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Hey! I too still like Flickr, and its got a good community and etc there. But I have to say 500px is impressive... hmm, not sure if I want to migrate there. For most parts Flickr is just fine. Take care,Buddy
Your last comment had me wondering though if I had missed something, as instagram is very different from 500px. AFAIK, Instagram images have a maximum resolution of only 612 x 612 pixel, and is primarily populated with phone generated images, by everyone and their grandmother of various quality. Its prioritized interface is smartphones/tabs. Whereas, 500px is primarily pro and serious photographers using it as an online portfolio of sorts, therefore image size and quality is very high (although it does match the max resolution of Flickr). 500px prioritizes computer screen interface to optimize image viewing.Also, browsing through the random images on 500px is much more open than on instagram--other than a small changing set of images on instagram under the Discover tab. Othewise, on instagram you need to actively choose to "follow" a user to see their images. edit:I crossposted with bsides123
Buddy like I said, the image quality of 500px is quite impressive as well as the layout, flow, etc. But... and this is a big but... the site is loaded with tons of spammers and gamers. Lots of politics and people competing for hits. In spite of the, beautiful image IQ (great color) for a website, it seems that 500px is now really aimed at building popularity via social media... and getting hits and membership. It's members will do just about anything to get attention. There is a small margin of members who seem to have figured out how to rule the popularity of their images and the rest get buried. Because of the superior image quality, one approach could be to continue to use Flickr, and then if someone shows interest in either buying an image or wanting to see it further, upload it to 500px in high rez. They can have a good look, and if they want, buy the image directly in a number of applications. I use it for some images, and I don't care about the 500px popularity, favorites, followers, following games or power struggle conflicts. I have a hard time stomach some of the social aspects I've seen.On the other hand, I do gotta say that being able to upload larger files with lots of pixels is great. Here's an example AND once you've loaded the image, press the "M": key to open it full size: http://500px.com/photo/69487431/austin-utility-company-by-din-dayemi?from=user_libraryDin
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I almost always shoot in RAW and use Lightroom 5 for most of my post processing. If I want to render a photo into B&W, I also use Lightroom's Preset Functions to convert the photo. The other day it occurred to me that I could manually do this myself, in Lightroom, by working with the color saturation adjustments. So, I've been trying a little experiment, and it's been producing fun effects, that I thought I would share. Working manually with the color saturation, etc. opens up a wide variety of customization.....
Hey! As for shooting, I always shoot RAW. I'm still using LR4 and I have to say that the options fro converting color to B&W is quite mind boggling. I usually go to HSL to desaturated all color than either B&W or Luminance to adjust each color. Honestly sometime I find the whole thing a bit too much sometime... I keep going back and playing with those slides over and over. Anyway, nice selective color there. Take care,Buddy
