Acadia Revisited

dlplumer · February 17, 2010

Still have more to process, and with Aperture 3, I am motivated.

Eia · February 17, 2010

This is really nice Dan; it has it all... fall color, water, reflection...even rocks!

Nicely clean and crisp!

CWSkopec · February 17, 2010

Looks gorgeous, Dan!!

Is it an HDR then processed in Aperture? Or just a single exposure in Aperture?

dlplumer · February 17, 2010

CWSkopec wrote:

Looks gorgeous, Dan!!

Is it an HDR then processed in Aperture? Or just a single exposure in Aperture?

Thanks Chris.

3 exposures processed in Photomatix, then Aperture.

Mazlim · February 17, 2010

Beautiful! I almost wish for more trees with such gorgeous autumn colours.

cj99si · February 17, 2010

Love the comp! Needs a bit of straightening though.

dlplumer · February 17, 2010

cj99si wrote:

Love the comp! Needs a bit of straightening though.

Thanks cj. I replaced the original with a fixed version

cj99si · February 18, 2010

dlplumer wrote:

Thanks cj. I replaced the original with a fixed version

Much better! great shot!

Dedalus77 · February 18, 2010

I love Acadia and this shot captures it beautifully. The reflection in the water is great and the post-processing work is nice and invisible.

dlplumer · February 18, 2010

Dedalus77 wrote:

I love Acadia and this shot captures it beautifully. The reflection in the water is great and the post-processing work is nice and invisible.

Thanks very much:D

dlplumer · February 19, 2010

Mazlim wrote:

Beautiful! I almost wish for more trees with such gorgeous autumn colours.

Thanks Maz.

NorthernFocus · February 20, 2010

Nicely done, Dan

shniks · February 20, 2010

Gorgeous photo with gorgeous colors. Really nice.

Cheers,

thapamd · February 20, 2010

Great reflection and beautiful colors! Masterful processing, as well!

AFBlue · February 21, 2010

Wonderful, Dan. Just as though I were standing there with you -- and that's the object of the game, IMHO. Great shot and great processing to bring out what the scene most likely looked like in real life.

Jerry

dlplumer · February 21, 2010

Thanks everyone for your kind comments. Acadia was a rich photo opportunity, and now that I have a better PP tool and a better eye, it is real fun to re-process some of these shots from last October.:D

W.W. Webster · February 21, 2010

dlplumer wrote:

Beautiful work!

Totally belies the universally-bemoaned state of A3!

dlplumer · February 21, 2010

W.W. Webster wrote:

Beautiful work!

Totally belies the universally-bemoaned state of A3!

Thanks much W, but what is A3?

W.W. Webster · February 21, 2010

dlplumer wrote:

Thanks much W, but what is A3?

A3 is the increasingly common vernacular for Aperture 3.

dlplumer · February 21, 2010

W.W. Webster wrote:

A3 is the increasingly common vernacular for Aperture 3.

I love A3. It has some bugs, but once you know how to use it, they pretty much go away, and I am sure Apple will release some stability updates. Do you use it?

W.W. Webster · February 22, 2010

dlplumer wrote:

Do you use it?

I did for a while. When it was first released I had expected Aperture would be in my future, so ensured I configured a serious video card when I bought my current machine, but did not want Aperture to manage my images - I didn't trust it after experiencing iPhoto.

Then, when v1.5 provided the option to reference my image files where I put them, I bought it and began using it. It was fantastic. However, when (a little later - v1.6?) I began to use the new spot tool, bizarre performance issues and problems arose. At that stage my Mac desktop was the fastest computer Apple had ever made. I persevered as long as I could but Apple was obviously unwilling to fix, or even concede they had, a problem. I had been using the Lightroom beta from its very first release, so bought LR 1.0 the day it came out and turned my back on Aperture.

My experience with LR has been excellent, even though Adobe is more than a little cute with its so-called public beta nonsense. With LR beta 3 going through its present tedious process, and then A3 being released (and having been rumoured to have been completely rewritten in 2.0 to overcome my previous performance concerns with 1.X), I began to wonder whether this was the time to check it out again.

However, reading the plethora of user discontent with A3 performance within days of release and no response (even acknowledgement) from Apple, I see my previous experience being repeated for a whole new generation of Aperture users. I'm a Mac user from the mid-80s so I'm a believer, but this is nuts.

I haven't downloaded the A3 trial so I don't start the 30 days period running - just in case Apple delivers a fix which I then can't trial. However, I'll definitely be buying and using LR3 when it is (finally) released. By then the door may have closed on Aperture for me for ever.

dlplumer · February 22, 2010

Thanks for the reply WW. I know Apple very well, and they never reply regarding bugs, etc. But rest assured, they always address them. Even without the stability updates, A3 is a winner imo. The keys to making it work effectively:

1. Re-process old A2 photos only one at a time when you need to.
2. Disable Face detection when processing/editing photos
3. Use selective brushes sparingly and slowly (allow the machine to finish processing before you use another brush).

Snowgirl · February 22, 2010

dlplumer wrote:

Thanks for the reply WW. I know Apple very well, and they never reply regarding bugs, etc. But rest assured, they always address them. Even without the stability updates, A3 is a winner imo. The keys to making it work effectively:

1. Re-process old A2 photos only one at a time when you need to.
2. Disable Face detection when processing/editing photos
3. Use selective brushes sparingly and slowly (allow the machine to finish processing before you use another brush.

OK - dumb question of the day. How do I turn off / disable Face detection? Other than that slowing things down, so far I'm very happy with A3

dlplumer · February 22, 2010

Snowgirl wrote:

OK - dumb question of the day. How do I turn off / disable Face detection? Other than that slowing things down, so far I'm very happy with A3

Go to: preferences under the Aperture pull down menu, then select general and unclick disable faces

Snowgirl · February 22, 2010

Gracias! I had tried searching for the answer in the help menu but it didn't work.

dlplumer · February 22, 2010

Snowgirl wrote:

Gracias! I had tried searching for the answer in the help menu but it didn't work.

Lots of great A3 tips and tricks on MacCreate.com

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