Irfanview is a Swiss army knife program that I've been using for years. I've heard lots of good things about the freeware program paint.net. If you don't mind a learning curve, there's Gimp. Finally, I believe Adobe has made freely available an older version of Photoshop; check their site.
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thank you calidore---I cant imagine the learning curve no matter which one of those suggestions I look into, would be too steep. borders and captioning, I think, are pretty straight forward.
Enjoying all the pics North Star, my long dormant photography itch is coming back.
Excellent, Gilliatt, and thank you.
Your photos are making normal sights more interesting because of the way they are arranged, North Star. The viewer doesn't even have to recognize the actual objects being photographed to find them attractive. We seem to miss most of the world around us when we look at it. The photos remind us that there is more there.
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Thank you very much, YesNo. You touch on an important part of what I try to achieve with my photographs.Originally Posted by YesNo
I have never got into photography. I had a box camera in the 1950s and now have a very outdated Casio EX-Z80, digital but I don't know how to take advantages of its potential. Pity because my interest in astronomy could also do with a decent camera, though I am too old to start to develop a completely new skill. I've thought about it a lot recently. What kind of camera have you got?
I have a Nikon D7100, Dreamwoven. You will find plenty of information online, of variable quality, on what cameras are best for astophotography, e.g. here http://soggyastronomer.com/the-best-...rophotography/
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The micro landscape of fresh snow in your last photo North Star, is very nice.
I want my camera to be good for more than just traditional astronomy, I use it for family pictures, too. Also for capturing the beautiful skies which are particularly attractive up here in Central Sweden at about 61 N. Great sunrises and sunsets especially, (you may have some of where you live in Finland). I saw one picture (early in this thread) taken in Sweden of a noctilucent cloud. I am in the process of trying to view the entire thread which was started in 2006 (!). But now I see there are other threads in the same category on pictures of all sorts. So I give up on that huge job.
Thanks. Well any camera that does astronomy photography ought to be able to do family pictures and landscape. You want good resolution and low noise with higher ISOs for the astronomy and family photos in particular (at least if you're shooting children or just fleeting moments and not group portraits), and they of course help with landscape as well. A couple of things that you should decide first are a) how much money do you want to invest in the camera (and possibly lenses) and b) how large can the camera be? That should help narrowing it down. I also recommend going to a store and trying the cameras out there for how they feel, and what kind of range from wide angle to telephoto the cameras / lenses have.
Thats a good starting point, North Star. First I will take some pictures with my Casio Exilim Ex-Z80 using the zoom function to get a sharper image, but I suspect that the camera takes lousy pics at a distance. This will take me a while to do. I will let you know the result, and if possible post them here.
I like your pictures, too, North Star. These snowy ones are interesting. I love the odd shapes snow makes, and you've captured that odd, elusive quality very well. They look like little snails almost.
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Thanks, qimissung.
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