Dale Allyn
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Re: So what are you shooting with that MF back?
Beautiful images, Jack.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutro_BathsSutro ruins?
Beautiful images, Jack.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutro_BathsSutro ruins?
We did, but I figured it was getting long enough it was loading slower, so maybe time to start a fresh one? I can easily merge them if folks feel better about having them all in one spot.Lovely series, but I thought we already had the "fun with MF images" thread.
Thanks Dale -- for both the reference and the compliment
I'm new to MFDB (Phase P25+) and this is something that I'm playing with. I have been a bit surprised by the white balance of images as first opened in C-1 or ACR/Bridge. Auto WB is not looking to be useful to me, but Daylight seems better. I have included a reference in some testing/learning shots and this makes for easy work. Of course, some scenes provide their own "gray card".Nice shots, Jack. I too love those deep color to pastel gradients. Provides a very interesting look for sure.
Question for you, and others: Do any of you guys ever shoot a reference frame for WB, either custom while shooting, or for post processing? Not saying that there is anything wrong with these, or that others have posted, but was just thinking about this more. No need for a full MacBeth color checker, just a WhiBal or some other good neutral gray.
That would at least provide a good balanced starting point, and then one can tint, warm, cool or whatever to taste, and still have a good neutral WB if needed. (I was thinking about this from Guy's other posts that had the early morning light and the conversion set on Flash or something. Trust me, I am not a slave to WB, and Jack's shots convey a wonderful mood. I just have been thinking about it more lately as folks have been talking about software, conversions, etc.
LJ
Woody,Dale
At least with my H3DII-39 I find that shooting at a fixed Kelvin of 4900 gets me to a really good starting point for most outdoor files. Of course some tweaking is required (as it is for all settings e.g. daylight, cloudy, shade etc) but it is usually pretty small.
Just my humble experience
Woody
Mark, these were all straight shots with the Mamiya, no shifting.Jack were any of these images taken with shifting???