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Good deal on Smartwool socks...
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 20 Replies
Hmmmm i would like to try these but find it difficult to decide to get 'light' or 'medium'. I would like to feel them to see.

What do u recommend?
Report on buying my new ski boots
Started by User in Ski Hardware, 68 Replies
RoseR wrote:
Apart from the first break which was painful for ages, the others just painful for a week or so. I dont even bother to have them x rayed and just wear different shoes for a while.


Awesome, your so hardcore!

Next time i break my leg i will remember you as i slip into some comfy cords for a week. :mrgreen:
Report on buying my new ski boots
Started by User in Ski Hardware, 68 Replies
Ally, will that boot bag pass as hand luggage when flying?
I'm buying new ski boots
Started by User in Ski Hardware, 105 Replies
I too am waiting to see how you got on....new boots for me later this year.
I have chosen to visit a recommended fitter near oxford but profeet came a close second...would love to know how it went.
I had a quick 2 mins with this pic while i sipped my tea and dunked some bickies!

Its difficult to get much out of a small jpeg so i opted for a higher contrast instead. As you can see i moved the sun, darkened the sky and increased the saturation.
Cloned out the shed in the corner.

Thoughts?

Pabs,

Trencher has hit the nail on the head, i would have said pretty much the same.

Whats 'wrong' with the pic is what is not there.

I always think of a landscape photograph a bit like a story. It must have a beginning (foreground), a middle (middle ground) and an end (background).

If you had perhaps a skier in the foreground looking down on the valley or a snowy tree then that would have worked well. The middle ground is
taken care of by the wonderful clouds. And the sun would have acted as you background piece.
The sun would have been better further into the frame for sure.

Technically, it looks a little flat but thats how RAW files appear if you don't work on them.
If you do not have any decent software for editing then DO NOT shoot in raw. It would be better to shoot jpeg and let the camera process the image for you.

To improve it as it is i would use the RAW and pullout the detail in the trees, boost the saturation of the sky and clone out the metal in the bottom left. You could may even be able to move the sun!


Its a great scene, i would have loved to have been there

If you want you could send me the raw to jon at jonspeed.com and i will take a crack at it.

Ski Jokes......for AllyG
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 54 Replies
Our instructor gave us this one:

Whats the difference between a Ski School Snake and a normal snake?

A normal snake has the arsehole at the rear.
Ski Jokes......for AllyG
Started by User in Ski Chatter, 54 Replies
badlandskid wrote:Here is a link to some ski definitions that cracked me up...

http://www.ahajokes.com/gui14.html



He he, with my fav being:

Alp: One of a number of ski mountains in Europe. Also a shouted request for assistance made by a European skier on a U.S. mountain.
An appropriate reply: "What Zermatter?"