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Hi Pierre. Thanks for the suggestion. I need to do some testing. I would have assumed that scaling just stretches the image reducing resolution or reproducing pixels and therefore reducing detail. But I’ll take a look.

Glad you like it!I appreciate your comment.

Thanks. Great suggestion. A regular approach to this image would had resulted in a longer video. Thanks for watching.

My pleasure! Thanks for watching. I am very happy with this image. Specially how I was able to take it from the boat 😀

Thanks Mike. And yes, I picked this image to get our creative juices flowing. Hopefully this is a good crane winter unlike past one.

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching

Thanks for sharing a great suggestion. The DNGs are large files, 2-3 times the size of the original RAW. If you edit the JPEGs, as you said, you can always generate a new DNG as noise removal software improves and copy the old JPEG edits to a new JPEG. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Tracey. My wife and I have been to the UK a number of times and have loved each trip. Highly recommend the Lake District. And thanks for pointing out our common tourist mistake about Big Ben. I was aware of it but bad habits are hard to change 😀. Thanks for watching.

@@PabloGEPhoto we all do it. It’s commonly called Big Ben to be fair. I really must add the Lakes to places to visit. I’m glad you enjoy the UK.

Many thanks! Nice to go to the past and bring it to the future.

Thanks Rozanne. We have many “treasures” in our photo library.

Glad to hear you found it useful. The Object mask is very flexible. But I think the name does not helps it much. Should be something like “Select Anything” 😀

That's a great idea! Hopefully we see this in a future version.

I use Lightroom Classic, the version of Lightroom that installs and runs in my desktop. Are use by chance using Lightroom (without the “Classic” in the name) that is the cloud version?

@@PabloGEPhoto Hey thanks for the quick reply! I'm not sure the difference between the desktop and cloud version. I'm using the "app" on a Mac (also new to Mac OS), but I don't see the term "Classic" in my version anywhere. Under system info I see what's called Adobe Lightroom CC and also as follows: "Lightroom version: 7.3 arm64 [ 20240507-1433-eff47f4 ] (May 7 2024)" I've even tried searching "print" in the software and nothing comes up. I'd really like to figure this out (or maybe I need to look into Lightroom Classic) because all of my photos have printed great so far except for ONE particular photo where the foreground is coming out exceptionally darker than what displays on my monitor or phone (even with my monitor brightness at 15/100)

My pleasure. Only turns on my if you had use any of the intelligent masks and then use the healing brush in areas covered by those masks. The more traditional masks (grad and radial filter, etc) get computed mathematically every time the visualization is updated. But the intelligent masks create a mask (s) that is stored in the catalog that has to be updated to reflect the healing corrections.

Thanks! I like creating virtual copies and playing with different looks. And going back after taking a long break and doing some adjustments. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Mike on the feedback. I want to go back to Banff. Great place to visit, multiple times.

Ok, thanks for the suggestion. 👍🏻

Happy to hear you found it useful. Thanks for watching.

Hi Peter. I will definitely take a monopod to help stabilize. As I mention in my video the paths are not very wide, and with other visitors around just get two tight. Cameras with IBIS now give us much more opportunity for handholding. I suggest you out your shutter in 2 second delay to even help more. You will have a lot of opportunity to use your 24-120mm lens. I am not so sure about your ultrawide. There will be some opportunities in the Big Room to capture with something wider than 24mm. I think it will be better to have with you than not and then say “darn, I wish I had a wider lens”. 😀 October will be a great time to visit. If you have time, go to White Sands NP about 3 1/2 hrs away. Great time of year for White Sands. I also made a video for White Sands. I visited both in the same trip and complement each other very well. One dark and one very bright. Enjoy your trip and please do share your photos.

@@PabloGEPhoto Thank you very much for the personalized advice. As it happens, I will be heading to White Sands right after Carlsbad, and will spend a day there. I watched your video on WS last night, and got some great tips. I was interested in your advice about shooting with the 100-400 there, and will have that with me, as well. Have you been to Great Sand Dunes NP in Colorado? I was there in the spring and got some amazing photos at sunrise. I enjoy your videos as well as your photos and hope to see more. Thanks again.

The 100-400 is great for White Sands. If you have a second body, put your 24-120 on it. I carried two bodies with me to avoid changing lenses while in the dunes. Even with almost no breeze there is powder like sand in the air that can get on the sensor. I forgot to mention on Carlsbad is that now with noise reduction programs like DxO Pure Raw 4 (my favorite) , Topaz Photo Ai, etc you can use ISO of 10000 or more and get clean files to edit.

