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Comment on The Secret Light of the Water Lily by Ilze

Ilze — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:27:51 +0000

Great post! I wish I had time to try 🙂

If you can, please share the before picture as well for those who want to try exact settings and see the result by themselves 🙂

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Comment on K&F Concept Variabel ND8-128 ND-filter by Under Cold Light – La Gallerie

Under Cold Light – La Gallerie — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 09:12:17 +0000

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Comment on K&F Concept Variabel ND8-128 ND-filter by Nymphaea Alba – White Water Lily – La Gallerie

Nymphaea Alba – White Water Lily – La Gallerie — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 10:45:25 +0000

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Comment on Olympus 300mm f4 Pro – Sharpness and Hoya Filters by K&F Concept Variabel ND8-128 ND-filter – Open Source Photography

K&F Concept Variabel ND8-128 ND-filter – Open Source Photography — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 05:44:58 +0000

[…] Anyone who’s been following this site for a while will know that I’m not a fan of glass filters, with the main reason being: sharpness loss. And these aren’t just words. After having a suspicion and reading about it on a forum, I decided to do a test with and without a filter. The results were clear: even with an expensive filter on a 300mm pro lens, I could notice a reduction in sharpness. Read more about it here: Olympus 300mm f4 Pro – Sharpness and Hoya Filters. […]

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Comment on No Deadlines, No Clients… No Problem. by James Elkington

James Elkington — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 08:43:04 +0000

In reply to Bushcrafter.

That’s great Marc. As I said I am all for Open Source myself…I used Inkscape and LibraOffice amongst others (I was a Unix developer in a past life). No Open Source plays a big part in my life. It is just that I use Adobe because I am familiar with how it works – that’s all. Have a great weekend ☺️

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Comment on No Deadlines, No Clients… No Problem. by Bushcrafter

Bushcrafter — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 06:51:57 +0000

In reply to Vicki.

Thanks so much for sharing that Vicki. I love your approach! I think you’ve nailed what photography should be about: freedom, enjoyment, and doing it your way. No pressure, no stress — just walking, shooting, and having fun with the results later. Honestly, that sounds like the perfect workflow to me. It’s not about chasing perfection, it’s about enjoying the process. That’s where the real magic happens. Have a great weekend ! Marc.

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Comment on No Deadlines, No Clients… No Problem. by Bushcrafter

Bushcrafter — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 06:44:24 +0000

In reply to James Elkington.

Hey James,
RawTherapee, Darktable, and even Digikam are really different from LR and PS. If you give them a try and they don’t quite click with the way you like to work, it’s totally fine to stick with what suits you best. The reason why I, and also Mark from OneCameraOneLens, promote open source is because everyone’s different, and it’s easy to get drawn in by fancy, expensive software — and even hardware. We’re just trying to give people an alternative. There’s no money in it, but if I can help even one hobby photographer get started with RawTherapee and save them a few hundred pounds, that’s more than enough reward for me.
Have a great weekend !
Marc.

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Comment on No Deadlines, No Clients… No Problem. by Vicki

Vicki — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 02:25:11 +0000

I agree wholeheartedly, Marc.

When I had to take early retirement and took up photography in 2010, I absolutely loved the freedom to do whatever I liked and edit my hundreds of daily images in whatever way I liked.

I could have learned how to use a DSLR better with better results, but with my poor short-term memory, I found it's better to go for a walk outdoors and press that shutter button with some basic settings and then.....on my arrival home, do whatever I wanted with the results.

Occasionally, I got the perfect shot in-camera, but mostly I played around on the large desktop screen with some basic editing. I never did learn how to use Lightroom and Photoshop at that time.

I wish my brain and memory were as good as when I was still working full-time, but I have to compromise and take freedom and living my day mindfully over living my day in a constant state of anxiety and stress.

Comment on No Deadlines, No Clients… No Problem. by James Elkington

James Elkington — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 16:37:55 +0000

Thanks Marc. I stopped my Adobe subscription a couple of years ago and switched…first to Darktable..which I found much too complicated, then to Rawtherapee which I didn’t like (couldn’t figure out how to use the brushes), then Gimp which seemed to be the reverse of Photoshop and as I use Luminosity Masks I don’t as unable to find a decent plugin. I settled on Zoner – which was very good but as it was a paid for product thought I might as well pay for Adobe. I am all for Open Source programs but I find Adobe quick and easy to use and at the end of the day that is important to me…I don’t want to Google something everytime I need to learn how to use a brush or darken a skie.

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Comment on No Deadlines, No Clients… No Problem. by Bushcrafter

Bushcrafter — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:37:12 +0000

In reply to James Elkington.

Hey James, I completely agree and I get your line of thinking – it’s not exactly surprising that Adobe didn’t see this coming. They build a product and want to keep selling it, so naturally they focus on what the pros need – everyone else just gets pulled along in the process. If I were still working professionally, I might be using LR and PS too. But for most photographers and nerds like me 🙂 open source is more than enough. Thanks for your comment, have a great weekend!
Marc.

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