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<p>sounds cool...</p>

<p>have a look here for some ideas on how it may work/play out.</p>

<p>http://flickr.com/groups/manipulatethis/discuss/</p>

<p>i can't comment on CaptureOne, but i think NX2, ViewNX is by far better than ACR, LR, PS when it comes to handling NEFs.</p>

<p>are you going to end up choosing one of the three - if so, which one and why.</p>

<p>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0309061/</p>

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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hashim_a/3112174730/"

title="Pakistan - Spring 2008 by H@shim A™, on Flickr"><img

src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/3112174730_9e4c267f2c.jpg"

width="500" height="400" alt="Pakistan - Spring 2008" /></a>

</center>

i notice the photo is on flickr... give picnik a shot, it should be under the options as *edit* right above the image and click on *auto fix* ( i think that's what it's called ), it may just help with the issues described above.

thanks much Rainer T...

good stuff...

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title="DSC_1477 by H@shim A™, on Flickr"><img

src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/3005866615_dcabd89695.jpg"

width="500" height="333" alt="DSC_1477" /></a>

</center>

something like this?

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title="20081028 DSC_1584-2 by H@shim A™, on Flickr"><img

src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3204/3024040388_f1e4b6ce99.jpg"

width="348" height="500" alt="20081028 DSC_1584-2" /></a>

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if you haven't already tried Costco... you really should. hi end machines and color profiles all for a price that's a great value. i've tried some of the other places mentioned - just didn't care for the additional shipping time/cost to already a bit pricey, imo, prints.

 

i'm no pro, but do want and appreciate high quality prints - i was more than pleasantly surprised by the Costco experience - the color profiles were a bonus.

great link... thanks much for sharing Ellis.

<i>That's one hell of a fine photo! Got more? </i><p>

 

i so wanna see this shot... where'd it go? was it ever up? am i missing something?<p>

 

btw, i'm sure many of you already know - the Leifer / Ali stuff is wow.

thanks folks...

 

found this to be quite useful.

 

http://regex.info/exif.cgi

is that info contained in the exif for the dslrs - if so, how can it be viewed?

 

i don't mean focal length info.

 

thanks...

is that info contained in the exif for the Nikon dslrs - if so, how can it be viewed?

 

i don't mean focal length info.

 

thanks...

Chris... if you like the RAW conversion the Nikon software delivers (which a lot of folks prefer over ACR), consider using ViewNX - which is free and still from Nikon.

 

well worth a look.

 

i'm using NX2 for 90% of all the post processing i do but will admit that the interface and features that i came across in the trial of LR2 i used are quite slick.

Rainer...

 

i just tried PTLens, i'm thoroughly impressed with what it can do and at how simple it was. excellent suggestion.

thanks Robert... that's exactly what i ended up doing and then decreasing the opacity a bit to make a bit more natural.

 

thanks for the feedback folks.

based on what is written in the photographer's blog... there's more than a handful of applications that are used that either correct - or enhance the photos posted.

 

i seriously doubt that the image posted is straight off the CF card.

what's the best way to find a neutral gray point in to correct a color cast in skin tone.

 

i've got an image with not obvious whites or anything close to 18% gray in it. determining black and white

points isn't too tough, it's finding that midpoint that i'm having trouble with.

<i>Sanford Gerald [Frequent poster] , Sep 22, 2008; 07:40 a.m.<P>

 

I use the "Ozone System". I underexpose the photograph and then use "Highlight/Shadow" in Photoshop to bring out

the details in the darker areas.</i>

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=)

Mendel... i think you and i may have seen the same footage some time ago.

 

was very a very interesting process.

saw this in another forum, i think it's wild.

 

 

here's a snippet from the guy.

 

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In this set you will find random photos and information on a project a friend has undertaken - a machine to make

his own camera film.

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i'd suggest using a Nikon product to handle the intial NEF, ViewNX is free and can do a basic conversion and still do a better job of handling color than ACR imo. you can handle metadata if you like too with it. it's pretty basic but not a bad way to integrate in your workflow which seems to oriented mainly around CS2 anyhow.

 

congratulations on the D700, seems like a monster camera.