This is my rendition of the “Oil Train”
The Challenge: Use Lightroom to “Develop” your version of the image.
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You can download the image by clicking or right clicking and save as… Oil Train
The Link is a 36 megapixel NEF File. Have Fun!
In the June 9th class we’ll focus on making a Book/Slideshow ( a requested topic)
If you actually want to work along in class with your own images, You’ll need to do some prep work! Homework!
IPTC Core Content section
Headline
A headline is a brief publishable synopsis or summary of the contents of the photograph. Like a news story, the Headline should grab attention, and telegraph the content of the image to the audience. Headlines need to be succinct. Leave the supporting narrative for the Description field. Do not, however, confuse the Headline term with the Title term.
IPTC Core Status section
Title
This field can be used as a shorthand reference for the image or “photograph” — primarily for identification. The title of an image should be a short, human-readable name — text and/or numeric reference —and may take several forms; for photographers this might be the filename of their original scan or digital camera file, for news organizations it might be the name of the story for which it’s to be used. (Note that there are new terms in the IPTC Extension which can also be used as image ID’s, if you are concerned about this field being overwritten later in the workflow). The Title term should not be confused with the Headline term, which is a short synopsis of the content of the photograph. There is a button in the panel which can be used to add the current file name to the Title field; however this will not work with a selection of images.
Description
The Description field, often referred to as a “caption” is used to describe the who, what (and possibly where and when) and why of what is happening in the photograph. If there is a person or people in the image, this caption might include their names, and/or their role in the action that is taking place. If the image is of a location, then it should give information regarding the location. Don’t forget to also include this same “geographical” information in the Image panel (location, city, state/province, country) of the IPTC Core. The amount of detail you include will depend on the image and whether the image is documentary or conceptual. Typically, editorial images come with complete caption text, while advertising images may not.
If you have been working on any of the “output” Modules, you can bring the work from that module as a collection. When you click Create Saved Slideshow or Book, Print or Web Collection, Lightroom will save your work as a special collection:
Click on the Book Tab Book Module Notes
Click on the Slideshow Tab Slideshow Module Tab
Here’s a sample slideshow saved as a video.
“Royalty Free” Music
Just do a Google search for Video production music… Most of the “Pay For” companies offer some “free” samples for your use… However, Average price for an unlimited license for a single tune is generally $9.00 or less…
Music with “Creative Commons” Licensing
It’s music that is “Royalty Free” and at no cost, because the Artist wants to share their music with you, it’s a way for them to get some “exposure” with a wider audience. The music is protected with a “Creative Commons” License or a similar type of agreement, which spells out how you can use the composition.
Free Music Archive
Music ranges from Classical to just plain weird.
The music in video/slideshow in this article is from the website MP3 2000
http://www.mp3-2000.net/song/canton-136-71-1-schvisen-633988
See you in class!
The Menu item is:
File > Import From Another Catalogue…
How you Import and Sync Images and Metadata from different catalogues will depend on your “setup”.
Here are the main steps to do an import from another catalogue…
Determine the location of the catalogues on the COMPUTER(s).
PC default Location c:\users\my pictures\Lightroom\
Mac Default Location: //Users/[user name]/Pictures/Lightroom/
This just helps you find them for the next step…
Start Lightroom loading your Master or Main Catalogue.
(Hold down the alt/option key when you startup Lightroom) Note that, Lightroom defaults to loading the last loaded catalogue…
The Menu item is:
File > Importing From Another Catalogue.Use
Use the Mac’s Finder or the PC’s Windows Explorer to locate the “Other” catalogue.
A double click on the .lrcat file will open the dialogue box below…
Check √ the Show Preview box lower left to see the thumbnails in the Import Catalogue.
The 3 bars and the exclamation point indicates that there is “new” data
If you want, you may choose to preserve “Old” setting in your CURRENT catalogue, LR will make a virtual copy for you.
Choice #1:
Add New Photos to Catalogue without moving…
Use this option if you are happy with where the files are located, and you just want to tell LR where they are…
Choice #2:
Copy new photos to a new location and import…
Your photos are on a Laptop or another computer, or you are adding or consolidating your photos into a single catalogue…
Choice #3:
Don’t Import new photos, You just want the metadata
If you are using a second copy of LR on a Laptop and you are using LR’s default location to store the photos, when you get back to your desktop you will have to do the following.
