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Comment by Don posted on Flash Diffusers at 01/12/2010 - 14:23
Where in Canada?
Alberta or BC side of the Mountains?
Check the roads and weather sites often.....
Mountain roads can often get closed during the winter.
eg:link
Alberta or BC side of the Mountains?
Check the roads and weather sites often.....
Mountain roads can often get closed during the winter.
eg:link
Comment by Don posted on New Mexico north into Canada, at 26/11/2010 - 01:10
since the gear costs money, and I do care about my money....
somewhere there has to be a balance between cost, value, intended use, functionality and the final results.
where ever you needs and your wants and your means line up.........
so how do you find that balance if nobody discusses things?
somewhere there has to be a balance between cost, value, intended use, functionality and the final results.
where ever you needs and your wants and your means line up.........
so how do you find that balance if nobody discusses things?
Comment by Don posted on I don't care what gear you use... at 25/11/2010 - 16:27
For most work,
I use a light meter, and a greycard....
I incident meter the highlights, and use flash, other lighting, ambient, or reflectors to fill in the shadows, and make sure I don't blow the highlights.
Usually metering off a grey card yields an "Expose to the right of the histogram" shot.
The end result is a slightly brighter image that I pull down in aperture.
I use a light meter, and a greycard....
I incident meter the highlights, and use flash, other lighting, ambient, or reflectors to fill in the shadows, and make sure I don't blow the highlights.
Usually metering off a grey card yields an "Expose to the right of the histogram" shot.
The end result is a slightly brighter image that I pull down in aperture.
Comment by Don posted on straight or processed? at 23/11/2010 - 13:50
you guys are , I apologize.
Comment by Don posted on What do you shoot? at 21/11/2010 - 23:06
I'm sorry Stephen, but sometimes I think you overcomplicate things.
One does not need a college level physics class to hammer a nail. Most people get by just hitting the nail with the hammer while trying not to hit their thumb. Understanding the physics and calculating the forces involved, explaining why the head of the nail is bigger than the shaft or how the point of the nail focuses the energy.... is for people that have wayyy too much time on thier hands....
One does not need a college level physics class to hammer a nail. Most people get by just hitting the nail with the hammer while trying not to hit their thumb. Understanding the physics and calculating the forces involved, explaining why the head of the nail is bigger than the shaft or how the point of the nail focuses the energy.... is for people that have wayyy too much time on thier hands....
Comment by Don posted on What do you shoot? at 21/11/2010 - 20:07
I'm not understanding the question.
When I shoot an image, I have a final result in mind, which means I factored the post processing before clicking the shutter.
When I shoot an image, I have a final result in mind, which means I factored the post processing before clicking the shutter.
Comment by Don posted on straight or processed? at 21/11/2010 - 16:18
look at your raw files... any aberations or fringing there? if so it will be amplified in hdr.
your best bet may be to process your files in silkypix and correct for the aberations then export them as tiffs or dng's then do your hdr processing....
oops re read, yes if it is in the raw files you have to correct it first in each file then process the hdr.
your best bet may be to process your files in silkypix and correct for the aberations then export them as tiffs or dng's then do your hdr processing....
oops re read, yes if it is in the raw files you have to correct it first in each file then process the hdr.
Comment by Don posted on What's causing this? at 20/11/2010 - 23:44
techno-terminator wrote:
Are you two trying to confuse me now ?
nope just try it, you'll see if you no likey you only have to reset it to jpeg in your camera.Are you two trying to confuse me now ?
your pictures may come out a little sharper, that is about it, apertures default settings are pretty good.
Comment by Don posted on What do you shoot? at 20/11/2010 - 22:51
Anvh wrote:
The shooting is the same but there is a difference how the program renders a RAW file compared to the camera.
If you would have nailed the photo in jpg then there is little to nothing you need to do with RAW, i believe you meant that.
Still i love to try to make good photo's even better, i think PP is just as important then the time behind the camera.
you can set up custom profiles for each camera.... but default settings, the RAW converter will do pretty much what the camera would in terms of whitebalance and exposure, if anything it might do a better conversion than the camera...Don wrote:
To switch to RAW right away, all you gotta do is set the camera to RAW and keep doing what you are doing for Jpeg.
You won't notice a difference until you need to fix something that is really wrong......
Not fully true.To switch to RAW right away, all you gotta do is set the camera to RAW and keep doing what you are doing for Jpeg.
You won't notice a difference until you need to fix something that is really wrong......
The shooting is the same but there is a difference how the program renders a RAW file compared to the camera.
If you would have nailed the photo in jpg then there is little to nothing you need to do with RAW, i believe you meant that.
Still i love to try to make good photo's even better, i think PP is just as important then the time behind the camera.
Comment by Don posted on What do you shoot? at 20/11/2010 - 22:41
other than that, white card and rubber band.
I'm cheap.