Posts for: MikWar
Jun 15, 2019 20:29:08 #
grandkids6 wrote:
I have one and its fits the bill. I use it almost daily taking flowers on my walks and on my doggos, they are crazy bunch of joy. I have almost mastered the P S M on the camera, with the help of my brother-in-law { thanks Pete}
Thanks for the recommendation.
Jun 13, 2019 07:35:08 #
deanfl wrote:
I believe the FZ80 would meet your brother’s needs... (show quote)
Thanks for sending the pics from the ZS60. They look very good for that price-point. I'll share with my brother.
Jun 13, 2019 07:34:07 #
Bobspez wrote:
The FZ80 isn't bad for macro. I just took these wi... (show quote)
Thanks so much for taking the time to demonstrate the capabilities of the Lumix. The camera did a pretty good job - I will pass it on to my brother.
Jun 12, 2019 09:13:09 #
My brother has become interested in closeup pictures of flowers. He asked me if the Panasonic Lumix FZ80 would be a good camera for that and I have no idea. Please let me know if that would meet his needs or if there is another camera at about the same price point that would do a better job. Thanks.
Feb 2, 2019 07:11:48 #
Here in Holland, MI the temps shot up to 11° F yesterday and the sun was out. Time to escape the cabin and do some birding from the comfort of our car (yes we got out once or twice but for short periods of time). Here are some of the birds that survive the winters here.
Jan 30, 2019 11:35:40 #
jerryc41 wrote:
If only we could do this in real life. : )
https://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/replace-sky/
https://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/replace-sky/
Being very much the novice with Photoshop I found the above tutorial the best for layering a blue sky. I also found that with BIF (a bird with a dull gray/white background) I was able to use Select/Subject to successfully select only the bird in order to mask it. The pretty much eliminated the need to use the Blend If command. I'm still experimenting but feel like I'm making good progress, thanks to everyone's help.
Jan 29, 2019 07:16:10 #
catchlight.. wrote:
You will get a lot of different replies but...
If you use PS... simply keep a RAW sky photo as a layer (to use over and over)....
If you use PS... simply keep a RAW sky photo as a layer (to use over and over)....
Thanks for the suggestion. I will check it out.
Mike
Jan 28, 2019 12:37:43 #
Gene51 wrote:
Sky replacement is fairly straightforward, but you'll need to examine the light on the bird as well - if you replace white with blue, where is the sun and what shadows are being created, etc. It's not that simple to create a credible image. You can forget about batch processing a sky replacement. Each one has to be done individually.
If you are using the latest version of Photoshop, here is a good workflow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jfdzvnx8QQ
If you are using the latest version of Photoshop, here is a good workflow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jfdzvnx8QQ
Thanks - I'll check it out.
Mike
Jan 28, 2019 11:37:20 #
jerryc41 wrote:
If only we could do this in real life. : ) br br... (show quote)
Wow - thanks for all the links. I'll let you know which one(s) I end up using.
Mike
Jan 28, 2019 08:07:26 #
Here in the gloomy gray winter Michigan I'm still taking bird pics. When the birds are above me I usually bump up the Exposure Compensation in order to get some detail in them but then the sky shows up as a bright white. This make the contrast between the bird and the sky so stark that its hard to view the bird. I have Adobe CC - what are some techniques I can use to either turn that white sky into a pleasing powder blue sky or dulling the whiteness of the sky? To further complicate things, I usually take several pictures of the same bird so I would prefer a technique that can be applied (Synched?) to all the picts rather than one at a time. Thanks in advance.
Jan 1, 2019 21:01:03 #
I don't know if this is "snarky" or not but why bother to find dups? With 130,000 images if you spent 2 seconds looking at each one it would take you over 72 hours to see them all. You didn't seem to care if you had dups up to this point so does it really matter? I would focus on the suggestions on how to prevent dups in the future.
Dec 30, 2018 08:14:59 #
Paul J. Svetlik wrote:
You had a Good Luck with the bird, camera and lenses.
Excellent, sharp shot Mikwar!
Which camera and lenses you used?
Excellent, sharp shot Mikwar!
Which camera and lenses you used?
It was taken with a Nikon D7500 and a Tamron Sport 150-600.
Mike
Dec 30, 2018 08:13:36 #
polonois wrote:
Excellent shot, What camera?
It was taken with a Nikon D7500 and a Tamron Sport 150-600.
Mike
Dec 20, 2018 14:56:12 #
John_F wrote:
If her Mac is a relatively recent vintage, it migh... (show quote)
I had my Mac 2 years before I found out it has a card slot built into the right side of the monitor!
Dec 20, 2018 07:45:39 #
A borrowed lens and a rented camera + a cooperative Common Yellowthroat + good lighting = one of my favorite pictures.
