork Harbour!
The lines might be wrong but then they’re as the crow flies and a big ship doesn’t fly.
What do you think of the border? I adjusted the image in Bibblepro using it’s lens guide which created the border. Normally I’d resize it out but this time I liked the effect.
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Madeleine Calaido Weber: •Landscape Photography PS Tutorial: Sharpening of web images by www.calaido.com
"How do you sharpen your image for web presentation...."I received some emails, asking for a adobe photoshop tutorial about optimizing images for web posting, including sharpening methodes. So here we go. As always...very simple with wild english....but you are smart and will get an idea. The following methode is based on Marc Adamus sharpening methode.
Step 01:
You have a big printfile...whatever...300dpi, 3200px wide, adobe RGB or sRGB, 16 bit or 8bit
Step 02:
Reduce original file size to 1600px wide by 72dpi. Dublicate the original layer and apply the basic sharpening plugin of Photoshop. Dublicate this NEW layer again and apply the same sharpening. go ahead.....4-5 times. The image will look a bit strange but don't worry. Reduce the image size to 800px wide or 640 px wide (your choice).
Step 03:
Depending of your image, structure, outlines...deactivate layer by layer until the image looks good to you. Apply your individual watermark - your choice ( ; ... tag your image,
bring it into sRGB and save it as a JPG (use weboptimizer in PS)
Step 04:
check your final image and start posting.
Step 01:
You have a big printfile...whatever...300dpi, 3200px wide, adobe RGB or sRGB, 16 bit or 8bit
Step 02:
Reduce original file size to 1600px wide by 72dpi. Dublicate the original layer and apply the basic sharpening plugin of Photoshop. Dublicate this NEW layer again and apply the same sharpening. go ahead.....4-5 times. The image will look a bit strange but don't worry. Reduce the image size to 800px wide or 640 px wide (your choice).
Step 03:
Depending of your image, structure, outlines...deactivate layer by layer until the image looks good to you. Apply your individual watermark - your choice ( ; ... tag your image,
bring it into sRGB and save it as a JPG (use weboptimizer in PS)
Step 04:
check your final image and start posting.
Reducing the original printfile to 800px and using 1x sharpening plugin doesn't bring the best results.....test it by yourself or compare the last 3 images.
OK guys- very easy right? I hope your questions are answered. Enjoy! (Let me know if you still have a problem)
Cheers Madeleine back to Homepage www.calaido.com
venividi.ie: bicing down the stairs, Barcelona
this charming young man was utilising the free city bike in his own way.
