*Official Photography Thread* (56k warning)

[F22HB]

What do you guys use to open/edit raw files? I take jpeg but I did some in raw the first day I shot and my regular programs don't open it.

[J-specCb4]

if u have photoshop u may have to download camera raw.... which is free on adobes website...

[NAiL05]

Stock SLR software that came with the camera should be able to edit it.

[F22HB]

I don't have photoshop. Hopefully eventualy I can get my hands on it though. My old computer had it and I loved it. Now I'm using photoscape

[F22HB]

Stock SLR software that came with the camera should be able to edit it.

It did but its only a 30-day trial. I really don't like trials because I get used to them and the fetures then the trial is over. Guess if I like it that much I'll just buy it after the trial..
Edit: and I went to the lake today, it was glass smooth so I snapped a few. My only problem is that the sky turned out too white/undetailed. Remedy?

[ric3rboi23]

hdr will fix that

[maroonaccord2.2]

Edit: and I went to the lake today, it was glass smooth so I snapped a few. My only problem is that the sky turned out too white/undetailed. Remedy?

Graduated Neutral-density filter, if you are shooting a DSLR that is.... looks like:

You rotate it until the darkened portion is horizontal/covering your brighter skyline to help even out exposure.....

[F22HB]

Very cool. I'll keep that in mind

[d112crzy]

A polarizing filter works nice too. It makes a HUGE difference on sunny days, I know that much. Not sure about cloudy/washed out skies.

[F22HB]

Ya it was overcast and I was expecting to catch the different shades of gray in the sky, instead of pure white.

[zelseman]

bumping the f number a little might help as well.

[maroonaccord2.2]

bumping the f number a little might help as well.

Ya, it's a combination of that and the proper filter. Just experimenting is probably the best way to hit "pay dirt" so to speak....

[NAiL05]

A polarizing filter works nice too. It makes a HUGE difference on sunny days, I know that much. Not sure about cloudy/washed out skies.

Yes they do! As for cloudy days the polarizing filter hurts it unless you can hold the camera stable. I used the polarizing filter when I was indoors at the chicago auto show but I kinda regret it since some of the pics turned out crappy. I had to run a slightly longer exposure time to compensate. It pulls out the color really well though. Just some examples shooting indoors with a polarizer. One thing I liked was that it didnt overexpose any of the lighting indoors which i thought was cool since sometimes they might cause the dreaded lens flare.





notice its a bit dark couldnt hold it stable enough with the exposure needed since lighting fluctuated in the area.


And now that i look at it i need to retag all those before someone jacks them lol. Anyway now I dont shoot as much with the polarizer. For one I lost it in my room somewhere and usually bumping up the F stop helps quite a bit. But I wouldnt mind using the polarizer if I could find it again.

[J-specCb4]

the bottom one doesnt look underexposed to me at all!

good pics.

[NAiL05]

the bottom one doesnt look underexposed to me at all!

good pics.

lol looks like it to me maybe its my monitor? I dunno lol.