Hmmm --- is that a halo I see around the bug's antennae?
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Fun with MF images - ARCHIVED - FOR VIEWING ONLY
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Mark Gowin
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Yes, but the good new is there is no CA in the highlights of the water droplets.
Seriousy, you have a good eye Jack. The odd thing is that I don't see halo anywhere else in that image.
Mark Gowin
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David, I like these photos. Based on the crops shown on your blog, the Leica 35mm Summarit S looks very good. I am afraid to try it out in fear that I won't be able to hold out for the 30mm - 90mm zoom.
Thanks Mark. Don't worry... I won't try to tempt you. I know you want the 30-90.
But..... here are some shots with 100% crops, just in case.
The first one is handheld at 1/180th at f/3.4. The second on is indoors, tripod-mounted at 8 sec at f/11.
I see it pretty clearly along his hind leg as well, then also as a dark line along the edges of the in-focus petals. If you look at the in-focus edges of the petals in the second photo they're pretty obvious as well, though in flora halos get camouflaged because we're not certain they don't look that way in real life. However to be fair, halos from a raw file aren't generally the camera's or lens' fault, rather somewhere in the chain the sharpening radius was too large or the amount was too high or both.
Guy Mancuso
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Well Victor you can say whatever pleases you but the truth is it is all about controlling sharpness in different media and something that many need to learn. You have to realize this is a learning forum and people will critique and comment on images to try and help folks. If I see something out of whack I WILL bring it up regardless of WHO or WHAT shot it.
In this case as Jack and I have tested the S2 needs to be controlled in all the various software options we have tried. C1 it is really bad right at the default and LR3 beta I found lowering it down did a much better neutral job of bringing out the correct texture in the images and eliminate the chunky or clumpy look. Otherwise it looks too digital.
maybe you should consider a workshop and learn more about this. We have one in October geared at raw processing.
As you see Jack see's this as well as i do.
I see it pretty clearly along his hind leg as well, then also as a dark line along the edges of the in-focus petals. If you look at the in-focus edges of the petals in the second photo they're pretty obvious as well, though in flora halos get camouflaged because we're not certain they don't look that way in real life. However to be fair, halos from a raw file aren't generally the camera's or lens' fault, rather somewhere in the chain the sharpening radius was too large or the amount was too high or both.
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Guy Mancuso
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BTW I have not commented on a lot of images as of late as I have been very very busy with my family needs at the moment but seen some great stuff folks and i have to admit I am very jealous as i have not been able to get out and shoot for myself in awhile but only gigs. So please keep up the images love to browse them. Have fun
Its fun to shoot such pictures... i like that...
Mark Gowin
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And I reallly enjoy looking at them. The one with bug in it is my favorite of yournlast set. Very nice colornand texture of the flowers.Its fun to shoot such pictures... i like that...
Bill Caulfeild-Browne
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Thanks for the kind comments, Jack and Ed. I guess I could move the farmhouse back easily enough in PS...but I have ethics! (Some, anyway.)If they would have just built that farmhouse in the field behind it the scene would have been much better.
I have printed this shot with a good crop of the left and bottom, to get the farm in the "golden" spot, but critics seeing the print prefer this version - they say it introduces some tension.
I'll play with the file and see if I can improve it - as I said, "I might have processed it differently today".
Bill
David, these are beautiful. I'm guessing that shot of the Diplomat hotel is from your balcony... nice view you've got there. Love the colors in that twilight shot too. Looks like that new 35mm lens might be a keeper.
P. Chong
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Some watch shots...done primarily with 52mm extension tube on H3D-39 with HC2.8/80.
This is the World Premiere of the MB&F HM4, first non-press kit photographs to be released.
Shot on location in a restaurant, no touchups.
More pictures on my blog:
http://peter-chong.blogspot.com/2010/07/max-busser-friends-horological-machine.html
This is the World Premiere of the MB&F HM4, first non-press kit photographs to be released.
Shot on location in a restaurant, no touchups.
More pictures on my blog:
http://peter-chong.blogspot.com/2010/07/max-busser-friends-horological-machine.html
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A quick shakedown of the new "503CWD" (CFV added to 503CW) in the garden did not disappoint. Nothing fancy - just trying different lenses, extension tubes, ISOs.
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Thanks, Jack! I'm tickled pink! A much better choice than a 5D Mark II, IMO.
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