jason_r1

<blockquote> <p>But, bear in mind if you 'hold' the focus then recompose or even your subject moves away from the point...it won't do you any good to check the focus point.</p> </blockquote> <p>I understand what your saying but I have to respectfully disagree. It can certainly help you to better understand where you are making mistakes in focusing and provide an opportunity learn from those mistakes.</p>

<p>Several people I know say their Windows 7 programs are working well with Windows 10 but I don't know about this particular plugin. I would venture to guess it would probably work on 8 and 10 but that's just a guess. I probably won't jump on the Win 10 train for a while yet.</p>

<p>Windows 7 Pro 64.</p>

<p>The plugin listed by Jos works great in LR 6. I am using it. I think they just haven't updated their release notes since last year. It specifies LR 5 and 6 on the website. It would have been nice if Adobe had made this a native feature in lightroom though.<br> Jason</p>

<blockquote> <p>Well that's illegal. The police can't question you about taking photos if you're on public property.</p> </blockquote> <p>That is true. My suspicion was that he was probably thinking more along the lines that I was scoping out the private property for some reason. I guess that would be a valid reason to be questioned.</p>

<p>I don't know much about the legality but you could at least draw some unwanted attention. It was some years back I pulled over in a very open parking area not even paying much attention to the houses which if I remember correctly was just one or two. I pulled over to make a phone call as I was lost and getting directions to a place of business. Not 5 minutes later as I'm about to leave a local police officer pulls up asking me what I'm doing taking photos of peoples houses. Funny thing is I didn't even own a camera at the time much less have a camera in the car. Go figure.<br> <br />Legal issues might depend on how you plan to use the photos. </p>

<p>Thanks for all of the responses. Pretty much everyone is on par with what I was thinking. I agree 100% it is just a poorly constructed group of words. No plans to visit the place. I just happen to be scouting around and thought I would get some feedback.</p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <p>Instead of asking here, why not ask them?</p> </blockquote> <p>Bethe, Thanks for your reply. I could have done that but I wanted to get the opinions of others specifically. I may very well call and ask them directly at some point just for curiosity's sake.</p> <p>Jason</p>

<p>Hi Rene,<br> I think you have gotten some pretty good answers here. To me the image looks way over saturated or tone mapped. I experimented with HDR for a couple of years but it never really worked for me. I guess it all depends on what your going after but to me HDR just looks too unnatural and plastic. Even HDR images that are processed very well still seem to have some unnatural element to my eye. I also shoot with a D7000 and find the dynamic range to be pretty healthy. I always process my RAW images with lightroom and usually have no problems correcting the shadows and highlights for a more realistic looking image. I would say that most situations are not suited for HDR anyway. At least in my experience I find it very seldom necessary and even then I'm usually able to suffice with a carefully exposed RAW file. I guess if your exclusively going for the so called proverbial HDR look then that might be a different story. Good luck and keep working at it. You will eventually figure out what works best for you.</p> <p>Jason</p>

<blockquote> <p>Looks like it is all not much of a fun place to go to, let alone pay to get in.</p> </blockquote> <p>Definitely not worth the prices for what it is. There are much better places to go in the area that are much much cheaper or evenfree.</p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <p>Paying to get in may be a significant fact in support of their photo policy - paying may impact the definition of a "public' place and paying indicates your acceptance of their photo policy</p> </blockquote> <p>That was sort of my thoughts as well although the way their policy is written it still seems sketchy and gray.</p> <p> </p> <blockquote> <p>It's not written very clearly - but I get the impression that they are referring to one of their own photographers who is taking pictures of visitors - and those visitors consent to have those images being used.</p> </blockquote> <p>This is true and I'm definitely okay with that part however the way I interpreted the rest was that any photos taken by visitors would also become property of Dismals and they could use the photo's in any way they desire. I don't buy that policy at all. They have no way of getting peoples private photos anyway unless the essentially find them online and take them.</p> <p><br />Bottom line is I have no plans to visit the place but was just looking around at some of the nature preserves in the area. I couldn't help but notice what they had written. There are several more preserves nearby that are much bigger and better and cost little to nothing. To my knowledge they don't have such wacky policies. Sounds to me like these folks are just out to make a dollar any way they can. They almost literally charge you to breath "their air" as long as your in the park. Not worth it.</p>

<p>I found this photo policy rather interesting. Basically they are saying that if you the photographer take photos on the premises that those photos automatically become the property of the property or canyon owners. I just wanted to get some others opinions on such a policy. To my knowledge photos are always the sole property of the photographer unless he/she relinquishes it otherwise. Could this be a situation where you the photographer understands the policy upon entering the premises and essentially are agreeing to it if you decide to proceed? Still doesn't sound right but what do I know. Please see the link below. Rather than copying and pasting the policy I decided to post the direct link. Scroll about halfway down the page to canyon rules and policies and it is the very first policy listed.<br> <a href="http://dismalscanyon.com/admission/index.html">http://dismalscanyon.com/admission/index.html</a><br> <br />Jason</p> <p> </p>