Cretan Monochromes with the E3

[jonoslack]

Hi there
I've had a request for some monochrome pictures of Crete for a dramatic room. I'd not spent much time trying to convert to monochrome with 4/3 shots, but I think these do well:

Monochrome pictures of Sfakia

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

Jono,
They all look nice, and some are excellent, but the close-up of the car ferry is very different in style from the others.

 

[nei1]

I like 17 Jono ,if only it didnt look so flat:ROTFL::ROTFL::ROTFL: :angel:

 

[jonoslack]

Jono,
They all look nice, and some are excellent, but the close-up of the car ferry is very different in style from the others.

Hi Jorgen
Thanks - I guess the difference is that I took the car ferry shot BEFORE breakfast

It's a nice little project - a friend with a very beautiful house wanted four black and white prints of Crete for their 'ballroom' (now a huge sittingroom). It got me in gear about the pictures from our last trip (which I haven't finished processing yet). I'd never really thought of them in B&W, but it's been good fun.

 

[jonoslack]

I like 17 Jono ,if only it didnt look so flat:ROTFL::ROTFL::ROTFL: :angel:

No No NOOO.
It's the way they feed the goats there, they have to be very flat to stand on the thin ledges on the cliffs.
Nothing whatever to do with being digital I can assure you

 

[jonoslack]

Lots more here - not all monochrome

Hi there
Still working on these (shame on me). It does bring back thoughts of summer sunshine though:

Livaniana is a stiff walk up from the coast, currently there are two people living there, the Taverna owner (I wish I could remember his name) and an old lady who used to run the Taverna.

Fresh orange juice in iced glasses is very welcome after walking up the exposed path in the heat, and you're guaranteed a good welcome.
The Taverna at Livaniana

Beach Fisherman

Between Chora Sfakia and Soujia the white mountains come right down to the sea - most of the villages can only be accessed by boat. Loutro is set in a pretty bay, you either get the boat (the Daskiologiannis) or else you walk along the cliff path past Sweetwater beach.

Loutro

 

[Brian Mosley]

Fabulous conversions Jono... really great style to these.

Thanks for sharing

Brian

 

[jonoslack]

Hi Brian
thanks for dropping in. Glad you like the shots.
How's the E620 then? If ONLY it were weatherproofed!

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

Hi Jorgen
Thanks - I guess the difference is that I took the car ferry shot BEFORE breakfast

It's a nice little project - a friend with a very beautiful house wanted four black and white prints of Crete for their 'ballroom' (now a huge sittingroom). It got me in gear about the pictures from our last trip (which I haven't finished processing yet). I'd never really thought of them in B&W, but it's been good fun.

I was thinking more along the lines that it looks like something from the twentieth century, while the others look more ancient. To me, Greece is an ancient country, but then I've never been there...

 

[jonoslack]

I was thinking more along the lines that it looks like something from the twentieth century, while the others look more ancient. To me, Greece is an ancient country, but then I've never been there...

I See what you mean. In truth, that ferry is the link with the modern world - Loutro has no cars (no road) so you either get there by boat or you walk.
Finix, which is just around the headland, and where we stay, was an old Phoenician port - now it's one rather basic hotel and some ruins, silent and relaxed (except when the sea gets rough).

We went once for a week in 1999, and have been back for a fortnight every September since. I simply love it there.

 

[Jorgen Udvang]

Probably the place to go when the Big City becomes too much. I'll try to remember, thank you

 

[Michiel Schierbeek]

You are a great cloud specialist! Therefore the castle picture looks almost like England.
Very nice serie.
Did you know you are on top on the Oly slr forum at dpreview with an old thread from last october?
Kind regards, Michiel

 

[helenhill]

What a fab Series....
Love the Goat, the last shot of the Tree,the Greek Church off the Water /DIVINE

So was that w/ the E3 ?

Been to Crete but got soooo sick
at first they thought it was Cholera but then correctly diagnosed w/severe Dysentary
lost 12 pds & two weeks bedridden before I got Home
so my Trip to Greece has Haunted Me ever since.....

 

[Brian Mosley]

Hi Jono, the E-620 is the best Olympus DSLR I've ever used... fantastic size, just perfect for my preference.

The new glass-fibre reinforced plastic is an excellent decision imho, strength without the weight.

If, as I suspect this format becomes a monster success for Olympus... perhaps we'll see a high-spec version in this shell, I would love to see weathersealed with flagship performance - perhaps a late generation large scale EVF?

The OVF is much better than the E-4x0/E-5x0, but I think we're going to see dramatic progress in EVF technology as ELVIS takes off

Cheers

Brian

 

[jonoslack]

Probably the place to go when the Big City becomes too much. I'll try to remember, thank you

Fly to Chania - cab to Sfakia - boat to Loutro . . . stay at Porto Loutro and get walking (lunch at the sweetwater beach taverna

 

[jonoslack]

What a fab Series....
Love the Goat, the last shot of the Tree,the Greek Church off the Water /DIVINE

So was that w/ the E3 ?

Been to Crete but got soooo sick
at first they thought it was Cholera but then correctly diagnosed w/severe Dysentary
lost 12 pds & two weeks bedridden before I got Home
so my Trip to Greece has Haunted Me ever since.....

HI Helen
Glad you liked the shots
yes, all with the E3 - lovely camera, and tough as the proverbial old boot.

I'm sorry to hear about you and Crete - I've not had a problem there, but I guess it can happen anywhere

 

[jonoslack]

You are a great cloud specialist! Therefore the castle picture looks almost like England.
Very nice serie.
Did you know you are on top on the Oly slr forum at dpreview with an old thread from last october?
Kind regards, Michiel

HI Michiel
Ah, the clouds . . . we live in a flat place, so there's nothing but clouds . . . have to make the most of them

Thanks for the tip of on the Oly forum . . I think someone resurrected it to slag me off for liking that lens!

all the best

 

[jonoslack]

Hi Jono, the E-620 is the best Olympus DSLR I've ever used... fantastic size, just perfect for my preference.

The new glass-fibre reinforced plastic is an excellent decision imho, strength without the weight.

If, as I suspect this format becomes a monster success for Olympus... perhaps we'll see a high-spec version in this shell, I would love to see weathersealed with flagship performance - perhaps a late generation large scale EVF?

The OVF is much better than the E-4x0/E-5x0, but I think we're going to see dramatic progress in EVF technology as ELVIS takes off

Cheers

Brian

But does it have a silver shutter release button?

As for EVF - sorry - it was what did for the G1 for me, I don't mind having both, but I can't get over the fact that when you see it on an EVF it's history. I just don't like it. I really don't believe anyone will ever be able to sell a professional grade model with an EVF.

Still, how does the 620 Viewfinder compare with the E3?
When are they arriving in the shops?

 

[Lars]

Jono - looking good indeed.
Just a subjective opinion - perhaps be careful with the blue sky going completely black from digital red filter. My personal preference is to hold back on the effect to just avoid full density.

 

[jonoslack]

Jono - looking good indeed.
Just a subjective opinion - perhaps be careful with the blue sky going completely black from digital red filter. My personal preference is to hold back on the effect to just avoid full density.

HI Lars
Yes indeed - You're probably right, tis easy to get intoxicated with these things, and having learned how to do it without the noise it can be hard to hold back!

In this case though, if you saw the room . . . the person concerned wanted high drama, of course, it remains to be seen how she sees these (she has prints, not internet jpgs, which are a little less unsubtle!).