03-15-2010, 06:02 PM

How I do a B&W hdri on Flickr - Photo Sharing!'

i never had to install it but i would have to exit out then open it again to do another process because the memory would be insufficient.

03-21-2010, 02:04 AM

Hi Brent, I would go with the I7 as well. Is this your 1st Mac? The reason I ask is I have a Make G4 from 1989 and it is still in use today!! It is worth the investment to Buy the Best Machine you can. You will have it for a long time! Also I do alot of video work and the best choice i made was an SSD WOW doubled my speed a bit pricey but well worth it. Now i would consider this as an after market purchase and install your self. It's Really not that hard. Let me know if you have any Questions.
Dennis
www.YourMacShow.com

03-21-2010, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by brentD300

How I do a B&W hdri on Flickr - Photo Sharing!'

i never had to install it but i would have to exit out then open it again to do another process because the memory would be insufficient.

i looked at your portfolio and some other shots, one word "AMAZING" you are really good.

03-21-2010, 12:35 PM

Hey Brendt, I see that you and I both shoot with an D300. I find Aperture (all iterations) to be painfully slow (importing is horrible) on both my MacBook Pro's. Outside of that, i never did like anything about Aperture except for the thumbnail view.

LR has been my DAM of choice for about a year now and I'm very happy with it in almost every way. Though I'm not very keen on HDR images, LR has proven to provide a much more natural HDR type look on photos which need touching up that are either under or over exposed with its gradient filter tool. It's truly invaluable.

And the the features it has to offer, Aperture can't really compare with as far as I have seen. I couldn't disagree more with anybody here who says that LR doesn't integrate well with OS X. It's seamless, fast and the GUI is super intuitive. I feel that the Aperture GUI lacks the same intuitiveness. But maybe that's just me. I guess it's all personal preference though.

Last word, since you're a Nikon shooter. If you haven't been to or heard of Nikon Cafe I'd like to recommend it to you. Great community of folks made up of professionals and amateurs alike. Tons of great information such as that you're seeking in this thread, and never any talking down to on any level. It's also a ton of fun. In fact, just this past week I had the opportunity to participate in a project which has gone international.

The owner of an old, manual focus 35mm f2 Nikor, decided to ship his lens out to another cafe member in order to see shots of where they lived. This became the start of a thread called "Seeing The World Through A Single Lens" The lens started a journey through out the U.S. and people kept it for about two weeks. Eventually, someone wanted to know if they could get it in Europe, and the answer was yes. A member named John coordinated the effort and the lens made its way to EU and eventually wound up in my hands, in Hungary.

The idea is to document where you live. The number of members on the list to receive the lens is so big now, that we had to cut the time spent with it, down to a week. The link I posted goes to when I got it, and every photo (I'll call them snap shots, since they're not studio work, or necessarily artistic etc) until the last page is mine. I kind of... shot my butt off. Anyway, check out the forum. I think you'd really like it. It's free, unlike some other known Nikon forums.

Regards,

Doug

03-21-2010, 12:44 PM

In addition to all the good suggestions listed above, I feel compelled to mention that ACDSee Pro for Mac beta has some *seriously* good batch commands, as seen in this video.

03-21-2010, 12:48 PM

Doug B,

I'm glad I'm not the only one here who far prefers Lightroom! First time I tried a trial couple of years ago I couldn't get the hang of it but then I tried it again and I love it.

03-22-2010, 04:05 PM

Thanks for the replies, everybody. I ended up getting the 27" i7 and it is amazing. I still have LR2 which seems to run ok. I guess I'll run the trial version of Aperture3 and do some tests on how fast each of them are on importing with presets on some images. You all have been super helpful and very kind.

-Brent