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A 4X5 crop that includes 3 pillars and creates the perspective that leads the eye to the distant bathers. A slight rotation was made to correct the horizon.
#sliderssunday
Spot the two birds :)
For a change, this is a new (outside!) photo, taken just a few days ago at the wonderful Britzer Garten, one of Berlin's biggest and most beautiful public parks (please check my album for more "Britz bliss", if you like).
For better dynamic range, I've used exposure bracketing (three images), pre-processed the images in DXO PhotoLab (sharpness and DeepPrime denoising only), from which I directly went into HDR Efex Pro to combine the images. I'm trying to get away from the annual Adobe subscription, and combining images from an exposure bracketing series in HDR Efex instead of Lightroom is one step into that direction. Unfortunately, whenever I think I can finally leave Adobe behind for good they come up with improvements such as the new "supersize" function (now also available in LR), a ton of new presets for LR, and other interesting stuff (and I'm still used to the LR/PS workflow, and the layers in PS). Well, maybe I'll be ready next year ;)
Extra sliding was done in Color Efex, where I added some "Brilliance and Warmth" and a tiny bit of "Contrast Color Range".
Happy Sliders Sunday, Everyone, stay safe and have a nice week ahead!
Someone asked me how I processed my photos which led me to write my workflow out on my "About" page. After some confusion, I decided to do a visual as you see in the attached image.
During the pandemic, I've been using my cell phone for almost all my pictures. I just wanted to pass along my workflow for others who haven't tried their phones yet. Just remember that a RAW file gives you much more room to adjust contrast.
Do you have a photo-taking workflow?
Before I pull out the “big camera,” I sometimes snap a quick iPhone pic to check composition and lighting. Sometimes it tells me everything I need to know, like whether to shift left, crouch down, or just give up and go get some eggs benedict for brekky at a cafe. And when my wide-angle lens isn’t quite wide enough, it's iPhone panorama to the rescue! It’s quicker than taking multiple shots with the OM-1 and stitching later. Lazy or efficient? You decide.
Fun Fact Time - The Goldfish Edition!
Have you ever wondered how long goldfish live? Most pet goldfish clock in around 5–10 years. But some have gone the distance......
The oldest was Goldie (45 yrs). A very solid name choice in my opinion. He never made it into the Guinness Book of Records due to a lack of official paperwork. While he was alive, Goldie garnered international media attention, and his family the Evans family donated any money earned by Goldie’s appearances to charity to help children with physical disabilities. How cool is that, a philanthropist goldfish!
Other notable characters in the geriatric goldfish club include:
Tish (1956-1999) – the official Guinness title holder at 43 years old. In 1988 Tish had a brush with death when he leapt out of his bowl and landed on the carpet. His mum Tilda wasn't home but luckily, when she found him & placed him back into the water, he resumed swimming as if nothing had happened. I wonder if he remembered or if every trip around the goldfish bowl was new to him! Over the years, as he aged, Tish’s scales turned from bright orange to silver, matching the colour of Hilda’s hair. That's kinda sweet.
Fred (42) and George (44). Keith & Mary Allies from Worcester UK won the pair of fish at a fair in 1974, when they were only dating. Since then, the married couple kept the goldfish, who outlived two of their dogs. They passed in 2017 & 2019. Fred & George that is, not Keith & Mary! My takeaway - a couple who raise goldfish together, stay together!
Splash (38) and Splish (36) - Haley and Matthew Wright never did anything particularly special to care for Splash. He swam around his tank all day, ate regular fish food, and fed on live plants in his tank. Splish and Splash were funfair prizes won by the Wrights in 1977 (bit of a common theme there). Mr. Wright believes that Splash mourned for Splish when he was no longer around. PS If it is annoying I listed splash before splish you may be OCD ;)
Sharkey (24) – I reckon best name, hands down! Another goldfish who survived a near death experience. His owner Paul's mother found him belly up in his bowl. She thought he was dead and flushed him down the toilet. However, Sharky was still alive and swam back up the pipe and was saved in time. I guess he felt a bit shitty about that ;)
Bob (20) from the UK – well, it's a solid name for sure. I wonder if it is because he "Bobbed" up and down in his bowl? Bob experienced his 15 minutes of fame in 2017 when his family noticed that he was struggling to swim and developed a lump on his fin. They decided to spend $250 on an operation to save his life. I'm pleased to report the operation was successful and Bob fully recovered. The doc said that his family was very pleased with the outcome as Bob was older than their children and considered part of their family.
