Wildlife Photography across the Water: Processing-Capture One

Thursday 20 May 2010

Processing-Capture One

Well its been a wet and dreary week here in NC, But its given me time to get some images processed and have a play with Capture One, I have spent a few hours watching the tutorials and they are very good as is the software-No i take that back-Its excellent, Probably THE best RAW processing software i have used-Ever, The colours are really lovely and the images once processed have such a nice quality to them, If you need to bring a shadow area up a notch or 2 like under a birds wing its all done smoothly and grain/artefact free, I love the way you can process one image and at the click of a button do a batch, This is especially good when dust spotting, The D3 is a dust magnet and its not until you use one of the cameras with a sensor cleaner on there that you realise just how effective they are, Its the main reason that i keep looking at a D3s, So just bring an image up and at 100% view go along and mark all the places with dust then with one click delete the lot-Then bring all the images up for that day shot with the same camera and with one click they are all done as well-this used to take me hours, For anybody who has not used C1 yet i suggest downloading the free months trial, Having a look at the tutorials and having a play, You will see a difference over your images processed in other RAW converters, Normally you have to use software for a while to see any benefits but i could see them from the word go with C1-Cant recommend it highly enough, I know Martin had mentioned that he also uses C1 but its worth a repeat
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Dave

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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.