andrew_aungthwin1

<p>Well, either you have done this sort of thing before or you haven't. That is, carrying around a heavy kit. If you have then there is no need to ask. You already know.</p> <p>It seems to me that you just have this need to bring (big and heavy) top glass. </p> <p>I used to have this need to impress but frankly I'm well and truly over it.</p> <p>I have a D800, D600 and 30 Nikkor lenses. But for travel I now take a V1 and J5.</p> <p>90% of the time the J5 with the kit lens covers things. If I need more reach I use the 30-110 or for super reach I have the 70-300 CX.</p> <p>Last time I was in Cambodia I saw a fat old guy lugging around what seemed like a D4 and 70-200mm f2.8. I seriously thought that he was going to die of a heart attack, he was sweating and huffing and puffing so much.</p>

<p>Alan, the only constant in life is change.<br> If you want an internet connection you pay per month. You can possibly change your carrier every two years or something like that but you pay $X per month.<br> So now, if you WANT Photoshop AND Lightroom you have to pay $10 per month.<br> This talk of "I skip every other upgrade" is in the past.<br> It's very simple. You pay $10 per month and get Photoshop and LR CC or you don't.</p>

"So you bought your internet connection? How did you do that?" Not to mention that when you buy a car you can't get forever registration, insurance nor roadside assistance. $10 a month is less than what my daughter spends (and I pay) on her phone per week.

<blockquote> <p>"Whether there's better ways to do it or not is another story."</p> </blockquote> <p>People have time to mess around with three TIFF files? Are you kidding me?</p><div></div>

<p>The title of your thread says “HDR from a single exposure“.</p> <p>Everyone is trying to tell you that it doesn't make any sense.</p> <p>It is a waste of time.</p> <p>We have told you - a number of times - one file has only a certain amount of information.</p> <p>However you post process it is entirely up to you.</p> <p>Whether it's fake HDR or whatever else you want to call it, it doesn't matter. It is still just post processing.</p> <p>If you use the word HDR you need to have multiple files with different exposures.</p>

<p>I think that one or more cartridges are clogged.</p> <p>You can easily find out if you run the Test print. I can't comment on Windows but on the Mac it's done through the System Preferences -> Printers,...</p> <p>Are you getting all the dots in ALL the ink cartridges to join up?</p> <p>If not then that is where your problem is. If all the dots join up then I don't have any other suggestions, yet.</p>

Ron, unless you had been running a lot of cleaning cycles you shouldn't be seeing the "Replace soon" message. In anycase if the printer is not printing, I think you have a serious problem. Can your run the standard test print to it? David, I find that if I run the test page option once or twice it clears any slight clogs. That is, if there are slight clogs the first time I run the test page there may be a couple of gaps between lines in each ink block print out but after one/two more time(s) all the dots join up. I do this every couple of weeks if I know I won't print for some time.

<p>Your method is just another way of processing. It has absolutely nothing to do with HDR.<br> A file has either captured the entire dynamic range or it hasn't. If it has then how you bring out the details is entirely up to you.<br> If you are not able to capture the entire DR is when you bracket your shots and use a HDR method.<br> HDR images need two or more files with different exposures, so maybe you should get your post renamed "How I process my images from a single file".<br> No one would then disagree with you.</p>

<p>I don't think that what you are trying to do makes any sense. If you only have one file then you can't extend the dynamic range.</p> <p>Using TIFF also makes no sense. You have three massive files, and for what?</p> <p>With Lightroom CC you can play with not only all the sliders but you have an unlimited number of local (non-destructive) adjustment options.</p> <p>Plus, the gradient tool now lets you brush out bits that you don't want gradient-ed (if that is a correct word). you may also know that the gradient tool can start not only from the top but also from the bottom. You can make things darker from the top or lighter from the bottom, and everything in between.</p> <p>Throw in Luminance, Hue, Dehaze and God knows what else, and you have a program that can do whatever is that you want from a SINGLE file.</p> <p>And the best thing is that whatever changes you want/make are in a sidecar which is the size of a few hundred KB.</p> <p>More than one file? Now that's an entirely different story.</p>

Sometimes (on a Mac) you might need the fn key and then F2. Everywhere I looked everyone said F2. I thought I would go insane until I worked out that you can configure the Mac to rename files with fn+F2 or just F2.

<p>One cup of coffee a week in a cafe = 10$ per month. For this you get a 10 minute fix.</p> <p>So, if I make the coffee myself at home I can have Photoshop CC.</p> <p>I use Lightroom - a lot. I have it 24/7 and as I understand it, I can also have it on two maybe three computers.</p> <p>Just being able to erase selected parts of a gradient and the dehaze tool in Lightroom CC was enough for me to justify signing up for CC.</p>

<p>I have a D800, D600 as well as a D300.<br> But for holidays I take a V1+ 6.7-13mm (18-35mm equivalent) and maybe the 18.5mm (50mm equiv). I recently got a J5 and the mighty 70-300 (190-810), so now if I want a tele I would bring both bodies.<br> We were in Sicily at the end of June so the light and conditions are now totally different.<br> Since you have the Sony RX100 that would be my advise.<br> For places, we really loved the fish market in Catania, the "hip" Taormina and the amazing Modica. Beaches, of course, would be of no use to you but there are just too many to mention.</p> <div></div>

<p>This one below. I uploaded the file according to screen procedure but somehow it didn't attach. So, take two!</p> <div></div>

<p>In theory this setup works but in practice I wouldn't recommend it.</p>

<p>If your main reason for the trip is for photography then take whatever you think will get the job done.</p> <p>Our family (wife and two young kids) went to Thailand and Cambodia back in 2013 and even though I have a D800, a D600, the three holy trinity plus a lot more, I took a V1, 11-27mm and 18.5mm (50mm FOV).</p> <p>In the time that we were there I saw only one guy with what looked liked a D4 and an f2.8 large zoom. This guy looked completely out of place. He also looked really tired.</p> <p>Here is what you can do with just the V1 and the 18.5mm prime:<br> http://issuu.com/studor13/docs/hol_cambodia/1</p> <p>If I were to go now I would take an "extreme wide" zoom for the V1 such as the 6.7-13mm, and I would beg, borrow or steal to get the 32mm f1.2.</p>