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A classic example of where T/S would not give you all the DOF you need!Focus stacked and monochrome. It was important in this case to get both the old Cornish church and the ancient gate sharp. The colour version looks OK, but I prefer the mono conversion. H4D-50, 28mm HCD lens.
Quentin
Dick,A classic example of where T/S would not give you all the DOF you need!
Lovely tones, Guy. I bet those shots look great as big prints. :thumbup:I'm in Death Valley on a workshop but I ran out this morning and shot a few shots in the dunes. Problem is major wind , major dust and major dust in the air. Will go back later in week and get more. I mean very high winds. Gave my new 110 LS some work to do
.... and when I tell Hasselblad that they need to provide automated Focus stacking they seem to be unable to understand why anyone would want it!Dick,
Exactly so! On the other hand, tilt/shift would be better where part of the image is moving, e.g incoming tide. But even there, workarounds exist. Overall, I am convinced that focus stacking is, in most cases, the more versatile and better solution.
Quentin
Tareq..Color
Mono
H4D-60, 28mm
Seems a bit odd that the cast shadow of the figure goes one way, and the shadows from the coat and her face go another ... perhaps in this case just straight-on fill located closer to the camera may have worked better because the key light from the sun left-to-right was so strong? I think I would have feathered the strobe fall-off slightly upwards to keep a bit more detail in the foreground snow.
Tareg needs a bubble level and leveling plate maybe? ... Gotta really watch it with the 28 ... it's pretty close to a 22 or 23mm FOV 35mm equivalent on the 60 I believe. Phocus DAC should have corrected any barrel distortion I would've thought.Tareq..
The colour picture looks better on my laptop... the colours look very OTT and HDR on my Eizo - perhaps the colours were like that?
I do not like it, but nobody else has commented...
This looks as if you used single off camera flash, HDR, DOF merge, sunlight and tungsten? ¿Perhaps the net curtains on the window warmed the colours on the right hand side of the picture? Presumably DOF was not a problem with the WA?
The H4D-60 is a great camera, and the raw files will stand a great deal of manipulation without falling apart.. did you downsize with Jack's action?
Did you try a faster shutter speed to prevent the sun-lit highlight burning out?
I would have thought that HDR would have filled the shadows better, and have enabled you to do without the flash?
There seems to be a lot of fish-eye distortion.
Reflectors (e.g. a projection screen) can work wonders in a picture like this, even if you have a big studio flash system available. You can use a reflector, screen or curtain to tone down highlights.
Thank you eery much that you finally commented on my post.Tareq..
The colour picture looks better on my laptop... the colours look very OTT and HDR on my Eizo - perhaps the colours were like that?
I do not like it, but nobody else has commented...
This looks as if you used single off camera flash, HDR, DOF merge, sunlight and tungsten? ¿Perhaps the net curtains on the window warmed the colours on the right hand side of the picture? Presumably DOF was not a problem with the WA?
The H4D-60 is a great camera, and the raw files will stand a great deal of manipulation without falling apart.. did you downsize with Jack's action?
Did you try a faster shutter speed to prevent the sun-lit highlight burning out?
I would have thought that HDR would have filled the shadows better, and have enabled you to do without the flash?
There seems to be a lot of fish-eye distortion.
Reflectors (e.g. a projection screen) can work wonders in a picture like this, even if you have a big studio flash system available. You can use a reflector, screen or curtain to tone down highlights.
My name is Tareq [Q] not Tareg [G]Tareg needs a bubble level and leveling plate maybe? ... Gotta really watch it with the 28 ... it's pretty close to a 22 or 23mm FOV 35mm equivalent on the 60 I believe. Phocus DAC should have corrected any barrel distortion I would've thought.
As to the technique itself, different strokes for different folks.
-Marc
Tareq,My name is Tareq [Q] not Tareg [G]
I am not sure that i used that DAC option, but i will give it a look again and see, or i use another shots with better distortion and enable that Phocus DAC to have way better free-like distortion, but i am not rich enough as some here to have tech camera or even that HTS1.5 adapter, sometimes the lens alone can't solve the distortion, and if i try to have free-distortion i may end up with not lovely or wanted compositions, think about it.
And you know something? I intentionally chose this shot to do HDR and posted here, it has that color shift issue as you said, so i posted to have comments and solutions rather than i post normal better balanced shot and not much comments about color/exposure,...etc.Tareq,
I'm a Phase/Mamiya user, but I'm quite sure you'll find that that Phocus will do a very similar job with barrel distortion on your Hassy 28 as Capture one does on the Phamiya 28, as long as you are very careful to level the camera in setting up the shot. I can't imagine that this is a shot that would require a lens rise to establish good vertical alignment, as its just not that tall a space.
As for the overall exposure difficulties due to the strong outdoor light, I'm just not a fan of the HDR look. Call me old school, but I'd rather see dark shadows in areas that are naturally dark, rather than having darker areas appear unnaturally 'stretched', and seeing the color shifts and haloing, etc. that go with overdone HDR work. The solution may have simply been to set up the shot at a time of day that gave you a closer balance of indoor and outdoor lighting values, and to have used a shorter shutter speed to have further balanced the light.
The other comment that I'd offer is that you really do need to work very hard at balancing the color of your lighting sources. The color casts in the floor and ceiling are not ideal, and they may also have been further saturated by the HDR work.
I agree, when I post, I do it because I am hoping to receive some response. I am new to posting here, and haven't posted many images, but when I do, I hope to receive critique, and not just pats on the back. However, when no one comments, I try not to take it personally
Best,