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    2x teleconverter and a rattling sound / freely moving part – normal?

    in Nikon

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    Howdy,

     

    I just got myself Nikon AF-S Teleconverter TC-20E III and am wondering whether this rattling sound that comes out of it when I move / shake it is normal (?) – there's a piece I can see (it's more visible on the lens side, but also sticks out on the camera side) that moves freely; looks like it's meant to move, just not sure whether all by itself...

    ...attaching the teleconverter to a lens makes no difference; only attaching the whole thing to the camera stabilizes it, so it goes quiet.

     

    Thanks (hopefully for putting my mind at peace ;-)

    Special Deal on Adobe Photography Bundle

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>Michael Dougherty wrote:<br /><em>I still use CS6 with some plugins and just added Elements 14 for solving "shake reduction" issues if I need to. This was one of the really attractive features in the rental version of Photoshop but now it is available in Elements 14.</em></p>

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    <p>Does Elements 14 "shake reduction" feature work better than <a href="http://www.focusmagic.com/">Focus Magic</a>? <br />(I'm also on CS6 but didn't get Focus Magic yet, hence my question.)</p>

    Difference Between White Balance and Color Correction

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>If you really want to dive into some very precise localized color correction go to Vimeo and look up "the 10-channel Color Workflows" videos by Lee Varis.</p>

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    <p>Have found two versions, which appear to be different:<br /> <br />a single 46-minute chunk on U-tube<br /><a href="https://youtu.be/KUMq9HY2GWs">https://youtu.be/KUMq9HY2GWs</a><br /> <br />and a 4-part shorter episodes on vimeo<br />

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    <br />
    or
    <br />https://vimeo.com/16858156</p>

    <p> </p>

    Need image stacking software (long exposures)

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    <p>Have never used them, but have a look at <a href="http://www.astrosurf.com/buil/us/iris/iris.htm">IRIS</a> and/or <a href="http://www.astronomie.be/Registax/">RegiStax</a>; they <em>may</em> do what you're after.<br>

    Good luck!<br>

    <br />P.S.<br />Here's a <a href="http://www.russsscope.net/staxtutorial.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tutorial</a> for the latter.</p>

    Nik Silver Efex Pro

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p><em>One other to check out is Perfect Effects which I got for free. I'm sorry I don't have a link for the offer and I'm not sure whether it's still available but a search should produce some results for it.</em></p>

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    <p>Hey Harry, is it <a href="http://www.ononesoftware.com/products/effects8free/"><strong>Perfect Effects 8</strong> Free Edition</a> what you got? -- thanks for clarification!</p>

     

    Perception / attitude problem: "Body Evolution - Model Before and After" video

    in Casual Photo Conversations

    Posted

    <p>I've reflected on the chicken-and-egg feedback loop: while what we are being fed shapes our preferences, what we choose to consume shapes what's on offer. I'd hazard a statement that the root cause of it is our spiritual poverty, which I don't mean in religious terms at all. Simply, we got technologically mature at the expense of becoming psychologically immature: anxious, stressed out, either depressed or hyper, never satisfied for long, always wishing for something else. </p>

    <p>Humans were beautifying themselves since the dawn of time, and typically art was exhibiting/promoting the then current standard of beauty (which evolved over time and was different in different places at any given time), but people tent to be more grounded and their exposure to these messages was tiny compared to the contemporary onslaught.</p>

    <p>Reckon there's nothing wrong with make-up and digital airbrushing per se. If we could admire the final result as we admire a breathtaking sunset, there would be no problem. The problem stems from our mental / psychological identification; we got brainwashed into believing that we must have something or else we cannot be happy.</p>

    <p>We all strive for happiness, and that's understandable and normal. Unfortunately, not only are we looking for it in all the wrong places, but we also seem to be slow to learn, even from our own multiple and recurrent mistakes. Instead, we get insecure, and that's being exploited, but then again, it happens only because of our implicit permission...</p>

    <p>No-one's immune or blame-free, but teenagers perhaps are the most vulnerable: with their overwhelming need to be accepted, to fit, to belong, they are the most susceptible to peer pressure and thus the easiest to manipulate. Having said that, temptations of conformity prove irresistible to most adults too; they are just more sophisticated at justifying it to others and rationalizing it to themselves (e.g., as responsible behavior.)</p>

    <p>Late Jiddu Krishnamurti said it well: "It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society." Amen!</p>

    Perception / attitude problem: "Body Evolution - Model Before and After" video

    in Casual Photo Conversations

    Posted

    <p>If you haven't seen it yet, watch an impressive make-up and photoshop makeover in the <em><a href="

