Just flew in from the British Isles and boy are my arms tired!

**Jock Scot** · 23rd June 08, 08:23 AM

Originally Posted by pdcorlis

Boy oh boy is my ignorance showing... Next time, next time, next time...

Highgrove?

Highgrove is only 4 minutes from Tetbury!

**pdcorlis** · 23rd June 08, 02:25 PM

Darn- for just a moment I thought we were breaking some news here at XMarks...

**Darkislander** · 24th June 08, 03:05 PM

Your interest and skill in photography certainly shows here. I like what we call your "study" shots whereby you home in from a larger subject to capture finer detail. Are you using any enhancements such as adobe? Your exposures are all perfect. I enjoy picture taking too but wish I could go that extra mile like yours. Thanks for sharing, enjoyed them very much.

**pdcorlis** · 27th June 08, 10:32 PM

Thanks for your generous remarks DarkIslander. Yes, I do optimize the images using Adobe Lightroom but its all for nothing if the exposures are bad to start with.

**MacTavishOfJapan** · 28th June 08, 01:04 AM

Excellent pictures Phil, I hope you had a great time! If there's a meet in Edinburgh next time I'll be there.

**12stones** · 28th June 08, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by pdcorlis

Thanks for your generous remarks DarkIslander. Yes, I do optimize the images using Adobe Lightroom but its all for nothing if the exposures are bad to start with.

Are you shooting in RAW? I'm assuming you are if you're using Lightroom, but then you'd also know that even with bad exposures, you'd be able to recover them quite well. Don't get me wrong, it's better to get it right in camera, but Raw+Lightroom=good stuff. I've fallen in love with the Beta 2.0.

**Jack Daw** · 28th June 08, 09:52 PM

Great shots of Edinburgh!

**pdcorlis** · 28th June 08, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by 12stones

Are you shooting in RAW? I'm assuming you are if you're using Lightroom, but then you'd also know that even with bad exposures, you'd be able to recover them quite well. Don't get me wrong, it's better to get it right in camera, but Raw+Lightroom=good stuff. I've fallen in love with the Beta 2.0.

Yup - RAW and Lightroom can work a treat for sure. I've steered clear of 2.0 for now though I'll be on it in the end. Having said that - getting the exposure right can save an awful lot of time and reduce shadow noise - but don't get me started!