And I have been to Great Sand Dunes a couple of times as well. One time it was extremely windy but got some nice photos.

Here are galleries in my website. Look for the ones for Carlsbad, White Sands, and Great Sand Dunes. www.pablogefoto.com/Destinations

You are correct. These are not 1:1 or closer photos for which you need a true macro lens.

This is a great options for skittish insects or other small animals though....much harder to do with a macro lens.

Thanks for your comment Mike. Great motivation to keep doing them.

Thanks Richard. Keep watching 👍🏻

Gracias. Saludos.

Gracias Axel. Te recomiendo mi canal en español Pablo GE Foto donde encontrarás este video y muchos más grabados en español. Saludos desde Nuevo México.

My pleasure. I am very happy with this lens. Thanks.

Thanks to you for your motivating comment. Gracias. 🙏🏼

Thanks Sharon.

Thanks Martin. And now DxO Pure Raw 4 is out. DxO Pure Raw is my favorite plugin for removing noise.

Well, Lightroom for Mobile is free (iOS and Android). There are also a couple of free programs for desktop that have great reviews but I have not used: Darktable and RawTherapee

Hi Alan. My settings change a lot depending the amount of light and how much depth of field I want for a given look. Typically I will shoot the RF 100-500 relatively open at f5.6 or 6.3 if I want a more “dreamy” effect with a very shallow DOF. Or I may go to f16 or even smaller if I want a bit more DOF. Since I usually shoot handheld I put camera in high speed shooting to get 4-10 photos every time I press the shutter, hoping at least one will give me focus right where I want it. Specially if there is a bit of breeze that moves flowers. For extension tubes I have used Meike for the R5 and just bought a new Meike set and for my new OM Systems OM-1 micro four thirds camera. I bought them at Amazon.

Terrific video and work! Keep making videos! Subbed

Edgar, I will try to do a test. But very recently I bought an OM-1 Systems OM-1 camera and just received my first set of extension tubes for micro four thirds. Hope to go to botanical gardens next week and try the same lens with and without extension tubes.

Thanks to you for watching Deby. I really like this lens. And now with the Spring here and can not wait to go to the local Botanical Gardens to photograph flowers.

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

Thanks Ron. Happy to pass it along. Very easy to try.

Thanks Pierre. Keep watching my videos, thankks a million

My pleasure, glad to hear

Thanks Thomas. The “intercept mask function” can be very useful too to help refine masks. For example do Select Sky, and then Intersect with Color Range, selecting the blue of the sky and this way abound touching the clouds.

Thanks Don. The AI Masks are getting better but sometimes we just need to be a bit smarter 😀

Thanks for watching Tim.

Thanks Allen. I think you will like the RF100-500. Just got back yesterday from Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley and I paired this lens with the R5. Great combo with a lot of flexibility. My other camera was the OK Systems OM-1 with the 300f/4 and 1.4X for an effective reach of 840mm in a small and light package for far out subjects.

Thanks Alvaro. That is my intention. Thanks for the feedback.

Hi Misha. Thanks for sharing your experience and approach when photographing the Caverns. As you saw, photographing there is challenging but with modern cameras we have much better options. Add to that the great AI driven noise reduction options now available in Lightroom, Topaz Photo AI, DxO Pure Raw 3 and others. Hope you had a great time.

You're welcome!

Hi Eigil. Sorry for late response. The problem with all the AI tools is that they are image dependent. In other words, how close is our image to the ones (ten of thousands) that were used to train the AI model.

Thanks Eigil. Happy New Year 2024

You are welcome. Happy New Year!

Muchas Gracias Mike. Te recomiendo mi canal en español Pablo Ge Foto. Feliz Año Nuevo también para ti y tu familia

Hi Mike. I have moved to Pure Raw 3. In addition to the AI model available in V2 they have a new one that works a bit better. Also, you also get the option to apply sharpening corrections, but as you say, you don’t have a lot of control. The workflow is the same. Topaz Photo AI has continue to improve and they do weekly updates. Most of this fix minor bugs, but they also have been improving the various models and adding other functionality. But I still prefer the PureRaw for just removing noise. Feliz Navidad to you and your family.

@@PabloGEPhoto Muchas gracias Pablo!

Thanks for the suggestion. Good idea.