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Adobe Lightroom 3 Review

08 Jul

Lightroom 3 Review

After delay­ing the upgrade for a bit, I finally gave into the temp­ta­tion. It turned out to be quite a good deal. If you buy Light­room with Pho­to­shop CS5, you get a 30 per­cent dis­count.  Add in the addi­tional 15 per­cent dis­count for being a National Asso­ci­a­tion of Pho­to­shop Pro­fes­sion­als mem­ber and it is a really good deal!

As far as the review of the soft­ware, I think the adjust­ments are much improved in ver­sion 3. The noise reduc­tion and sharp­en­ing tools are great. They’ve also added a ton more pre­sets in the devel­op­ment mod­ule.  I’ve been a heavy Light­room user since the first beta. Finally, the pro­gram is start­ing to feel mature and highly use­ful. I would say, “Go for it!”

 
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July Fourth in DC!

08 Jul

Day on the National Mall

Day on the National Mall by Dave McNally Photography

I shot this after a long, hot walk on the National Mall car­ry­ing my son on my shoul­ders and my cam­era gear in a back­pack. It turns out the walk was worth the effort.

Cam­era: NIKON D200
Expo­sure: 1/40
Aper­ture: f/3.5
Focal Length: 60 mm
Expo­sure Bias: 0 EV
ISO Speed: 160
Flash: No Flash

Dave McNally Photography - View my 'July Fourth in DC!' set on Flickriver

 

08 Jul

Niagara Falls 2010

Nia­gara Falls 2010 by Dave McNally Photography

I hadn’t vis­ited the Falls since I was a child. What a spec­tac­u­lar site and a great day to view them again!

Cam­era: NIKON D200
Expo­sure: 1/1000
Aper­ture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 60 mm
Expo­sure Bias: 0 EV
ISO Speed: 250
Flash: No Flash

Dave McNally Photography - View my 'June Vacation' set on Flickriver

 
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