Wildlife Photography across the Water: Lightroom 4 and Camera Raw

Tuesday, 6 March 2012

Lightroom 4 and Camera Raw

Following on from yesterday post, Abode released Lightroom 4 today and for the first time that i have known its all ready for the new camera like the D4 and D800 which is great as there is nothing worse than having a new camera and not the software to properly process your images, When i got the Nikon D7000 i had to convert the NEF into a tiff and then import them into PS which is not going to give you the best results, I am guessing that the New cameras were available to software producers last year giving them time to sort out the new programmes due to the delay in the cameras coming to the market due to the tsunami and floods. Either was its good news, Not so good news for those still running Windows XP is that LR4 wont work and you will need to upgrade to vista or windows 7 and on the mac side it will not work with a 32 bit mac, The price of $149 for the full version seems reasonable as well, I dabbled with LR2 and didn't like it but i may have a play with this, It would be nice to get away from Photoshop as that's just getting expensive as Martin mentioned in his last blog
Adobe also announced Camera RAW 6.7 but in release candidate mode so that you can update CS5 and it too will work with all the new cameras, I will wait until the final version is released but its there if you want it so that you can download the RAW files from the new cameras and have a play

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.