As others have said, this is called bracketing. The example you give is the smallest number of exposures for bracketing. Some cameras can do 5, others 7 and I think the D4 does 9.

However, if you are attempting HDR, you should be using a tripod. Then you can do all the bracketing you want manually, with as many exposures as you want. A great, yet inexpensive ( $150 ) software package, is Google's Nik collection. It does all sorts of things like HDR, perspective control and color to B&W image converter.

Utter nonsense. They were completely different programs in the beginning. And, if anything, Adobe took many things from GIMP without attribution. Please do some reading before you spew this crud.

GIMP is community supported. If the people spent as much time as they did learning PS and helped to improve it GIMP would be a better product. Their biggest problem is money, or a lack thereof. This makes it slower to progress. That has been changing quite a bit in the past year or so. Has Adobe ever sued the makers of GIMP? No, because it would have no merit. If you are angry with thieves, look at piracy and bit torrent.

Being free does not mean it is an inferior product; Apache is better than IIS and Linux is better than Windows. The problem is there isn't the acceptance that Windows has and there is a lack of some apps.

At this point, PS is a better product, no doubt. But do you really need a 16 pound sledgehammer when a small ball peen will do? Try Lightroom, Picasa, Pinta, Paint.NET, etc....

Matthew Brady. More for what he shot than how. He brought the horrors of war right into the living room and with it, dimmed a lot of the 'glory' of war.

Ansel Adams. More for his patience than anything else.

Matt Granger - thatnikonguy

Is that kneekon, nyekon or knickon?

So sorry that you had a bad trip. However, there is really no need to cast the whole of children of unmarried parents and their parents as bad. You can use the word; "bastards". No one uses the term bastards to describe a family.

You felt that the operators of this railroad are bastards.

Wow. Nice stuff. Liked the Magpie and the Stilt made my eyes spin until I figured out what I was looking! :) Man, those are some set of legs that critter has. Hardly seems capable of holding it up. Well Done!

Why do you subscribe to photo mags when you have the hog for free? :wink:

What about N.A.S.A?

;-)

I was saying no to the "Standards" part. It is 'Standardization'. And since I went back to look, I noticed the 'Latin'. It is 'Greek'.

Yes, true, but ISO is still an abbreviation. It was picked as the universal abbreviation because of its closeness to the Greek word. After the fact...

Ah. No. It is called "International Organization for Standardization" and is an abbreviation. I almost said an acronym, but folks get hung up on what that word means.

Outside of the US, you will find that these kinds of abbreviations are pronounced as if they are a word, like U.F.O. is pronounced as three letters; U F O; in the States. Most elsewhere, it is pronounced as ufo, as if a word. Even in those countries where the words "Unidentified Flying Saucer" would obviously be different in that local language.

Ah! Someone that truly understands the problem. We are NOT luddites. We KNOW the tech is flawed.

As a programmer and one who has dealt with far too numerous BAD BAD BAD embedded systems, I truly fear driver-less anything. I dislike most automated systems because they are poorly written with usually no error handling. Add idiot pilots behind the controls and I want to hide.

None. Whatever it is you think these shots are missing, lie within yourself, not the camera. Technically, there is really nothing wrong with them.

I would have to ask, what is it that you think is missing? I have never shot Lacrosse, but it has to be much like any sport. You need to time your shots to catch the scoop or flick out at face-off. Or as the ball is passed or caught. Show me a collision. Get me excited about the game with your freeze-frames.

Imagine a baseball game. Catch the action as the ball is headed towards the plate. Will he hit it? Or after the batter hits it; a foul? a single? a home run! Maybe get a shot of the pitcher just as the ball leaves his hand and heads towards the plate.

Pfft! Who says he gets to drive? :lol:

Nice pics, seeker!