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[Mesoam]

ErikS, on 04 January 2012 - 09:48 PM, said:

He's got red hair and is going bald, so I understand why he wears it.

[ErikS]

gdizzle, on 10 January 2012 - 04:19 PM, said:

What, creepy homemade dolls not your thing?

[gdizzle]

ErikS, on 11 January 2012 - 02:07 AM, said:

What, creepy homemade dolls not your thing?

Boring, poorly shot, photos aren't mine thing. I didn't check exif but I'm assuming you were shooting at high iso. You need to pay attention to your white balance, if it's yellowing out, adjust. Are you shooting jpg or raw?

[ErikS]

Jpg for now, but there is a raw+jpeg feature as well. My sister-in-law is at UT, and she made the doll for a class she is taking, and needed pictures of it. Thanks for the help.

[gdizzle]

The doll is cool. There is no need to be shooting JPG or RAW+JPG, shoot raw, you'll never go back. RAW + JPG is for a select group of photographer, and 90% of the time it's just a waste of memory card space and hard drive space.

[JCviggen]

gdizzle, on 11 January 2012 - 04:38 PM, said:

shoot raw, you'll never go back.

+ a billion.

[Spanky]

Ahh, taken a few decent ones since I last posted in here..

1-23-2012 by fluorineironrhenium, on Flickr

0611-tahoe-4 by fluorineironrhenium, on Flickr


0611-Tahoe-1 by fluorineironrhenium, on Flickr

Really been to busy the last 6 months to use the camera much but decided to buy a Sigma 10-20mm the other day since I enrolled in a color class

IMGP8129 by fluorineironrhenium, on Flickr

What would cause a picture to lose shapness after upload to a site like Flickr? Lower resolution of not having Flickr? Photography files and compression is not my strong suit

[gdizzle]

Great shots, spanky!

What are you using to edit and export?

Edit: I just peeked at the exif and you're using lightroom 3.3. You can sharpen your photos in LR3, then upon export have it "sharpened it for screen" in the export options, and then choose the level to which you want that to happen. Don't over sharpen, but a soft bump in both. I leave the export selection to "normal". As for Flickr, I've never had an issue with compression and loosing sharpeness, but I do have a pro account and upload full res images.

[Spanky]

gdizzle, on 27 January 2012 - 02:45 PM, said:

Great shots, spanky!

What are you using to edit and export?

Edit: I just peeked at the exif and you're using lightroom 3.3. You can sharpen your photos in LR3, then upon export have it "sharpened it for screen" in the export options, and then choose the level to which you want that to happen. Don't over sharpen, but a soft bump in both. I leave the export selection to "normal". As for Flickr, I've never had an issue with compression and loosing sharpeness, but I do have a pro account and upload full res images.

Thanks Greg!! Do you upload to flickr via JPEG or TIFF? I am aware of sharpening via LR3, a few of the pics just posted from flickr look a bit dull compared to what they do in LR, hence the question about file format/compression

Usually hit sharpen for screen, but never have taken it out of "standard"

[gdizzle]

I use the flickr plugin for LR3, you just drag and drop then click upload right in LR and it automagically uploads it as a hires jpg.

[Spanky]

gdizzle, on 27 January 2012 - 05:28 PM, said:

I use the flickr plugin for LR3, you just drag and drop then click upload right in LR and it automagically uploads it as a hires jpg.

Thanks for the help Greg!!

What would your advice/software recommendations be for High DR shots in which you have to use 2 photos to blend? Been having some awesome weather to photograph out here but I believe the DR is making the picture just look flat.

[gdizzle]

photomatix

[nari]

Spanky, on 28 January 2012 - 07:38 PM, said:

Thanks for the help Greg!!

What would your advice/software recommendations be for High DR shots in which you have to use 2 photos to blend? Been having some awesome weather to photograph out here but I believe the DR is making the picture just look flat.

gdizzle, on 29 January 2012 - 06:21 AM, said:

photomatix

Spanky, on 28 January 2012 - 07:38 PM, said:

Thanks for the help Greg!!

What would your advice/software recommendations be for High DR shots in which you have to use 2 photos to blend? Been having some awesome weather to photograph out here but I believe the DR is making the picture just look flat.

gdizzle, on 29 January 2012 - 06:21 AM, said:

photomatix

And also give a try to Topaz Adjust.

[nari]

As I'm a hardcore DIY-er (read: broke), I'm frequent visitor of diyphotogropahy.net.. Love creating stuff..
I found this.. really tried to concentrate, but I got distracted

How did that wall get there??? LOL



On a more serious note.. what do you guys think of continuous ring ligths?
Never used one before, but saw some pictures that were made only with similar to this:
http://www.diyphotog..._edb541f304.jpg
They were awesome..
Opinions?

[gdizzle]

I've never used a continuous ring light, but I do own a ring flash and a cheap ring flash modifier that pops onto a speedlight. I'd make one for your speed light, they're pretty easy to make.

[oprahhwinfreyy]

[sacrifice]

You better get approval for that watermark

[gdizzle]

I thought the same thing.

[sacrifice]

Decided to make the jump to RAW today. The cs5.1 editor is very nice and easy to use, but it sucks not being able to see everything before I open it up in PS. Here is the first shot I have ever done in RAW.


Untitled by iwysocki, on Flickr

[gdizzle]

Use bridge