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Dec 27, 2019 16:56:49   #
daiqngo wrote:
https://petapixel.com/2019/12/26/nikon-to-unveil-d780-dslr-and-z-mount-70-200mm-f-2-8-at-ces-report/


There is one more announcement coming the new professional D6 is also rumored to be unveiled in Jan. In fact I saw that B&H is listing it on their web site (I haven't checked that out)
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Dec 21, 2019 12:49:07   #
Architect1776 wrote:
Try capturing the "Soul" of this in B&W.


May I try
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Dec 18, 2019 13:45:54   #
R.G. wrote:
Thank you Rich. Normally the download is the preferred version. I can't see what you see in the thumbnail so I can't comment.


Like I said, it could be my eyes, they are known to be bad. And if no one else sees it, it is them!
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Dec 18, 2019 13:24:55   #
R.G. wrote:
Cold, grey mornings don't have to be non-events.
(The download is brighter than the thumbnail).
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Wonderful!
In the thumbnail there is a bright area a bit right of center that I like. That seems to kind of go away in the download.
(it might be my eyes though)
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Dec 18, 2019 10:08:45   #
cameraf4 wrote:
I love landscape/scenic/travel photography. My wife and I always said that we would travel in our retirement. We have hardly been home this year, it seems. Next trip=New Zealand cruise in Feb. Some examples: I used the D850 in Yosemite this year ( https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-594855-1.html ) and the D610 in the Smokies ( https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-618083-1.html ).


I looked at both of your links and have to say they are both very good collections of images.
In particular, your shot of Mabry Mill is one of the best I've seen recently
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Dec 17, 2019 12:24:56   #
Dragonophile wrote:
It seems several are saying that what I am experiencing is not unusual because monitors are backlit and paper is not. Others suggest I calibrate my monitor and my results will be better. Colors are not my problem. Does calibrating solve my screen versus printing brightness problem?

Rich1939: yes, that was a lesson I learned early on. I only edit at night under lights. When I edit under daytime/sunlight, the results do get skewed.


"Does calibrating solve my screen versus printing brightness problem? "
Not directly. Calibration is mostly for colors. I use a Spyder calibration which will suggest brightness based on what my ambient lighting is. I usually ignore that and set the brightness for the print screen to 80 CD/M2. The Spyder will then calibrate the colors using that setting.
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Dec 17, 2019 11:18:37   #
Dragonophile wrote:
What am I doing wrong or missing? I have a notebook computer with screen and a separate Dell 27" monitor. When my pictures look good on the notebook monitor, they print out darker than I would want. So I have set up my Dell screen in a way that mimics the printed picture appearance. I have set up my notebook screen in a way that seems to make internet pictures display best. The colors are not a problem or even sharpness, but merely the level of brightness. When you calibrate a monitor, can it make pictures look equally good on the internet & printed?

I submit my photos as jpegs to a web site as a hobby. The pictures on this web site look best on my notebook screen. They are much darker on my Dell. Yet, I am planning on using my Dell when I print my next photo book because it should give me better results. When I up the brightness on the Dell screen too much, I start blowing out sky and white areas on the notebook screen. Sigh.

OK, I have my dunce cap on. Help me get it off...
What am I doing wrong or missing? I have a noteboo... (show quote)


"When you calibrate a monitor, can it make pictures look equally good on the internet & printed? "
In a word, no.

When you view on a monitor the image will always be brighter than could ever be in a print. that is just a hard and fast fact of life in he photography world.

Your use of one monitor for prints and another for the web can help you to find the right settings for each situation (usually bright for the web and considerably darker for prints. But you should also "soft proof" using your post processing software for the image you will be printing.

I don't need to use two monitors because mine has six different set up possibilities So I have one adjusted for prints and another for sRGB for the web. If I didn't have that I might consider a second monitor.

PS: when setting the monitor brightness for prints try to compensate it for the lighting conditions the print will be viewed under.
PPS: Gene's suggestion to use your processors histogram to adjust an image's brightness should be followed. Our eyes tend to lie to us when we judge that.
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Dec 17, 2019 10:57:46   #
berchman wrote:
It beats me as to why anyone would want to take a picture that has been done thousands of times by others and probably better done.


The challenge to do at least as good the previous versions, or maybe even better, will help anyone to improve their skills/techniques.
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Dec 16, 2019 16:45:05   #
Wingpilot wrote:
I just had cataract surgery on my left eye last Monday, and had a revelation. I found that suddenly, white looked really white out of my left eye, while my right eye saw it as a slightly off white color. I just had my right eye done this morning, and I’m sitting here using one eye while the other is blurred from being dilated for the procedure. What I’m getting at is, I wonder if the cataracts altered the color perception enough to adversely affect adjusting images in post. I mean, if white doesn’t actually appear pure white, what about the other colors? The only thing I’ve learned about cataracts is that they reduce the amount of light entering the eyes and they’re slightly yellow in color, so I wonder what effect that has on processing images in post.
I just had cataract surgery on my left eye last Mo... (show quote)


IN my experience cataracts can affect both color perception and brightness (you use too much contrast when this happens). I used 'can' because of course we're all different.
Just a little ago I saw a list of the 10 ways cataracts can mess with your vision. Both color perception and brightness were on the list
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Dec 16, 2019 12:35:25   #
BigWahoo wrote:
It was an investigation.

