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Fun with Nikon Images

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ustein

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Re: Fun with D800 Photos

>love your shots...can always pick them out before i see your tag

Thanks.

>love hwy 25; made the trip from sf on the way to Los Olivos/ santa barbara on 25 several times

Lovely place.
 

Jorgen Udvang

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Chaul Chnam Thmey, Songkran, Khmer style. No water wars, no drunk teenagers and no white goo smeared all over your face. Works just fine for old people like me :)

Happy Khmer New Year!

D300 with Nikkor 105mm f/1.8 AIS @ f/8



D300 with Nikkor 105mm f/1.8 AIS @ f/4

 
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celina20

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Hi Jorgen. The second one is a nice picture. The scene has great colors but the photo looks flat in my opinion. I dont know what raw processor you use, but Lightroom 4 is great for "this" kind of images.
Luis
 

Jorgen Udvang

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Thanks Celina. It's a strange and almost impossible photo. The two monks are in direct, midday sunlight while the background is in almost complete darkness. I was surprised that I could get anything out of it at all. I use PS CS6 btw., and the RAW processor should be the same as the latest version of LR if I'm not mistaken.

But I should have done something about the colour and contrast of the monks, to get them more in line with the rest of the photo.

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There was this big, big Songkran celebration in Pailin today, just north of the mountains along the Thai/Cambodian border. There were thousands of people singing and dancing, praying and eating. Then there was this little boy who had a little plastic bag with some pink stuff. It's strange what catches one's attention sometimes.

D300 with Nikkor 105mm f/1.8 AIS @ f/2.8

 

tashley

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Here's a bunch of trivial shots I took today with my new D800... I cracked and snagged one while waiting for the E version I preordered.

They are all with the 24-120 F4 VR because it's the only Nikon lens I currently have! But since I was hoping to have it as my main walk around, I wanted to know how good it was and I seem to have a perfectly reasonable copy. I haven't yet tested it at all main focal lengths and all normal apertures but I think I'm going to be perfectly happy with it for daylight work: it seems sharp enough in the corners at 50% on screen (emulating a 200 DPI print, and sometimes requiring F8 but that's what I expected) and the lens corrections in LR clean up the distortions perfectly well. It's not for critical work, but is is, and I really never thought I'd see myself type this, especially on the D800, just as useful at first sight as the 24-105 Canon!

Some of the shots are cropped a touch, some have exposure corrections, especially the dark "potting shed to greenhouse to outside" shot where I really really bumped up Shadows and Blacks to see what detail was lurking and, honestly, I am still amazed at how good those shadow areas are.

Anyhoo here's some shots and they can all be downloaded as 91% quality JPEGS from a private page on my Zenfolio site at:

Tim Ashley Photography | D800 | _DSC2337








 

ptomsu

Workshop Member
These D800 shots with the 24-120 look really amazing. Seems to be a pretty good combo.

I ordered the 60 Macro as Uwe had very positive experiences with it and I also want such a focal length again (after long years when I had my Leica 60 Macro) :)

But I am also considering the 24-120.
 

tashley

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Back to the issue of shadow details...

Image #1 is the potting shed RAW file imported directly into LR4 and no further adjustments. Image #2 is the same file with similar treatment to that in my post above, but this time with some local adjustments too, in order to balance it a bit better. I am, literally, gobsmacked by how much is there. The 91% quality JPEGS are at:

Tim Ashley Photography | D800 | _DSC2342






ps that's with sharpening at 60 and NR at zero too... at 50% on screen, equivalent to 200DPI print, I can see no noise...
 

Lloyd

Active member
The essence of it all: A monk handing out pieces of red string and good advice.
Love this one, Jorgen!

The earlier posts are good too, and I do think the rework of that "something on the floor" is an improvement. The kid with something pink is especially good.
 

shtarka1

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+ 1 again Luis, excellent action.

Here is one from last night, though a bit rough around the edges still.

D4/80-200 F2.8, 4 frame stitch.
No, all I did in this case was to pan my Linhof 3 Way Head in an arc from left to right, then stitch in PS using the automated blend/align feature. The 80-200 has its own tripod collar and I figured the attachment point would be close to the nodal point of the lens and apparently it was as I didn't see any issues with the automated stitch. Lens/camera was in vertical orientation for the pano.

Here is another, same area using the 45 PC-E lens but just a single frame this time.
Gorgeous, Rob!
 

Lloyd

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Tim: Those shots with the D800 are impressive. "Gobsmacked" does seem appropriate. That 24-120/f4 is a really nice lens. I love mine, and often default for it when I would otherwise use my 24-70/f2.8. I like the extra reach, and the VRII is a big plus. A real improvement over the earlier version with the variable aperture.

Vincent: Lovely landscape shots. Very nice light.
 
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