Wildlife Photography across the Water: Lightroom...again

Wednesday 7 March 2012

Lightroom...again

Well that was close, and when I wrote Mondays blog, I had no idea or inside information that LR4 was due to be launched immediately the day after (yesterday).

In fact, I was just ordering my upgrade copy of LR3 to make sure I didn't get caught out and about ten minutes later, I received a tweet from one of the people I follow to confirm that LR4 was now available and being sold at Focus on Imaging

So if you are in the market for an upgrade and you are at LR 2 level, I would hurry up and snap any remaining stock unless you want to pay full whack for the next level.

I am loading my copy as I type this, but beware, as my copy from Amazon was clearly well down level and on launch after loading, I was taken to an an upgrade of version to 3.6 I think, so effectively downloaded and reinstalled the whole thing over again. Hey ho.

I will be interested to have a play with the RAW converter engine, because IIRC the short play I had with the beta version a good while back lead to some pretty good results.

Maybe, if it is good enough, and I also upgrade to the latest LR 4, I can dispense with spending anymore money on Capture One or full Photoshop. But the RAW converter is going to have to be good to tempt me away from Capture One.

Will have a play over the next week or so and let you know.

Meanwhile, my buddy John will let me have his views from Focus this week and we will upload as soon as we can. I know it was an expensive trip for him, but I will let him tell that story

cheers

Martin

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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.