"Definition of investigate

t***sitive verb
: to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry

int***sitive verb
: to make a systematic examination especially : to conduct an official inquiry"


Very nice bit of research but it doesn't change my point or "da facts"
The rules of the investigation are set by the house and they excluded any witness the republicans wished to call. In other words if the republicans had exculpatory information they were not allowed to present it.
I have posted my thoughts and others will read them. I thank you for your time. Now I have other things to do. Bye/
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Dec 16, 2019 12:14:17   #
BigWahoo wrote:
The hearings were nothing more than an investigation just like a Grand Jury investigation.

The person being investigated and possibly being indited does not get the chance to bring witnesses.

That happens in the trial which will be in the Senate.

Try to un-wad your little panties.


Again, nice try. While an impeachment hearing is "like" a grand jury in that it determines if a president should be tried by the senate,,it is not a grand jury and only follows rules set by the house.
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Dec 16, 2019 11:59:58   #
Frank T wrote:
Sorry, Rich but your spin is a little off. Many of the President's supporters were subpoenaed but the President blocked them from testifying.
Maybe he should have allowed them to testify and then we would have heard, "both" sides of the story or maybe he was afraid they'd actually tell the t***h.


"Trump blocked " nice straw man argument. However, da facts are still the da facts. Republicans were not allowed to call witnesses
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Dec 16, 2019 11:28:18   #
BigWahoo wrote:
"Chuck Schumer, the leading Democrat in the Senate, on Sunday proposed an impeachment trial “in which all of the facts can be considered fully and fairly,” including documents that the White House has withheld and witnesses whom it has prevented from testifying.

A Senate trial would follow this week’s expected v**e in the House to impeach President Trump on charges that he abused the powers of his office and obstructed Congress.

Mr. Schumer’s plan represents a challenge to Senator Mitch McConnell, the top Republican, who has said that he would favor a short trial and that he was “taking my cues” from the White House.

The details: Mr. Schumer proposed that the trial begin on Jan. 7 and follow a timetable similar to President Bill Clinton’s trial, which lasted about five weeks. Read Mr. Schumer’s letter to Mr. McConnell here."
"Chuck Schumer, the leading Democrat in the S... (show quote)



during the house "hearings" only the democrats could call witnesses
republicans were not allowed that right. But, Schumer thinks it should be different in the senate. Nice try Chuck now go back to your seat, sit down and shut up.
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Dec 16, 2019 10:03:14   #
JayRay wrote:
Thank you rich1hart!
Yes, we have also ridden the Durango Silverton (DS). Both are great narrow gauge steam train rides. Both trains offer great scenery. The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad (C&TSR) is a longer ride (one-way is 64 miles) than the DS (one-way is 46 miles) and a higher ride (Cumbres Pass is at Elevation 10,015 feet and Silverton is 9,300 feet). The C&TSR journeys further from the highway and civilization while the DS parallels close to the Animas River (and unfortunately, about 1/5 of the route is parallel and adjacent to a highway). The DS is a pretty much all up hill from Durango to Silverton for a total elevation change of 3,104 feet. The DS, on the edge of the cliff on the High Line in Animas Canyon is amazing! The C&TSR gives you a wider variety of scenery as it is almost "desert" like (with scrub brush) for a ways out of Antonito, CO and then you climb up to Cumbres Pass through a canyon, the Toltec Gorge. The C&TSR from Chama to Osier (the "half way" point where you eat lunch) is a little more scenic than the C&TSR from Osier to Antonito. I would recommend riding the C&TSR in the direction of Chama to Antonito, as that is going UP the steep grade (4%) to Cumbres Pass because they will often run the double steam engines (only) in that direction to get the train up the steep grade. If you go in that direction, the seats on the right side of the train do have the better scenery. On the C&TSR you go up from Chama to Cumbres Pass and then down to Antonito for a total elevation change of 4,279 feet. The station, roundhouse, and engine shop facility is better in Durango on the DS than at Chama on the C&TSR. However, the C&TSR railroad yard in Chama is great! Overall, IMO, they are both great rides, but I think the C&TSR has better,varied scenery, definitely a "curvier" route (the track crosses the Colorado-New Mexico border 11 times!), and it is more off the beaten path.
Thank you rich1hart! br Yes, we have also ridden... (show quote)


Your point about about the possibility of a double header when departing from Chama is well taken. However, The ride from Antonito has the benefit of the scenery improving all the way to the end of the ride. It seems my wife, at least, is always more "up" at the end of the ride going in that direction than when we go from the Chama depot. The Antonito end is anti-climatic scenery wise. Over all I find the scenery more varied with more open views than the D&S where you spend a good part of the ride in a "green tunnel"
"(the "half way" point where you eat lunch)" For those of you who have never rode this train, it is much more than a lunch. The menu choices include a roast Turkey dinner w/all the trimmings, a meat loaf dinner w/potatoes and veg. Or the salad bar which is more than just salad. You will often find things like chili there. Then there's the desert table! All that is included in the ticket price.
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Dec 15, 2019 10:28:04   #
Collhar wrote:
Well, if I would ask my husband what he wanted for Christmas, it would not be camera related. He does have one...somewhere.
Last month we are going to a camera show in NYC. He walks in uses the facilities and tells me this is your Christmas present. Buy what you want. I'll meet you at Bobby Van's for lunch. When I get to the table he has this big $h@# eating smile on his face. I now know I am in trouble. We talk about what I bought and then he slides an Audi car brochure over. I order my second Beefeater. He bought an Audi A8, he traded in the 4 year old same model and will pick the new one up Christmas week. I think I have more shopping to do.
Well, if I would ask my husband what he wanted for... (show quote)



I think I have more shopping to do You do indeed!
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