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Re: Studio portraits advice with lighting
The biggest problem with multiple lights is their ability to produce repeatable results consistantly. If you have two lights with a variability of 1/3 stop per light between shots, you can be up to 2/3 stop difference between the lights during a shot. 2/3 stop difference is more than enough to be visible. A lot of the… -
Re: Macro lenses, help me select?
I would suggest the 100/2.8 if you will be hand holding. The 180 is a good bit heavier, plus you'll need more shutter speed to stop motion blur. And shutter speed is a precious commodity that's hard to come by at macro distances and apertures. I like my 100/2.8. The working distance is decent. Manufacturers list their… -
Re: First try at birds
The osprey were tough. I knew from taking some photos of some bluebirds in a nesting box in my yard that I would have to overexpose them. At zero exposure compensation they were nearly just a sillouette. I started at zero and walked the compensation up at 1/3 stop increments all the way to 2 stops over. The limitation was… -
Re: D40x overexposing by A LOT!!
The EXIF for the above shot: Make - NIKON CORPORATION Model - NIKON D40X XResolution - 133.75 YResolution - 133.75 ResolutionUnit - Inch Software - Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 DateTime - 2007:11:04 21:12:51 YCbCrPositioning - Co-Sited ExifOffset - 218 ExposureTime - 1/200 seconds FNumber - 10.00 ExposureProgram - Not… -
Re: dgrin meetups
There are several options As I mentioned before, there are TWO nice places very close to each other. First is Rose Valley falls, second is Piedra Blanca. Waterfalls consists of two tiers. The lower tier is like 30 ft tall water slide, all in shade of eucalyptus trees, and is located only 5 minutes aways from a… -
Re: 17-55 f/2.8 or 24-105 f/4 IS lens? help needed
The answer is in the specs. I doubt the choice lay between how good a photo someone like Andy can take. I'm sure he can create beautiful work with either if he's not too busy finding converts for exotic lenses like Distagon's to shoot with. Your decision should hinge on: 1. Which is more important to your style of shooting… -
Re: Correcting those newborn shots
This just might be a worst case scenario. Bad color, bad balance in the luminosity channel (way too dark) and lots of jpeg artifacts waiting to become obvious the minute you try to bring things into a manageable range. I found no quick fix. An image like this requires surgery of the extreme makeover variety. I initially… -
Re: Canon EOS C100 Mark II Digital Video Camera
EOS C100 Mark II main product page Features Canon Super 35mm CMOS Sensor Canon DIGIC DV 4 Image Processor Simultaneous AVCHD and MP4 Recordings Slow and Fast Motion Recording MP4 Conversion Redesigned 3.5-Inch OLED Panel 1.23 Megapixel Tilting Color EVF Dual Pixel CMOS AF Face AF Mode 59.94p Frame Rate Wireless FTP Video… -
Re: A Few Frames of Short Eared Owls
Paul, I am pleased you posted. I do agree that the white blob and the darker bits could be cloned out, although I wasn't offended by them until you pointed them out. I need to study my images more carefully I think. Kathy and I went back out a couple days later, and caught a few more images. This time my best images were… -
Re: Sonoma and Napa being devastated by wild fires today.
Sorry, it's been a dicey week. The small fire that was entirely too close to my home is now contained and they think will be out today/tomorrow. I'm still a little tempted to live out of a suitcase, but I'm trying hard to trust the fire dept. The 3 big fires are still going. The 10,000 + fire fighters are getting a handle…
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