sagebrushfire

Using a large aperture and getting a shallow DOF in-camera gives you an effect that you can't truly replicate in post because there's certain information that the camera didn't pick up and is lost...

That doesn't matter; a work protected the moment it's created. Searching for stock images via Google or any other search engine is the problem here; there are plenty of free and cheap online...

What? That's called a derivative work and it most certainly will NOT protect you in anyway; it's copyright infringement. Is this supposed to be sarcastic or something?

300 FPS? There's no logical reason to ever present anything at 300 frames per second, your eyes and your brain could not process that much information, not to mention things that *should* have...

300 FPS? There's no logical reason to ever present anything at 300 frames per second, your eyes and your brain could not process that much information, not to mention things that *should* have...

This was not bad but ... why on earth did you compare Lightroom and Capture One Pro at two different preview sizes? They BOTH support 2048 and 2880; what on earth would make you think that...

Yeah I wish I had been more specific/strict with the rules so I could disqualify some of these, a few of them aren't even worth being voted on ...

That thread is too disorganized to sift through; we need a better way to deal with cheaters. I've had a few on my challenges.

Sorry didn't see this; I didn't mention it in the rules so I suppose yes; the only problem is that you're only going to get a tonally even look with JPEG and cheap monitors since sRGB only has 256...

1. You can't really complain about weird colors when you're shooting ISO 3200 ; chroma noise at this level is INSANE if you look at an untouched raw file - programs like Lightroom will generally...

Here's your first mistake - thinking that you needed a DSLR for any one particular type of picture. If you want a DSLR that's fine, they make it a lot easier to have absolute control over your...

Seriously? Canon is a significantly larger company than Nikon; that would be like Mercedes trying to put Toyota out of business by selling their superior luxury cars for less than Toyota's; Toyota...

Because professional photography equipment does not just take better photos - it just makes taking better photos easier. I've taken photos with sub-$200 point and shoot cameras  that blend...

Placed 45^th in the challenge. Even birds like to relax on warm, Hawaiian beaches ...

I Think this or something similar is what I will try using first: http://www.adorama.com/JDSFOSP.html?gclid=CNHu5PKZ-7MCFcN_QgodvVEAZQI knew it existed and I just didn't know the name. When I was...

Well that's the right Idea I think but I definitely don't even want to spend $200 ... I have tripods with heads I just need something to offset the camera from the center of the head.I've seen what...

Do you have any examples or comparisons to share? I'm using Lightroom. I loved version 3 and version 4 is just insanely impressive. The processing is great but I also like the organizational tools...

I'm looking into making spherical panoramas and I'm not happy with anything I find when searching for panoramic heads. I don't need something that costs $400 and tilts and swivels in 19 different...

I want to make a nice coffee  table style book for my Mother for Christmas (yes I know, how cute). She's always asking for pictures or examples of my work to show off etc. and I thought it would be...

Sorry I'm so very behind on my congratulations. This definitely deserved to be in first place, it's a brilliant image!