and another with the viaduct
looking sharp and with the
foreground branches
just out of focus.
However, when it came to
writing this Capture NX-D
tutorial, I needed a shot
with ‘incorrect’ white balance
settings in different parts of
the scene, to create a cool
shot to warm up. The topic
was more about the lighting
than the focal points, so
I went with the version that
focused on the blue shadows
and the warm sunlit viaduct.
Speaking from
experience
I am writing in regards to
the ‘Perfect Props’ letter in
N-Photo 97. I also took part in
a staged photo event utilizing
Lancaster, B-17 and B-25
bombers. Even though the
participants were actors in
period costume, we did have
the ability to direct them,
choose the angle, add
supplemental lighting and, of
course, the camera settings.
This shot was originally in
colour but I think the B&W
looked much more authentic
in the finished product. I still
consider the shots to be my
photographs and not
snapshots of a sterile scene.
Ray LavenderZ-list
I am a big fan of your Nikon-
related ‘bookazines’ and have
purchased a number of your
publications about Nikon
cameras. Do you have any
bookazines related to the
Nikon Z series?
Rod StaffordI’m afraid we don’t have any
bookazines in the pipeline- but we will continue to cover
the Z series as much as we
can in the magazine. For
example, for our project on
wide-angle lenses we used the
new Z 14-30mm f/4 S lens.To Affinity
and beyondIn N-Photo 96 you asked the
readers if we would like more
tutorials based on the Affinity
Photo software. I’d give a very
strongly worded ‘Yes’ to this!
I was never really a massivefan of Photoshop. I’ve always
used Nikon’s Capture NX-D to
enhance my images and only
held a copy of Photoshop
Elements 10, which I used
occasionally, to add extras,
if needed, to my pictures.
Late last year I acquired
Serif’s Affinity Photo and
have been totally blown away
with its power. Raw files from
the D850 are no problem for
it and I have already used it
for HDR merging, focus
stacking and panorama
stitching, things which I
have not done previously.
Their video tutorials are
great (and are English rather
than American!) and cover a
variety of projects. In addition
to all this it is so inexpensive.
I actually felt so guilty
about getting it so cheap that
I immediately bought the
Affinity Photo Workbook
(above) which is a very useful
addition to the package.
I think Photoshop has had a
monopoly in the field of photo
editing for too long and it’s
great to finally see an
alternative on the market.
Stewart JackmanWe hear you! We had an
overwhelming response, with
several readers calling for
more Affinity Photo tutorials.
You’ll find a focus stacking
tutorial this issue on page 52,
and we intend to make
Affinity Photo tutorials a
regular item in the magazine
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While this is a
staged scene, Ray
very much considers
this to be his shotNo bookazines for the Z series
anytime soon, but we’ll keep
covering it in N-Photo.READERS’ LETTERS