Capture One Review – Part 2: Picks and Variants

I was intrigued by the idea of Capture One Sessions. This looked like the perfect analogue of my concept of a project. Sessions have a capture folder, a selects folder, an output folder, and a trash folder. Great! I can create a session, import all my candidates into...

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Capture One Review – Part 1

I've been looking around for something that I can use to replace Lightroom -- it's always nice to have options. I finally bit the bullet and bought Capture One by Phase One Software. I had heard about how good its raw conversion was, and I also had heard that it was...

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Luminar 4 review

So, I got a copy of Luminar 4 a few days early. I really, really want to like it; I really do. But..... I'm sorry, it's a resource hog. Perhaps this will improve with subsequent patch releases, but right now, it's taking way too long to process things. And I'm not on...

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Portrait of an Eagle Hunter

Portrait of an Eagle Hunter

On a recent trip to Mongolia, I spent some time with a group of nomads in the northwestern part of the country who practice traditional eagle hunting. These men capture and train young eagles to hunt and return to their trainer. These are golden eagles, 4-6 kg. with...

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Divi and the new IMac Pro contest

What a long, strange trip it's been .... This site uses themes built on the Divi Page Builder. For the most part, it's pretty great. Except when you need it to do something it's not designed to do. Then, trouble!! It's quite a learning curve, largely because Wordpress...

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Storm Lifting

Storm Lifting

Tropical Storm Helene roared through the West Highlands of Scotland while we were there. The image above was from the following morning, as the clouds began to lift.

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Shooting the Perseids

Shooting the Perseids

A wonderful evening lying on a camping cot, up on a dark ridge near my home, watching the meteor shower with my best friend, Casey

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Rain in the Desert

Rain in the Desert

Late afternoon, and a storm is finally gathering at the north end of Panamint Valley. The light is absolutely magical, with the unspeakable longing of the parched sands for moisture. The sun is setting, shining through streaks of rain that may, or may not,...

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Vestrahorn

Vestrahorn

We drove on snow-packed roads, then down a farm road to reach Vestrahorn peak. It is, oddly enough, privately owned because the farmer owns all the land that surrounds it. The sunset was very promising, but then got cut short by another massive snow squall...

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Vik Sea Stacks

Vik Sea Stacks

Two views of sea stacks near the little town of Vik, Iceland. The second was shot from up on the hill where an iconic church sits.

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