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  1. Mike-PDX

    another one from yesterday

    For me, the first shot would definitely be preferred for another reason. The flower itself is brighter compared to the background and seems to have a glow that this second shot doesn't have. Maybe it's just an optical illusion. If that is something you can fix in post, then this one would...
  2. Palouse Panorama

    Palouse Panorama

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  3. Mike-PDX

    Steptoe Butte

    Thanks for the feedback Ron. I appreciate it. The contrast of these shots was pretty low to begin with, so I did add a bunch already. Maybe I didn't go far enough with a couple of them, but I was trying to stop just short of making them look garish. Here is a re-do of the "Whitman County...
  4. The Palouse from Steptoe Butte

    The Palouse from Steptoe Butte

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  5. The Palouse from Steptoe Butte

    The Palouse from Steptoe Butte

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  6. Whitman County Growers

    Whitman County Growers

    The Palouse from Steptoe Butte
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  7. Palouse Spring

    Palouse Spring

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  8. Mike-PDX

    Steptoe Butte

    Back from a couple of days in the Palouse. The weather caused us to come home a day early - something about snow flurries mixed with the rain in Pullman that just didn't seem conducive to outdoor photography. I guess I'm just a wimp… Thanks to all of you for your help and suggestions! I did...
  9. Mike-PDX

    Candid shots for C&C

    I agree about the optical illusion. These do look good printed as-is, though. Yes there are plenty of tools to adjust exposure in different ways, but selectively darkening the bright background in Lightroom is tricky. That's what I was referring to.
  10. Mike-PDX

    Candid shots for C&C

    Thanks, E. I like what you did. I'll give it a try, although it's a little trickier in Lightroom than in Photoshop. I noticed that these shots look darker when viewed on a white background like this forum than they do in Lightroom's gray background. I cropped these fairly tight to minimize...
  11. Mike-PDX

    Candid shots for C&C

    OK, so Ejones asked for portrait postings. Shots of people are something I tend to avoid because I'm just not comfortable doing them. The closest I come to shooting portraits would be candid shots. So here are four I took of some school children performing a dance in Costa Rica. I would...
  12. Mike-PDX

    Tilting at windmills

    I can envision that it would be a post processing thing. Take a few short-long exposure shots and a few normal exposure shots and blend the two best in post. Tripod is essential, of course, but you're likely on a tripod already. You'd have something pretty cool, I think.
  13. Mike-PDX

    Going thru some old shots

    Sorry about the lack of comments. It seems a little slow around here lately. Reasons that I didn't comment: It's a fine image, and I think it isn't very helpful for me to just say "nice shot, E". So I tend to avoid that kind of response. I'm not qualified to give useful feedback on...
  14. Mike-PDX

    Tilting at windmills

    Bob, this is a cool idea! I agree with Arline that the "short-long" exposure seems best. It occurs to me that this cries out for something like a second curtain flash technique which would provide you with a streak of moving blades coming up to a sharp blade at the end. I didn't explain...
  15. Mike-PDX

    sunset on a marsh

    Rocky, I'm generally partial to vertical shots, and this is no exception. For me, somehow my eye seems to get stuck in the large expanse (wedge) of silhouetted trees on the right side of the landscape version. The portrait version seems more balanced between darkness and light. Just my...
  16. Howler Monkey mother and baby

    Howler Monkey mother and baby

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  17. Mike-PDX

    RE: Wildlife of Edmonds

    Actually, it just crashed as I was typing that last reply. I ended up typing it offline and pasting it into the message.
  18. Mike-PDX

    RE: Wildlife of Edmonds

    No problem. This is just a difference in the way we use the system. I have switched back to hybrid view which lets me navigate to the last page. That works as long as I don't want to look at messages further up the chain. I had switched away from it before because it didn't easily let me...
  19. Mike-PDX

    RE: Wildlife of Edmonds

    Well it may just boil down to a difference in reading styles. I tend to click on active topics and then view the ones that have been updated since I last looked. That way I don't have to scroll through all the forums searching for what has changed. BTW, I don't really think a new post each...
  20. Mike-PDX

    RE: Wildlife of Edmonds

    It very well could be lag on my end. I still believe a thread this large is a bit unmanageable. I used to like In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, maybe I'll just switch to threaded view and forget about it. :rolleyes:


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