Ezra Morley

Here’s a comparison with the file you posted earlier…

I’m not sure what your editing software was doing, but it was definitely blurring your photo more than it should have been. 🙁

Here’s a dropbox folder with the full-res and a few smaller resized versions for web and printing if you’d like to use my edit.…[Read more]

As I recall, there was a LOT more sunshine at first, so I think that’s why it ended up being ridiculously underexposed when the shadows came in at this point.

That’ll do it… 🙁

I received your original files on Dropbox, and popped them into Lightroom for a little rinse-n-shine! 🙂 First of all, this is why I shoot RAW, instead of J…[Read more]

-You crop a lot. I’m always afraid to crop to much because it cuts the image resolution. I try to zoom in-camera. But sometimes I reach the limit of my zoom. Is image resolution not something I need to be as concerned about?

Since this is my area of interest I’d like to add a few things to what @jamesstaddon said. 🙂

First, while it is true t…[Read more]

Thanks, @bennett-family. The forum must be resizing them, because they’re still limited to 2000px… You can upload the originals to this link if you’d like: https://www.dropbox.com/request/JrTFjj1ljDvS9qL54WnX I’ll delete them after analyzing them. 🙂

I popped one of these into RawTherapee to see what the exposure situation was. Here’s what the…[Read more]

Did I mention that if you were shooting RAW, you would have been able to expose for the highlights better, and not even have to “push” the photos as much in post-processing in the first place?! 🙂 ISO 200 should not be exhibiting that much noise unless you had to push it a couple of stops….

Any chance we can see an original, non-resized photo? The compression and resizing has really taken a toll on the ones here on the forums… 🙁 (Maybe a dropbox link that you can remove later if you don’t want your full-res photos floating around on cyberspace…)
Heavy JPG compression tends to “smear” the photo enough that it’s hard to tell what…[Read more]

You said you wanted 500GBs to 1TB… I’d recommend going with a 2TB drive, as it doubles your space for only an extra $10-20. Entirely your choice.

I agree. You’re much better off with a little extra space, than with a little lack of space. 🙂 And I definitely second the motion for more than one drive, with one cloning the other for redundancy.

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@mia, I think I spot a typo… 🙁

Good question! And you’ve already got some GREAT advice from @loganlamar, especially #1 and #6.

I just did my third wedding last Saturday, so some of these tips are very fresh in my mind… 🙂

1. Pay attention to your light. If the sun goes behind a cloud for a few minutes it can totally change the dynamics of the light. Watch your highlights,…

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Austin is right.
“50X” or any other “x” number is basically just a marketing gimmick for one camera manufacturer to say, “Our camera has more zoom than yours.” In fact, it might have less zoom, depending on how they wiggle the numbers. I was positive I had written on this topic before, but I can’t seem to find it. I did find a post about where I…[Read more]

Choices, choices… 🙂

If it was me, I’d stick with the D7000. You’re looking at 2 totally different classes of camera. The D7000 is built like a tank, the D3500 is built like a… plastic toy. Seriously, check out this comparison: https://cameradecision.com/compare/Nikon-D7000-vs-Nikon-D3500
The D3500 weighs half of the D7000! Don’t put too…[Read more]

Lens flare has everything to do with the angle of the light hitting the lens. If you don’t want a great big blob of green, the best way to get rid of it is to shift your camera. It doesn’t take much to change the angle of light. Unfortunately, once the photo is taken, it’ll require a photoshop job to get rid of it. 🙁

Here’s an example of how…[Read more]

OK, I didn’t see any picture with orange… Did it fail to upload?

That’s strange. The HDR software must be doing something funny. What software are you using?

https://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/lens-flare.htm

Here’s what Wikipedia has to say about it:

A ferrite bead or ferrite choke is a passive electric component that suppresses high frequency noise in electronic circuits. It is a specific type of electronic choke. Ferrite beads employ high frequency current dissipation in a ferrite ceramic to build high frequency noise suppression devices. Ferrite…

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Boy, you’ve got me stumped! 🙂 It’s not off of the USB cord that usually comes with your camera, is it?

Something like this….

http://www.getyourmemory.co.uk/ebaynew/cables/500-usb-camera-cable.jpg

Thank you @buddingphotographer for showing me how to export the pictures!! The problem I’m having is importing the pictures into LR. I’ve attached the error code. Apparently the version I am using needed a certain upgraded for RAW files, so I figured out another way to do it.

You’re welcome!
Oh, I see… So it’s a problem of importing, not export…[Read more]

Some excellent advice here already! I’ll just add my 2 cents… 🙂

When a shadow or a “glow” doesn’t make the text stand out enough, you need to get a little more drastic. Think about it; what you’re really looking for is contrast. If you can’t read the text, it’s simply because your eyes are having a hard time picking it out from its…[Read more]

@hannahm If you’re in Lightroom you need to be looking in the Lightroom Export dialog for the “resize” option. Set it to ~2000px, and make sure you’re saving as a JPG file with compression below 90. (or you can set the “Limit File Size to” 1900K)

(Don’t mind my sharpening settings, I was doing some printing. :))

@jamesstaddon, thank you! I’m glad one of my photos is being used for God’s work.

^^ What he said… 🙂 I’m afraid photography has taken a back burner for me lately with everything else I have going on, but I’m really glad that photos from my archives can still be used for a good cause now and then! Thanks James!