1. Using your laptop, plug-in an external drive.
2. Export your “Shoot" as a Catalogue to the external Drive.
Menu:
File > Export as Catalogue… To the External Drive.
3. Eject the External drive from the laptop and plug it into your desktop
4. Load your master Catalogue in LR and use the Menu:
File > Import from another Catalogue
Follow the above import steps…
Saturday Morning from 12:01 Am until dawn (May 24th)
Details are available at Sky & Telescopes Website
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/observing-news/mays-surprise-meteor-shower/
See Results here Real Time Meteor Gallery
Enjoy???!!!
by Waldo Bronchart
http://www.waldobronchart.be
He only asks for a "donation" via GitHub
For Lightroom, Photoshop and Blender… available for Windows, Apple and Linux keyboards
It’ s interactive and online keyboard shortcut app! Try it out at
http://waldobronchart.github.io/ShortcutMapper/
A visual shortcuts explorer for popular applications. This is a work in progress. More applications can be added by contributing on GitHub.
Perfect Effects 8 Offer – onOne Software: For FREE! Offer Ends May 12th
Perfect Effects 8 is a plug-in for Lightroom, and other Image editing Software.
Catch? There are seven other modules that they want you to purchase. OnOne Software is located in Portland.
The other plug-in that I’d want is Perfect Resize…
That eclipse was on September 6, 1979 The photo was taken Somewhere near Bull Run off of Larch Mountain Road in Oregon. Sky and Telescope editors thought the dark splotch on the left was “unusual”.
The Moon will be Almost Due South at the start of totality at 12:07am PDT. The Moon will be 38 degrees above the Southern Horizon. Totality will end at 1:35 am PDT
This image is from “Starry Night” and shows the position of the moon at the beginning of totality as seen from Vancouver, WA…
Totality begins at 12:07 AM
Mars is just a little up and to the right of the Moon, quite bright at a magnitude of -1.5 Actually, Mars is at its closest approach to the Earth during the eclipse, the closest since 2007. Will any one see green flashes?
Spica is very, very near, about 2 degrees from the lower limb of the moon. Saturn is lower in the South Eastern sky.
The following table of eclipse times is from The April 2014 issue of Sky and Telescope
This image was taken with a Canon DSLR and a Sigma 70 - 300 mm zoom lens.
Exposure data
f/5.6 1.6 of a second, ISO 400 f.l. 300 mm
The image is well cropped…
Nice thing about a digital camera… you can see your results as you shoot…
You can see some of the 2008 and other eclipse photos on my website with a few surprises…
The Lunar Eclipse gallery was updated on March 19
http://www.uofgts.com/Lunareclipses/index.html
Tripod
A digital camera capable of a “Timed Exposure” or a Manual shooting Mode.
Set the Aperture of the lens fully open… (Smallest number… if thou has a f/2.8 to f/11 lens… use f/2.8)
Length of exposure? You are going to have to experiment here… Time will depend on the f/stop, haze in the sky, and what ISO you are using. For an eclipse use IS0 100.
Zoom up so the moon is a large as possible, or zoom to include part of a building or tree in the image!
If you have different lenses try them all out! You can experiment here as the eclipse lasts approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes
Set Focus to infinity… If there is a bright street light in the distance, use that to set focus… If your camera has a “live” view, use it! In Live view mode magnify the image in the display screen to check focus… If it is slightly hazy out, you ‘ll have a Dicken’s of a time trying to focus… remember it’s not you or the equipment, it’s the Pacific NW sky!
Once you have done all that… lockup the mirror — if you have an DSLR… Canon buries the mirror lock setting in its Function Mode…
If your Camera has a live view, the mirror is already locked up.
Just one more thing
Use the timer function to trip the shutter. If you lockup the mirror and use the timer release, you’ll minimize “camera shake” caused by the slap of the mirror and the delicate touch of your finger on the shutter.
Have patience and have fun!