I hope these goldfish ramblings brighten your day. Thanks kindly for any likes/comments, they are always appreciated.
Waterscape 34/100 in 2025
Wood Duck drake, Suamico, Wisconsin USA
"Hey look at the great black and white photograph I made of a beautiful Wood Duck drake" said nobody ever.
Canon 5D Mark III camera w/ Canon EF600mm f/4L lens.
1/1250s, f/7.1, ISO 2500
(a computer issue requiring a temporary change in my workflow is not carrying the complete camera data - working to fix that)
Not much going on in the gardens these days - I was happy to see a bee among the salvia flowers this morning...
A comment on image quality - after getting the R7 a couple weeks ago I was a bit underwhelmed. My usual Camera Raw to Photoshop workflow gave quite a bit more noise than I expected. I then read in several sources that DXO's PureRaw gave better results than ACR with the new cr3 files, and wow, that's true, in my experience at least. Also, Topaz has a new product in beta, Photo AI. Using this after PureRaw gives high ISO images better than I ever would have imagined.
I went to a forest called "Rude Skov" - yes, the name is weird in English but I assure you that it is not rude!
I had all my gear with me but decided only to shoot handheld and to do so in manual mode, so no help from anything but the meter inside the view finder; it was so much fun and actually not that hard. Going manual gave me a sort of peace of mind, knowing how the camera was set and that the shutterspeed or aperture wouldn't change unless I wanted them to. I really encourage you to try manual mode for landscape if you haven't already.
The shots are basically of the same subject around a small lake in the forest but with variations in perspective and composition. Hopefully it's not too boring to look at.
Here's to experimentation! I plan to do a lot more of that in the near future.
Thanks again to Adam and his Landscape Masterclass at First Man Photography - without that I really wouldn't have considered going manual and not even gotten the shot because going through that masterclass has made me rethink how I shoot landscapes. I am still learning; I still struggle when looking for interesting subjects and also the composition. Also, ISO, aperture and shutterspeed is something I still need to incorporate into my workflow for each shot because I tend to forget checking and setting them. Heh.
Shot on 4x5 back in the early 1990s. Testing my transparency rig and post workflow in preparation for shooting some film again.
Said Bear has had a word with me about improving my workflow - whatever that means - and we published this picture directly from within Shotwell (a photo manager for Linux).
Said Bear has definitely settled into his new home, and I think he is actually taking over. No bad thing tbh.
SH-2 132 Lion Nebula HOO
SH2-132 Lion Nebula has always been an image I wanted to capture and actually look a little like a Lion.
Not sure if it made the grade this time but pleased with the colour contrast and details in the Oiii and Ha regions.
In this image I made some changes to the editing workflow to leave the colour control and blending to PhotoShop and used PixInsight for the image pre-processing and stacking.
A high resolution image with imaging details can be found on my Astrobin page at: astrob.in/4pj3m2/0/
Technical summary:
Captured: 8 Nights in August 2024
Location: Turismo Astronómico, Los Coloraos, Gorafe, Spain
Bortle Class: 3
Total Integration: 38 hours 20 mins
Filter: Optolong L-Ultimate
Under Guard - It was fun to photograph these beautiful American Avocets watch over their young early this spring with some good friends.
Had the wrong lens for this particular occasion, the prime + a 1.4x extender would have provided a better background, but was still happy with the result. Been fun going through these older files with a new post-processing workflow.
Species: American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Location: Northern California, CA, USA
Equipment: Nikon D850 + Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 ED VR, Handheld
Settings: 1/2500s, ISO: 450, f/5.6 @500mm, -0.7 EV
We enjoy winter sunsets for their unique beauty: the crisp, clear air enhances vivid colors, while snow reflects and amplifies the glowing hues. The contrast between the cold environment and the warm tones of the setting sun evokes a sense of comfort and wonder.
Winter sunsets also feel fleeting and rare, offering a tranquil moment of reflection and connection to nature, especially during the quieter, slower pace of the season.
