Well - that should keep you quiet for a bit

I'm of the try and get it right in the camera camp - but having said that even I know there are times when you can't [ shooting indoors using low energy lights makes a real mess of things ]

So If you are going to have to tweak then go for it - I'll be finding out soon enough about that.

Where I think things can go adrift is when you start doing so much to a 'photo' so it becomes a magnificent 'work of art ' which really bears no comparison with the original shot. This , I hasten to add, is a very personal view and was strengthened during the 2 College courses when I watched our tutor deciding to improve someone's submission - when he said words to the effect of

"That plant will look better on the Right hand side" - so it was cropped out of the left and added to the right. Can't remember then what he did with the new space on the left .

'That door is the wrong colour and is too small " - so the door colour was changed [ and the rest of the building had to be changed too so it didn't clash ] and was then swapped for a bigger door

By the time he had finished the 'photo' on the screen was truly magnificent - but it wasn't what had been taken to satisfy the challenge

Are you two trying to confuse me now ?

hmmm OK - then why get 4 guitars - you can only play one at a time





Or am I totally mad ?

How many hands have you got Hyram ?

try this place too
link

My K-x came from Adorama

Don

I know - actually I'm getting lessons in Apple Glasgow on Aperture - I posted that piccie of my Tutor last week

I don't learn well from books - and I find the Apple trainers are very very good - they make you do the work but they also 'hold your hand' as you do it and make sure that you are happy with things - the teaching is done to suit you - it doesn't follow a strict , laid down syllabus - you can divert if necessary and then come back to where you were.

I just need the confidence to switch the setting - but I'm very short of confidence in myself , 50 years of being told that you are thick and stupid [ not by my husband I must add ] doesn't help anyone to be confident.

Just had a nice beef casserole and a glass of red - and may well have another glass later tonight

Well - I'll admit to shooting in JPEG still .

I've had a steep learning curve this year - plus quite a lot of time I've not been able to get out and about with the K-x .

Now I'm happier 'doing things my way' with the K-x [ ie changing white balance , ISO and doing some manual shooting ] the next hurdle is going to RAW.

Why haven't I done it before ? Simple I knew that shooting RAW would involve using pp more and iPhoto couldn't really do that. I struggled with PSE for some time but I just didn't make sense of it . Finally installed Aperture3 and I'm actually getting on reasonably well with it so far - soooooo I'll be going to RAW well before the summer