[anti]

Originally Posted by Jotun

anti, what camera/lens do you use?

those pictures are beautiful, and so crisp and clear.

nikon d70
tamron 28-75 xr di

Originally Posted by Coleman

anti, how do you get that special look to your shots? Do you mess around with them in photoshop?

By special i mean the way it looks. Some cameras take pictures and it looks as if you just took a still show of what the eye would see. your photos seem like they're "softer" or "clay-like" (not the right word, but it describes the softness to it). How do you get the soft look without a blurry texture? Do you mess around with them in PS or do you mess around with the gajillion settings on your Nikon?

i know exactly waht you mean beacuse ive been trying to figure it out myself. its one of my main beefs with shooting digital, everything comes out too "nice" while film shots always have a raw feeling to them. theres a few ways, one is to focus on the object and step back a tiny tiny bit, like miniscual (sp) just so it throws it off enough to get that softer appeal. i've given up on using any sharpening in photoshop which i used to do out of habit. i add a bit of burning around the edges when the situation is right.