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My three favorite HDRs from yesterday. I submitted the hammock as my official entry - it is a five image bracket processed in Photomatix Pro. The brick archway was also a five image bracket that was purposely heavily processed for dramatic effect in Photomatix Pro. The memorial is a single image...

Had a great time meeting Cindy, John, Jake and Mark yesterday in Princeton. Weather was a nice - maybe even too hot. Here is my second favorite from the walk: I was playing around with a long lens and how you can use them to compress perspective. The statue really is not of a guy with his finger...

Early weather forecast looks to be unseasonably warm: 80 °F / 27 °C

I thought I'd go waaaay out there and maybe get a laugh or two:

Nikon certainly considers many DX cameras a pro-level if you use the NPS qualifications as a guideline. Sorry but I think your response is ill-informed. What?!?! Have you paid any attention to the Fuji X, Olympus OM-D, Leica M and/or the Sony NEX offerings? And as riverside pointed out many...

Hopefully this isn't a rambling post but I'd like to get other perspectives. I've been a dedicated Nikon shooter in both DSLR and Mirrorless. I use both a D300 and V1. Both are getting a little dated as I look at capabilities of new bodies. I originally purchased the V1 on a whim and have...

My wife and I just finished redoing our kitchen so I decided to Google decorative light switch covers. That lead me to a site called Switch Hits. Being the curious person I am, I notice a section titled perverted. This is the first image I saw in that section. I think it needs to be updated for...

I imported into LR5, edited in Topaz Adjust 5 and applied the HDR Collection: Medium Pop Smooth preset, then exported with my default settings which apply a frame. I thought Topaz Adjust did a pretty nice job. Rick's Original Tone mapped Version with Frame:

There has been a lot of buzz in the various forums about Nikon's financial results including comments regarding disappointing mirrorless sales. Thom Hogan posted a very insightful analysis titled The Nikon 1 Head Scratcher. In the post Thom calls out Nikon regarding the clear lack of direction...

Yes you read that title right! According to the August 2013 German language Foto Magazin, the V2 pretty much kicks every other camera's. . . butt. Interesting discussion thread here. The V2 and V1 are virtually identical in this regard. Summary of AF tracking accuracy results: 1st: Nikon 1 V2...

Family driving vacation to Baltimore and DC. Love traveling light with the Nikon V1 and the Think Tank Photo Mirrorless Mover 20 bag. I'm posting to demonstrate the capabilities of the CX format as a better alternative than a point and shoot.

It's that time again!! Scott Kelby announced the date for this year's Worldwide Photowalk. Anyone else participate? I've gone to 4 of the last 5 and enjoyed them very much. It is a great way to meet local photographers, spread the Nikonites word (I wear my hat!) and potentially learn a thing or...

You can use a utility software like Breeze Systems Downloader Pro to rename files while copying from your storage device to include capture info. Downloader Pro has defined file naming tokens for aperture {K2}, ISO {k} and shutter speed {K3}. If you are using Lightroom, you can use see this...

Are you a new Lightroom 5 user and not sure where to start? Thinking about purchasing LR5 and want to get more details? Adobe has once again made available for download the exceptionally well done Photoshop Lightroom 5 Manual.

My hobbies are travel and photography. As such, I’m a huge advocate of GPS encoding images. I’ve been using a GPS with my D300 since 2008. The first device I used was the Columbia nGPS (see below). This was a hard wired product similar to the Nikon GP-1. It was one of the first available GP-1...

JDEG we HAVE to get this installed in the lounge when you next remodel!!!

I was reworking a throwaway image from last spring in Bruges in Lightoom 5 to see how the new features work. I realized that I have a pretty good shot but have a few questions for critique: Is the left edge of the frame too dark? Is the top right sky too bright? Should the sunlight reflection...

There are a couple of features of Lightroom that you might find useful based on these comments. The first is to have separate catalogs. An example of this is I have one for images from Europe. The second feature is Collections. Within the Europe catalog, I have defined country Collections based...