You nailed it. I was going to say about the same thing. LR does not keep copies of any of the photos, just remembers where they are, and what changes you applied.

Moving photos from folder to folder will only create a HUGE mess, that's what I've been dealing with in trying to "fix" some issues. Finally, I realized it is better to just leave them where they are and just make new collections with different photos to make them easier to find. That, and I'm no longer as lazy about keywords, which REALLY makes it easier to find photos.

Hello everyone. I have been considering upgrading my a kit 70-300 4.5-5.6 lens. I have a D90. I have been considering the Nikon 70-200 2.8 prime as a replacement. I enjoy the performance of the 70-300 kit lens but have been frustrated with it's indoor performance particularly when shooting stage plays. Getting fast enough shutter speeds is a real challenge unless I bump up the iso to say 1600 and then it gets pretty grainy. Do you think the extra stops gained by the 2.8 prime lens would make much difference in these low light situations i.e, lower iso'/faster shutter speeds. Sharper pictures? Also would this prime be that much better for outdoors? Of course I realize I would be sacrificing my 300mm reach for 200. I know I could use a teleconverter but won't that compromise quality too? I would appreciate your thoughts and thanks to the list and folks for being here.

Hello,
I am new to Ugly Hedgehog and a new owner of the Olympus OMD5. While I am still getting use to my new camera I would like to hear from some of you who own and are using this camera. Some of the ins and outs and what you especially like and don't like. I am a senior who loves talking pictures of people, landscape and wildlife. Since I look at this as my "last" camera I own the following lens: The kit 12-50 and 40-150 along with the Zuiko 45mm 1.8 and Lumix 20mm 1.8 I guess I would be called an amateur/intermediate. I have read the manual and find it a bit confusing at times. Are you aware of a forum for users of this camera. Thanks for your help.

Following the previous thread I created on bracketing I used the answers to do some research, weighting the for and the against.

More than a few landscaping photographers are recommending to use SPEED bracketing and avoid blending problems which is what I thought. No one says anything about ISO so I will let this go for now. I need to experiment further on that one (ISO).

They also are all adamant about using a tripod and not go 'handheld' at all, no surprise there.

One of the other recommendations was to use raw, use raw use raw. No surprise there either.

A few others had a different take on the 'bracketing'. They recommended not to bracket at all but to expose for what was important in each zone. They did not recommend two or three or any specific number but to adapt to the conditions.

One thing is certain, HDR or picture blending for any reason is more than guessing or instinct. As usual this is about getting it right in the end of a long process.