I sincerely appreciate everyone's input and sage advice. Hopefully, I will try these ideas this weekend at home in my barn and then at the local welding school as I take my lessons on Monday. I'll post my results - good or bad! THANKS AGAIN and I pray that we all stay safe as we enjoy our photography.
Yes!!! That would be a waterfall style event great for a longer exposure. THANKS!
Actually I am a hobbyist welder and have my own Miller's brand helmet and I appreciate the reminder of the potential dangers. I have just never taken photos of welding for whatever reason, but it could be some really cool effects with the sparks and smoke from electrodes.
Very nice color in these images as well. Based on these images, I may try some color gels when I use flash. Watch for my results. Thank you!!
Thank you so much! That article was excellent and answered all my concerns. I appreciate your reply and will post my results.
Before I take some photos at a local welding school I wanted to know if there are any possible issues in damaging my camera's sensor if exposed to the extremely bright light of arc welding? I had planned to do some close-up work (obviously will protect my camera and lens from sparks fling) but the arc might occupy a significant part of field. Does the wavelength of light coming off these tools and arcs create special issues or problems with meter or sensor? Anxious to hear some hints about this specialized subject.
Relaxing image! You might try a longer exposure (perhaps 2-4 seconds) using a tripod Makes the water creamy and smooth
So does your husband now understand?
That's exactly what my wife wants to know! When the newest Nikon comes out, I carefully evaluate my own current version and decide if there are enough new and wonderful features to warrant the expense. About a third of the time, the answer is YES! Sometimes it has been sooner.
I did well in business and am blessed in retirement so I have a D850 (the very last camera I will ever need it is so wonderful in every way), D800, (which I dearly loved until the D850 came out), CoolPix P900 (cheap and wonderful specialty camera for moon and extreme telephoto uses) D4s,(extremely durable workhorse beast of a camera) D3s (which I had to keep because I have an expensive Subal underwater housing for it) D7200 (infra-red conversion) D700 (in my truck), D70s (infra-red conversion the first time) and a D300 (which also has an underwater housing and I am trying to sell this one). The D70s was my first digital camera (when I made the leap) so is somewhat sentimental.
I keep some my older units, and keep them in my cars or in my shed just in case there is a fantastic photo that needs to be taken quickly and it should be done on something other than my iPhone. I need to keep those batteries charged and this does not happen often.
The OTHER reasons to have more than one is in the case of Infra-red photography and very specialized underwater. Another big reason to keep the older camera is that you won't get hardly anything out of the older one if you try to sell it. That said, I have given away cameras to church, schools.
It is interesting seeing the replies here. I was busy during my active career years ago and had to settle for Elements for processing because it did 80% of what I needed at the time and was rather intuitive. Lightroom was much better at a complete editing and cataloging system, but despite trying several training programs, I never got to third base. Lately, I think Elements had gotten TOO simple in a way and was too automatic if thta makes sense and I did not like the results nearly so well.
Basic fact: Adobe CC is the top start, but requires a lot of training, and plenty of time on the computer to learn and hone your skills. I had planned to do that when I retired three years ago, but retirement is almost as busy as normal career years, so I have not made that much progress.
THEN - Out came Luminar and Aurora. One of my basic desires was a simple HDR, and I personally think that unless you are already very good at Photoshop, Aurora 2018 is fabulous. VERY simple and completely intuitive. I got it for $69 and am totally happy. Luminar 2018 is going to give Adobe a run for it's money in the "advanced amateur" and especially "editing dabbler" market segment in my estimation. It's pretty good on Mac but is still got a few too many glitches on PC version.
Even with the glitches on PC, I am finding a quicker learning curve and better personal results with these two programs and I feel like I have made a quantum leap forward in processing my images.
Apologies to the well-trained dedicated people that are touting PS/LR (and I sincerely believe that these are the top programs in editing) but for the beginner, I think Luminar 2018 and Aurora 2018 are the perfect match for the person just starting to edit images. I deeply love my photography (I use Nikon D850 etc) and have been doing it since 1972, but I don't want to spend all night on my computer. I have other things to enjoy in my golden years.
Best wishes
Sorry for my error. I am still getting used to this forum and how it works efficiently