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There are a hundred good ways to do B&W conversion, but I prefer Photoshop's channel mixer. It's easy and very powerful (especially if you choose from the presets). And because it's added as a layer, you can fade the effect of the conversion, you can play with blending modes and you can...

This is a great forum for beginners (Yes, even this "Beyond the basics" section is for beginners, whether you agree or not) I started here, and I loved it here. But if you're looking for an actual professional photographer's forum that's active, and full of very experienced photographers...

It's not about how smart the mode is. It can be very excellently designed, but it still can't read your mind. How would have auto mode shot this? It would have used a fast shutter speed to freeze the action. Ok, but that would be boring compared to what was done instead. And how would it...

Yeah, that used to throw me off too. I used to wonder how some point and shoot cameras could be f2.8 even though the lens was this tiny little piece of glass. Then I became aware of projected image size. A tiny point and shoot has a tiny sensor, so that minuscule lens provides enough light for...

An eye-catching title is the difference between a successful thread and a flop! Imagine the non-responses you would have got if you named the thread something boring and vague like "Help" or "Self port CC please". I have to force myself to click on those threads sometimes because I feel bad...

No, I believe you've got it right. f2.8 is the same amount of light now matter what lens is providing it. You should be able to use the exact same exposure settings.

Who, this guy? Yeah, that's totally him. He's got a band named Planet Telex and he lives in Canada! We're good friends.

Just for fun, I thought I'd make a making-of animation. Check it out: Wee!

Yup. Use any lens from any era that you want. It will all mount and function. Just be aware of whether the lenses you put on this k1000 are full frame or not. Let me explain: All lenses project the image onto the back of the camera, where the image is recorded. But some lenses project a bigger...

I'm sorry, stsinner, I don't mean to be so combative, but here's a challenge for you. Do you see these photos: warmth of winter on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Half a million views today... on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Ah, felicità su quale treno della notte viaggerà... on Flickr - Photo Sharing...

This shot was taken at 1/500th, F5.6 and ISO 3200. You could have gotten away with 1/250th and ISO 1600, but I will say this again: Noise doesn't matter as much in print form. Even if you see lots of noise on your computer screen, the print will look much cleaner. That's just the nature of it...

And let's be clear here. There's Full-auto(green) mode and there's full manual (M), but there are modes in between too, like aperture and shutter priority. About 90% of photographers use these pseudo-automatic modes anyway.

Be careful that you don't paint your adversaries as angry and irrational when they're really not. That's known as the strawman fallacy and it hurts your argument. Yes, some people who truly understand the concepts of photography look down on the people who shoot in Green mode and then claim...

Yeah this image is a bit noisy, but noise isn't the reason your print didn't look good. In print form, noise is actually very hard to notice. What this picture really needs is some basic post production to bring out the colours and whites. Here's what I got after upping the saturation...

Maybe that needs repeating :D For instance, your camera shoots in NEF. My camera shoots in DNG. They're both exactly the same result, except that DNG is superior :greenpbl:

DNG is a raw format just like NEF is, yes. Everything you can do to your NEF raws, you can do to the DNGs. The difference is that DNG is a smarter format and can act like a container for your NEF files so that they become more universal and more likely to be usable even in the future.

Companies like Adobe are trying to have the whole photography world use one universal RAW format, instead of the hundreds we used to have. DNG is a shell format that can have any type of Raw embedded inside of it, but be readable by more programs. Change your NEF files to DNG and your image...

Auto doesn't take good pictures if you use wide aperture lenses and want to take advantage of it. - What if you're at that wedding and you want to isolate the subject(bride) walking down the isle? You've got a f2.8 lens on, but that camera won't touch that wide aperture in green mode! Nope...

Well Mike, I agree the "shoes" were a noticeable change. But the reason they were changed was because they weren't shoes at all, but socks! Socks didn't look so great in the photo, so I blacked them out. I agree about the gifs: I wish more people included them when they posted photos, it...

No, millions for sure. This is a rare, potentially lucrative talent you have. I've seen much lesser photographers/digital artists get much more fame. It's all about making the effort, taking the plunge and just letting magazines and companies know that you exist. (I'm such a hypocrite for...