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Mar 25, 2018 15:23:02   #
TheDman wrote:
How do you know they haven't modified it?

The 'and' is kind of important here.
They haven't 'modified and reposted' it.
Without the reposting, the modifying is moot.
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Mar 25, 2018 15:11:14   #
Bill_de wrote:
It has to do with this forum also providing a critique section for those who want it. UHH provides more, not less.

Some folks don't understand that not everybody is interested in their opinions. If they feel compelled to give their two cents, give it where it is wanted.

There is also a section called "For your consideration". Another option for those who want to be heard.

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Interestingly enough, people at FYC have always asked for permission to repost my pictures showing suggested changes, even when I've asked in advance for suggestions. They are exceedingly polite.

TheDman wrote:
Do you know that everyone who looked at your photo has downloaded it to their computer?
Relevance? They haven't modified and reposted it.
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Mar 25, 2018 14:33:59   #
TheDman wrote:
My ethics say there is nothing wrong with critiquing a photo with examples, which is not only legal but normal on every other photo forum I've seen except this one. I think it has a lot to do with this being an older clientele that doesn't get how the internet works

I am a retired software developer.
I understand the Internet.
I also understand rules.
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Mar 25, 2018 14:29:59   #
I live in the 'snowbelt' of Indiana.
Fortunately, the last few storms have gone south of us.
Unfortunately, jaymatt lives south of us.
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Mar 25, 2018 14:15:16   #
TheDman wrote:
You're absolutely right, it's a private website and the owner can make whatever rules they want. They can ban people from France if they want. Let's just not pretend that forum rules have anything to do with actual laws, or that any of this is 'borderline theft', or even unethical.

So, your ethics say what you want to do is more important than what UHH rules allow you to do???
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Mar 25, 2018 09:39:58   #
Leitz wrote:
I think if someone altered one of my pictures, I'd post a better one next time that didn't need improving.

You'd have to post one here.
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Mar 24, 2018 22:47:39   #
iampewter wrote:
I messed up. Only downloaded the sd card with jpeg images then reformatted both cards. Can you stack star images if you only have the jpegs? thanks

The other take-home lesson here is to delete file / reformat the card only after confirming that all files have indeed been moved.
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Mar 24, 2018 18:19:44   #
mrjcall wrote:
Ya know, sometimes it's just not worth the effort of trying to offer some folks suggestions to improve their photographic efforts. I have a fair amount of studio lighting experience with products and when I noticed a UHHer making an effort to photograph watches in a studio setting, I attempted to offer some suggestions and examples of how he might improve his efforts via PM. Should've known better (with this particular individual) as I was shut down because his ego just couldn't accept what I was offering. I am now on his ignore list and it's a dam shame.....just saying.

I do 99% of my communicating via PMs and most often it's an open and honest discussion involving exchanges of ideas. Most UHHers have an open mind about learning new things. Thank goodness only a very few don't and I should have known better in this circumstance.... However, the effort continues....
Ya know, sometimes it's just not worth the effort ... (show quote)

In reading through this thread again, I noticed it is entirely about abuses of the "ignore" feature - nothing about good use of it .... primarily sidelining someone to keep him/her from pushing a thread off course and right into the Attic.
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Mar 24, 2018 15:49:33   #
MiroFoto wrote:
Does anybody know if this great camera is going to be upgraded ...like longer zoom or RAW option? The price finally is moving slightly down.

Thanks Miro

"Super Zoom" cameras present several challenges to manufacturers, the biggest being design of the lens; I keep hearing users like the Canon SX-50 better than the SX-60 ... I'm guessing lens design is the issue - and that sort of thing could happen to Nikon, especially if they rush it.
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Mar 24, 2018 14:38:52   #
Ron Dial wrote:
Camera RAW images can be "developed" with your manufacturer's software at + or - 2 f stops, just like negative film. That is why wedding photographers like shooting with color negative film. Better chance of getting the shot. But if you take the digital pictures as JPEG's, then you are cooked and if they are under exposed, you have no options.

You have fewer options with JPEG, just as is true of slide film. I have successfully modified color levels with Kodachrome and I have have successfully modified color levels with JPEG, just as adjusting levels is one of the steps in processing images taken at the Olympics.
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Mar 24, 2018 11:16:26   #
DavidPine wrote:
The D500 handles higher ISO's quite well. The D750 not so well, in my opinion. I don't normally shoot RAW

Most of the Nikon users who post here say the opposite .... in fact they consider the D750 to be a "high ISO monster". I believe DxOMark agrees with them - but I'll leave you guys to figure that out. As a Pentax user, I know that their latest cameras have the ISO range I want.
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Mar 24, 2018 09:39:59   #
canon Lee wrote:
I must agree with you that the settings are not important. All a good photographer needs to do is to get the exposure " in the ball park" changing the original settings in LR editing... So what do the settings wind up to be???

You may remove noise in PP, and may even "expand" color depth and dynamic range.

You will not stop motion in post - shutter speed does that.

Most likely, you will not change DOF much in post - aperture does that.

People are so hung up about the "exposure triangle" that they forget that shutter speed and aperture have another function. That is what I'm looking at.

My current interest in high ISO started when I noticed images that had much more DOF than I expected
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-380030-1.html
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Mar 23, 2018 23:54:08   #
Part 2:

After dinner I did research on the Internet that would have been much more difficult in 1983. The Railroad Station Historical Society website {rrshs.org} attributes the Kokomo tower to the Lake Erie & Western {LE&W} railroad, and gives a construction date of approximately 1940; this information must have been vetted by someone, because they say this structure is now on the Historical Landmark Register. They attribute the Knox tower to the Nickel Plate {NKP} railroad, but give no date of construction. Doing further research, I discovered that the LE&W was purchased by the NKP in 1922, 18 years before the tower was constructed, so even if they were still running the LE&W as a subsidiary in 1940, the NKP was ultimately responsible for both structures {which would explain why they look so similar to each other}
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Mar 23, 2018 23:40:43   #
Part 1:

Today was a lovely, though cool, spring day, so I took myself for a drive. While going through the tiny town of Knox, I saw the object in the first picture. This sort of thing is commonly called a 'gate tender shanty' ... before the advent of automation, this sort of structure would shelter the man who manually controlled the gates that stop traffic from crossing railroad tracks when a train was coming. This picture is SOOC - I may eventually decide to make small modifications ... for example, to increase contrast in the light areas so the individual boards stand out better.

When I got home, I went through my files, and found the second picture. It looks the same at first, but my wife and I played the comparison game and found three differences other than the windows {I'm willing to assume that windows in the one I saw today were replaced recently - but I do not honestly know that}

(1) the smoke jack in the top picture is right at the ridge-line of the roof, while the smoke jack in the second picture is slightly offset - thus the two jacks are of slightly different design.

(2) the one I saw today has some fancy wood-work under the windows; at the moment, I have no way of determining whether that was part of the original design, or whether it was 'cutified' {made cute} when put on display in the park.

(3) boards on the top one are placed vertically, while they were placed horizontally on the lower one.

So I decided the one I saw today is sufficiently different from the one I saw 35 years ago to get its own entry.

2018 - NKP Gate Tender Shanty in park, Knox IN

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1983 - LE&W Gate Tender Shanty in situ, Kokomo IN

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Mar 23, 2018 08:30:35   #
BlueMorel wrote:
I've noticed more and more faded look photos showing up on sharing websites lately. Is this the new fad? I can see its use in commercial photos, but, to me, regular photos suffer - they look like someone hasn't learned their settings or focal points.

Why does this matter?

If I don't like it, I skip on to the next one and don't try it myself.
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