I really like it.

If your not that familiar with PS and want to darken that one petal, use the "quick selection tool" to select that petal and use "brightness/contrast" to bring it down a touch. It looks much more natural than using the burn tool.

Gilbert

Nicely Done, especially #2. I like the beached boats. This may not be the best composition for them, but there is great potential there.

Gilbert

And for that reason I am drawn to #2. With a little work like Linda did it could be a "retro" homage to those days. There is something delightful about some of the old staged, over-everythinged postcards from the 50's that can be reimagined with todays equipment.

Gilbert

Follow up: UPS emailed me back and requested my tracking number, which I sent them.
They responded with a thank you, we'll investigate.

Gilbert

Wow! That's a name from the past. I didn't know C Crane was still in business. Are they still as good as they used to be, i.e. the best?

To answer the question, I did call but after trying to get through their phone tree and all the prompts none of which pertained to the situation at hand, repeatedly hitting "O" for operator and being put back to the beginning of the tree-I gave up. I sent an email through the website, so lets see if I get a response.

Gilbert

I know we all use UPS and Fed-Ex a lot and wanted to pass on my experience

I had a package coming from Nikon USA via UPS. It was not marked signature required. I have "My Choice" so I tracked the truck all day as it drove past the entrance to my community at least 8 times. About 3:30 I got the "Getting Close" notification, so I went to the living room next to the front door. At 4:00 pm, I got pinged that the package had been delivered, but no picture attached. A moment later I heard the truck drive by without slowing down. I opened the door and there was nothing. Luckily I live in a townhome community with one way in and one way out. I walked to the outbound side and waited. I heard the truck stop and start a few times and stood in the road so he would have to stop when he got to me. I asked him about the package for my address. He just looked at me and reached across to the passenger side under the dashboard and pulled out my box. I asked him why he tagged it delivered when it wasn't. He said he could not find my unit number (all the houses have numbers prominently above the front doors). I asked him why he couldn't find mine when I heard at least 4 stops that he seemed to have found. He just hit the gas and left. My thought is he saw Nikon and figured he could get some free stuff, not knowing I was the rare person that was home and waiting.

Maybe not all porch thieves are out looking for opportunity, sometimes they might drive the truck.

Gilbert

I have actually adapted a painters extension pole with a quick release on the top. Light fiberglass, fits in the trunk and extends to 15 feet. I don't use it with my DSLR, but works great with my Canon G16.

Gilbert

Bob, I'm not quite sure what I think. Technically great, but I delayed answering because I didn't know what to say. 15 minutes and a bunch of posts later, I am still thinking about it-but isn't that the point of a great photo?

Gilbert

Very nice!

Gilbert

My vote is for color. But that being said, it would be nice to get the camera about 5 feet higher so the farmland leads to the mountains and doesn't cut the base off. But great pano none the less.

Gilbert

Plus 1 for Peachtree Camera. AND they are honest.

Gilbert

Here is my $.02.
I adjusted the WB to the front bird, then cooled it off a touch when it came out way too golden, toned down the highlights and opened the shadows to bring out the water in the background. Then cropped. Everything was done in Camera Raw.

Thank you for the opportunity
Gilbert

No-Like I said it's my first real shoot with the new body and I went a little to far to avoid any camera shake.

Thanks for your advice.

Gilbert

I agree with the overcooked HDR, generally not my style, but these almost needed it to get the cockpit and engine details. But after seeing them on the site, I realized I pushed it to far and went back and adjusted them back. Sometimes I enraptured with the tweaking and forget the purpose of the image.

I also got to see Fifi, one of only two B-29's still flying.

Thank you

Gilbert

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