Originally posted by Apet-Sure My local photography club is having a Lightroom workshop this Saturday. The $142 that Rai93 paid is out of the question for me. I assume that the concepts of RAW development are somewhat universal regardless of how certain software implements the manipulations. I'm trying to decide if I want to attend. My guess is that I'll pick up useful knowledge, being a RAW beginner (pun intended). I was able to download a 192 page pdf manual for RawTherapee. Even so, it may only scratch the surface of some topics. A clarity slider definitely sounds useful. I remember reading something about creating/loading lens correction profiles in RT. We must use the tools we have access to. I might find that the comparison between LR and RT will force me to be creative about coming up with cash for LR. But that would take away from my lens fund ...
We've got to work with the tools we have
I couldn't have bought it on my student budget either, but it was a birthday present from my parents. You should go to the workshop as it will teach you a lot of general knowledge on RAW development, and try to implement as much as possible in
RAWTherapee. Just use it and see whether you like it. In regard to your lens fun -
Lightroom has improved my photography more than any lens I ever bought. After I got the hang of it I went back to old images I had taken years ago (I had set my camera to JPEG+RAW back then because I knew I would get into RAW development one day) and they got so much better.
Quote: OFF TOPIC: My mum traced a Davis ancestor who was a gardener for the Earl of Buccleah (sp?) in Scotland in the mid-1700s, so I grew up thinking my heritage was Scottish. I bought books about Scotland and hoped to visit some day. Decades later a Welsh friend told me that Davis is a Welsh name, not Scottish. It gave me quite a jolt. What say ye?
Merely being a German living in Scotland I'm afraid I cannot help you much with which name's Scottish and which isn't, but I think you're talking about Buccleuch
You should definitely visit Scotland some time, the highlands are a magical place. I'm hiking there regularly and the early morning light illuminating the fog in the glens (valleys) in autumn, when the foliage if colourful, may be the most beautiful and magical thing I've ever seen. Will do some winter mountaineering in Glencoe on Sunday - weather forecast is exceptionally good, will probably yield some nice images.