Two shots of Albion Falls in the Hamilton Ontario Canada region. Shot 1 is a composite with layer mask to get rid of tourists. After waiting for 45 minutes I figured a clear shot would never happen. Shot 2, I waited 10 minutes and with only one small family and photog doing "We were there" snaps I figured I might be in luck. After he took 10-15 shots he decided that maybe they should move onto another rock. OK, people coming down the path so I hollered out and asked if I could have the scene for just 1 minute. The photog gratefully acknowledged and slipped off to the side. The 2 women and 1 man just stood there. I had to use several double handed "move your ass out of the way" motions before they caught on. Now it was a timing issue with the new crowd approaching the bottom of the trail and these three previously very nimble climbers but now acting like 90 year olds climbing off the 2' high rock. I managed to get 3 - 2 second shots in before the new crowd pounced on the scene.

Oops, quite the long tale, sorry 'bout that chief. My question... which shot do you prefer or does it make a difference? TIA for your response.

I bought Lightroom 5.7 almost a year ago and immediately made a mistake. I thought it would be intuitive and simple to learn without any help or training. I didn't understand the library module at all and didn't really need it, as the file structure I use was fine for my usage as a hobbyist. I had bought it because everyone seemed to rave about it and I wanted to try out some features such as the radial filter. For the first 9 or 10 months I rarely used it because I felt other programs I had covered much of the basic needs that I had.

A while back I took some flower photos that I felt looked pretty good but I wanted to decrease the exposure of the background. The radial filter in Lightroom would be perfect for that and it looked very good afterward. While I was there I thought I'd play around with some of the other controls which I did, but I watched tutorials on each one first. It turns out that I can do many of the things I did in my other programs faster, easier and better.

Walt

With the arrival of my D610 and spring weather, I have found that I no longer spend hours drooling on e-bay. B&H no longer pops up first in my google searches. I am immersed in enjoying my camera and taking pictures. And then at night, I am busy trying to get better at editing those shots and storing them. My son built his own computer a while back and is giving me his old one after the new (drive? not sure, he owed me a few bucks and ordered it so I'm not sure what it is) gets here and he gets it running again. Then I know I will be busy setting up his old game computer that has a heavy duty power source, video card, and other mysterious computer stuff installed to process my files faster. I currently have the skinny desktop Dell computer that I bought as an open box return for about $200. It does email, Facebook, and on line shopping just fine, it does NOT do well with editing photos! I just don't seem to have enough time for GAS these days!
Have you ever had periods of no GAS? Do I need to seek out professional help? Am I letting the economy down? I hope my GAS returns by winter so I have something to do during those cold, wintry nights!