Posts for: wesm
Mar 15, 2017 13:01:03 #
Penny MG wrote:
That was very rude and totally uncalled for. I guess you've never forgotten anything?
cthahn serves us all as an example of how not to behave in public.
Mar 13, 2017 17:59:17 #
Photographer Jim wrote:
It turns out I have some free time coming up this ... (show quote)
Not recently, I like the walk around the inside of Hidden Valley.
I'm heading to Antelope Valley, there are lots of other places besides the preserve that might be good, particularly an Ag plot further west and north of the preserve, maybe around 205th street IIRC. You have to kind of try different roads, there's no direct path, but if the bloom is on, you just look for about a 5 acre patch of bright orange.
Also, the area just to the southwest of the preserve, there's an LA water reservoir, some beautiful hills.
Another area that might be nice, the drive up the valley to the Owens Peak wilderness, just north of Indian Wells on 14/395
Mar 12, 2017 22:59:17 #
Genessi wrote:
Would I need my 70-200 or would a 24-70 due it. or 40 pancake and 70-200
Wide-angle or macro only. In fact, if it's a Canon 24-70, it's near - macro already, you can take really nice flower closeups. Rent a 16-35 ff, or 10-24(?) for crop-sensor.
Watch out for rattlesnakes. It's warming up, they're getting active. Don't put your hand into anything that you can't see all the way into really well.
I'm going to Antelope Valley next week. The last time I was there, two years ago, there was an incredible bloom. Plenty of places to go besides the preserve. If you spot a big orange patch up against the mountains to the northwest, it's worth it to try to figure out how to get there, you'll have to drive on some dusty roads. There is some kind of Department of Agriculture plot of several acres that have outrageous blooms. Lastly, don't cross fence lines, you'll regret it.
Mar 12, 2017 00:05:13 #
Szalajj wrote:
You'll need a computer to hook the portable hard drive to in order to utilize it as a back-up each night.
No, you don't. I have a WD My Passport Wireless Pro. Can operate completely standalone, or connected to a computer. And, the reason I bought it, is that it will back up the new files on an SD card, it has an SD card slot.
Mar 10, 2017 00:00:27 #
HeatherM wrote:
Creators of all art forms suffer from self loathing. Unfortunately.
Not session players. They just get drunker
Mar 9, 2017 02:00:36 #
Lazy J wrote:
Me too! The problem is they are targeting the masses by stating that my Windows computer has issues. I say, "that is great but I only own Mac computers." "Click" is the only response I get as they promptly hang up.
Geez, I get the dumber ones. I tell them my computer is a Mac. They tell me to press the Start button......
Mar 9, 2017 01:48:19 #
canon Lee wrote:
Hi I welcome an education about getting my (out... (show quote)
It's been a while since I even shot my 7D, but I wonder what would happen if you made color profiles using Color Checker Passport, and had Lightroom apply them? I haven't tried it myself, yet.
Mar 8, 2017 23:15:43 #
jamesl wrote:
I took one of your shots that I downloaded, "... (show quote)
Now a quick adjustment layer with just the TV showing through the mask to tone the TV back down
Starting to look like a great shot!
Mar 8, 2017 22:58:04 #
magnetoman wrote:
The Topaz filters do have an opacity slider hidden in the adjustments, I think would sort those out for you.
thanks, I will try it out.
Mar 7, 2017 22:48:16 #
DirtFarmer wrote:
Lightroom has Vibrance and Clarity controls. Simple sliders. Vibrance is kind of like saturation and Clarity compresses or expands the histogram to get more contrast. Don't know what ON1 has that would be similar.
What I'm really looking for is something that modulates all the changes, all at once, like stacking the changed layer on top of the original and reducing the opacity.
Which is what I guess I'll do...I wonder if I can write an action or macro in ON1 to do that?
ON1 has those individual sliders.
Mar 7, 2017 22:21:37 #
FiddleMaker wrote:
wesm, if I lived close to you, you could teach be some good ole foot-stompin fiddle music. Attached is one of my hand-made fiddles. I gave it that aged look. ~FiddleMaker
Very nice look. How's the tone? I like those old fiddles that kind of sound like molasses on a summer day on the high end, but still got some punch in the bass.
MA is a small state)) Look up Jane Rothfield, I jammed with her once, she's a great player, many styles.
Mar 7, 2017 15:30:14 #
No, I'm not talking about heated rhetoric.
When using ON1 or Topaz Adjust, either as a plugin, or standalone, I sometimes find a preset that I like as a starting point. But it's a little too over the top, too harsh, saturated, whatever.
What I would normally do in Photoshop is put the adjustment in a layer, then dial down the opacity. Often this is very close the final effect I want.
Particularly in standalone mode, this is a cumbersome process in ON1, unless I'm doing it wrong. I go to the layers, duplicate the base layer, apply the preset, but then have to go back to develop mode to dial down the opacity. This makes it more difficult to experiment with different presets.
I guess what I want is a global effects slider that lets me dial down or up the changes applied by the preset.
Is this possible to do in a simple way?
Thanks,
Wes
When using ON1 or Topaz Adjust, either as a plugin, or standalone, I sometimes find a preset that I like as a starting point. But it's a little too over the top, too harsh, saturated, whatever.
What I would normally do in Photoshop is put the adjustment in a layer, then dial down the opacity. Often this is very close the final effect I want.
Particularly in standalone mode, this is a cumbersome process in ON1, unless I'm doing it wrong. I go to the layers, duplicate the base layer, apply the preset, but then have to go back to develop mode to dial down the opacity. This makes it more difficult to experiment with different presets.
I guess what I want is a global effects slider that lets me dial down or up the changes applied by the preset.
Is this possible to do in a simple way?
Thanks,
Wes
Mar 7, 2017 15:17:18 #
Peterff wrote:
Of course you may, old time and Appalachian music are outstanding. Ever been to the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown NC?
You might also enjoy the movie 'Songcatcher' if you are not familiar with it. Modeled after Olive Dame Campbell and Cecil Sharp. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Dame_Campbell
You might also enjoy the movie 'Songcatcher' if you are not familiar with it. Modeled after Olive Dame Campbell and Cecil Sharp. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_Dame_Campbell
No, but I've been going to Old-Time week at Swannanoa, also in NC, for over 10 years. The only problem is that there are only 24 hours in the day, and three of them are wasted on sleep..
Mar 7, 2017 15:15:39 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Perhaps you but I have with NO PROBLEMS.
It may turn out to be your one and only opportunity, then. I used to go to a CW bar outside of Boulder. People who didn't follow the protocols often found themselves escorted outside, not gently, by the offensive line of the CU football team.
Mar 7, 2017 14:37:04 #
Peterff wrote:
If I may, I play old-time, which has roots in Scots, Irish, and African music. Here I am teaching a tune to a couple of friends in the kitchen of a school cafeteria.
