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I've always found that the basic level of B&W conversion available in Lightroom and Photoshop to be adequate at best, simply desaturating the image and leaving you with an image that is a little flat and one-dimensional requiring you to then tweak it to the best of your abilities. (Note: I'm...

Decided I do enough of these to warrant a thread instead of mixing 'em in the general HDR thread. Took a walk last week while the NJ winter was hiding behind temps in the 50's. Goal was to climb up a nearby spot where "Superstorm" Sandy leveled an entire hillside of decades old hardwood trees...

So sorry to hear about the fall, Robin - that's awful. Not sure how suffering with a bum knee will help your art, but I assume your recovery period spent with a camera will yield an answer to that question. Here are my thoughts. First, as to your questions... 1.would you clone out blue...

Just curious, but my time offset is set correctly (-5:00 GMT for the US East Coast) and yet all the times on threads appear to be one hour later. Does everyone experience this or is it just me. Generally I don't care, but I've had the occassional mild coranary when I finish a post and think...

The folks at B&H mistakenly thought that the D600 screen is identical in size and shape to the D800 and therefore labeled their Vello LCD Screen Protector for the D800/800E as also working for the D4 and D600. I have a glass version and it does not fit my D600, and B&H felt it was easier to...

The clear plastic protector over the LCD screen on the back of the camera does a great job protecting it, but after a while it will get scratched - because it's doing its job. Nikon says it's meant to be removed while shooting and replaced while transporting the camera, but I find I'm more apt...

As I mentioned elsewhere, I took some advice from Rick M. to heart and decided to go with a set of 1.8G primes instead of considering the 24-70mm 2.8. I love the convenience of the zoom, but have to be honest and say that the 28-85 kit lens I got with the D600 is something I'm rather happy with...

One of my favorite places on earth. Unfortunately, last time we were there back in 2008 I was still shooting with a pair of Canon PowerShots. But if you know your equipment and software it's not hard to capture the beauty all around you. We need to get back there. Shouldn't you be buried in...

I went to register a couple things on the NikonUSA site today and had a fit trying to log on. I had just reset the password three weeks ago when I registered my D600, so I knew there was nothing wrong with it. Turns out that when it asks for your "Email Address" what it wants is the ID that...

Unfortunately, the rooming house is a bit of a hole, and everything to the right of the photo would have killed symmetry even more. I could definitely go square or some other perspective other than the original and build the symmetry into the photo. I tend not to crop that way, but do agree...

As I walked through town yesterday I spotted this cat that wanted so badly to run the minute I raised my camera. I'm glad it didn't. I managed 3 different captures before it left. I like each for a different reason, and I have one that I like more than the others, but was curious on how...

I am loving the D600, and am re-evaluating the glass I have now that I'm shooting full frame. The 14-24mm f2.8 has been on my list, and I've had my eye on a refurb for a while. I love that Adorama has added the 1 year to the Nikon warranty via their VIP service, but as I was about to pull the...

I debated strongly about doing a 365, but life can get such that there are days when a camera is the last thing on your mind. So, I decided last year that if nothing else I would do something that both carried a specific theme and allowed me to take a break during the day while I'm working at...

...than a Cardinal in the snow? Perhaps not. But there aren't many things more beautiful either.

Beggin' the Colonel's pardon, but as I said the settings make it touch to see, and I got nothing really crisp with it zoomed. But here's a crop that shows the white bodies and black wing tip markings of a Snow Goose. Believe me, we have enough of your Canadian Geese down here that I know the...

As I mentioned, my brother told me he was blown away by the high ISO performance of the D600. I hadn't messed with it much, so as I sat in the family room last night waiting for the wife to come in so we could watch a movie I fired off a couple shots. What you have below are a pair of...

Not great photos, but I wanted to share with other wildlife enthusiasts an event that occurred yesterday. We were driving along a local road on our way to spend a gift card or two, when I looked out my side window and was astounded at what I saw in the sky. Thousands upon thousands of Snow...

As I've mentioned, my brother is a Canon shooter and 25 year pro news photographer. We celebrated Christmas together at our house yesterday, and as the kids were watching "Elf" for the umteenth time I asked him, "Wanna check out my new camera?" After asking me, "You mind if I mess with some of...

To each, his/her own, I suppose...

Thanks, Ted & Rick. Info should be in the exif data, but here you go... Chapel: ISO 400 (before I remembered to drop it to 100), 1.3 sec @ f/14. I had used the brush back out the exposure inside the dome so you don't lose detail. Main Street: ISO 100, 10 sec @ f/14. Other than turning on...