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Somewhere a Band is Playing
Somewhere a Band is Playing
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Challenge: Ray Bradbury (Basic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D7000
Lens: Tokina AF 11-16mm f/2.8 116 AT-X Pro DX for Nikon
Location: Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas
Date: Jun 13, 2012
Aperture: 11.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 8 sec
Date Uploaded: Jun 14, 2012

 Traveling Man statue in Deep Ellum, Dallas, Texas.

Post:
I was in Dallas on a business trip last week and Yo_Spiff was kind enough to meet me one evening and show me some photo opps around town. I had not intended to enter the Ray Bradbury challenge because my company laptop only has Microsoft Office Photo Editor software (very basic editing capabilities). But Steve had shown me these cool "Traveling Man" statues, so it seemed a shame not to enter. I thought that I would download my photos into the Microsoft software, compress the file, and just enter an image straight from the camera.

About the time that I got back into the hotel, I realized that I had not packed a download patch cord with me since I had not planned to download any photos while I was in Dallas. Got to my room, started digging around in my laptop bag and voila! I found a patch cord for a company Canon camera that fits my Nikon. One problem down.

A bit later I realized that I had shot everything in RAW only and my work computer does not recognize RAW files. DOH!

I then remembered that if I apply any in-camera changes to a photo, it saves the modified file as a .jpg copy. I thought that I would make a light exposure change or maybe apply a filter setting to one of the RAW files. Started looking through the touch-up menu and lo and behold - my D7000 has a built-in RAW file processor. It lets you change the white balance, file size, apply different jpg picture styles, exposure compensation, lighten shadows, etc. 2nd problem solved!

So I converted the last photo I took of the sitting man from RAW to jpg in-camera. I then uploaded it to Microsoft Office Photo Editor and changed the pixel size to DPC limits and cropped slightly.

I just thought it was amazing that I was able to edit and enter the photo dispite the total lack of planning on my part.

Thanks again to Steve for the wonderful hospitality.

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 60
Avg (all users): 6.0319
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 5.6410
Avg (non-participants): 6.3091
Views since voting: 712
Views during voting: 206
Votes: 94
Comments: 6
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 06/22/2012 10:07:50 PM
I LOVE your story. Problem solving at its finest. Congrats
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 06/19/2012 08:37:43 PM
Ha! Adorable :-)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Samsung Galaxy S9/S9+
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA
 06/19/2012 01:40:13 PM
Striking image.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 06/16/2012 08:13:02 AM
One of my favorites & would have scored higher if the metro area had been cropped. Great shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-7D Mark II
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
06/15/2012 12:44:50 PM
Heavy metal
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Sony SLT-A33
Sony DT 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 SAM
06/15/2012 11:15:43 AM
While I like the colors on your subject, I can't help but to feel like this is almost snapshot of art. Maybe there is more to this, which is why I'm not making the connection.
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