The Group met at 10:15 a.m. on 13th October with the theme ‘Golden Hour’.
5 people attended. For such a wide subject there were several good sunsets with landscapes also featured. Best picture was awarded to Ann Hawke with a striking sunset taken from her patio days before the meeting. Mike Liberson’s submissions were original and humorous interpretations of the theme – the photograph chosen featured a glass of bourbon whisky.
Patio Sunset – Ann Hawke
November’s theme will be ‘Liquids’.
Pam Liberson was having problems printing from Microsoft Photos and Google Photos – results from recent experience came out in different sizes. Anjie Sargeant showed how to set different sizes, including the preferred 5 x 7 ratio, using her Chromebook and tablet with examples of her recent trip to Krakow.
Mike Liberson showed a treasured photograph of a night scene of a Nuremburg rally and also showed the same photograph after he tried to improve it. The result was a very blotchy and false colour disaster. John Hawke stated that the photo was taken using a low iso camera setting that emphasised the noise. He showed the impact of ISO setting on noise showing way that higher ISO just served to amplify the noise inherent in all digital photographs. John Hawke offered to use his software to try and improve the original, low pixel, photograph. Using a premium noise reducing app (DXO Photolab 8), enhanced sharpening (Topaz) and colour balancing (Photoshop) – Mike seemed happy with the result.