Daytona Beach Again

robertjames1971's avatarRob Shoots Film

Will I be able to take some sunrise at the ocean pics this weekend?

Doesn’t look like it. The weather is going to be uncooperative both days. Figures.

Here’s another Daytona Beach pic to hold us over for now.

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Daytona Beach

robertjames1971's avatarRob Shoots Film

Celebrating the fact that Spring Training is over and the Major League Baseball season is starting by sharing another picture of Daytona Beach in Florida because the Grapefruit League is done for another year. Is there an actual connection there? No, not at all.

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Can I Fix a Disaster?

robertjames1971's avatarRob Shoots Film

After messing with Lightroom on my iPhone yesterday I posed a question to myself: Can I use Lightroom to fix a disaster? The answer is a resounding no, though maybe if I actually knew what I was doing I could have better results.

Here is a terrible shot from Epcot Center:

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Yet another clock picture. The camera was in aperture priority mode (what the Nikon FG-20 actually calls Auto mode) and clearly the light meter was looking at the sky and not the foreground. Oh well.

Here is my very funny attempt at fixing things with Lightroom on my iPhone:

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I mean, I guess it’s a success as you can see the things that were buried in shadow, but it’s a fail in that they just look ridiculously awful. If I knew what I was doing, would I have done better? Probably not. The picture was a disaster after all…

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