Posts: AuntieM | Ugly Hedgehog

Otters having fun and American Wood ducks posing....

Love the expression in #2 - such a cute face. Beautiful colors on the ducks.

Apr 10, 2018 20:33:52 #

Flowing water: Real or silky?

It is a personal preference, but generally if there is a waterfall with not a whole lot of water, I like to see it silky - makes it look like more water. If the water volume is a decent amount or substantial, I like to see it "au natural."

Apr 10, 2018 20:26:34 #

Southwest Tour or Bust - Last Leg

Great set. Love seeing the snow in the canyon.

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Apr 10, 2018 20:25:44 #

Between the Parks - SW Tour - 1

I love how you put people in your shots of Gobblin Valley. You don't know how tall some of those hoodoos are until you get down in the valley with them. Great shots at Kodachrome as well.

Apr 10, 2018 20:24:08 #

Between the Parks - SW Tour - 2

Very nice set. The clouds give real drama to that wonderful landscape.

Apr 10, 2018 20:22:55 #

Between the Parks - SW Tour - 3

Fond memories of Newspaper rock and the Needles district of Canyonlands. I didn't know about Bluff Fort, so will have to go back to explore that.

Apr 10, 2018 20:21:15 #

Between the Parks - SW Tour - 4

Very nicely done. You can't always have the optimum lighting when you visit somewhere, and you did admirably with what you had to work with. I love seeing Wilson Arch with snow on it. The snow really makes it stand out.

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Feb 24, 2018 18:39:25 #

selmslie wrote:

How old is the computer? If you still have a 32-bit operating system you may simply not have enough memory installed.

I have 64 bit, but my IT guy said that the disc was looking for a certain program (I forgot what he called it) that computers use to do video and other files like that in the edition 9, but my computer has edition 12, so he thought that might have been what happened. In any rate, I am going try Capture 1 and see if that works.

Feb 24, 2018 07:56:55 #

Linda From Maine wrote:

A stripped down version of Adobe Camera Raw comes ... (show quote)

I have been struggling with my computer for the last week, and just have been able to get it back and load up my Elements program. I don't have anything like what you have on your screen shot. Oh well, I love a mystery...................and I know it is solvable.

Feb 18, 2018 16:35:15 #

selmslie wrote:

Unless the CD is physically damaged there is virtually zero possibility that the install created a problem. If there is a problem with your computer it existed before you ran the install.

Take the CD with you. Once your laptop is working again, have them uninstall and re-install the software and you should be fine.

While you are there, pick up a portable hard drive and ask them to show you how to back up your data.

Thanks. I do have a portable hard drive and will take it with me, unfortunately I am not good at backing up on a regular basis. I will have my IT guy check everything out while he has it.
I am soooooooooo out of my element (no pun intended to this discussion) when it comes to computers and IT things, and tend to make do with older generation cameras, computers, software, etc. because they are familiar. I guess that will need to change.

Feb 18, 2018 15:49:16 #

SonyA580 wrote:

Did you get a CD from Sony with your camera? If so, it should have a RAW converter program on it. If not, Google "Sony RAW Converter" and you will see several Sony, and 3rd party, RAW converters available.

So - I did find a disc, so I put in into my laptop and it downloaded. Then I had to restart my laptop.............. I am answering this from my husband's computer, because my laptop crashed! I give up!!!!!! I am so frustrated that I am in tears...... Will be taking my laptop to a computer guy to (hopefully) remove the offending software and get my laptop back to normal. I am really hoping that I didn't lose anything on it, but who knows. So, now I am afraid to download anything. Not a good day at all.

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Feb 18, 2018 13:11:35 #

John_F wrote:

Both Lightroom and Elements will have little plug-in apps for opening raw files. Might be named Adobe Camera Raw. Because there is no industry agreed standard raw file format every camera will have its own company contrived raw file format, so Adobe must invent an update to ACR. The most vulnerable of us are the one's with, shall we say, elderly image software. I am stuck at Photoshop CS4 but my wallet is happy.

I am totally challenged when it comes to technical stuff, but your suggestion for Adobe Camera Raw plug in intrigues me. How do I "plug" something into to software that I already have?

Feb 17, 2018 23:10:06 #

SonyA580 wrote:

Is a RAW Converter Program the same as Elements or Lightroom - a post-processing program?

Feb 17, 2018 21:13:19 #

I just got my new A68 and took some photos in RAW. When I downloaded them, they opened in Picasa, then went "foggy" but was able to clear them up in Picasa and they will open in my Photo files in Windows. HOWEVER, when I try to upload them to Elements 10 or Lightroom 3.6 I get an error message that the files are unsupported. Does anyone else have an A68? What software do you use for processing RAW files?

Jan 23, 2018 21:00:23 #

A recent visitor

What a great find for you. How exciting. There seem to be a lot of Snowy Owls in the lower 48 this year.