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Feb 16, 2022 17:13:06   #
Last visit to Ding Darling was a year ago. Biggest attraction on that visit was a vast number of white pelicans. We didn't see spoonbills on that visit, but planning a return visit soon. We did recently visit Mayakka State Park outside of Sarasota and saw a good sized flock of spoonbills there along with lots of other wildlife. Here's a picture of one from thre.


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Oct 16, 2021 11:29:48   #
I'm still using proshow gold. It's installed on my desktop in windows 10 and on a laptop with windows 11. I did run into an issue quite a while ago when it started saying that the license key was invalid (might have been after their website became inactive). I found a solution online to fix, but don't recall the exact steps that were required to fix. I think it just involved deleting a configuration file after install and before entering the registration key.
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Sep 3, 2021 09:35:27   #
vanderhala wrote:
My wife and I plan a short trip for Boston (2 days) and NH (3 days)(staying in Glen, NH) for fall colors.
Last time I was in Boston as almost 40 years ago, and never outside the city.
Any particular UHH suggestions for sites to see/visit/photograph?
THanks
Andre


In NH, you're staying in the heart of the White Mountains, so recommend touring exclusively there during your stay. Should be lots of foliage opportunities with peak times around end of Sept. Kancamagus Highway is a must. Mount Washington summit is accessible via auto road or cog railroad and, provided weather cooperates, is very scenic. Be prepared for cold weather at the summit. You'll likely want to spend some time in the touristy North Conway - be prepared for crowds and traffic. Outside of North Conway, Cathedral Ledge is a 700 foot overlook that you can drive up. Rock climbers can be observed as they ascend the vertical wall of the ledge. Nice views from there. Cannon Mountain has a tram - get tickets online in advance. Near there is the Flume Gorge of Franconia Notch. Its a worthwhile hike but can be a bit strenuous.
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May 2, 2021 15:09:54   #
Tina 2 wrote:
Currently I am shooting with a Nikon 7100 (original) with an 18-300mm lens, which I love. However, I'm looking for a longer lens and a lighter body. I love the RX10 iv (except for the price), however the hand grip is a little too wide for my hand, and therefore uncomfortable, which is why it is no longer a consideration. That brings me to the P950. Not only is it very comfortable to hold, the long lens and lighter weight is exactly what I'm looking for. I would like to hear from anyone who owns or has used this camera, and would value their opinion. I've done extensive research on line, but want to hear from people who have this camera. Are there any other bridge cameras I should be looking at? I use my camera for travel, nature, people and architecture.

I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Thanks.

Tina
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I own Nikon D810 and Nikon P900. Looking at specs for P950, the key differences from P900 is a larger, higher resolution viewfinder, 4K video support and ability to shoot raw. Of these, shooting raw would be the most important to me. I've found that I'm often not satisfied with the images that I take with the P900. On one extended trip, I used both the D810 with 300mm lens and the P900 at max zoom and have found the cropped versions taken with the D810 to be better than the images taken with the P900. The 16MP resolution is one of the drawbacks. I also have not been very successful in taking birds in flight with a hand held P900. Auto focus is a lot slower. Though P900 specs are 7 fps continuous mode vs 5 fps for the D810, I've been much more successful shooting birds using a D810 with teleconverter setup for 400mm reach than with using the P900 at full 83x zoom.
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Feb 17, 2021 10:33:08   #
A lot of good info on color selection in photoshop is currently being provided as the free tutorial in Ben Whitmore's Masters Academy.

https://mastersacademy.com/free/
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Feb 16, 2021 09:37:33   #
We went through Ding Darling twice this season. (As was noted, the refuge is closed on Fridays). We drove through, but many travel the 4 mile loop on bikes. There is also a shuttle.

An abundance of birds were there during our first trip - less so the second time. The highlight is the American White Pelican. For the first trip, the ranger told us that they had stopped counting at about 700. Another place to stop while on Sanibel is at the lighthouse and pier (they share a common parking area). There are lots of osprey nesting around the lighthouse. On the pier, there are lots of pelicans and wading birds that land on the pier on in the water next to the pier. A long lens is best for Ding Darling - probably not necessary at the pier.
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Dec 6, 2020 11:57:41   #
Rongnongno wrote:
Actually the cropped version is better...

