Very nice image and I totally agree with your reasoning re lens choice. Panos are relatively easy to do and the difference between them and a print from a wide angle lens can be incredible.

Very nice!
But, a question, are those engines actually hot or is the smoke from smoke bombs?

From one Octo to another. "hear, hear"
Long ago and far away I once owned a 65 mustang fastback V8 4 speed trans. Lived in a state with more police than mail men (seemed like). I never had the opportunity to use all that power.
Similar to what we're seeing here, putting a big engine under the hood whose only use is for bragging

As always his videos teach us interesting techniques.

Here's a twist to the skin softening technique you might want to try. Copy the layer, then instead of using filter/blur/ gaussian blur, open the layer in ACR,go to the texture slider and take it to the left to where it 'feels right to you,. Then do the mask and brush thing.
I've tried this a couple of times and am happy with the results. Plus a couple fewer steps.

FYI
I can work on 200M files with this "Old" computer setup and speed is not an issue. It just gets it done. About the only thing I want to up grade is the video card from a 1G card to a 2G. With Photoshop I have the scratch drive mapped to the SSI HD. That did make a difference.
I am a hobbyist and don't need to process hundreds (or thousands) of photos from a shoot but, even if I did I could only work on one at a time. As an old retiree I fit with a very large percentage of the UHH membership and don't feel that we need all those high end, latest wizz bang components. As I said I can work on 200M (or larger) files without my set up dragging its feet.


Windows 10 (x64) (build 17763)
Install Language: English (United States)

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256 kilobyte primary memory cache
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64-bit ready
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Slot 'ChannelA-DIMM0' has 4096 MB (serial number 272217CB)
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Bill, I believe you are over reacting and also not entirely correct.
There was a problem but it never affected all the D600s. One,There were and still are many happy owners that never had the problem (I'm e pluribus unum) and in truth they were the majority. The inter net as usual blew the issue way out of proportion.
Two, Nikon offered to replace the shutter on all affected cameras and as pointed out above will honor that until Jan. 2020. If a particular camera proved to be not repairable then they often replaced it with a D610. But that isn't a guaranteed resolution.

What bkyser said! I personally feel a gaming PC for photo work is over kill. As much ram as your MB will take and SSD drives are the main areas to upgrade

What is that link? It sent me to google mail.

For the record there should be zero debate as both cameras are better than 99.9% of us will ever be. (Philosophically speaking)

Carlos, which explanation? We are all trying to help but we are not really sure of your terminology.

[quote=MT Shooter]As long as it is NOT a grey market body that is a wonderful price. Nikon will replace the shutter on ALL USA D600 bodies for free so you have no concerns there at all. Go for it, you will love the FF capabilities.

I believe this is no longer true.
I'm incorrect. The program expires as of January 10, 2020

I don't believe that it will brighten if the OP is using a older manual lens. The live view in that case is showing the stopped down image. With a newer lens the aperture wont stop down until the shutter is squeezed. The image will also go dark if the operator is using the preview button while looking at the live view image.

I'm going to take a guess. TTR to the right, TTL to the left. Both normally preceded by "expose". Since you are new, you get the benefit of the doubt from me.
Exposing to the right when done while controlling how far to the right will allow you to give more exposure to the image with out blowing out the hi lights. Digital cameras have more latitude in the shadows and you can often expose to the left without sacrificing (too much) shadow detail and is done when highlight detail is the primary concern.
Left and right in this sense refer to which direction the histogram moves in relation to your exposure adjustment

PS exposing to the right can result in less image noise, to the left more

Heartless and humorless

Cold.
There are sr. eye conditions that can not be aided.