A few shots from Cayman Brac...

[O'Malley]

My wife and I just returned from Cayman Brac this weekend and I am ecstatic to report, my twice-serviced strobe worked flawlessly...wish I could say the same for my technique. Nontheless, I have a few that I am initially pleased with. All my shooting was done with an Nikkor 18-55 lens but the whole week I was cursing myself for not picking up the 60mm macro for all the small critters.

This was my first time shooting RAW and WOW, the post-processing features (I'm using Capture NX) are amazing but rather time consuming. What I am really struggling with is just how much to edit while not overly processing the "moment" captured in the original. Anyone else struggle with this?

 

[lifeisfullofgooddives]

nice!

 

[O'Malley]

Thanks...

Although I'm impressed with the versatility shooting RAW offers, first impressions with post-processing is the noticeable reduction in image quality when saved from NEFF to JPEG...however, it may help if I acutally read the manual!

 

[philmayer]

Although I'm impressed with the versatility shooting RAW offers, first impressions with post-processing is the noticeable reduction in image quality when saved from NEFF to JPEG...however, it may help if I acutally read the manual!

Great pics! Thanks for sharing.

There will be some reduction, but not much. Manuals just get in the way of good experimentation!

After you've been post-processing for a little while, you'll learn what things you need to change and what doesn't really make a difference. And then your shooting will get better so you have to process less. It just takes practice. You'll get it.

 

[snepdiver]

Nice pictures. Thanks for sharing them with us.

 

[sarita75]

Beautiful photographs. I am very impressed.