I haven’t posted much on the blog in the past couple of weeks. I’m quite short of time at present and the blog’s unfortunately taken second place to other important activities. I’m therefore going to change the direction of the blog a little. I suppose this goes back to my post at the end of last year when I was pondering its future.
Rather than trying to write educational articles, those will just appear on my Lenscraft website. The blogs going to be about sharing news and other articles, as well of course my photographs. You can think of it as a type of hub for my other work and news, which is more in line with what people might expect of a blog. I hope you still enjoy and find this helpful.
Now that I’ve sorted that, have you seen my latest Nik Sharpening videos?
I’ve posted two of these to YouTube recently and they appear to be going down very well with people. The first video covers Capture sharpening using Nik Sharpener Pro (RAW Presharpener). The other covers Creative and Output sharpening, this time with Nik Sharpener Pro (Output Sharpener).
In the videos I demonstrate sharpening the image on this page. I’ve since produced a large print of this and I’m very impressed with the results. The sky and water are perfectly clear and free from any visible noise or artefacts. At the same time, so much detail has become evident in the branches of the trees and the look like they are jumping out of the surface of the print.
My next video’s scheduled for Thursday 13th September at 15:30 (UK time). This one is discussing installing Lightroom Presets as there’s big problem. A lot of people are having difficulty installing these since Adobe changed the format and location of the presets. The old “recommended” method of installing presets doesn’t work with Lightroom version 7.3 or later. In the video I explain why and what to do instead.
I hope you enjoy these.
The Lightweight Photographer 
Since the latest update to LR and PS (subscription model) my Nik filters have stopped “working”. Has anyone else got this problem?
It’s quite possible this is one of the compatibility issues that DxO worked on for their 2018 release. Have you tried reinstalling your Google version of the filters (I’m assuming you’re not using the DxO filters)? If this fails, see if the trial version of DxO works.
As always, excellent image!
Thanks Duncan
Wasterwater?
Wastwater perhaps. My favourite lake.
https://www.visitcumbria.com/wc/wastwater/
That’s what its says 😉
It’s this Grammarly thing doing auto-corrections when I paste text in. It’s useful but driving me mad at times.
Ah! The curse of modern typewriters! Duly noted.
Stunning image indeed. Great composition and perfect light.
Thank you
As always the videos are superb. Just the right amount of detail and from a photographers view point, not just moving sliders for the sake of it.
I’ve just come back to Nik Sharpener and while nothing has changed functionally in the DxO version, I think the cost of the update will be well worth it
Keep up the great instruction, always a pleasure