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Well, there goes any hope for a Sand Bar forum. *lol*

Thanks, Barryd. I'll look there.

I think all states have a law that sets a time limit for return of deposits. Where I am, 30-days max, then the landlord/rental agency is on the hook to return the entire deposit, cannot deduct anything for damages, AND must pay (I believe) damages equal to the full deposit amount, so you would get back 2-times the deposit amount. I found this regarding Florida rental deposits: Security Deposits Landlords commonly require renters to pay a security deposit prior to taking possession of the premises. The security deposit normally is used to cover the costs of any damages (beyond ordinary wear and tear) or unpaid rent. Under Florida law, a landlord must hold the security deposit in either a noninterest bearing account, an interest-bearing account (with the tenant receiving either 5 percent interest annually or 75 percent of the interest the deposit earns), or post a surety bond in an amount equal to the security deposit. Within 30 days of receiving the security deposit, the landlord must notify the tenant of the manner in which he or she is holding the money. At the end of the lease, the landlord has 15 days to return the money (with interest, if applicable) or notify the tenant of a claim against the security deposit for damages. If the landlord makes a claim, the tenant has 15 days to object. If the tenant does not object, the landlord may deduct the amount of the claim from the security deposit and must return the remainder to the tenant within 30 days (from the date of the notice of the claim). Any unsettled dispute the landlord and tenant may have as to damages can be resolved in court. http://www.weblocator.com/attorney/fl/law/resreal.html#150

I have not done any HDR yet. I have only been studying it, reading about. But you are inspiring me. A little under the weather right now, in a few days I will shoot something for HDR and download the trial version of Photomatix. I have done the tutorials on their webpage, just need to get after it and do it! Stay tuned.

That HDR can use a little more exposure range. The shadows under the chairs should have floor detail in them, the landscape and sky outside the windows should have color saturation like the interior of the room. The fridge door should be all detail, not a white blob. That setting has an extreme range, may require shooting 5 images at +/- 2-stops between exposures to cover everything??? That's a great place to learn how to expose for HDR. It seems to cover everything. Don't give up! Try it again. How big are the files you used? How many exposures? What was the bracketing? And how long did it take Photomatix to do its thing?

Welcome aboard, Jake.

There is software specifically for doing HDRs. Prob the best out there is Photomatix - HDR Soft. It is a Photoshop plugin. http://www.hdrsoft.com/ See an excellent example of HDR on the splash page. I believe 1-stop diff with 3 exposures (one-stop over exposed, correct exposure, and 1-stop under exposed) is preferred. You can use 1/2-stop bracketing but the results are not as dynamic. Some of the most dynamic digital photos I have seen have been done as color HDR images, then converted to B&W and tweaked using Niksoft's Silver Effects Pro. http://www.niksoftware.com/silverefexpro/usa/entry.php I'm in the same fix as your wife, old school film photography struggling with digital.

Yeah, I guess technically '######' is a derogatory term, tho you wouldn't know it because rednecks call each other rednecks all the time, like black people using the n word. They can, you can't. ETA: but I guess it's not derogatory if more than one ###### lump up into a group, plural, rednecks.

*LOL* That crunch noise on impact ... *ROFLOL*

A couple of months ago there was an incident in Florida where a guy accidentally ran over a guy spearfishing. The guy lost his legs. The last I heard the incident was under investigation. Anyone hear any follow up info? Anyone get charged?

Humm ... the videos are not displaying. I'm using Firefox. Maybe admin is still tweaking things.

There is a short tutorial on how to do HDR with Photoshop. Unfortunately, the tools necessary to do it are not included with Photoshop Elements. See the tutorial on the left side of this page, Blended Exposures: http://www.thelightsrightstudio.com/tutorials-video.htm

Sorry there, Captn Rick, it's a nice pic but I'm seeing anything about that photo that lends itself to HDR. The value of HDR is best realized until you get into very wide exposure latitude, e.g. shadow areas that would otherwise print as black with no details and highlights that would otherwise print as white areas with no details. You do not have either of those situations in your controlled/studio product photo. Ricoh has just introduced their first HDR point and shoot camera. It takes two exposures with one push of the button, and software in the camera builds an image from the best details taken from both digital images. I think this will be the next big thing for cameras. I expect to see cameras shooting 3 or 5 images at a time and selecting regions from each image to combine into an HDR image. Pentax has a couple dSLRs that do it, and I think Fuji has a point n shoot that will do HDR, too.

Hi everyone, this is my first post on the forum. I have been lurking and reading your forum for a long time and finally registered so I could ask a question... HOW CAN I BUY A FUGGIN' WHEEL???