dodger501

They have been my weapon of choice, with Topaz a close second.

How much you want to bet that Google ceases further development and support on these?

October 18, at TCF Bank Stadium - their temporary home until the new stadium is complete downtown.

Taking outdoor pictures can be a challenge this time of year with the lower sun angle causing sharper contrast. I had end zone seats so had to contend with the goalposts and wires much of the time.

Show your horns!

Adrian Peterson breaks one:

Minnesota Twins vs. Tampa Rays.

May 17 at Target Field.

Target Field, Minneapolis - May 2:

Nicely Done!

 

Dave

Thank you, Dave!

Just got back from our cruise on Carnival Liberty. We spent 2 days in Florida prior. These guys taking flight on the beach are called black skimmers (yes, had to look 'em up):

Dec. 19, 2014

A pair of eagles make the high trees their home by the lake, plenty of food for them:

Nikon D700, 28-300mm VR

Except for the wide angle stadium shot, that was with a Sigma 12-24mm UWA.

I will give my two cents since you asked. I use and "pay for" Smug Mug (about $60USD for the year). I tried photobucket and didn't like it. I am a recent convertee to the Mac world and I love the APERTURE app on my Mac. Smug Mug works perfectly with Aperture which allows you to upload your photos directly from Aperture into Galleries. There is no resizing required when you share here on CC you pick the size of photo when you are sharing from Smug Mug. I did my first Photo Trip Report in April and posted/shared almost 600 photos which created literally hundreds of thousands individual requests back to the Smug Mug Server. Shameless plug here if you would like to read/see my photos click the link in signature.

 

 

Regards,

Kevin Reid

I second SmugMug, also a Power User for $60 per year. The Basic account is $40 per year.

http://www.dodgerdigital.com/

Check here:

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1935675

I use the ThinkTank Retrospective 30 and it does fit under the seat:

http://www.thinktankphoto.com/products/retrospective-30-pinestone-shoulder-bag.aspx

Conquest, out of Miami.

Have a great cruise!

A couple years ago, it was about zero F at Mpls/St. Paul airport.

We showed up in our Florida-grade windbreakers thinking we'd do the curbside check-in and be on our way. Well, my bag was overweight so we had to hustle into the terminal and move stuff to my wife's bag.

Back outside we go - this time there is a line! :eek:

Very unpleasant experience. We got over it, though.

Bloomington, MN

Entire gallery here: http://www.dodgerdigital.com/Events/Mall-of-America-2013

A tripod is recommended but you can get away with hand-held for the most part, if you have software that aligns and de-ghosts.

Set your camera to aperture priority mode because you don't want the depth of field to change. You are going to be taking 3-5 shots.

Set auto ISO to off, you don't want exposure varying all over the place.

On my Nikon, setting bracketing is easy - just the push of a button and the turn of a wheel. I do 5 exposures 2/3 of the time. 3, others.

I also have an infrared remote that goes on the hot shoe where I can trigger the shutter remotely. Otherwise set the camera to a 5-10 second delay to minimize vibration.

Get your focus. Now turn AF off so that the camera doesn't try to refocus each time.

Take your 3-5 exposures. You should end up with EV-2, -1, normal, +1, +2

Now you have the full range of what your eyes saw. A single picture and you get exposure only on one part of the scene. So if you are shooting out a window, it will be blown-out white.

Here is the tricky part. You have to have software to merge these exposures together. I have 3, in order of preference:

1. Photomatix Pro 5

2. Nik Efex HDR Efex Pro

3. Photoshop CC

Tweak the settings to your liking - strength, exposure, detail, contrast, temperature, and so on. The first 2 products above will align the images.

There's lots more that go into my shots, a lot of times I add the 5 exposures as layers underneath and mask in features from each that I like. I have spent hours on some.

Here is an example of my earliest work, how NOT to do it:

This is more recent:

The beach at Dreams Resort, La Romana, D.R.

Aruba, can't remember the name of the beach, there was a Westin hotel right behind us:

Curacao, Playa Porto Mari:

What was he complaining about?

Normally I don't liked to attend little kids' birthday parties but there is something special about a child's first one. This is my niece's little girl this past weekend:

I need to get up at sunrise more often on these cruises, the light is fabulous.

Only seem to manage to do it once per trip, though :(

Nikon D70

Nikon D2X

Nikon D700

Next camera will be a D800.

Carnival Miracle, looking down into the steakhouse (HDR):

La Romana, Dominican Republic:

Porto Mari Beach, Curacao:

Monarch of the Seas:

(l-r) Fascination, Imagination, MOS