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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 9/10/2007
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I use CS2 and CS3 in Photoshop. I have to say there are some thing that i don't like a about CS3 so i have gone back to the previous version CS2. But maybe i am just a curmudgeon and am resistant to change.
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Nelson Moore [Kes] -
{K:20241} 9/9/2007
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yeah, if i could only get my head straight...lol, fat chance!
You are onto something there, Tim. What I've taken to doing is look through the viewfinder, then look at the scene to see where the horizon or the relative verticle is, then reframing in the viewfinder. I'll give your method a shot.
Also use the "highlights" view for the same reason, and have found the D80 overexposes sunlit areas - almost always. I adjust with the +/- button anywhere from -.3 to -1.0
Often, I find that this setting has moved quite a bit from where I left it...always to the negative...not sure how this is happening. ? So i keep an eye on it.
Will try your bracketing method also, sounds good. Don't have photoshop though. What version do you think would work for me?
Shot some with the .75 today...a bad sky day, lots of haze or perhaps smoke from a forest fire someplace, with very few clouds. On that note, received a tiffen haze 2a today...won't do anything for the pollution but will be fun to play with. Got the Hoya super hmc polarizer awhile back but now want the pro1 digital with front threads...
Thanks for the tips!
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 9/8/2007
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yes the grid thing can be deceiving. I have found though that when looking through the view finder you have to have your two eyes oriented parallel to the horizon and your head perpendicular to get the grid to work properly. Other wise there seems to be a illusionary thing that happens, where the grid looks right but it still ends up skewed. Try it out again focusing on your head position first then look through the view finder and line up the grid with horizon. See if it works. Then tilt your head and shoot the same scene with the grid lined up again and see what happens. For me it ends up being skewed in the second scenario.
Let me know how the .75 works too. I have found that if you auto bracket +.3 to -.3 that you will get a good shot usually on the darkest image that is lightened in levels later. I set my viewer window on "highlights" and adjust my settings until there are no blowouts then bracket from there. I find that method the fastest and you won't miss that brief moment of time when the dramatic thing is fleeting. Also i am in Manual settings. You can't bracket in auto i don't think.
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Nelson Moore [Kes] -
{K:20241} 9/8/2007
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Hi Tim,
Well, i went with the .75 nd grad, and finally got around to trying it out this evening, but the light just wasn't right. I'll probably go with a small cf pod. For some reason, I have a heck of a time getting the d80 straight, lol. Even with the grid turned on! A tripod seems to help me with that problem...
but yeah, the good light doesn't last long. :(
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Tim Schumm
{K:29196} 8/27/2007
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Hi Kes,
I don't use tripods...take to long to set up and by then it is gone....but if you must i use a real compromise and have the gorilla pod and wrap around trees, top of rocks or posts or whatever....but really i don't use one except at night. I have found the Lee .6 enough for all my needs and underexpose alot by auto bracketing. Then do small adjustments in levels in PS later. you can also buy a Lee.3 filter and stack one on the other for extreme situations. I had a hard edge ND grad first and thought it would be a problem but it worked just fine till i scratched it. then i got a soft grad and it works just as well...hmmm i am not picky. Most of the situations I shoot are high contrast so the hard edge works fine.
I usually shoot around F11-F13 with the D80 and adjust the shutter speed to work out the best for that scenario. The VR 18-200 allows for very slow shutter speed hand held as in this image. I will also up the ISO to 400 if needed in low light.
Good luck on your choices! let me know how it works out
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Nelson Moore [Kes] -
{K:20241} 8/26/2007
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...and the grass on the left here. Paint them both? :)
Stepped back and looked...both appear balanced equally...great stuff, beautiful place.
Hey Tim, you appear to do a lot of hiking...what kind of tripod set-up/s do you use? (I'm in the market for one, lol!)
Also, is there a certain aperture on the 18-200 lens that you find best for shooting your landscapes?
And..lol...Lee has a .75 nd grad what do you think about that for holding back those white clouds in the blue Colorado sky? The .6 seems to still leave it a bit bright but i haven't used it but a couple of times...so the probablility of user error is high. Anyhow, might give th .75 a shot...can't decide if soft or hard edge would be preferable.
i know, just buy both...
:)
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B T
{K:1794} 8/25/2007
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Beautiful mountains! Very nice photo!
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Jane Zeltser
{K:1266} 8/25/2007
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The reflection brings out the beauty of the mountains
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don blasingame
{K:3492} 8/25/2007
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The light in this image is superb, Tim! I think an image of just the lit mountain would have been fantastic in it's own right. thanks.
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