For Christmas I got a 9-18mm wide angle zoom. Only got out with it today..
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Re: Signing/naming glossy prints - help
May 17, 2009 by jbane
It worked. Photoshop has so many features that are hidden in plain sight.
Re: Signing/naming glossy prints - help
May 16, 2009 by jbane
I sign some matte prints with fine tip felt marker. But I'm thinking I will end up doing them all digitally. That way the digital version is signed as well.
How does a signature brush work?
Re: Birds
May 16, 2009 by jbane
Amazing hummingbird. I don't know about hummingbirds, but other's I've shot you need 1/1000 sec or so to stop motion.
Re: Water
May 16, 2009 by jbane
The first image is great. You submitted one at the club that had the blurred water effect.
Could you tell us, in that first image, what the combination of shutter speed, aperture and so on makes that work?
Re: Lenses - General
May 16, 2009 by jbane
How do you like the 1.4x? I have the 50-200 too and have been wondering whether to get the 1.4x, the 2x or just go out and get the Sigma 50-500mm (aka the Bigma).
I've seen the 12-60mm and it is very nice. I'd get it if I didn't have a good lens in that range already.
My dream lens would be the 90-200mm f/2.8. But it's over $5k.
Re: All Things Photoshop
May 15, 2009 by jbane
I spent two frustrating days trying to get color right. I discovered the same thing that Mel did. Lightroom will print correctly, but Photoshop will not.
If the color space in Photoshop isn't SRGB, it will print incorrectly. It doesn't convert it when it sends it to the printer. I suppose the problem is the printer doesn't recognize Adobe or ProPhoto color spaces when Photoshop sends it. So I have to make the the color space is changed to SRGB before printing.
Re: Photo Sales - Shutterfly
May 15, 2009 by jbane
I have used Smugmug to sell photos. I've sold over 200 event photos, but it wasn't as many as I would have expected. I think that Larry is generally right about the people that love the photos but don't want to pay for them. They have to really want it.
I've read that if you can produce the prints at the event that sales are usually five times what online ordering will generate. I guess the idea is that they might not mind buying it, but they aren't going to take the time and trouble to do the whole online account, signup and such.
But to do it live requires a crew and equipment.
Re: Macro Lenses
May 15, 2009 by jbane
I have an E-500 and an E-3.
The two macros from Zuiko are very different.
The 50mm f/2.0 is a high grade lens that is supposed to be very good in normal ranges and a good macro lens. It runs over $500.
The one I have is the 35mm f/3.5 that is considerably cheaper than the 50mm at around $200.
50mm Review: http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/35/cat/14
35mm Review: http://www.slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/44/cat/14
The reviewers above rated the 50mm a 9.71 (out of 10) and the 35mm an 8.50.
Re: Lenses - General
May 15, 2009 by jbane
I don't shoot Canon, but I see everyone using their 70-200mm f/2.8. It's kind of long for some indoor sports. And you can pick your quality, they have an L version and an IS version. With a rebel, that would be about a 100-300mm equivalent field of view.
I know Canon has a lot of very fast prime lenses as well.
I use Olympus and I absolutely love the 35-100 f/2.0. The equivalent field of view is 70-200mm. I bought it solely for the indoor sports, but it is great for portraits and a number of other subjects as well.
More generally, my experience in school gyms and sports has taught me that in a good gym at 1600 ISO and f/2 I can get 1/500s shutter speed. In a bad gym maybe 1/200s. The only problem is that at f/2 your focus has to be dead on. And if they are moving you need to use continuous autofocus.
Re: Club meeting ideas beyond competition
January 26, 2009 by jbane
Overall I think the comptetive aspect of the club is the least beneficial.
I like to see other's work to see what's possible and get ideas. There are usually a few each month that I really want to know more about. And a presentation like that would be interesting.
Displaying Photos
December 17, 2008 by jbane
I've been running my head around in circles over the last year or so trying to figure out how to display photos. It's a little frustrating because of all the options and all the limitations.
Framed Photos - Beautiful, high resolution. But limited by wall space and expensive.
Digital Frames - Nearly unlimited images, But low resolution and expensive.
Photo Books - High resolution, many images, moderate price. But have to be openned to be appreciated.
Poster / Collage - High resolution, several images, moderately expensive.
Web Sites - Resolution varies, unlimited images, inexpensive. Need computer to view.
Obviously these are not mutually exclusive. But then deciding which methods and what photos to display with each becomes mind boggling.
I was wondering if anyone has other methods and/or how you decide what and where to display your work.
Re: Equipment - because you can't have enough gadgets, right?!
December 12, 2008 by jbane
I like Olympus as well. I use an E-3 and E-500. I like the 14-54mm f/2.8+ and the 50-200mm f/2.8+. Both of these have been updated since I got mine.
It used to be the only wide lens was a $1,400 pro model, but they just came out with an 9-18mm f/3.5+ that is in their mid-price range so I'm looking at that.
For sports and portaits (and a lot of other stuff just because I love it) I use the 35-100mm f/2.0.
I miss the really bright primes that Canon has. f/1.2 or f/1.4 normal lenses would be nice. Panasonic has one now but I can't figure out why Olympus doesn't.
Lately I've been playing around with off camera flash and trying to learn more about lighting. The amount of equipment available in this category is staggering.
I capture RAW and load into Lightroom. I'm just learning to use Photoshop for more advanced work.
I'm also thinking of getting a little point and shoot because there are lots of images I could get if I had a camera most of the time.
Even though I have a good sized acquisition list, I really have most of what I need for now. But that won't stop me from looking.
Re: Inventory of submitted images
November 27, 2008 by jbane
I wish I had a process. I'm getting closer, though.
I use Lightroom to organize images. When I do a shoot, I load that set as a new lightroom catalog in a "project" folder. Then I do basic editting, reject the unacceptable and score the images (1-5). Usually I only keep the 3's and higher.
Then I export subsets of the shoot, to be imported into one of three permanent catalogs - family album, events and portfolio. The family album are family pictures. The events are for other people to view (parents at my kids sporting events). And the portfolio are those for artistic use.
Any given image can fall into all three of my libraries, but might be cropped and editted diferently in each.
The OCC photos come from the portfolio, where I create virtual copies of the selections under a set for OCC and a category for the submission (2008-11 Digital) and do any final edits on them. That way the portfolio master version is not disturbed.
I've migrated to this method over the last several months, but since it changes often enough I can't really call it a "process" yet.
Joining
November 27, 2008 by jbane
I finally made it in!
The forum doesn't seem to work from within omahacameraclub.net (from the link on the website). It must have to do with running in frames.
I went to omahacameraclub.lefora.com and now I'm in.
