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The Zeiss 45mm Planar G and 90mm Sonnar G are both excellent monochrome lenses, FWIW. I'll post something when I get home.I think this is the best example of what the Olmpus 60/1.5 can do that you've shown here or at least that I've seen. It's a real gem for B&W especially and suited especially well with the A7s.
Gorgeous tonal rendering!
Église Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Paris, 2012
NEX-7, 18-55mm
All of Ken's conversions are wonderful. He explains his technique on his Web site. Worth a look. Part of it is his eye for good light.Gorgeous tonal rendering!
LOVE your B&W conversion on these!Old steam trains work quite well in B&W, here's two from the "Steam Locomotive Museum" in Jaworzyna Śląska (near Wroclaw, Poland).
Both A850 + Min 24-105 D
Are you converting to sRGB before uploading? Leaving in Profoto or Adobe or any other larger color space will desaturate colors (and blacks) as they render online due to gamma.90mm Zeiss Sonnar G, Sony A7r, Lr 5, Ps CS6.
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I recently got a 4k display. Looking at images on it is really great, but now I am noticing that images I upload to my website or to this site (and probably others) are getting trashed. I have the same downsampled jpg I uploaded sitting here on the desktop in Photoshop (at 200% no less) next to my browser window and it is quite different. Loss of micro contrast as well as lower frequency contrast. Bummer! How do I fix this?
Thanks, Jack. I am working in ProPhoto (most of my work is color). For web: flatten layers > convert to my print profile (one of several) >convert to sRGB > scale > convert to 8 bits > sharpen > add border > then save as jpg. (lets hear it for Ps Actions!).Are you converting to sRGB before uploading? Leaving in Profoto or Adobe or any other larger color space will desaturate colors (and blacks) as they render online due to gamma.
I grabbed your image, loaded it into CS, assigned Adobe (my assumption), then added a simple curve to get blacks to black and whites to white and pinned mid-tone to mid, then converted to sRGB and repost it below -- does it look more like your original now?
Chris, lovely shot. What is VSCO? I assume Fuji Neopan is an effect applied in your processing software. Mark
Thanks Vivek! Very funny!Is it going up or coming down? Swell shot!
Amazing detail. Terrific shot. Charming Lady!
Nex 7 | Contax G 90
Thank you VSCO stands for Visual Supply Company and yes, it sells various packs of film simulations. I use them in Lightroom and they work seamlessly into my workflow. I find them very useful for jazzing up my pictures, rather like a paint palette as I can get different interpretations using various colour or b & w looks. They aren't for everyone and require quite a lot of adjustments .Chris, lovely shot. What is VSCO? I assume Fuji Neopan is an effect applied in your processing software. Mark