johnnygoesdigital
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Ilya...your turn
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Thanks!Mark -- just wanted to say how much I like your photos of the blown glass flowers.....beautiful.
Just received my RZ Pro II yesterday (with 4 lenses). It's a beast of a camera.....which I like.
I hope to post some images here in the next week or so. Since they will be my first shots with the RZ, I'll be lucky if there are one or two worth sharing.
Re how different lenses look (whether on film or digital), I need to train my eyes to look more carefully, since I can rarely tell the difference between a shot (same subject, film etc) taken with my Canon, Nikon or Leica lenses. With respect to the RZ glass, I think I'll take the same shot with my RZ (110mm f2.8 lens) and my Pentax 67 (105mm f2.4 lens) and see how the images compare. If there's any interest in the results, I could post them here for all to see.
Gary
No problemIlya...your turn
I likeILya....I love that photo of the little girl and locomotive....outstanding!
Got my first roll of film from the RZ back from the lab this afternoon. 10 exposures on Velvia 100, all with the 110mm lens. Just the usual stuff I shoot....but they were all keepers and now it seems ever more likely that I will be keeping the RZ. I had almost hoped I would be disappointed, so I could save $2k and send it back to KEH. Not likely now. I'm anxious to try the other lenses now (50, 65 and 180). At first glance, the RZ images appear to be every bit as good as transparencies shot with my Pentax 67. Have to say......I really like the rotating back on the RZ.
Anyways....subject wise, these are nothing special....but typical of what I've been shooting lately (ok, for the past 20+ years). I know, I know......mundane doesn't even begin to describe them.
Gary
Ilya, do you have a version of this shot that doesn't have the highlights blown ...maybe one that isn't so contrived looking in execution? It's a good initial idea in search of a better photographic expression, so worth the effort. Since the RZ can do almost anything, it should be possible.No problem
But may be you already seen this...
Thx! Yes, of course I do. Actually, the first image posted was not finished image for stock. It was just for friends sharing. And with such blown HL it would not be accepted for sale. So, here is original:Ilya, do you have a version of this shot that doesn't have the highlights blown ...maybe one that isn't so contrived looking in execution? It's a good initial idea in search of a better photographic expression, so worth the effort. Since the RZ can do almost anything, it should be possible.
Since you like to know who is doing the critique, I am not doing it with my photographer's hat on ... but instead as a now retired Executive Creative Director (with an art director background) for the international ad agency Young & Rubicam Inc.
Sincerely,
-Marc
Thanks for making my point. It is all opinion and circumstances.As a Getty image, this is a great photograph with its end use applicable to many outlets. Even the blown highlight is minimal, and could easily be adjusted. The framing and height of the camera all create great scale in relation to the young girl. Any advertising campaign or editorial can be considered contrived, so this image is no different from that. I like the photograph because its message could be one of many, that's why it's so effective as a stock image.
Keep up the good work!
... or the fact that, if the job is going to print, that the blown color channels are going to be a real mess at the printers. Online, maybe not so much... but blown color channels (like portrait smoothing or exposure level!) have little/nothing to do with the RZ and much to do with how well the photographer can control the dynamic range of the scene.didn't say I didn't like the train shot composition or idea ... but as an art director I'd have asked to see more takes on it because I don't like the slightly contorted expression on the kid's face or the fake aspect of her carrying the big case along in the manner it was shot.
-Marc
I agree!Now that i've viewed the original, it's even better!