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Fun with the Fuji X ___!

I love to watch these threads, but have never participated. I figure why not...

I got roped into taking some pictures at a car show yesterday around 2PM. Processed the images quickly, and to my surprise found I was really punching up the color. Normally I'm a B&W guy, but I like the way these turned out. Turns out with LR4 you can get mighty close to that weird HDR "these tones don't quite look right" point, but what the hell, I like 'em.















 

GrahamWelland

Subscriber & Workshop Member
I'm sure that someone shot a better one than this but here's the partial eclipse for fun & giggles taken with the X-Pro1 & 60mm with 1.8 & 2.1 IRND filters and a Polarizer for good measure. :D

X-Pro1, 1/4000s @ f/8, ISO 200 + 15 stops of ND.


And here's the elegant configuration to shoot it. Gaffer tape to the rescue! :ROTFL:
 

GrahamWelland

Subscriber & Workshop Member
That's a lot of ND.....what was the ultimate exposure?
1/4000s @ f/8 ISO 200 for this one. I was playing safe with the ND's as I didn't fancy burning a hole in my sensor :eek: Also, I manually focused this (obviously) but it was interesting to note that I had to front focus from infinity to get this sharp. Infinity shots were soft, although in daylight shooting that's never the case. Not sure why ... but pre-focusing at infinity minus a skosh (technical term!) on the dial worked best.

Note to Fuji - please hurry up with both the 14mm (or wider) option and some longer lenses. Also, what's with the holes in the back of the lens hood on the 60mm? I don't get that one at all.
 
After a rain storm I took this photo with the 18mm.
Looked at the power line and decided the image actually looks better with it.
I think it works because of the strong horizontal lines in the image.
Don't know if I have ever felt this way about a power line.
What do you think?
Processed with Silver Efex Pro, of course.

 

Rich M

Member
After a rain storm I took this photo with the 18mm.
Looked at the power line and decided the image actually looks better with it.
I think it works because of the strong horizontal lines in the image.
Don't know if I have ever felt this way about a power line.
What do you think?
Joe......I'll go with the power line.....makes it real.

R
 

Rich M

Member
Out on the North Shore around sunset with the CV12 wide open (well, 5.6 is wide open).

Developed in RPP/K64.





Yes......the water was THAT blue lol. I've taken shots like this before.....I'm a sucker for fishing reels. :D

R
 

Gbealnz

Member
What a life, here we are shivering with the onset of winter, and Rich is out fishing. Great shots Rich.
Not sure what lens Joe would have you use, he wants a super wide. Here I was thinking the 12mm isn't exactly pedestrian when it comes to wide??
Gary
 
What a life, here we are shivering with the onset of winter, and Rich is out fishing. Great shots Rich.
Not sure what lens Joe would have you use, he wants a super wide. Here I was thinking the 12mm isn't exactly pedestrian when it comes to wide??
Gary
My bad. Shows how little I really know.
 

Braeside

New member
Love the fishing rod shots with the wide angle Rich.

One of mine from the weekend, OOC JPEG processed to mono in Aperture/SE

 

Gbealnz

Member
Not a dig at you Joe, don't get me wrong. I could be the bad here, isn't 12mm super wide? Even with the crop factored in?
Gary
 
Not a dig at you Joe, don't get me wrong. I could be the bad here, isn't 12mm super wide? Even with the crop factored in?
Gary
No problem. Glad you pointed this out. I am clueless about the CV12. And yes 12 is pretty damn wide. I should have just looked at the photo more carefully, but obviously I was fixated on just the fishing rod.
 

scho

Well-known member
Out on the North Shore around sunset with the CV12 wide open (well, 5.6 is wide open).

Developed in RPP/K64.
Yes......the water was THAT blue lol. I've taken shots like this before.....I'm a sucker for fishing reels. :D

R
Very nice Rich. I continue to be impressed with the CV 12 images. The CV 15 that I have is not very good on the XP1 with vignetting and corner/edge smearing. Do you fish? I used to do a lot of fly fishing, but with arthritis building up in my neck, a roll cast is about all that I can manage now. :(
 

benroy

Subscriber Member
After getting the cold shoulder with the last output, I'm back in the garden again with the 60/2.4 ...Velvia mode...lesson learned: early AM light with deep shadows is not for Velvia...shadows go black and void of any detail..even fill-in light doesn't make a dent. The output is pedestrian, but the color is smashing.
 
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Braeside

New member
After getting the cold shoulder with the last output, I'm back in the garden again with the 60/2.4 ...Velvia mode...lesson learned: early AM light with deep shadows is not for Velvia...shadows go black and void of any detail..even fill-in light doesn't make a dent. The output is pedestrian, but the color is smashing.
Agree colour is very striking, velvia does suit plants.
 
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