MTem
Well-known member
50 odd years of birding, only a few with a camera of any kind, and only a couple of years with half decent equipment as I've tried to move beyond 'record shots'. I now use a Canon 70D with 400mm f5.6 Canon prime lens. I now shoot RAW and use Canon DPP that came with the 70D for processing. All the latter done up to now by 'trial and error' and a bit of Internet surfing, with a reasonable outcome in most cases. I realise clearly no amount of processing will correct a fundamentally poor photo!
A few questions for those with a bit more expertise please....
1. Can you recommend any books/tutorials/websites that deal well with processing photos, especially if they use bird or wildlife photos as examples? My main challenges are correcting exposure and shadows, as well as appropriate noise reduction or sharpening.
2. Is there anything to be gained from purchasing other software? - Lightroom and Elements seem to get mentioned a lot. If so they seem to come in several grades - any advice on the right intro point. What do I get that isn't in DPP?
3. Am I right to keep shooting RAW and then seeking to process? Almost all of my photography is handheld, and opportunistic so usually there is little time to change settings on the camera, so I tend to use TV with a fast shutter speed, and adjust exposure as I move into different light/shade environments then take what I get and try to get the best from the outcome back home on my desktop. My objective is good, sharp photos that show key ID features well, not magazine quality excellence.
Thanks
Mick
A few questions for those with a bit more expertise please....
1. Can you recommend any books/tutorials/websites that deal well with processing photos, especially if they use bird or wildlife photos as examples? My main challenges are correcting exposure and shadows, as well as appropriate noise reduction or sharpening.
2. Is there anything to be gained from purchasing other software? - Lightroom and Elements seem to get mentioned a lot. If so they seem to come in several grades - any advice on the right intro point. What do I get that isn't in DPP?
3. Am I right to keep shooting RAW and then seeking to process? Almost all of my photography is handheld, and opportunistic so usually there is little time to change settings on the camera, so I tend to use TV with a fast shutter speed, and adjust exposure as I move into different light/shade environments then take what I get and try to get the best from the outcome back home on my desktop. My objective is good, sharp photos that show key ID features well, not magazine quality excellence.
Thanks
Mick