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gary88 · #**256** (**permalink**) 02-28-09, 09:26 PM

Got bored while doing business calc homework

C&C · #**257** (**permalink**) 03-01-09, 06:43 AM

Have you heard about the constipated mathematician........................he worked it out with his pencil (I know; very old joke)
Cool pic above

Here's my submission: Dragonfruit flower

hardrockcamaro@mac.c · #**258** (**permalink**) 03-01-09, 05:26 PM

The Black Dahlia · #**259** (**permalink**) 03-03-09, 05:54 PM

A couple of friends took some great shots the other day!

I wish I had some photo skills!!!

hardrockcamaro@mac.c · #**260** (**permalink**) 03-05-09, 04:16 PM

Pic from a car parts swap meet this past weekend:

gary88 · #**261** (**permalink**) 03-09-09, 09:18 PM

One of the many reasons I love LR2, built-in GND filter

CadillacGurl · #**262** (**permalink**) 03-09-09, 10:45 PM

dirt_cheap_fleetwood · #**263** (**permalink**) 03-09-09, 11:32 PM

What is a GND filter? I am serious, please educate me.

gary88 · #**264** (**permalink**) 03-09-09, 11:43 PM

Graduated Neutral Density filter

Say you're shooting a sunset. The top part of the scene with the sky and sun will be much brighter than the lower part with the beach/field/whatever. This confuses the camera's light meter, since the light is so different between the two parts of the scene. You'll usually get either a nicely exposed sunset with a dark foreground or vise versa. A GND filter is basically a transparent square filter that's tinted on the top part. When this is mounted in front of the lens, the top part of the filter brings down the brighter part of the scene, making it easier to get an even exposure.

Looks like this:

gothicaleigh · #**265** (**permalink**) 03-10-09, 10:00 AM

Photoshop CS4 also has a GND filter in Camera Raw 5.0 (probably utilizing the same code that Adobe uses in Lightroom). I would imagine that the GND would be much easier to set afterwards in software than with the mechanical filter.

Excellent shot above Gary. You never fail to impress.

Sinister Angel · #**266** (**permalink**) 03-10-09, 11:20 AM

Gary, you should check out PhotoCamel if you haven't already. Good stuff over there.

Also the nice thing is that the GND feature doesn't just do exposure, but contrast, saturation, etc.

gary88 · #**267** (**permalink**) 03-10-09, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by gothicaleigh

Photoshop CS4 also has a GND filter in Camera Raw 5.0 (probably utilizing the same code that Adobe uses in Lightroom). I would imagine that the GND would be much easier to set afterwards in software than with the mechanical filter.

Excellent shot above Gary. You never fail to impress.

Thanks

CS4 and LR2 use the same version of Adobe Camera Raw, so you get all the same neat tools. I have 5.3 with LR2.

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Originally Posted by Sinister Angel

Gary, you should check out PhotoCamel if you haven't already. Good stuff over there.

Also the nice thing is that the GND feature doesn't just do exposure, but contrast, saturation, etc.

I'm on POTN, the best photo forum out there.

gary88 · #**268** (**permalink**) 03-11-09, 03:04 AM

Rue Cadet, the street my hotel was on when I was in Paris last summer.

Sinister Angel · #**269** (**permalink**) 03-14-09, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by gary88

Rue Cadet, the street my hotel was on when I was in Paris last summer.

I like what you did with the adjustments

gary88 · #**270** (**permalink**) 03-14-09, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sinister Angel

I like what you did with the adjustments

Thanks

Some comments I got today while shooting the Chicago River being dyed green with my 70-200 attached:

-Guy standing next to me: "That's a hell of a camera!"
-Guy somewhere behind me: "Dude's got a Canon for real!"
-Guy standing around me: "That guy's got the spy camera out!"
-Police officer: "What are you doing, taking pictures?"
-Police officer #2: "ahahaha... facebook! Bet you're gonna sell those pictures!"