Comments on: Photo Porn – Trinidad & Tobago

By: Bridgitte

Bridgitte — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:32:24 +0000

hey, love those pics!! especially the sunset! makes me proud to be a Trini! Is there any way i might be able to get a copy of the sunset and the bamboo arches, wanna frame them and hang them in my home

By: Joanna de-Silva

Joanna de-Silva — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:20:35 +0000

WOW!!!!! When I see pics like these, it makes me appreciate more and more what we have here in Trini.
Great pics….

By: trini lover

trini lover — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:32:55 +0000

you should really change the name but other than that i LOVE the site

By: Trini Lover

Trini Lover — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:48:12 +0000

Wow these photos are amazing. This makes me want to throw away my stupid point and shoot and get into the big leagues. The only thing is I have no idea as to where I should start. Beautiful pictures however, I am inspired.

By: Rex

Rex — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:59:14 +0000

Tony, “porn?” What’s that…?

By: rygood

rygood — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:03:50 +0000

@Rex – When Lightroom can do masking we will all be happy, it will happen eventually I hope. u listening adobe? As for AEB, like i said, I use it frequently, but in this case it wasnt a possibility because of the bouncing around of the boat. I’d love to hear about and see some of your multi-exposure shots.

@Kevin – Thanks! Yes i do sometime put my images in the T&T groups on flickr and sorry about the heat from your boss. I hope he has a good sense of humor.

@Tony – Thats hilarious, way to be honest. Good luck with your shoots! You gotta come back and show us the images when its done.

Thanks again everyone for the kind words.

By: tony

tony — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:32:38 +0000

Man,i love that sunset shot! i stumbled on the site while i was looking for porn-…no, really, i did. anyway, i am in trinidad as i write this, san fernando to be exact. i’m here to document Carnival on video and in pictures, but i am not as well equipped as you were/are. your photos are fantastic! wish i had your help on this project.i will be here til mid-Feb and i am having great luck with connections to get into all-inclusive fetes, inside mas-camps and backstage at concerts- all great photo opps. this is my 2nd time down here and along with the beauty there is an ugliness from the poverty. unfortunately, my project is set to only show the pleasant side of things. ah well-hope i get to get over to Tobago-much prettier scenery there. by the way-i feel the most beautiful women on the planet are tied between Port of Spain and Rio- you shoulda snapped some shots of those pretty smoky faces. Take care
ps- keep the name of the site as what you want- wouldn’t have found it otherwise

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:24:12 +0000

Darnit…

Now I’m homesick.

Thanks, Rygood, for taking awesome pics of areas I know well.. Down De Islands, Chag… but couldn’t you have taken a picture of a real beer? Stag never cut it. I’m a Carib man when I’m in Trini.

Just kidding. Good job with the shoot; hopefully I can add to the Trini collection.

Also, do you ever post pics to the Trinidad and Tobago group?

Regarding the site name, leave it. My boss saw the bookmark, and I actually had to pull the site up and show him. heh, heh.

-K

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:19:03 +0000

Wonderfully inspiring photos, well done!

As for the blog name? It’s YOUR blog. Call it what you want

By: Rex

Rex — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:33:00 +0000

Ryan, my experience with using a RAW processing utility (I use Lightroom too–LOVE it) to compensate for exposure has been unsatisfactory when you really wanna pull in the cloud detail right around the sun.

I usually shoot with AEB set at 1 full stop up and down (and no comp of course as the third). Anyway, you really do gain MUCH more detail in the darker exposure than what you can get with a normal exposure. Also, brightening up the exposure from a darker RAW image can’t compensate for noise, so that’s where the brighter stop is useful.

Anyway, for anyone who “does” want to have that extra detail in the sky, I would strongly recommend AEB.

However, there is something to be said about getting it in one shot too. (The advantages of course is not having to leave Lightroom for Photoshop.) The day LR can use masking, I will be happier than a pig in sh*t!

… Nice job again on your T&T pics!

Rex