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ryder14 commented on the blog post 10 Photography Pet Hates – It’s All About Being Professional 11 months ago

Maybe if we get good enough to make money at photography, we can get someone who specializes in PS to do our editing for us. Like Nat Geo photographers have!!! Even they don’t get it perfect “In Camera”!!!!
ryder14 commented on the blog post 10 Photography Pet Hates – It’s All About Being Professional 11 months ago

I have only been at this a few years and consider myself an “advanced amateur” but I moved past these mistakes in about six months. Having said that — learning software is a MUST for digital photography!!! I have never found an “in camera” image from anywhere that did not need some levels/curves adjustment for [...]
ryder14 posted a new activity comment: 11 months, 1 week ago

I think this is a nice start. This has some dynamic energy going for it, but the colors need a little “pop” from an editing tool. Also very, very important in landscape/seascapes is that the horizon be absolutely level so this needs to be rotated clockwise by a few degrees. Just a little work in post production, not a lot. If you are going to…[Read more]

In reply to - fireoal87 uploaded a new picture: Skegness A picture off Skegness Beach in Lincolnshire What do you think? · View
ryder14 posted on the forum topic Black-and-white Digital Development in the group Light Stalking Group: 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Snapfish and Walgreens will try to “optimize” your photo while a good pro shop will print “as is” when they receive it. This really is a good thing as they don’t interfere with your artistic vision. When I used the local Walgreens I had to specifically tell them to print as is and give up [...]
ryder14 posted on the forum topic How Would You Handle the Dead Groups Here? in the group Light Stalking Group: 11 months, 4 weeks ago

Is there a way to put the dead posts in an Archive section that does not allow activity, but can be viewed? Seems like I saw another photo site do something like that to their old content. Just a thought.
ryder14 posted on the forum topic What's Your Goal With Photography? in the group Light Stalking Group: 1 year ago

This is a hard question for me. I got started in this by a Native American elder who was trying to teach me to slow down and observe the minutia around me. I was driving in the fast lane with tunnel vision like a race car driver and missing much of the world. That was [...]
ryder14 posted on the forum topic Where do you store your images online? in the group Light Stalking Group: 1 year, 1 month ago

I’m really thinking that I will stick to multiple backups on external HDs. I was reading about the mess at MegaUpload yesterday and all of the people stuck with their data unavailable due to the US Governments confiscation of their servers for copyright infringement. The government claims that a large percentage are holding illegal content [...]
ryder14 commented on the blog post A Rough Guide to Image Resolution 1 year, 1 month ago

By the way, a good print shop can take the image from my 18 MP Canon 7D and print it as a billboard, but don’t expect them to do it from an 18 MP point and shoot. The sensor pixel receptor size matters when you get to really large prints. All megapixels are not created [...]
ryder14 commented on the blog post A Rough Guide to Image Resolution 1 year, 1 month ago

As Michael said, the web is resolution independent due to the design of HTML. The only thing that matters is the pixel height and pixel width. One small thing is that the 72ppi was and is a Windows thing. Most Apple digital devices went beyond that very quickly. In the 1990′s Macs used 96ppi instead [...]
ryder14 commented on the blog post The Golden Section: What a 12th Century Italian Mathematician Can Teach Photographers About Composition 1 year, 1 month ago

More: the Fibonacci spiral is the true application of this concept as it involves the balance of ratios to open space. The Fibonacci “grid I mentioned is a much simplified approach that is not a true application but is useful to get started on this road. To make one, you simply take a rectangle of [...]
ryder14 commented on the blog post The Golden Section: What a 12th Century Italian Mathematician Can Teach Photographers About Composition 1 year, 1 month ago

A while back I acquired two “grid” overlays to go with my “rule of thirds” overlays. One was a Golden Section overlay that divided into 9 sections like the rule of thirds overlay and the other was the Spiral overlay based on this concept. Often when cropping images before I varied from the rule of [...]
ryder14 posted on the forum topic were do you get your photos printed? in the group Light Stalking Group: 1 year, 1 month ago

In USA, I use White House Custom Colour at http://www.whcc.com and have been very happy. Prices are lower than retail, service is very good and their large mounted prints are way beyond retail services. They do have a minimum order size of about $12 US but that is usually easy to get (just watch it [...]
ryder14 posted a new activity comment: 1 year, 1 month ago

Awesome! First time seeing the babies. I know you said ”your back yard” but what general area is that? I find many Sandhills from Missouri to Florida, but not sure where they are nesting.

In reply to - dchet uploaded a new picture: Baby Sandhill Crane… Found this mother Sandhill Crane in my backyard teaching her little ones how to find food. · View
ryder14 posted on the forum topic Where do you store your images online? in the group Light Stalking Group: 1 year, 1 month ago

I’m still stuck with a wireless G connection so I don’t store online. However I just had an external hard drive crash (Seagate 1 TB USB 2.0) yesterday and thankfully all is backed up on another 2 TB external USB 3.0 drive. I have that set to do full backup every Sunday morning about 3 [...]
ryder14 posted on the forum topic Weekend Photography Challenge #76 Critter or animal photography in the group Weekend Photography Challenge: 1 year, 1 month ago

Bald Eagle Fly-by. This was taken about a month ago. Hopefully the weather will break and let me get out to shoot by middle of next week.
ryder14 uploaded a new picture: Bald Eagle Fly-by 1 year, 1 month ago

Just cruising past on way to fishing grounds.
ryder14 posted on the forum topic Weekend Photography Challenge #76 Critter or animal photography in the group Weekend Photography Challenge: 1 year, 1 month ago

White pelican on take off. They take a while to get airborne. This is from last photo shoot on April first this year.
ryder14 uploaded a new picture: White Pelican on Ta… 1 year, 1 month ago

Last touch of the water as he is taking off. These guys take a while to get in the air.
ryder14 posted on the forum topic The mysterious hood in the group Light Stalking Group: 1 year, 2 months ago

I agree if you are using that quality. All too often I hear this idea of saving your expensive lens by putting a UV filter in place and then hear that you can get them so cheap on Amazon, that why would you risk lens damage! A ten dollar Tiffen filter will drop the resolution [...]
ryder14 posted on the forum topic The mysterious hood in the group Light Stalking Group: 1 year, 2 months ago

As I only use Canon L series lenses, I would never think of putting a cheap piece of glass like a UV filter in the way EXCEPT when I am at a beach with the wind blowing sand about. I also use my lens hoods as they have saved me from lens damage more than [...]
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