Greetings all, since retiring I want to learn more about photography. I've always used point and shoot cameras but never satisfied with the results. Not long ago I got a Nikon D5300 and got some decent photos but still not where I want to be. I've seen fantastic photos on this site and already picked up several good tips that I want to try. Learning to shoot using manual settings is of interest at this time. I live just outside of Yosemite and landscape photography is my main interest. Lucky me right! I thought about posting some of my Yosemite photos here but after seeing so many awesome Yosemite shots, I think I'll wait until I get a little better. Looking forward to seeing more great photos and info that I can use to hone my skills.

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Do National Geographic photographers use Photoshop?
As Sarah Chalek says, all photographers use Photoshop to enhance their images. But National Geographic photographers have very strict rules on what they are and are not allowed to do.

As Sarah Chalek says, all photographers use Photoshop to enhance their images. But National Geographic photographers have very strict rules on what they are and are not allowed to do. The magazine got into big trouble when it published an edition with this cover:


The magazine had moved the two pyramids closer together to make a more striking cover - and the result was public outrage (well, outrage among the small coterie of Nat Geo subscribers who cared about this sort of thing).

So today they can use Photoshop to replicate traditional darkroom techniques, such as fixing contrast and tone, but photomontage of any sort is a definite no-no.

Resolution is defined by pixels. JPEG quality is defined by the percentage removal of data when compressing the image data into a JPEG format, a removal that is non-reversible. The higher the JPEG quality, the lesser the amount of original data is removed.

Your camera is 42 megapixels, creating files measuring 7952 × 5304 pixels, irregardless of whether the stored format is RAW or JPEG. The file size is not determined by the pixel resolution of the image. If you don't have the software needed to edit RAW files, your better choice is the high-quality JPEG, where the quality can be excellent straight from the camera as well as being readily available for minor through highly advanced editing. Using the high quality JPEG setting, the least amount of JPEG compression occurs when creating the files that are physically smaller than the corresponding RAW files, but still are images with resolution = 7952 × 5304 pixels.

Hello all!

After much nagging and badgering from my mom, kenievans (who is an active member of the forums here), I finally joined. I am a complete beginner when it comes to photography. I shoot with a Nikon D3000 or my Samsung Galaxy Note 8 phone. I don't do much processing beyond just making a color image black and white or adding a filter here and there, but that's just because I have no idea what I'm doing. I look forward to interacting with everyone and I hope to learn a lot.

Here are some of my favorite photos that I have taken with either my camera or my phone.

So race baiting is supposed to get your point across? Your comments about viagra etc. are pretty much your own imagination without facts as proof. Aside from your d********g racial slurs the experts say a wall will work and help in some places along the border. No offense but I'll take an experts assessment of the wall to your biased ideas. If there is anything else, besides defending "white folks" that I can help you with to better understand the situation I'm here everyday.