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The All New More and More Fun With Digital M Images

DavidE

Active member
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

Thanks, Steve and Lloyd. The 18mm is a good fit for me. I tend to like having everything in focus with plenty of foreground and background objects to enhance the 3-D effect.

A few more 18mm window shots.










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DavidE

Active member
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

From today - M8.2, 35 Lux at 1.4

I agree with Kurt and Lloyd on the processing. It's in a good place between color and B&W. With the color elements that are still there, you can see how the scene might look in real life. With the B&W (or drained color) elements, you're better able to concentrate on the geometry and texture of the scene. The brown tones work especially well for the subject (suggesting rust and decay).
 
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stevem8

New member
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

Kurt, Lloyd and David..Thanks for the kind comments. Actually, I thought this image was OK, but I did like the color I ended up with. I wish I would of gotten a little closer though. But, thanks for the kind comments guys!!
 

cam

Active member
texted

i had fun shooting my 75 Lux out the window whilst i was in California. i set the camera at 1/1000th, f/8 and anywhere between 640-1250, depending on the light. i loved the challenge of framing from a moving car and the compression that long a lens gives. an added bonus was that i got a lot better at handling that lens quickly....

where i completely ****ed up, was when i stopped moving. i'd remember to change back to either Auto-ISO or Aperture Priority, but seemingly never both! on my Epson, i never seemed to forget but, with the M8 being menu driven, it was more than my pea-brain was able to handle.... it never occured to me why the shot below was at 2500 -- duh! :mad:

newly calibrated 35 Lux Asph, wide open, at (sigh) 2500 ISO:

 

Lloyd

Active member
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

i had fun shooting my 75 Lux out the window whilst i was in California. i set the camera at 1/1000th, f/8 and anywhere between 640-1250, depending on the light. i loved the challenge of framing from a moving car and the compression that long a lens gives. an added bonus was that i got a lot better at handling that lens quickly....

where i completely ****ed up, was when i stopped moving. i'd remember to change back to either Auto-ISO or Aperture Priority, but seemingly never both! on my Epson, i never seemed to forget but, with the M8 being menu driven, it was more than my pea-brain was able to handle.... it never occured to me why the shot below was at 2500 -- duh! :mad:

newly calibrated 35 Lux Asph, wide open, at (sigh) 2500 ISO:

Oh yeah!! Love the look of this. Very happy mistake!:thumbup:
 

cam

Active member
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

ahhh, thank you boys! actually, i guess, i kind of like the grain too.... the only part that really bugs me is the bottom/side of her thumb. i wasn't sure whether i should try to dodge or burn it, so i just left it as is.... any suggestions or am i being too girly?
 

Lloyd

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Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

ahhh, thank you boys! actually, i guess, i kind of like the grain too.... the only part that really bugs me is the bottom/side of her thumb. i wasn't sure whether i should try to dodge or burn it, so i just left it as is.... any suggestions or am i being too girly?
Hmm... never would have noticed at thing, if you hadn't mentioned it. Even now that you've pointed it out, it doesn't bother me at all.
 

TRSmith

Subscriber Member
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

Lovely CAM! Tres sexy. I did a quick grab of the jpeg and did some selective curving on it on PS. Even the jpeg can stand a little burning and helps define the thumb/hand a little better. Go for it!
 

cam

Active member
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

thank you, Lloyd -- i can be overly anal sometimes for someone who embraces grain and blur...

sweet, Hot Stuff! i am still overly jet-lagged and a little shell-shocked (we came in on an Air France flight a few hours after that other one was supposed to arrive)... i will play around more tomorrow.
 

helenhill

Senior Member
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

Lovely Shot Cam....seems like YOU finally have fallen in Love w/the M8
and gotten over your insecurities of Posting not so PURRfect Pictures...:)

Best-H
 

cam

Active member
sock it to me!

for you, Ms. Betty Boop, the "it" girl from another era, courtesy of my front-focusing Noctilux:

 

helenhill

Senior Member
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

How SWEET is She
& SWEET of YOU to Post.....Delicious Nocti & Little Girl...CHARMING!
 

cam

Active member
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

every time i see a Betty Boop, i think of you. any time i see an improbably sassy little girl, i think of you.... why is that, i wonder?

:p

but,yes, the M8 and i are starting to make nice with each other.... we got off on the wrong foot but that has more to do with the fact that my two favourite lenses were off than with the camera itself....
 

viablex1

Active member
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

M8.2/90 cron/F2 - NO PP on this one...

did you use flash? the catchlight if that is the correct term is perfect the eyes are radiant with life, nice!!

oh I see now it looks the the reflection of a window
 

stevem8

New member
Re: The All New More and More Fun w/M8 Images

did you use flash? the catchlight if that is the correct term is perfect the eyes are radiant with life, nice!!

oh I see now it looks the the reflection of a window
Thanks! This was all window light!

Steve
 

Riccis

New member
Re: texted

i had fun shooting my 75 Lux out the window whilst i was in California. i set the camera at 1/1000th, f/8 and anywhere between 640-1250, depending on the light. i loved the challenge of framing from a moving car and the compression that long a lens gives. an added bonus was that i got a lot better at handling that lens quickly....

where i completely ****ed up, was when i stopped moving. i'd remember to change back to either Auto-ISO or Aperture Priority, but seemingly never both! on my Epson, i never seemed to forget but, with the M8 being menu driven, it was more than my pea-brain was able to handle.... it never occured to me why the shot below was at 2500 -- duh! :mad:

newly calibrated 35 Lux Asph, wide open, at (sigh) 2500 ISO:

Fantastic! Grain is very nice and did not notice the thumb...
 
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