madpaddler wrote:
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... What is the next best editing software that sells their product outright and is good as Lightroom/Photoshop? ...
Dark Table and Gimp will replace lightroom and Photoshop.
I am in the process of learning DarkTable and my first impressions are it is more powerful than Lightroom.
Bonus! Both are free!😁
Good job especially considering the file was a jpg.
home brewer wrote:
David
I wrote "the bird house post in the background". It is the green out of focus vertical item at about 10 o'clock with respect to the subject.
By the way does anyone know is the subject eatable?
That mushroom is called shaggy mane and it is eminently edible. It is one of the "Fool proof four."
I generally would not say anything about the edibility of a mushroom from a photo because in most cases there are other mushrooms that superficially look like edible mushrooms that are not edible or may be dangerously poisonous.
However shaggy manes are so distinctive it would be very difficult to confuse them with any other species. Shaggy manes are best gathered early in the morning and eaten the same day. If left for any length of time they will mash down into a black unappealing mess. They tend to do that in the frying pan but sre still delicious.
If you are interested in foraging for mushrooms, get two or three good books on the subject and learn to identify them based on their characteristics.
There is no easy way to judge the edibility of a mushroom. The morphology, habitat, colour and the spore size, shape and colour must all be combined to get a correct identification.
Also lean the more common poisonous mushrooms such as those belonging to the amanita genus. They are among the most dangerous as they are very toxic, look very nice and resemble grocery store mushrooms.
I think they might be muscovy ducks
I probably will no ever install it.
I have an older yet powerful computer that won't support it.
When Windows 10 support runs out, I will convert to Ubuntu Linux.
I am preparing for that day by learning DarkTable and Gimp.
Everything else I use is included in the the Ubuntu distro.
So Good Bye Microsoft and good riddance.
I am in the process of dumping Adobe to. I refuse to pay their subscription fees.
As a side note, It seems DarkTable is more powerful than Lightroom 5. I have not seen the later iterations of Lightroom so I can't be sure but I sure like the price!!!!
jerryc41 wrote:
When "Ask Leo" began this topic, I didn't expect three random words to make up a secure password, but I was wrong. For one thing, one word can have a lot of letters. "Constitution@hippopotamus#chrysantheum" You can capitalize random letters and put various characters between the words. You can also misspell words or spell them backwards. This could result in many trillions of combinations and be virtually impossible to break. Leo uses a password vault and twenty random characters for each password. Using fewer characters makes it easier for someone to hack your password.
Askleo.com/137138
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Why not just use 20 random characters?
The value of the three random words is that you might remember them.
If you are using a password manager, there is no need to remember them.
jerryc41 wrote:
Let's assume that an advanced alien race has been observing earth for thousands of years and filing reports on human behavior. I'd love to read those reports. They could turn our human behavior into hilarious sitcoms on their home planet. The only problem is that the alien population would probably find the plots to be too unbelievable.
"Wait, a minute. Are you trying to tell us that these humans spend much of their tax money making weapons to kill each other? Many live in luxury while others starve to death? They refuse to take medicine to cure their diseases? They think their planet is flat? You've got to make your comedies a little more believable."
I just hope that humans never find another planet to inhabit when this one is thoroughly messed up.
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I guess that explains why those aliens have never made contact!
Dr.Nikon wrote:
Yesterday was a perfect example of a green flash .., off Magic Island where my wife and I walk each sunset evening.., I waited for the sun to start is decent into the ocean and hoped for a green flash .., Keeping the D850 and 24-70 2.8 continually firing …, I captured it ..
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I have seen the green flash but I think clear air is required for it to be visible. The cloudy, hazy conditions in these photos are unlikely to produce it.
My experience was in an Inuit village in northern Quebec. The air was crisp and very clear. I did not think to try to photograph it. I just enjoyed the experience on two successive evenings.
Yes lithium is a highly flamable metal.
It is not a good idea to use water to extinguish the a metal fire.
The metal reacts with the water producing hydrogen. The hydrogen can ignite with disasterous results.
Carbon dioxide extinguishers are also counter productive be ause the flaming metal can take oxygen out of the carbon dioxide.
Usually metal fires are extinguished using DRY sand to smother the fire.
Red sky at night...
Sailors' delight.
Red sky in morning...
Sailors take warning.
A great sequence.
I find these shots to be very encouraging as I have the same lens.
HRBIEL wrote:
Just curious to know whether anyone has experience with Neewer photo equipment. Having perused their web site, I find their tripods, gimbals, ball heads etc to be rather less expensive so was wondering about quality of their products. Any experience? Satisfied customer - yes/no?
I have been very satisfied with their products.
I bought one of their tripod and it is rock solid but it is a bit on the heavy side.