my 1st D700 shots

Qarik

Headshots are perfect with the full frame and the 85mm 1.4. I am basically at the minimum focusing distance of the lens and shot these wide open. I was also playing with the "Print" portion of lightroom to create the triptychs. Lighting was just a window in the morning..over cast!

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Jeremy Winterberg

They look amazing!! Can't wait till I get a D700 in a couple months.

divamum

These are absolutely *amazing* (gorgeous baby, too - he looks like he's doing great ) The triptych with your wife in particular is going to be cherished for a long time - in addition to purty camerawork, her expression is just magic.

Agnieszka

awww, very, very cute. Beautiful baby and it looks like you put the D700 / 1.4 to great use!! It's a fun lens, I took it out today too and shot some shots (for myself for one / doesn't happen very often) ... and boy do I love it!!

Elaine

Congrats on the new cam and these stellar shots! Adore that set with your wife. Sooooo sweet. I like the kind of desaturated look to these. Very nice!

divamum

Oh, and Quarik, a question (for you or anybody else who's doing these LR print-layout spreads): I now have figured out how to arrange the photos in one (thanks to whoever suggested the temp/quick collection!), but now how do I export/save it like that without acutally printing it? Every time I try to "export", it takes the individual photos and not the composite I've made in the print module. I love LR, but sometimes find the interface baffling

Elaine

divamum wrote:

Oh, and Quarik, a question (for you or anybody else who's doing these LR print-layout spreads): I now have figured out how to arrange the photos in one (thanks to whoever suggested the temp/quick collection!), but now how do I export/save it like that without acutally printing it? Every time I try to "export", it takes the individual photos and not the composite I've made in the print module. I love LR, but sometimes find the interface baffling

Go to the bottom right corner and click "print to file."

PS - Under the Print Job tab, make sure you have "Print to: JPEG file" selected.

I'm not sure if this addresses what you meant by using the temp/quick collection, but while in the develop or library modes, I just use the ctrl button and click on the photos I want to use, click over to the Print module, and the photos I chose show up there. If only one shows up, it's because the current template up only allows one photo. If I choose a different template, the others show up and I can tweak away.

divamum

Elaine wrote:

Go to the bottom right corner and click "print to file."

PS - Under the Print Job tab, make sure you have "Print to: JPEG file" selected.

I'm not sure if this addresses what you meant by using the temp/quick collection, but while in the develop or library modes, I just use the ctrl button and click on the photos I want to use, click over to the Print module, and the photos I chose show up there. If only one shows up, it's because the current template up only allows one photo. If I choose a different template, the others show up and I can tweak away.

They show up, but I couldn't change the order without making a temp collection first (as somebody else suggested)

Thanks for the info on "print to file" - I knew there MUST be something like that (I use a print-to-file pdf creator) but couldn't find it!

toddb

impressive
All great shots -- something about the one with your baby's eyes closed that is especially sweet. Very nice.

adbsgicom

Beautiful shots and sweet light. Enjoy the camera.
I like the processing here as well.
The hand coming back into the frame in #4 is a bit distracting to me, but the wee one is so cute anyhow....

Elaine

divamum wrote:

They show up, but I couldn't change the order without making a temp collection first (as somebody else suggested)

Thanks for the info on "print to file" - I knew there MUST be something like that (I use a print-to-file pdf creator) but couldn't find it!

Ahh, yes. The order! I knew I wasn't remembering something about that. I haven't run into that issue, yet, but I know I will. Thanks for reminding me of that tip.

Mitchell

Adorable photos!

Enjoy the new camera.

Qarik

thanks for looking and commenting all!:D

met

These are beautiful. I love the subtlety. My favorites are the first images in each of the two collages.

GemGem

These are soooo cute!!

lilmomma

here they are...the d700 shots! these are so sweet! The first one is my favorite. it was a tough choice between that and the second. it looks like the first photo in the second set has a nice exposure then the second two seem a little darker. seriously minor nit. But I like how you put them together like that, didn't even know lightroom was capable. looks like you're enjoying the new additions (the baby AND the camera!)

Quincy T

I really like the second one, although all of them are very good.

Qarik

lilmomma wrote:

here they are...the d700 shots! these are so sweet! The first one is my favorite. it was a tough choice between that and the second. it looks like the first photo in the second set has a nice exposure then the second two seem a little darker. seriously minor nit. But I like how you put them together like that, didn't even know lightroom was capable. looks like you're enjoying the new additions (the baby AND the camera!)

damn it melissa..I see the exposure differece now and it bugs me now! lol

Thanks for looking.