Look at the closest bird. In the zoomed version it had fringes that are not present in the cropped version.

Is it due to some setting? Possibly. I have not tried this feature.


In case anyone wants to try the filter with same image and different settings, the original is attached.


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Dec 6, 2020 11:33:48   #
In latest photoshop release, there is a new set of filters that they call neural filters and in that group are a couple of "beta filters." One of those is their super zoom. Via that filter, you can zoom in 2x, 3x, etc and then pan to get a portion of the original image. That image portion is then processed (using various adjustable settings) to provide the same resolution as the original image. Its analogous to the Topaz gigapixel image enhancement filter. If an image is going to be significantly cropped, the super zoom filter will likely be useful. Below is an comparison of a straight crop vs use of the super zoom filter. The super zoom version applied the default parameter settings (excluding the "enhance face details" control). It does seem to be noticeably better than the cropped image.


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Nov 17, 2020 10:06:03   #
[quote=Latsok]Google "Creative Live dot com" and browse their site. They have loads of courses in many specialties, including photography and photoshop. Some of the best course I've ever taken ( including while in college, through professional seminars, etc) are Creative Live's Photoshop[ and post processing courses taught by Ben Willmore. You can watch live courses for free while they are live streaming, or purchase past courses. Check it out, great stuff.[/quote]

As part of this year's Adobe max, Ben provides a 3 part tutorial on lightroom/photoshop integration. There are a few advanced nuggets in that that I found interesting. He mentioned his website during those 3 sessions, so I took a look. I found the latest free video very interesting - its on applying curves adjustments to a B&W image. I learned a lot from that - his step-by-step video instructions are thorough and easy to follow. Scrolling through the courses available on his subscription site, it is very comprehensive.

I second the Ben Willmore recommendation.
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Nov 14, 2020 11:10:05   #
If you have an Adobe subscription through creative cloud, the Adobe Max sessions from this year are all available as online replays. You might also find something of interest there. Some sessions that I found that apply to photoshop (use the search feature): 6412,6148,6154,6121,6411,6127,6411,6127,7007,7002,6129,6130,6124,8019,6165,6125

https://www.adobe.com/max.html
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Nov 5, 2020 09:59:00   #
horseshoe bend...the colosseum


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Oct 14, 2020 13:25:46   #
Jim-Pops wrote:
There you go, Good Job. 👍


thanks. I did notice some edges need to be cleaned up - particularly around the bear on right side of the store. Also, the sky that I started with seemed to be really lacking after using your sketch technique so I went back and added some texture to that via a topaz filter first. The first picture that I selected to try the technique on was a scene highlighting an old boat in a bay. For that one, I wasn't able to achieve a sketch of the water to my liking.
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Oct 14, 2020 12:57:34   #
Here's an attempt using your technique


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Jun 11, 2020 15:21:38   #
Tferrant wrote:
How exactly did you do it? Did you have to reinstall? Did you get prompted at any point to enter the key? I'm having that same problem. I have my registration key, but I don't have the disk to re-install. I followed the steps, but nothing....


I don't know why, but I've experienced the sw rendering an "illegal sw" image superimposed on the exported file on multiple occasions. Each time that this has happened, I've been able to eliminate it through the following steps.

1. Save my project.
2. Close Proshow Gold
3. Delete the proshow.phd file in program files (on my computer, the path is C:\Program Files (x86)\Photodex\ProShow Gold)
4. Open Proshow Gold
5. Bring up the "Enter Registration" window under the Help menu.
6. Fill in with proper key and activate registration.
7. reopen my project and publish.
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Jun 6, 2020 13:00:44   #
kv4al wrote:
Try this to fix your problem. It has worked in the past for a number of different problems. This was suggest by tech support a number of years ago I think about version 5 or 6.

On the C: drive in the >program files (x86) >photodex >proshow (Gold or Producer) > delete the file *.PHD. This will remove the indexing and locations and force proshow to re-index and setup. It is the re-setup that you want to have happen. Should your directory index get scrambled or will not show new directories that have been added this will fix that also.
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Hey thanks Robin. I had the same problem and your fix worked for me! Just deleted the *.phd file and reentered registration info. Back in business.
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