I have used Lynda.com for training, well worth the money.
lesv, the software has a 14 day free trial, my suggestion is to download the free trial, if it works and you're happy with the product, you can then purchase it. Good luck and have fun with it.
Macro Work with Spring Flowers
If you use live view, you are getting 'mirror lock-up' by default.
Photos from a recent trips to Birds of Prey in Aweendaw SC
I've owned the D7000 since it came out and have no regrets, it's a great camera.
Some HDR work looks Grungy, and that's a look some photographers want. HDR can also produce some full range images. I've seen some weird stuff out of photoshop also.
I say let the photographer decide.
I just bought a policy from USAA. I was able to list each item separately with the model and S/N and value. Reasonable premiums also.
I would suggest that you first evaluate what you are doing with your photos. If you are taking family and vacation shots that you want to share with family and friends, you can stay in JPG. If you are shooting nature and landscape or any improved shots, I'd suggest RAW. Shooting in RAW requires post processing, you probably have software that came with your camera that will make the adjustments, but Lightroom, Aperture and Photoshop or Photoshop Elements are usually that preferred software. There are a bunch of intro videos to each of these products on YouTube.
One note in closing if you are shooting in RAW and want to preserve your work, save it as a TIFF file with no compression. saving it as a JPG will cause the file to further adjusted each time you open and save the JPG file.
Great shots. I bought the Sigma 150-500 lens late last year and love it. Mine is set up for a Nikon mount.
Thanks, these are fun and easy.
Orbs created using Photoshop Elements.