James Staddon

In Elements go to Help -> About Plugins and choose Camera Raw. Can you tell us which version of camera Raw it says you are using?

Lightroom

but it’s automatically resizing and compressing it down to about 500 KB… 🙁

Ah, well, I’ll have to set up a Dropbox link or something when higher quality photos are needed.

I notice that the forums now show that the max file upload size is 8000 KB

Yes, you should be able to now!

is this photo backdrop going to be used for the title of hymn only or also for the text of the hymn?

It will be used to backdrop the text of the hymn. See attached. 🙂

Great subject! Driving through southern VA last year, I was wishing I had had time for a shot like this.

Perhaps it’s more a style preference, but I wonder if there is any possibility of texture in the sky…it just looks so blank.

Also, my brain was instantly trying to figure out the blurry cupola on the barn before I realized it was just one…[Read more]

That is so cool! Perfect black background, but the subject is still well-lit! I’ve never taken pictures like that.

Wow! What a difference! Yeah, with no clouds, maybe earlier with a little more sunlight would be better (especially in the foreground), but you just never know. The Belt of Venus is giving you some color. Spiff it up a bit, and I really, really like this shot!

Do you think composition works better?

Yes! Good job brightening up the foreground too.

Sorry you encountered problems submitting! I love your pictures. I’ll definitely take a look at them during the webinar tonight! Looking forward to thinking through them. https://www.lenspiration.com/photo-critique-with-lenspiration-apr-10/

And oh, btw, I’ll be doing my own critique of the photos on the webinar tonight: https://www.lenspiration.com/photo-critique-with-lenspiration-apr-10/

Here’s a church that I happened to drive by recently. 🙂

Ok folks, the photos have been sent to TOS for review! Will be sure to keep you in the loop here when I hear back from them!

You can see all the schoolhouse photos at http://www.lenspiration.photos/schoolhouses. I’m hoping that as we grow this database, they will refer to it and continually choose pictures from it over the years. We’ll see! This…[Read more]

This is so great! I’m always that person in the family “walking around and trying to keep up with the fam.” 🙂 So glad you were able to make the most of the family stroll!

Ending in 0706 – I really love the sun glinting off the building, making it look like a sunstar next to the foreground structure! It’s being picky, but I might edit out the…[Read more]

Welcome to the forums, @arenivas!

Does noise stand out to you anywhere else in the photo? If the excess noise is localized to the area of focus, then I think the “graininess” has more to do with the texture of the subject than a problem with your camera. Thankfully, from what I can tell from this shot, I would say your camera is working…[Read more]

Very helpful, @bensharpeningcharacter! Thank you for taking the time to explain your thoughts! Maybe you could use the crocus for a future VP. 🙂

Another little clarification on the LR cons….

Cons: Fairly expensive monthly charge or a one-time payment with no updates;

Lightroom subscription DOES include all updates. I pay for the LR/PS bundle monthly, but I don’t have to pay anything more to stay up to date. And they’re always coming out with new detailed adjustment features.

Thank you for participating everyone! It was very nice to have your input along the way, @bensharpeningcharacter. I was holding off submitting any of my own photos because I really do have a very unfair advantage, being a full-time photographer and all, but as we approached the last few hours till the deadline and hearing how you weren’t exactly…[Read more]

“In-camera editing” is a very broad term, encompassing many different specific settings or features on a camera. If you’re shooting in JPG, most in-camera adjustments are already being applied.

You do not need to be online for Lightroom either, even the Creative Cloud version.

You will need to be online to download it initially, update it when updates are available or sync photos online (if you ever want to do that), but not otherwise.