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[APoc184]

Nice.

Did you boost only shadows or the overall exposure?

And the color? Only contrast and white balance or a bit of saturation added too?

 

[bwana]

Nice.

Did you boost only shadows or the overall exposure?

And the color? Only contrast and white balance or a bit of saturation added too?

Boosted the shadows and brought the green under control.

There's more you can do with a jpg than people are willing to give credit to.

 

[APoc184]

Definitely. I've transformed some bleak looking jpegs into decent looking images.

 

[AhComment]

Definitely. I've transformed some bleak looking jpegs into decent looking images.

Shoot RAW . You can always uncook the steak that way if you burn it too much .
jpegs are already processed in the camera before stored on the memory card - yes , you can work on them but why not have the total result of the sensor's capability on the PC to work with ?

 

[bwana]

Shoot RAW . You can always uncook the steak that way if you burn it too much .
jpegs are already processed in the camera before stored on the memory card - yes , you can work on them but why not have the total result of the sensor's capability on the PC to work with ?

Sometimes shooting raw (it's not an acronym ) is unnecessary and even detrimental to the task at hand.

 

[OGroteKoning]

Sometimes shooting raw (it's not an acronym ) is unnecessary and even detrimental to the task at hand.

Detrimental? Please explain.

 

[APoc184]

I'd think being under pressure to file live and shooting in raw is an issue.

 

[APoc184]

The noise reduction, saturation and even white balance with in camera jpeg is really good nowadays

 

[bwana]

Detrimental? Please explain.

On the computer side raw files take up a lot more hard drive space and take much more time to import and process. On the camera'a side they fill up buffers and cards quicker.

Now if you're shooting a couple hundred shots it's not going to make much of a difference but if you're shooting thousands - and remember time spent editing is time taken away from shooting - then it becomes a issue.

The juice ain't always worth the squeeze.

 

[bwana]

The noise reduction, saturation and even white balance with in camera jpeg is really good nowadays

My camera can do a better job with noise than I can.

 

[OGroteKoning]

We always shoot raw and jpeg. So am I wasting memory on the SD card doing that?

 

[RanzB]

I do - and always will - shoot raw. If I feel that I can afford to, I drop down to a smaller size raw. But never jpeg alone. My clients are paying for quality, raw gives me the best chance of delivering the best quality I can.

 

[bwana]

We always shoot raw and jpeg. So am I wasting memory on the SD card doing that?

Shooting raw and jpg is like drinking rosé - make up your mind and commit.

There is rarely an advantage to it.

That said - SD cards are cheap.

 

[APoc184]

Doing a lot of sports photography myself at times, I fully understand where bwana is coming from.

All other things I shoot raw as well.

 

[bwana]

Doing a lot of sports photography myself at times, I fully understand where bwana is coming from.

All other things I shoot raw as well.

It's not just sports I'll shoot in jpg - most editorial stuff doesn't warrant raw files. That is assuming you know how to set up your camera in the first place.

 

[APoc184]

Has anybody here ever shot MotoX? Not the FMX thing like Nitro Circus or Red Bull X-Fighters but rather the racing including heats, qualifying, etc.

What setup would you recommend. What did you use? Any other tips would be appreciated.

I'm guessing a 400mm would be a bit overkill and that I'll mostly be shooting in the 70-200mm range.

Thank you.

 

[OGroteKoning]

Has anybody here ever shot MotoX? Not the FMX thing like Nitro Circus or Red Bull X-Fighters but rather the racing including heats, qualifying, etc.

What setup would you recommend. What did you use? Any other tips would be appreciated.

I'm guessing a 400mm would be a bit overkill and that I'll mostly be shooting in the 70-200mm range.

Thank you.

Some high level tips
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/content/10-tips-improve-your-aviation-photography

From the manufacturer of your camera...
http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Learn-An...b4u/taking-great-photographs-at-airshows.html

Another random site
http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2...ips-for-taking-amazing-pictures-of-airplanes/

 

[APoc184]

Some high level tips
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/content/10-tips-improve-your-aviation-photography

From the manufacturer of your camera...
http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Learn-An...b4u/taking-great-photographs-at-airshows.html

Another random site
http://www.digitalcameraworld.com/2...ips-for-taking-amazing-pictures-of-airplanes/

Hehe Thanks.

But I was actually referring more to this -->

I'm sure it was the Red Bull thing that threw you off.

 

[OGroteKoning]

Hehe Thanks.

But I was actually referring more to this -->

I'm sure it was the Red Bull thing that threw you off.

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Oh FFS! His on earth did I manage to misread your post so badly?

Didn't you give me a video of a guy who explained exactly that?

 

[APoc184]

Oh FFS! His on earth did I manage to misread your post so badly?

Haha. Must be still hangover from the Currie Cup victory.

Didn't you give me a video of a guy who explained exactly that?

I don't have anything left of those videos (remember the burglary) and I actually didn't watch all of them back them.