onOne@NikonUSA photos on Flickr

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Shot with Bert Monroy on my recce for sunset of the bay. 1pm. this is the second image of what is now a panorama of the GGB

Post processing was done with Capture NX-D (Raw processing) Photoshop CC 2014, onOne Perfect Effects Suite and Nik Collection Software.

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ZF_CUBA_11_23_4852_FINAL_IP by Vincent Versace

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I like to quote myself frequently and often, it makes me sound much more intelligent than I actually am.

— George Bernard Shaw

And now back to my latest trip to Cuba….. A still photograph is called a still photograph because the picture does not move. Not because the subject is not in motion, The mission should you decide to accept it is to stop motion with stillness. So what makes one 1/25 of a second more decisive than the other 124 parts of the the second? When dit that second actually begin? In actuality photographs are captured at the speed of life. Which is neither fast or slow it is exactly in the middle. It is half-fast. So I alway recommend that you be a half-fast photographer.

These images of the ballerina Kamila Quinones Ruiz were shot at 1/4000 of a second at 2000iso using the electronic shutter feature with the 135mm Plena. The reason for these choices is that the electronic shutter is soundless, so the subject is unaware that an image is being captured and what I get is the absolute spontaneous response, 1/4000 of second afforded me the ability to record the moment from eyes closed to open and capture the lack of registration that I was pointing a camera at my subject. The Plena was chosen because of the way the lens handles tack sharp at f1.8 to smooth and creamy Bokeh. 2000iso is what allowed 1/4000 of second to happen with the available light of the moment.

The new Nikon Zf a very fun camera to shoot and the 135mm f1.8 lens Plena. An exquisitely beautify piece of glass to work with. The Zf is the camera I grab when I have no idea what I am walking into and the Plena is just a visual pleasure to look through whilst I shoot.

Come join me for my next Cuba trip March 07-14 2024 Seeing the Sounds of Music Hearing the Dance of the Photograph.

www.versacephotography.com/.../cuba-seeing-the.../

All images are raw processed using Nike Studio NX, Post processed in Photoshop CC and the NiK collection by DxO.

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PINBALL:THE MAN WHO SAVED THE GAME MOVIE by Vincent Versace

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Soooo....last year I had the opportunity to work on a feature film "Pinball. The Man Who Saved the Game."as the "stills" photographer. I have had few gigs that were as big a blast and and as an all around good time as that gig was. The film was written ad directed by Austin and Meredith Bragg. The film cast was over the top with talent- Mike Faist, Dennis Boutsikaris, Kenneth Tigar, Bryan Batt, Damian Young, Mike Doyle, Rosa Arredondo and Crystal Reed.

Even better is my images are going to be use for the poster art and promo art for the film! I always feel like I am floating a 6inches off the ground when I see my work in print! Thank you Tony Glazer and Summer Crockett Moore for recommending me for the gig and that you Moving Picture Institute for hiring me!

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_VAV2775_COLOR_FINAL_IP by Vincent Versace

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COLOR VERSION

I shot this image on the day after my Oz to Kansas workshop at Maine Media Workshops. We were packing up and Estefany Vasquez was kind enough to sit for a few images. This image was captured with the "conversational Portrait approach that I taught at MMW. We will be doing a video on it this Thursday at my studio

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D5_CUBA_03_16_8789_IP by Vincent Versace

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From my recent PBPW Cuba workshop. This is from the week after my students went back to the US. This time I was allowed the joy of shooting with the Nikon D5.I was walking to lunch at 304 O'Rielly Cafe. Construction worker in congrete dust. 1400 ISO. Available light.

So so if you want to know why I choose to light with a thermonuclear device instead do a battery powered light source. Now you know.

However......

There is no image I cannot capture. The ability of this camera to shoot in lighting conditions so dark that you have to to image that there is light to provide illumination. Spot on color, speed touch screen focus in live view. Whoa.....

Because of the D5 I AM: A Super Hero.

Nikon D5 camera, 28-300mm lens. Post processed in Photoshop CC 2015. File raw processed in Capture NX-D.

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D800IR_CUBA_3_15_592__IR__IP by Vincent Versace

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I shot this image during my March 2015 Palm Beach Photographic Workshop to Cuba. This image was shot in Trinidad. Once again only brought two cameras to the workshop and three lenses. The cameras the amazing Nikon D750 and and a Nikon D800 modified (by lifepixel.com) to capture infrared.

The Lenses were the equally amazing and versatile Nikkor 28-300mm (AKA "the Street sweeper), Nikkor 80-400mm Nano and the Nikkor 80-400mm Nano coated lenses.

This image was captured with my Nikkor 80-4000mm and my modified D800 infrared camera.

Post processing was done with Capture NX-D (Raw processing) Photoshop CC 2014, onOne Perfect Suite and Nik Collection Software.

