Photojournal of Mikko Huotari

Surf’s up

Posted in gear, in the field by mhphotojournal on March 30, 2010

Kite-surfing on ice

Stumbled on an opportunity to go watch my friend’s kite-surfing practise on frozen Näsijärvi lake near Tampere.

Grabbed my ol’ faithful Nikkor 80-200/2.8 and head on the ice under a cloudless sky.

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RAW converter comparison – Capture NX2 vs. Lightroom 2

Posted in post-processing, workflow by mhphotojournal on March 28, 2010

I was asked to post side-by-side comparisons between Nikon’s Capture NX2 and Adobe’s Lightroom 2. I’ve incorporated both of them into my workflow but the NX2 gets much less use despite much finer controls, more accurate and cleaner colours and detail rendition.

But why?

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