Glad we were helpful!

Dan

'Remote control shooting' probably refers to using the infra-red remote release, not the wired one.

Dan

Let's just check the resolution of your monitor.

Right click on the desktop (anywhere not on an icon).
Click 'Properties'
Click the 'Settings' tab
What does it say under 'Screen Resolution'?

If it says something like 1024x600, move the slider to the right until it says something like 1680x1050, as that's the native resolution of your monitor.

If it's not that, I don't know what it is.

When you quoted "camera RAW requires resolution 1024x768 and my pic is set lower,do I want to continue?", what did it say exactly?


Dan

Definitely not the only one!

Dan

Ah, well, now that looks to have lost all the drama for me. I liked the dark cloud, and the gallery photo is lacking the contrast that gave it the drama. Tough call, but for me something between the two (and veering more towards the original) would have been better.

Dan

Hi Tony from Braintree!

Dan from Brentwood.

That looks really nice Nathan, well done!

Dan

But in theis case you chose 'the lust'.

The strength of the heart shape is very much reduced in your shot Don, perhaps a bit of experimentation will reach a happy medium.

Dan

This is a bit odd.

Dan

Spending a lot of time in woodland that is surprisingly dark, especially when using a polariser too, I couldn't live without a tripod. Often exposures run into seconds, so SR is useless in that respect anyway.

I also use tripods when it's nice and sunny, and shutter speeds are perfectly hand-holdable. I can compose my shot, take a photo, check exposure, fine tune composition if necessary, take some more shots... If my composition was perfect, but the exposure was out, how annoying would it be to have to put the camera back up to my eye and start the composition process again? With a tripod, you can just adjust what's necessary, and leave what's right alone.

I do handhold shots too, but I wouldn't be without a tripod.

Dan