As one of the organisers of the NOSCG meetings, Andy Hewson volunteered to present about HDR: not because he feels he's an expert on it, but because he has had some success using it, can explain what it's about from a beginner's perspective, and hopefully give a few pointers for anyone interested in trying it out.

So, if you want to see how the picture below came about, have questions about HDR or have your own HDR photos to show or experiences to share, come along on the 16th April!


The HDR presentation is not planned to take up the whole evening, so everyone is encouraged to bring along their own photos (HDR or not!) to show to the group. As we'll have the projector and screen available feel free to bring along digital pics on a USB memory stick and we can project them.
Venue

The Duke of Wellington
36 Bugle Street
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 2AH

Telephone no. +44 (0)23 80339222

The Duke of Wellington is situated in the centre of Southampton, about a 20-minute walk from the railway station and located close to ample parking available at the nearby shopping centre. Visit their web site for more details.

Click here for map

PLEASE NOTE:

There is a £2 cover charge per person attending to cover the cost of the hire of the room.

If you are planning on attending please post a message replying to the thread about the meeting on the Nikon Owner Message Board to let us know and indicate if you are planning on eating at the pub on the night: Nikon Owner South Coast Group: April Meeting: HDR

Anyone who is going to order food, please arrive by 18:00 so that all orders and dining can be completed before the start of the presentation.

Andy Hewson and Adrian Cochrane of the Nikon Owner South Coast Group have arranged a special new workshop. From the early stages of becoming a Nikon owner and his switch to more serious DSLR photography, Bob Crowther inevitably gravitated into using the Capture program fairly extensively. This workshop aims to share some of that digital processing experience with the group … though he emphasises this is just as a typical user and not as some kind of aspiring wannabe expert!

To fully appreciate quite why Capture NX2 offers so much to the Nikon owner, it's necessary to retrace some fundamental DSLR principles and their relevance in our drive towards creating better pictures. The workshop will start with an overview comparing relative merits of JPEG and RAW (NEF) file formats and their relevance to in-camera processing, as well as to subsequent edits in the digital darkroom to adjust colour, tone, luminosity and resolution.

The relationship between Capture NX2 and Adobe's Photoshop (or equivalents such as Elements or PaintShop Pro) will also be compared, particularly where the technologies of these programs overlap and where they don't. While there are inevitable overlaps, Bob uses Capture NX2 mainly to adjust image quality and Photoshop for more serious subsequent graphic adjustments.

Exploring these factors will clarify why the unique, non-destructive nature inherent in Capture's process is such a massive advantage for the Nikon photographer wanting to get the best from his image.

To hope to fit all of this into a couple of hours is just a bit on the ambitious side! Depending on how everything progresses, we've also planned to return to the subject at a future NOSCG meeting to complete anything unfinished. This will allow a further opportunity to deal with any complex Q&As that weren't answered first time around and especially for members to present their own favourite Capture tweaks to the group. More about that later.

Venue


The Duke of Wellington
36 Bugle Street
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 2AH

Telephone no. +44 (0)23 80339222

The Duke of Wellington is situated in the centre of Southampton, about a 20-minute walk from the railway station and located close to ample parking available at the nearby shopping centre. Visit their web site for more details.

Click here for map

PLEASE NOTE:

There is a £2 cover charge per person attending to cover the cost of the hire of the room.

If you are planning on attending please post a message replying to the thread about the meeting on the Nikon Owner Message Board to let us know and indicate if you are planning on eating at the pub on the night:

Nikon Owner South Coast Group: March Meeting: Capture NX2

Anyone who is going to order food, please arrive by 18:00 so that all orders and dining can be completed before the start of the workshop.

Kind regards,

Gillian Greenwood
Features Editor and Events & Training Coordinator

The South Coast Group which is so well run by Andy Hewson and Adrian Cochrane, are very pleased to invite everyone to the fifth annual Christmas Dinner at their regular venue the Duke of Wellington in Southampton on Saturday 4th December.


Venue:
The Duke of Wellington
36 Bugle Street
Southampton
Hampshire
SO14 2AH

Telephone no. +44 (0)23 80339222

The Duke of Wellington is is situated in the centre of Southampton, about a 20-minute walk from the railway station and located close to ample parking available at the nearby shopping centre. Visit their web site for more details: www.southampton-pubs.co.uk/dukeofwellington/

The cost is £25 per person for the three course meal, with wine included in the price.

You can see the menu here: http://nikonownerscg.wolfpictures.co.uk/xmas2010/menu2010.php

You can BOOK YOUR PLACE here: http://nikonownerscg.wolfpictures.co.uk/xmas2010/

Adrian Cochrane and Andy Hewson, the organisers of the South-Coast Nikon Owner Group are delighted to announce that they have arranged a Lee Filters Demonstration Event at the Duke of Wellington pub in Southampton on Saturday 9th October, 2010 at 7.00 p.m., with guest speaker Stuart Culley from Robert White Photographic.

Space is limited to twenty-five attendees, so the organisers of the event will have to operate on a first-come, first-served basis.


Venue Details

The back room of the Duke of Wellington Pub
duke-of-wellington

7.00 p.m. for a 7.30 p.m. start

Duke of Wellington
36 Bugle Street
Southampton
SO14 2AH

Telephone no: 02380 339222

Click here for Map

Andy and Adrian will need to ask all those attending for a contribution of £5 each to cover the room hire and Stuart Culley's costs.

Please come early if you wish to eat first, and post a message on the subscribers message board post if you would like to attend.