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Could have mentioned it in the Scott Kelby course blurb, but anyway, he mentioned an iPhone app called NDTimer ($.99) that will take your metered shutter speed (w/ proper aperture) and calculate the exposure time with an ND filter. Not only that, it will also stack filters for you. Tried it...

I saw a demo of this product yesterday, and then noticed that they are offering 50% off for any Nik Customers. Upgrade to Perfect Photo Suite 7 Today! - onOne Software My take, after watching a 1/2 hour demo, is that the Nik tools are far superior in terms of ease of use and "tweakability"...

I went to the inaugural "Shoot Like A Pro" training session given by Scott Kelby in Philadelphia yesterday. It was well worth my time and money ($89 with discount code). He's a nerd, like us forum folks, but also not afraid to step on photo forum axioms (like "RAW vs. JPEG" ... his answer is...

There's actually legs in the upper right corner that would have been worse but I decided to over-crop. Just seconds after this there were 5 kids at the bottom of the falls. I need to go back on a weekday. Very cool place. A huge glacial deposit of massive stones, many of which will ring like...

This could be really interesting, or painfully tedious, but on April 3 the CreativeLive folks are doing a 6 hour live class using the D600. It's free, so what have you got to lose but 6 hours, right? I'll be in a seminar all day, so while I'd normally have this in the background while I work I...

A friend posted this to their Facebook wall, and as I looked through it I realized that it gave me the start of a Photo Destination Bucket List. The 33 Most Beautiful Abandoned Places In The World

Not sure how many of you have seen this before, but there's a webcam in a "dump nest" where several Wood Ducks and at least one Hooded Merganser have laid their eggs. One female incubates the lot (in this case about 30), and they've all hatched in the last 24 hours. They only stay in the nest...

I haven't received my copy yet so I cannot comment on the contents, but I came across it this morning and figured there might be some interest to others here. The Photographer's Guide to Copyright

For anyone who downloaded the Nik Complete Package, there's a great free Webinar from 9-10EDT tonight on integrating the Complete Collection into your workflow. Great way to get started, and you can ask questions!! Just sign up and show up. Webinars

Some of these gave me chills. Was too young to worry about becoming a part of this, but old enough to remember the country at the time. A soldier's eye: rediscovered pictures from Vietnam - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Got my D600 back from Nikon this evening. Have not shot anything with it, not have I inspected the inside yet - I want to wait until I have time tomorrow and do it in as clean an environment as possible. But I did want to share with you the work done. No explanation was given as to anything...

Saw this blog post by someone at NiK that shows the NiK Complete Collection is now $149 for the full, Photoshop compatible package. That's Color Efex Pro 4, Silver Efex Pro 2, HDR Efex Pro 2, Viveza, ... the whole shebang!! You get a 15-day free trial as always, and there are a ton of folks...

While I appreciate the additional perspective in the second, I like the first better. It has a more surreal quality. Where I think it could benefit is from a little less blur in the regions I've over-saturated below. That said, it may take away some of the surreal nature of the shot, and may...

Very interesting that they rate the 70-200mm f4 better than the f2.8!! DxOMark - The Nikon D800 and telephoto lenses

I went out yesterday to try my hand at some long, daylight exposures for the first time. There are rules for just about every type of photography, and for this type the one thing that I always read is, "Frame your photo, set your focus and get an exposure reading with the ND filter off, then...

Re: Don's Daily Dabblings The thing about this image is that a straight B&W conversion (100% desaturation) leaves it rather flat since many of the different color tones have the same grey level on conversion. This is a case where playing with color filters during the conversion would help make...

I just got off the phone with Nikon service checking to see if there was any chance I would be seeing my D600 by the end of the week. The woman I spoke to said that there was a hold on the repair waiting for parts (i.e. the shutter mechanism) and that while "normally these are filled within...

I'm not just seeing blown highlights, I'm seeing details in there. It looks like the details that would likely be viewable outside the overlit window are reflecting off the lens and onto a UV filter and then getting picked up by the sensor. Over the front of the chest it definitely looks like...

I know the question of RAW processing pops up here a lot, and what program to use when doing it. This was today's Question of the Day from Tim Grey's eNewsletter and I thought it was pretty concise in outlining the differences between RAW processing in Photoshop Elements, Lightroom and...

A well thought out and reasoned critique of the latest woes with Nikon releases. Sad to hear that D800's still seem to be shipping with the left-focus issue. Haven't seen it on mine, but there was a report here yesterday that seems to confirm it may still be popping up. Good to hear that at...