It was a very wet, miserable day in August, but I really wanted to shoot a few frames, so I plumed for some 'still life' in the kitchen. I shot this globe artichoke with available light using a 100mm macro lens and 25mm extn tube at f2.8. Not too much available light though as can be seen by the decidedly dodgy manual focusing (lesson learned - turn on the light while focussing in the gloom!). Anyway, this turned out to be my first attempt with a demo version of lightroom 2 that I downloaded. Have any of you guys used it? I was really impressed - really quick and easy to use, you can download some helpful tutorial videos as well. I'm tempted to buy (particularly as I lost Rawshooter when I bought a new computer, and i don't like the Canon bundled software at all). Any thoughts? all the best, Adam.Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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It was a very wet, miserable day in August, but I really wanted to shoot a few frames, so I plumed for some 'still life' in the kitchen. I shot this globe artichoke with available light using a 100mm macro lens and 25mm extn tube at f2.8. Not too much available light though as can be seen by the decidedly dodgy manual focusing (lesson learned - turn on the light while focussing in the gloom!). Anyway, this turned out to be my first attempt with a demo version of lightroom 2 that I downloaded. Have any of you guys used it? I was really impressed - really quick and easy to use, you can download some helpful tutorial videos as well. I'm tempted to buy (particularly as I lost Rawshooter when I bought a new computer, and i don't like the Canon bundled software at all). Any thoughts? all the best, Adam.
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Sorry Adam, I've never used lightroom. I think Gareth has, though.
Ivan
Never used Lightroom either.
I like this shot though but would have preferred to see more of the 'head'. The brown hues are great...
Dams
Oh, sorry - thought this was a question on the lightroom, as this image is cr..no, joking!!!
I quite like this - I think it looks like something you'd buy in a trendy home design shop, and put it in a driftwood frame...
Agree with Dams - would like to see more of the head, but then this does have a more abstract feel, so probably OK.
Ivan
I use 1.x almost exclusively these days - I haven't had time to get hold of a trial of 2 yet but I will. I think Lightroom's awesome - very fast, simple yet pro-grade user interface and you can still kick over to photoshop half way through if you need to.
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