Port Dalhousie Pavilion: Table & Chair
Along the lines of the two images recently posted (www.flickr.com/photos/jwvraets/50482733643/in/dateposted/ and www.flickr.com/photos/jwvraets/50488772243/in/photostream/ ) and taken at the Jordan Harbour flea market (Actually named Prudhommes Antique & Flea Market), I took some photos at the beach pavilion at Port Dalhousie (technically part of the regional city of St Catharines, Ontario) on the South shore of Lake Ontario to try and get a similar look. In this case, a bit of careful in-camera framing to exclude some nearby details, I was able to get a blue background and hard light illumination of a table and chair. Still trying to get some images reminiscent of vintage 1950s/60s colour photography. - JW
Date Taken: 2020-10-13
Tech Details:
Taken using a hand-held Nikon D800 fitted with an AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm 1:4.0 (with a polarizing filter) lense set to 100mm, ISO100, Auto WB, Matrix metering, Shutter Priority mode, f/10.0, 1/320 sec. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image size to be 8000px wide, level the image, use exposure compensation to brighten the image by V+0.28, use the Shadows/Highlights tool to recover highlights mainly to handle the chair fabric, use the Graduated Neutral Density/GND tool rotated to cover the concrete along the base of the image and darken somewhat and make its brightness less of a distraction, sharpen (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the tone curve tool to brighten the chair fabric preserving the darker parts of the image at default levels, use the colour balance tool to remove a slight residual green colour cast, sharpen slightly, save, scale to 6000px wide, sharpen slightly, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3000 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.
Port Dalhousie Pavilion: Table & Chair
Along the lines of the two images recently posted (www.flickr.com/photos/jwvraets/50482733643/in/dateposted/ and www.flickr.com/photos/jwvraets/50488772243/in/photostream/ ) and taken at the Jordan Harbour flea market (Actually named Prudhommes Antique & Flea Market), I took some photos at the beach pavilion at Port Dalhousie (technically part of the regional city of St Catharines, Ontario) on the South shore of Lake Ontario to try and get a similar look. In this case, a bit of careful in-camera framing to exclude some nearby details, I was able to get a blue background and hard light illumination of a table and chair. Still trying to get some images reminiscent of vintage 1950s/60s colour photography. - JW
Date Taken: 2020-10-13
Tech Details:
Taken using a hand-held Nikon D800 fitted with an AF-S Nikkor 24-120mm 1:4.0 (with a polarizing filter) lense set to 100mm, ISO100, Auto WB, Matrix metering, Shutter Priority mode, f/10.0, 1/320 sec. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source file: set final image size to be 8000px wide, level the image, use exposure compensation to brighten the image by V+0.28, use the Shadows/Highlights tool to recover highlights mainly to handle the chair fabric, use the Graduated Neutral Density/GND tool rotated to cover the concrete along the base of the image and darken somewhat and make its brightness less of a distraction, sharpen (edges only), save. PP in free Open Source GIMP: use the tone curve tool to brighten the chair fabric preserving the darker parts of the image at default levels, use the colour balance tool to remove a slight residual green colour cast, sharpen slightly, save, scale to 6000px wide, sharpen slightly, save, add fine black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 3000 px wide for posting online, sharpen very slightly, save.