Recent content by Bigfoot77

I have bought circular ND graduated filters, that are adjustable after screwing on the lens, same as polarised

I wasn't criticising technology, I am all for the latest computers etc., more, I suppose, crying that I don't want it in the photography I do, you are correct, landscapes, architecture, my wife's flowers etc. I was just wondering where do I go for a new camera, should I want one. hopefully the...

Apparently I am not unique. I do think manufacturers are ignoring the likes of me. I fail to see how all the new technology is going to improve my photographs. I take photos for me, I don't care if no one else sees them. I like optical viewfinders, have an absolute hate of composing with the...

A possible free program you could try, as an alternative to Lightroom, is DigiKam. Although this is a big program, so may still run slowly aswell. Just a thought, maybe stating the obvious, have tried running any progams to clean the computer?

Anybody but me thinking of binning their smartphone? They are nothing but a compromise. Can't see the screen in sunlight. Keypad too small for my fingers. A tablet is better for social media. A camera for photographs. A pc for editing internet and documents etc. I have a 32 inch monitor why look...

Yes there is a highlight reconstruction tick box, that is not ticked by default, in fact, it switches off when the program is closed. The website I was pointed to above explains it.

Thank you, a lot of information there. It looks to be inherent in RawTherapee, and as others have foung the thumbnail is fine.

Being at a loose end, one very windy day I got mt camera with an ND filter. This image I nearly deleted, it was flat, no contrast and over-exposed I think the camera had bit of a fit! Then I decided to have a play with it, nothing to lose. On opening the raw file in Gimp, which uses RawTherapee...

You don't say if you are using a laptop or a tower pc or mac. But with a tower an internal slave drive would work. Enabling the software on the c drive and the pictures on a d drive. No slowing down of the software

I don't get the negative reports. I went there and loved it. As regards photography, it depends what you want from your pictures, I was quite happy with mine. Just don't expect any more than a peaceful relaxing holiday. The inhabitants are the friendliest you could wish for

To be fair, I only used Lightroom because it came in the package. I could have done most of what I used it for with Adobe Bridge, except printing

RawTherapee, for me, is a replacement for camera raw, I rarely use it standalone, it is a plug in to open raw files in Gimp. I use my camera set to pef, the Pentax raw file. I use digiKam to import, and rename those files, from the sd card to the pc. I use digiKam to sift through the files to...

I have just retired and cancelled all software subscriptions, and am using open-source or free for personal use. I was using Photoshop, Camera raw, Lightroom and Bridge. I have tried various pieces of software, but have settled on Gimp, RawTherapee and digiKam. Although I have had to make very...