    Evolution - Model Before and After</a></em> video brought to you by <a href="http://www.globaldemocracy.com/idea/show/9/disclaimer-for-airbrushed-models">GlobalDemocracy.com</a> made in protest against artificially created impossible beauty standards (mainly by fashion and advertising industries via mass media), which lead to serious body image / self-worth issues, with the model-photographer couple's brief <a href="http://www.etonline.com/news/140287_Identity_of_Body_Evolution_Model_Revealed/index.html">interview on ET</a>.</p>

    <p>Not sure how much difference could labeling make (?) Reckon it won't stop creating unrealistic expectations. In a way, our self-obsession with looks and the pressure it creates, especially on young women, are a sign of times -- as a population, we got dumbed down enough to buy into this, so now we pay the price: the more insecure one is, the higher the bill...</p>

    Does setting ISO affect a RAW file?

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>Andrew Rodney wrote:<br /><em>Film had an H&D curve. We exposed for the shadows, developed for the highlights.<br />Digital is linear. We expose for the highlights and develop from there.</em></p>

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    <p>Thought George Jardine's <a href="http://topdownvideos.com/training/tone-mapping/">Exposure & Tone Mapping tutorial</a> is relevant to Andrew's comment; it certainly illuminated things for me a bit.<br>

    Enjoy!</p>

    How do you emulate HDR?

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    <p>You can play with so-called faux-HDR a.k.a. DRI as in <a href="http://av.adobe.com/russellbrown/FauxHDR_SM.mov">Russell Brown's Wilde & Wacky "Dynamic Raw Imaging"</a> (typically DRI stands for <em>Dynamic Range Increase</em>, which is not to be confused with HDR), so, as the name suggests, it's most suitable for RAW images. <br /> <br />Here's my stab at it; click on the image below for a larger view...<br /> <a href="../photo/11808217&size=lg"><img src="http://static.photo.net/attachments/bboard/00X/00XcJH-297897684.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="750" /></a></p>

    <p>Have fun! :)</p>

    Best method for 60 inch print from 5D

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>Patrick wrote:<br /> <em>[...] go into image size, you can easily go directly to 200% without any major lost [...]</em><br /> <em>Then, if you must do it, you can again go to another 200% (yes, one shot deal, no 10% step bla bla .. so 2002 ;)</em></p>

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    <p>But that's already two steps, each @ 200% -- if enlarging incrementally doesn't provide any benefits, why not do it in one pass @ 400%?<br /><br />I've just done a little experiment to compare the 2x200% vs 1x400% and there's no difference whatsoever, not a single pixel (I've layered them in the 'Difference' blend mode and the entire image turned pitch black).<br /><br />Have also tried applying some (not too aggressive) sharpening after the interim enlargement but it seemed that whatever small improvement there was in the quality of the final resolution, the difference could be reduced by output sharpening to the point where I wasn't able to tell which one was "better," with or without intermediate sharpening (there still was some marginal difference between the two.)</p>

    My First Mask Using Channels And Blend Modes

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

    Posted

    <p>That's one of the areas I should venture into, so I looked up the author and the title of her book you quoted, and found the same tutorial you went through at <a href="http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/remove_backgrounds/index.html">http://www.graphic-design.com/Photoshop/remove_backgrounds/index.html</a> (thought would post it here for the benefit of those like me; could be helpful even if the book elaborates on it in more detail.) Thanks for drawing my attention to it.<br /><br /> P.S.<br /><em>simple curve with no setting, change the blending mode to soft light</em> -- oh yeah, I used to know that trick, but have forgotten -- cheers Patrick for this reminder!</p>

    "Zero Noise" technique for noiseless shadow detail

    in The Digital Darkroom: Process, Technique & Printing

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    <p>Bob Estremera wrote:<br /><em>Always looking for ways to improve shadow detail.</em><br /><em> And I'd love to see examples or learn other techniques that can retain the level of shadow detail this technique demonstrates with another method.</em></p>

    </blockquote>

    <p>Hi Bob,<br>

    Thought you may want to have a look at the <a href="http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=35412"><em><strong>True Recovery</strong></em></a> thread on Luminous Landscape forum: a couple of methods are described there (although not exactly "substitutes" for the 4 f-stops technique).</p>

    Nik Efex pro 3.0 Standalone available free till sunday

    in News from the Photo World

    Posted

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    <p>Thakurdalip Singh wrote:<br /><em>I got a mail in German from Nik which I cant understand but I guess it means that free download is available till 15th. So, date extended. Pl take advantage.</em></p>

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    <p>Chuck it into an online translator such as http://translate.google.com/ -- it won't be perfect but usually makes enough sense to make sense out of it ;)<br>

    I've just double-checked: the offer has expired. <br />Suspect that 15 may refer to the number of filters available in this package...</p>

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