Photo Plus - USA (2019-07)

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Grey

ADRIAN BLAND, EAST

BARNET SAYS... During a

recent trip I took a boat along

the Thames in London. The

weather was less than ideal...

it was stormy with strong

gales. From the boat I spotted

a rather interesting angle of

buildings at Canary Wharf.

I used the EOS 60D with

75-300mm lens to give me

options for isolating details

in the architecture. In Affinity

I did a little bit of cropping

and considered changing the

photo to black and white but

felt that took away from the

greyness of the scene. I’ve

entitled the shot Grey.

BRIAN SAYS... Good idea

to take the boat trip! It

offers different perspectives

of regularly shot London

landmarks. The photo is

all about the shapes and

patterns, but to me it lacks

a clear point of attention –

my eye only stops on the

red coloured walkway near

the top third on the left side

of the frame.

Grey fits the tones in the

shot, but I find that the sky

is more plain, than moody.

On such grey days images

look flat and can benefit

from extra contrast being

added in post. By shooting

up towards the buildings,

you introduce perspective

distortion that makes the

building appear to be falling

away. Here it is minimal, but

a simple fix in post improves

the photo significantly.

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BRIAN SAYS... When

pictures are edited with DPP

there’s an icon added to the

top right corner of the frame

around each picture. When

there’s a lot of pictures in a

single folder this might be

laborious to find the unedited

files. You could add a star or

check mark to photos that you

edit as this makes it simple to

filter the whole set of images.

Alternatively you might

want to change the order files

are displayed in the browser

window. By default files are

sorted by name, but this can

be changed for several other

settings including recipe

status. The hidden option is to

use the filter and sorting pane,

as this allows the combination

of several criteria for detailed

sorting and filtering.

I usually only edit a few photos at a

time, so how can I find the images that

I haven’t yet edited in Canon’s DPP?

Emma Slater, Boston

STEP 1

When photos are

edited they receive

a small icon on the

top right of the

frame. If there are

a small number of

files, a visual check

might be sufficient

to check for

unedited photos.

STEP 2

Photos can be

sorted by a number

of options,

including the status

of the recipe. Edited

files have a recipe

and can be sorted

to the start or end

of the file list.

STEP 3

Complex file sorting

or filtering, across a

combination of

parameters is

possible by

enabling the filter/

sort pane. Turn the

filter on to see only

the required files.

Lens Canon EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6

Exposure 1/320 sec, f/16, ISO640