Thanks, Jerry. Will put on my iPad or phone. Handy, might need it for one of those 'sheer terror' moments.
big-guy wrote:
In Library Module
1. Select jpg(s)
2. Click Export Feature
3. Choose For Email
4. Click Export
As an alternative for step 3, don't select "choose for email." if you scroll down the window, you'll see that you can limit the size of the jpg file. Enter 500k and proceed to step 4. I personally find that a better solution when you know the maximum acceptable file size.
Elsiss wrote:
Thanks grey fox. I am leaning now toward just taking the 18-200. We are taking a tour all around CR.
I think the 18-200 will serve you well. Another member of our group had a Canon 60d and the 18-200. She never had a reason to regret her decision. 😐
Very nice!! The HDR takes a color image that is okay but without punch and gives it a super B&W contrast look. Like you, I discover all kinds of things just by seeing what HDR will do for all kinds of shots.
Really like figure 10, the female mallard!! Sometimes, it's the little things in a photo that make it a true keeper. Thanks.
Are you going to be on a tour or on your own? My wife and I went to CR a little over a month ago with a small tour group. I wrestled with what to take, bouncing from a 70D plus 3 lenses, to nothing but a small P&S. I finally decided on a Canon S100 and a SX50. I didn't want the entire trip to be a "haul around the camera stuff" exercise. Both were easy to carry whether in a sling bag or just around my neck. In the 15 days we were there, I took about 750 pics. Another thought is bring the body and a good walk around lens. You can always crop. Enjoy your trip!!
Been said numerous times on this thread, so I'll just repeat. Those Canon cropped sensor cameras, namely 7d, 7d2, 70d would all suit you well. Also, remember that 150-600 Tamron will then have the reach equivalent of a 240-960mm!
Cdouthitt wrote:
Understanding exposure, buy it, borrow it, or do what you need to, but read it.
http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Exposure-3rd-Edition-Photographs/dp/0817439390
Then..... Take some shots are read it again. 8-)
I like then, as well. #2 is my personal favorite though. Too bad the road isn't gravel with a little blowing across the frame. Nice shots.
George, I use Lightroom 5+ extensively with PSE 11. They integrate and play well together. I don't see any reason why PSE 13 should be any different. I suspect there are quite a few folks here who do the same. Hopefully, they agree.
Hopefully, you never got the comment, "gee, must be great to have that wonderful equipment to take pictures for you!"
Thanks for sharing those cats!
Another vote here for the Canons. I have a S100, a G16, and a SX50 HS. Like said a few messages ago, the S100 is incredibly handy, images are excellent quality for the size, but doesn't have a view finder. The G16 is a very capable compact, excellent quality images, has a view finder, and is somewhat larger than the S100. I recently took the SX50 on a Costa Rica tour as my only camera and did very well, thank you. I wear glasses and used both the LCD and the EVF without an concerns or issues. In bright sunlight, I preferred the EVF and had no problems reading camera setting, focusing, etc. With these three, my 70d spends a lot of time on the shelf.
shutterbob wrote:
Don't know how many brick walls you plan to photograph from up close on your trip but I'm betting not many. You are not likely to see much if any distortion in most photos. I have this lens mounted on my Nikon D7100 when I go on trips and don't have the room or need a lot of gear. I love it for this purpose. It is reasonably wide and goes to 450mm equivalent on the cropped frame cameras it was designed for. Not real fast but with most DSLRs doing a good job at higher ISOs that is not usually much of a concern. It also does a reasonable job at macro (about 1:3). And if you do shoot a brick wall, you can correct most of the distortion pp. I have found that my full frame spends more time in the safe at home when I travel since I got this lens. Buy it....I think you will be well pleased.
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Thanks Shutterbob. I returned to the scene of the crime this morning and backed off to 25-30 feet and tried again. The results were much better and what little distortion at 16mm there existed was easily corrected. I'm thinking I'll give it a shot.
mcveed wrote:
Of course. At that distance the bricks at 30 degree angle from you are quite a bit further from the lens than the bricks straight ahead. So they will be rendered smaller because they are further away and will result in distortion. In addition to this, the bricks at the bottom of your image, and at the top, are also further away than the bricks straight ahead, so distortion there too. Further, if your camera is not perfectly level, the distortion will be unevenly distributed from top to bottom. At that distance with a 16mm lens it would be a miracle if you didn't get distortion. I think even a flat field lens would show distortion in this situation.
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Yeah, I think you're right mcveed. I need to return to the scene of the crime and try again. Plus, bring my tripod. I kind of messed this up. Great intentions, though!! :-)
Gene51 wrote:
PTLens will get rid of all of the distortion if the lens is in his database.
I downloaded the program. The lens was in his database, but I didn't see much improvement from what PSE was able to give me. I read in the PTLens help section that he will calibrate if he doesn't have a lens but didn't want to see bricks (inherently not perfect) and wanted a minimum of distance from camera to object of about 25 feet. Whereas I was no more than 6-8 feet away from the wall I shot. At that distance, I could have introduced some distortion merely by my camera position relative to the brick wall?