The Good Life...

rwells

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adbsgicom

Cool image. The red rooftop to the far left draws me away (perhaps desaturate it or something). The ominous clouds especially relative to your title are wonderful.

redleash

Randy-

I have to agree on the red roof--otherwise, I love this shot. The lines on the cabin are nice and crisp, the sky gives lots of texture and dimension, and the desaturated processing gives a great retro feel. Great image!

Lauren

rwells

adbsgicom wrote:

Cool image. The red rooftop to the far left draws me away (perhaps desaturate it or something). The ominous clouds especially relative to your title are wonderful.

See, I listen to ya'll ~ I took care of the red roof

Thanks for the input Andrew

rwells

redleash wrote:

Randy-

I have to agree on the red roof--otherwise, I love this shot. The lines on the cabin are nice and crisp, the sky gives lots of texture and dimension, and the desaturated processing gives a great retro feel. Great image!

Lauren

Lauren,

Where you been girl?

As I stated to Andrew, I took care of that red roof


Thanks for the comments and nice words.

adbsgicom

rwells wrote:

See, I listen to ya'll ~ I took care of the red roof

Thanks for the input Andrew

I'm all-in now!

Jack'll do

Howdy Randy
Boy you sure are loving that HDR and I'm loving all of your recent posts.

I didn't see the original but for what it's worth, whatever you did to the red roof must have fixed it cause it's no problem now.

rwells

Jack'll do wrote:

Howdy Randy
Boy you sure are loving that HDR and I'm loving all of your recent posts.

I didn't see the original but for what it's worth, whatever you did to the red roof must have fixed it cause it's no problem now.

Hey Mr. Jack,

Actually, I've hardly used any HDR lately. I did use HDR on the church shot, but all these are just processed in LR2, with the exception for a quick trip into CS2 for the watermark.

Can someone tell me how to create & save a "watermark preset" in LR2? Please...

I've handcuffed myself to LR2 to learn what it can and can't do.

Thanks for the kind words, and hang in there gang, I'm almost through processing my Colorado trip shots, then I'll go back into the closet

adbsgicom

rwells wrote:

Hey Mr. Jack,

Actually, I've hardly used any HDR lately. I did use HDR on the church shot, but all these are just processed in LR2, with the exception for a quick trip into CS2 for the watermark.

Can someone tell me how to create & save a "watermark preset" in LR2? Please...

I've handcuffed myself to LR2 to learn what it can and can't do.

Thanks for the kind words, and hang in there gang, I'm almost through processing my Colorado trip shots, then I'll go back into the closet

I bought (you donate what you want) the morgify LR2 plugin, that, amoung other things allows adding watermarks and graphical watermarks.

http://www.timothyarmes.com/metoyou.php?lang=en-gb&sec=tools

-a

redleash

Randy,

Like the new version!

Multiple reasons for my absence, one of which is discouragement with my efforts!! Just got back from a family trip to New Orleans and was quite uninspired by my shots. I did have a great time, which was the real reason for going--to celebrate my in-laws' 60th anniversary!!

Now, I'm reading more, shopping for some new glass, and headed to Puerto Rico in 2 weeks--if I don't get a nice shot there it will be because my eyes are closed and it's pitch black. Or because I have to leave early to escape a hurricane.

Anyway, thanks for asking 'bout me. Any encouraging words you want to send my way?

How are your web site and gallery projects coming?

Cheers,
Lauren

rwells

adbsgicom wrote:

I bought (you donate what you want) the morgify LR2 plugin, that, amoung other things allows adding watermarks and graphical watermarks.

http://www.timothyarmes.com/metoyou.php?lang=en-gb&sec=tools

-a

Thanks Andrew,

That's gonna' save me a lot of time

Panther

Howdy Randy,

This is really a wonderful image, so many underlying details, and the storm brewing in the back makes it so powerful.

Very nicely done!!!

rwells

redleash wrote:

Randy,

Like the new version!

Multiple reasons for my absence, one of which is discouragement with my efforts!! Just got back from a family trip to New Orleans and was quite uninspired by my shots. I did have a great time, which was the real reason for going--to celebrate my in-laws' 60th anniversary!!

