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  1. pjnewport

    Will IT Float ? Willet Fly ?

    Nice job getting down to the bird's level. Did you dig a foxhole to shoot from?
  2. pjnewport

    Nikon School

    A few impressions from the Streamlined Workflow Techniques seminar near LAX last Sunday... 200+ were in attendance. A fairly affluent group. Mostly male, 50% retirement eligible. No need to take anything. A decent lunch was provided. The session covered the topics as advertised. Be...
  3. pjnewport

    Scenes from New York City (broadband)

    I give up... Where are the seams in the 4 image panorama of Saint Patricks Cathedral (nikkor 12-24)? A four layer cake?
  4. pjnewport

    Nikon School

    Any alumni out there who would care to offer a review of their learning experience whilst attending a Nikon School seminar (http://www.nikonschool.com/)? I am eyeballing the Streamlined Workflow Techniques session offered near LAX a week from today: Live shooting demo using wireless...
  5. pjnewport

    Candid shots only! - I

    Here's a candid I snapped during the Christmas break - A proud Papa playing with all of his new toys! I wish I had a Nikon when my daughter was a newborn - then again, I'd have filled up a dozen external hard drives with NEF files!
  6. pjnewport

    NX EV Adjustments

    I fully concur w Matthew - the folks frequenting the nikoncafe are a great bunch! For the curious, below is a jpg that was metered off of the dark foreground (but suffered a blownout sunset as a result)...
  7. pjnewport

    NX EV Adjustments

    I took a sunset photo w underexposed foreground. It'd be handy if I could bump up the EV of the foreground without blowing out my sunset. Does NX have the ability to adjust +/-EV in a selected region in an NEF photo? Or are EV adjustments global? Can NX's Control Points adjust EV...
  8. pjnewport

    Hummingbird Safari

    Thanks. I want to return to the site and try my luck again soon. I am unfortunately on double secret probation at the moment... I want to purchase a sharper/faster/quicker focusing lens. My wife has no objections - provided the lens' primary intent is for family. If I'm caught associating...
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    Hummingbird Safari

    I stumbled onto the cafe just last week. Some astounding photos on this site. For the past couple of years, my Dad (Chicagoland) has been engrossed with clicking away at hummingbirds as they hover about the plastic bird feeder suction cupped to his window. My Dad was visiting (Southern...
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