• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Photo Editing Question

The nikon D40 does not have the bracketting feature or at least I can not find it. I'll have to use the method Greg mentioned until I upgrade my gear.

Thanks again guys.
 
Though the D40 doesn't have bracketing, you could still try it just by being in manual mode and changing the aperture up a stop, and then turn it around to -1 stop from the metered exposure. It'll give you a taste for it to start experimenting with until you have a camera that does auto-bracketing.
 
My brother also said you can edit the photos in Lightroom to make certain areas look good in three seperate photos. You then merge them in a program to get similar results. Not a true HDR but it will help with areas that need it.
 
Yes, I use Adobe Camera RAW to do this some times. You have to shoot in RAW to do it. Pull the image up, set the exposure to "-1", then save a 16 bit TIF file. Set it to "0", save. Set it to "1", save. You can use these three resulting files in Photomatix to create what's sometimes called a "psuedo" HDR. You will generally end up with a lot of noise doing this, but it can create good results. You can also manually layer them in Photoshop for less noise, but it requires skill in masking.

Here's a psuedo HDR shot:




James
 
great thread, this will provide some useful tips, info, for my new 5D Mk-II I just got.

looking forward to getting some work in with the new camera soon.
 
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