Now, I'm reading more, shopping for some new glass, and headed to Puerto Rico in 2 weeks--if I don't get a nice shot there it will be because my eyes are closed and it's pitch black. Or because I have to leave early to escape a hurricane.

Anyway, thanks for asking 'bout me. Any encouraging words you want to send my way?

How are your web site and gallery projects coming?

Cheers,
Lauren

Lauren,

Your too wound up about your photography progress. It's gonna' happen, but not overnight.

I've been shooting off and on for 35+ years, and there's photogs here that make me want to throw my gear in the trash. That's a natural cycle for a photographer, all photographers...

Just go have fun, shoot lots of pics, let what you know take over naturally. If you can, enjoy/review your pics nightly and make any bonehead adjustments the next day

There's no "magic" lens or camera. You've got good equipment. Pushing that button over and over and over is what's going to make you better.

Now, get out there and have fun

rwells

Panther wrote:

Howdy Randy,

This is really a wonderful image, so many underlying details, and the storm brewing in the back makes it so powerful.

Very nicely done!!!

Thanks Craig for the nice words,

I'll admit that I like this image quite a bit.

redleash

and "Thanks!"

I've actually been shooting for as long as you have, but only seriously lately. And yes, I am a perfectionist . . .

I'll start posting more also, which definitely helps me learn!

Lauren

eL eSs Vee

Very nice! Beautiful!

I wish I had that good life!

Jack'll do

rwells wrote:

Hey Mr. Jack,

Actually, I've hardly used any HDR lately. I did use HDR on the church shot, but all these are just processed in LR2, with the exception for a quick trip into CS2 for the watermark.

Can someone tell me how to create & save a "watermark preset" in LR2? Please...

I've handcuffed myself to LR2 to learn what it can and can't do.

Thanks for the kind words, and hang in there gang, I'm almost through processing my Colorado trip shots, then I'll go back into the closet

Wow, now I have a conundrum. I am about to upgrade from CS3 to CS4 (Standard editions) (I really like how Adobe Bridge and ACR and PS3 intercommunicate. But LR2 looks to be pretty powerful and a little cheaper than the upgrade would be.) I'm just getting real comfortable with my setup and the thought of starting all over again is a bit daunting. Just don't know what to do. Any thoughts? Have you done the Bridge ->ACR->PS routine, and if so how does LR2 compare in terms of ease of use?

rwells

Jack'll do wrote:

Wow, now I have a conundrum. I am about to upgrade from CS3 to CS4 (Standard editions) (I really like how Adobe Bridge and ACR and PS3 intercommunicate. But LR2 looks to be pretty powerful and a little cheaper than the upgrade would be.) I'm just getting real comfortable with my setup and the thought of starting all over again is a bit daunting. Just don't know what to do. Any thoughts? Have you done the Bridge ->ACR->PS routine, and if so how does LR2 compare in terms of ease of use?

Jack,

You really should be asking some of the smart people on this board these questions.

But, here's what I know...

I used Bridge -> ACR -> CS2

I didn't like Bridge all that much, matter of fact, I didn't really like it at all & it was real slow on my systems. ACR, nothing fancy there, just a RAW converter, at least in my version. I still use CS2 when I need to.

LR2: I find it fairly fast on my system. It's easy to use. Once you have all your preference settings done and your photo storage setup, you download your images into LR2 & even if they are in RAW, you just start processing your images to taste and LR2 keeps an "original" version that you can always go back to if you want, non-destructively without "layers". You can upload to dgrin, flickr, or whatnot directly within LR2.

I personally find the "tools" a little awkward/sloppy to use in LR2. Like the clone tool & some others. This is when I'll switch to CS2. Probability is that I still don't know how to use all the tools correctly. That LR2 Scott Kelby book that's on my desk hasn't done me a bit of good, especially since I haven't taken the time to crack it open yet

To me, what is REALLY GREAT about LR2 is all the adjustment sliders are right there in the Develop section. Just go crazy with those sliders to see what they actually do. It's VERY EASY!!!

I HATED to learn a new software program. That's why I've handcuffed myself to it, so that I will HAVE to learn it.

All this is probably of little to no use, but you can keep it all the same