Recent content by Dave Canon

How is it useful? I have just ignored it, so far. Dave

I recall the Brexiteers railing against the fact that Edward Heath gave our fishing rights to the Common Market when we joined which was not revealed until much later. So Brexiteers manged to commit us to a deal which did not return our fishing rights but also kept this quiet. Dave

When you import do you use standard previews which would mean that LR only has to access the catalogue which is normally stored on your fastest disk. Of course it is for you to decide how many shots you take etc. but I would not capture so many shots myself. After even a motor spots shoot, I...

Why is your system slow? I am running the latest version of Adobe plus lots of MS office and everything is almost instantaneous now. With my last PC i7 HDD's and older Graphics card the speed was awful. It used to take 30 mins to boot up W10 and some Topaz processes could take many minutes...

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On my LR Classic, I have "Quick Development" just below the histogram and above Keywords while it is in Library mode. So I can indeed make small changes to a Raw image. I only use this very occasionally when sorting images after uploading. This is usually for cases where I have doubts it is...

After a losing battle, we had to dig up the entire box hedge and replace with a different variety. Dave

The problem is in the capture not the processing. If you are going to take photographs into the sun then you need a good lens hood and NO filters. Something similar happened to me in a studio situation when there was a light in front of the camera (behind the model) and I had no lens hood but...

It is not just a tree but one that in its setting was exceptional. The best shot of it is probably that with star trails though I was never there at night.

What sentence would the Emperor Hadrian have given? Realistically a serious prison sentence is unlikely and nor would paying a fine be satisfactory. Appropriate long Community service would be good; perhaps parts of Hadrian's wall needs repairing. There are archaeological digs all along the wall...

Until about 15 years ago, I did all such jobs myself including car servicing. I am too old now so have to rely on local tradesmen for the various issues as they arise. I believe the challenge is to pick the right tradesmen as there are a lot of dedicated hard working businesses out there. I rely...

True but not in my case as I have never seen any views expressed on this and drew my own conclusion from the basic facts. i.e. further licences are to be issued; I do not want to be dependent on Russian or Arabian oil. Dave

I am not flying anywhere myself but trying to impose your views by threats and force is not on. We have a democracy so we are free to vote as we choose on this issue. The fact is that while we must reduce oil consumption, it will not stop completely in the near future. So is it better for us to...

For my new Dell Ultarsharp on a new W11 PC, I have 53% brightness which was a result of calibrating with a Spyder X. These displays fade over the years and I have to gradually increase the brightness to calibrate. Once I reach 100%, I replace the monitor which is probably at least 8 years old by...

I need a good chair as I have back and neck problems. Sitting completely upright is not good for me as my spine curves the wrong way. so I need a chair with lots of adjustments. I was given a Herman Miller by my son which was a great improvement but still not ideal. I then bought a Solo SL154...