Thanks for your faves and comments 👍
hybrid workflow Mint SLR670S/instant Lab, Polaroid bw 600 film film, Bonn Germany, day one 1/2
Happy PolaroidWeek to you all! so looking forward to see your great polas this week. this community is so inspiring, glad to be a part of it.
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Can you believe this? Only 9 days old . . . . Such incredible luck to catch this gassy smile while she was being held like this!
Yet another pict of my new little niece.
edited with my soft pop action from my Workflow set
A wide-field 2 panel mosaic, of the cosmic dust clouds that cross the rich field of stars of Corona Australis (Latin for the Southern Crown).
Gear:
William Optics Star 71mm f/4.9 Imaging APO Refractor Telescope.
QHY163M Camera Sensor cooled to -30°C.
Technical Card:
Integration Time: 18 hours total (9 hours per panel).
L = 9 hours total (Binning 1x1).
R = 3 hours total (Binning 2x2).
G = 3 hours total (Binning 2x2).
B = 3 hours total (Binning 2x2).
Calibration frames:
Bias, Darks & Flats.
Image Acquisition:
Guiding in Open PHD.
Image acquisition in Sequence Generator Pro.
Plate Solving in Platesolve 2 via SGP Framing & Mosaic Wizzard.
Processing:
Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,
star separation with StarNet++ Pi Plug-in,
and finished in Photoshop.
Astrometry Info:
Center (RA, Dec): 285.970, -37.530
Center (RA, hms): 19h 03m 52.739s
Center (Dec, dms): -37° 31' 46.701"
Size: 3.63 x 2.86 deg.
Radius: 2.312 deg.
Pixel scale: 8.17 arcsec/pixel.
Orientation: Up is 162.5 degrees E of N.
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A full arch Milky Way shot at North Frontenac Dark Sky Preserve in Ardoch, Ontario. The is my version 2 of a previously posted image. Composed of 28 panels for the sky and 6 panels for the landscape. I completely restacked and reprocessed these panels in Pixinsight with calibration frames.
Backstory:
I have been trying to photograph the full arch of the Milky Way ever since I began astrophotography 3 seasons ago and all attempts have ended in failure, until this week.
My two astro-buddies and I drove 2 hours west of Ottawa in the early morning hours to get to the North Frontenac Dark Sky Preserve in Ardoch, Ontario, in time for a 3:30 am setup in -20 degree Celsius temps to be ready to shoot from 4:30 - 5:30 am. After a successful photo-shoot, an artery-clogging trucker's breakfast in Carleton Place was the perfect ending to an awesome photo shoot under the stars!
Regarding the footprints:
I really lucked out with this one. My two buddies and I were cramped together on a helipad to the left and our red night lights were getting in each other's shots. So before the shoot I ventured out into the field and walked towards the fence to try to find a more secluded position. Then, just before sun up I shot a few quick landscape panorama shots and as it turned out my footprints from an hour before were just perfect to add interest to the scene! Not planned, just lucky!
Technical info
Camera: Nikon D5500
Lens: Sigma 24-35/f2 Art
Tripod head: Sirui L-20S Pan/Tilt Head
Sunwayfoto DDP-64SI Indexing Rotator for Panoramas
Aperture F2
Exposure: 6 seconds x 10 shots and stacked
ISO 3200
Focal length 24mm
Shooting workflow:
4 rows, 7 frames/row, 10 shots/frame. Begin shooting at the top row left side and work left to right then down to horizon row. I completely restacked and reprocessed these panels in Pixinsight with calibration frames.
Processing workflow:
28 stacks of 10 images each processed in Pixinsight as follows:
- Step 1: Calibration and Integration with 100 darks, 100 bias and 64 flats
- Step 2: Automatic Background Extraction and Dynamic Background Extraction depending on the stack
- Step 3. Background Neutralization
- Step 4. Color Calibration
- Step 4. Stretch using ArcsinhStretch
28 processed stacks were stitched together with Microsoft ICE (awesome program by the way!!!)
Foreground landscape images stitched in MS ICE
Foreground pano blended into sky pano in Photoshop CS5
Final processing of complete image done in Photoshop CS5
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