Baby it's cold outside!

© Kristin Duff

Baby it's cold outside!

Uploaded: November 01, 2012

Description

We've gone from fall to winter in less than 3 days!

Exif: F Number: 5.6, Exposure Bias Value: 0.33, ExposureTime: 1/25 seconds, Flash: fired, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 200, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 34.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS REBEL T3i

Comments

Kristin Duff November 01, 2012

Peter's got flowers and we've got frost!
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Stephen Shoff November 01, 2012

Yea, but Christmas is coming. Got a red bow? #10400337

Michael Kelly level-deluxe November 02, 2012

BRRR. I am glad our weather is still nice. Is your power back?

Lovely frosty scene. #10401312

Kristin Duff November 02, 2012

We did not lose power here in Calgary but some of the country folk did... #10401573

Rita K. Connell level-classic November 02, 2012

really like this one I like the placement of the pine cone. I hope we get snow this year love all the different seasons. this is one that could use a tighter crop and make a whole new image. beacuse it would give a different feel. #10401622

Kristin Duff November 03, 2012

....so Rita I went to crop this photo and that's when I found out it is not tack sharp...the crop makes it very obvious. I was using my tripod but there was a slight breeze and it is noticeable. I have a few more of these shots...I will look at them later...and find one that works... #10401878

Brandi K. Mills November 03, 2012

It's crazy how quickly the seasons are changing. I'd like this image for a background on a Christmas card. Makes me want to bundle up and take the family out to pick out a Christmas tree... a bit early for that I guess. #10402581

Peter W. Marks November 03, 2012

Oh good heavens Kristin! I am feeling cold just looking at this. I am almost feeling guilty showing you our flowers. And I won't tell you we are still picking some tomatoes although they are green and struggling to ripen. I might have to look for a recipe for "fried green tomatoes"or even read the novel with that title.
Wrap up well girl, it's a long time till April. #10402798

Jeff E Jensen November 03, 2012

I agree that this could use a tighter crop, removing some of the area on the right.

I'm not sure I'm ready for winter yet. . . #10402805

Debbie E. Payne November 03, 2012

Kristen. I like this shot a lot but agree that the crop could be tighter if you have the pixels to do it in another one of your similar images. It certainly says"Brrrr ". I am not ready for winter-at all. #10403030

Kristin Duff November 03, 2012

@Peter, Fried Green Tomatoes is one of my top ten movies of all times. It has recently been usurped by 'the best exotic Marigold Hotel' awesome movie...loved it beyond words !

I have a few questions about uploading and image quality...Dale's gone for awhile. Is there anyone else out there that can explain a few things to me and try to keep it simple? Maybe in emails...? just asking #10403048

Peter W. Marks November 04, 2012

Of course there is Kristin. Ask the questions on here and you will get a dozen different suggestions. Me? I will tell you "not to sweat the small stuff"! lol #10403279

Kristin Duff November 04, 2012

OK ...First question....when I save a file after !'ve worked on it, should I save it as a jpeg or tiff if I want to load it in to my gallery here on BP or will it be too big a file? Next question....if I save it as a jpeg do I save it as small medium or large file? that's all for one morning... #10403405

Debbie E. Payne November 04, 2012

Sounds like you are working in LR. It always reverts your images to TIFF which are huge files and I'm not sure why it does that. I always make a full-size jpeg copy and a websites one: put the large one in my permanent file folder and save the web one to the desktop for loading to BP and then delete it and the Tiff. I know that many of you use LR and if there is a more "economical " way to not use that space, I would be interested I would love learning what to do as well. #10403439

Michael Kelly level-deluxe November 04, 2012

Kristin like so many things it depends. Here is what I do.

My Camera RAW files are .cr2 files which I have on disk and bring into CS6. I save the worked file out of CS6 as a PSD file which is the photoshop file version and it retains all of the layers and adjustments. This allows you to bring it back in and make changes without starting from scratch. Once that is saved I flatten the file and resize image size to 1600 on the long side at 300 dpi and save again as a jpeg using the compression ratio set to 10. Now I have three files of the shot. The original, the PS file with all of the changes and layers intact and a small jpeg used for uploading to BP. If I need to make changes I upload the PSD file and make the changes. I save the new PSD file over the old and again flatten, size, and save the jpeg with a new name (#2 for example). This prevents the lossy jpeg format from ever being used more than once. I never use tiff though this is also a lossless format and will also save layers etc. I also print from the PSD file.

The only problem with this is it uses lots of space as PSD files are big. However storage is cheap and time is precious and this works for me. There are many other ways you can do this, but some may compromise quality. #10403790

Kristin Duff November 04, 2012

ok Michael, I think I followed most of that...where do you save the PSD files? I am working on a Mac laptop with 4 GB of memory. I am also leaving for Frankfurt this afternoon so if you don't hear back from me today I will catch up with you all on Tuesday! #10403831

Michael Kelly level-deluxe November 04, 2012

I save to my 1.5 terabyte (1000 GB = 1 terabyte) internal drive and back up nightly to a usb connected external drive. Ram or random access memory (your 4 GB comment) does not have anything to do with storage. I am not an Apple user so I am not sure how to look to see what drive capacity you have and what is available. Laptop storage is generally less and may be a lot less than a desktop but this is not universally true. #10404080

Aimee C. Eisaman November 05, 2012

I guess winter is upon us...well you at least, but not far behind for us I'm sure. It is a very pretty image and I too agree a bit of a crop and I also wonder what a flip would do for this. I always save as Jpeg the largest I can go...not sure if it's right, but it's what I do. lol :~) #10405220

Teresa H. Hunt November 05, 2012

Beautiful, I agree with Brandi, this could be a Christmas card. :)

I'm ready for winter, it's my favorite season. Sometimes I wish we got more snow . . . unless I have to be out driving somewhere. :)

I use Lightroom but pretty much do the same as the others. I have my RAW file that I upload into Lightroom. After editing I export out of Lightroom as a full-size jpeg. I have a separate folder I've labeled "Post online" and that is my temporary folder. Everything I post online gets exported out of Lightroom in a smaller size usually 800-1000 on the long side at 72dpi and goes into my temporary folder. After I've posted the photo it gets deleted. Right now I have everything stored on my desktop computer and backed up on an external drive as well as discs. However I will soon be moving over to my new computer (laptop) and haven't quite figured out how I'm going to store things. I don't want to store on the laptops storage because I don't want to clutter the drive. I'm hoping Lightroom will work off an external drive. :) I need to do some research. Hopefully I'll be getting a new desktop in the near future. #10406196

Chris Budny level-deluxe November 06, 2012

I'm so behind in commenting...! Love the Christmas card feel of this, it makes me want winter weather RIGHT NOW!
As many already said, my first thought was I'd like to see a tighter crop on that pine cone... but I see your mention of sharpness issues. I'm also curious what a slight darkening of the greens would do, but I don't think that is a "needed" change---just something I'd be curious to explore, to make the snow pop off the greens a bit more? This is lovely, and I am ready for snow!! #10407153

Beth Spencer November 09, 2012

Kristin, I wonder what a flip and some cropping would do! I like the composition but would like to see it a bit tighter.
If you are working in LR when you are done with your picture you can export different sizes or file types. I usually edit in LR then put the edits in a separate folder when I export them. Then I resize them as a jpeg when I send them to BP.
Does anyone Know what the actual size of a picture should be for the BP gallery #10412019

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