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JoeMO said:
How'd it go this weekend?
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Quality is definitely getting better. Want to check out Lightroom, but my wife is finishing up the last part of her doctorate, so time on the computer is hard to come by.

Tripod came today, so going to try out a long exposure of the mountains and sky behind our house tonight. Don't have a shutter remote yet, so we'll see.

Just what I needed was another expensive hobby...
 
JoeMO said:
Well mirrorless is lighter so if your carrying your camera a lot they can reduce fatigue. Battery life would be another consideration along with 50 other things
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Thanks Joe, will start doing some research.
 
JoeMO said:
Nice images. I hope your son gets some playing time so you can get some action images of him.
I do most of my color corrections or enhancements in post processing using Lightroom. If the following article doesn't help you, you can google your camera and ask the same question. So for me, I'd google, how to improve my colors in my Canon 6D? Hopefully some of the other photographers can give you some suggestions too.

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Just bought Lightroom, reading through a tutorial now. Excited to see what I can do to some of the photos I've taken. It mentioned in the article that RAW files tend to be washed out, which I've definitely experienced.

Any favorite features or recommendations of things to play with in Lightroom?
 
smellysell said:
Just bought Lightroom, reading through a tutorial now. Excited to see what I can do to some of the photos I've taken. It mentioned in the article that RAW files tend to be washed out, which I've definitely experienced.

Any favorite features or recommendations of things to play with in Lightroom?
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Heck you probably know more than me already. Key wording is your friend. I haven't done it near enough, but it helps in five years when you are looking for that one image. Saturation is cool at first, but turns bad after time. I have images from years ago that I go back and adjust because I oversaturated them. If you learn (I haven't) presets can be helpful if you find a style you like.
 
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Make sure you set your Lightroom destination folder in an easy to find spot. That thing will take the photos from the camera and put them on your computer - make sure you know where that is. Then it'll manipulate the photo to suit you - I end up correcting exposure more than about anything - and you'll save the manipulated photo. Make sure you know where that is, and you probably don't want the finished pics mixed in with the library of "fresh off the card" pics.

The reason it's important is because you'll eventually end up with a shitload of files that are just dates and pic numbers, then a few files that are probably going to be names. It's a lot easier to go back and search all those "raw" (even if not saved as RAW) files if they are in their own little space, and that space stays consistent.

I ended up buying the book, this was back when it was a purchasable program, I think it's just a download/lease now, isn't it?
 
ChuckJr said:
Make sure you set your Lightroom destination folder in an easy to find spot. That thing will take the photos from the camera and put them on your computer - make sure you know where that is. Then it'll manipulate the photo to suit you - I end up correcting exposure more than about anything - and you'll save the manipulated photo. Make sure you know where that is, and you probably don't want the finished pics mixed in with the library of "fresh off the card" pics.

The reason it's important is because you'll eventually end up with a shitload of files that are just dates and pic numbers, then a few files that are probably going to be names. It's a lot easier to go back and search all those "raw" (even if not saved as RAW) files if they are in their own little space, and that space stays consistent.

I ended up buying the book, this was back when it was a purchasable program, I think it's just a download/lease now, isn't it?
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Yep, only option I could find was a monthly or yearly subscription.
 
Really hoping I can add some contrast/personality to the pics of my buddy sending the wind lip that I posted above.
 
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