I am missing something here. Why do you name your photos? I download my photos to an external drive and then copy the ones I keep to 2 other external drives. I use PSE for editing. Using PSE, I use key words to keep track of my photos. If I want to see all of my Dog photos, I just click on the Dog keyword. This works very well for me but there must be an advantage to naming photos since so many of you do it... Can someone please explain to me why is it important to name them? Thanks.......
I have sold photos to magazines for about 15 years and I have never tried to get any of them to change their rate. They have a set rate depending on how and where the photo is used. I think that rate applies to everyone regardless of who you are. Since they have established rates, I would think that if you tell them you want more than their going rate, you may lose the sell. They have hundreds of other photographers with photos that they can choose from.
Thanks for taking the time to explain the process for me, again you did a great job on the Daisys......
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Focus stacking is the blending of several shots taken at different focus lengths. This is a way to get high DOF. It's most often used for macro and extreme close up photography where the normal DOF can easily be fractions of an inch. So...in the case of a flower...you might focus on the tip of the nearest petal and take a shot, then on the middle of the flower and take a shot, then on the furthers point of the furthest petal and take a shot. Then they are "blended together" in software.
I used a program called Zerene to do these daisies but I think it can also be done in PS.
Also used in landscapes to get the very near and the very far all in focus without resorting to very small apertures.
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Nice shot, what is focus stacking and how do you do it? Is it a special software program?
If you do ride the train from Durango to Silverton, for the best photo ops, I suggest that you ride in one of the OPEN cars as close to the END of the train as you can. Try to get a seat on the RIGHT side of the train. The reason for this is because when the train starts going down into the canyon, it makes a hairpin type turn and from this position, you will be able to get some good shots of the front of the train going along an almost shear drop off. Be sure to take a lens brush because you might get some engine ash blowing back on your lens.
I go to Colorado on vacation every year. It is a beautiful state full of photo opportunity. If I was in Colo Springs I would drive to Durango and take the train to Silverton, ride it both ways (don't take the bus from Silverton to Durango). Then make the drive from Durango to Ouray, that drive if full of great photo shots. Make your way to Mount Evans and take some photos of the Mountain Goats (there should be some baby ones that time of year). Then go to Rocky Mountain National Park. It is a beautiful park with lots of great photos waiting to be taken. If you don't think you will have time to do all of this, then atleast go to Mt. Evans and RMNP. They are both in the same general direction without having to go Southwest. Enjoy your trip and we will be looking forward to viewing your photos when you return.... If you have time, check out my Flickr site and you will see photos taken at these places.
Those are beautiful shots......
Great shot, she is a natural..........
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