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D750_CUBA_3_15_2228_IP by Vincent Versace

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shot this image during my Palm Beach Photographic Workshop to Cuba in 2015. This image was shot in Havana. I brought two cameras to the workshop and three lenses. The cameras: the Nikon D750 and and a Nikon D800 modified (by lifepixel.com) to capture infrared.The Lenses were the equally amazing and versatile Nikkor 28-300mm (AKA "the Street sweeper), Nikkor 80-400mm Nano and the Nikkor 80-400mm Nano coated lenses.

This image was captured with my Nikkor 28-300mm and the D750. Post processing was done with Capture NX-D (Raw processing) Photoshop CC 2014, onOne Perfect Suite and Nik Collection Software.

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D570_CUBA_12_15_2983_FINAL_SEP_IP by Vincent Versace

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Dancers....

We spent the morning at a Ballet School.

This is the 4th image, that is a part of a picture story, at I shot during my most recent Palmbeach Photographic Center Cuba workshop. Just walking the streets of Havana.

Shot with a Nikon D750 m, recorded to Lexar flash media, 28-300mm Nikkor lens. Post processing was done with Capture NX-D (Raw processing) Photoshop CC 2014, onOne Perfect Effects Suite and Nik Collection Software.

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D200_IR_INDIA_28 by Vincent Versace

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This image was captured during my Palm Beach Photographic Workshops India workshop. with a Nikon D-200 camera modified for infrared. Enhanced color conversion done by LifePixel with a 28-300 mm VR II I lens using the Nikon electronic file format (.Nef) Shot on Lexar 16 gigabyte UDMA Flash media. file was post processed using capture NX 2.0 software.

Black and White conversion was done in Photoshop CS5 using a combination of NiK Silverefex and the Versace multi channel mixer conversion technique.

Final file is stored and scaled using Genuine Fractals.

The camera conversion was done by lifepixel. Enhanced Color Filter Their URL is www.lifepixel.com/affiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=158

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D750_CUBA_3_15_047B_IP by Vincent Versace

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I shot this image during my March 2015 Palm Beach Photographic Workshop to Cuba. This image was shot in Havana. Once again only brought two cameras to the workshop and three lenses. The cameras the amazing Nikon D750 and and a Nikon D800 modified (by lifepixel.com) to capture infrared.

The Lenses were the equally amazing and versatile Nikkor 28-300mm (AKA "the Street sweeper), Nikkor 80-400mm Nano and the Nikkor 80-400mm Nano coated lenses.

This image was captured with the "street-sweeper" Nikkor 28-300mm and my D750 camera. Set on Auto ISO

Post processing was done with Capture NX-D (Raw processing) Photoshop CC 2014, onOne Perfect Suite and Nik Collection Software.

I shot this image during my March 2015 Palm Beach Photographic Workshop to Cuba. This image was shot in Havana. Once again only brought two cameras to the workshop and three lenses. The cameras the amazing Nikon D750 and and a Nikon D800 modified (by lifepixel.com) to capture infrared.

The Lenses were the equally amazing and versatile Nikkor 28-300mm (AKA "the Street sweeper), Nikkor 80-400mm Nano and the Nikkor 80-400mm Nano coated lenses.

This image was captured with the "street-sweeper" Nikkor 28-300mm and my D750 camera. Set on Auto ISO

Post processing was done with Capture NX-D (Raw processing) Photoshop CC 2014, onOne Perfect Suite and Nik Collection Software.

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D800IR_CUBA_2_15_796_IP by Vincent Versace

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I shot this image on my last day of my February 2015 Palm Beach Photographic Workshop to Cuba. This image was shot in Havana. (There are two spots left for my March 21-29 workshop. www.workshop.org/travel.php) I only brought two cameras to the workshop and three lenses. The cameras the amazing Nikon D750 and and a Nikon D800 modified (by lifepixel.com) to capture infrared.

The Lenses were the equally amazing and versatile Nikkor 28-300mm (AKA "the Street sweeper), Nikkor 80-400mm Nano and the Nikkor 80-400mm Nano coated lenses.

This image was captured with my Nikkor 80-400mm and my modified D800 infrared camera.

Post processing was done with Capture NX-D (Raw processing) Photoshop CC 2014, onOne Perfect Suite and Nik Collection Software.

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BW WATCH by Vincent Versace

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Z6III_CUBA_11_2024___2957_SEP7_CHORD_FINAL_IP by Vincent Versace

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In a portrait, I'm looking for the silence in somebody.

– Henri Cartier-Bresson

This image is from most recent trip to Cuba.

Sorry it’s been a minute since I last posted. Things in Los Angeles have been taking my attention away from posting images. That said…

I approach shooting my portraits as if they were landscapes and my landscapes as if they were portraits.

The film direct Irvin Kershner said “There's nothing more interesting than the landscape of the human face.” My goal in a portrait is to be seen through by the subject, not looked at, so I can see the entire landscape of the silence within them. For me there is nothing more satisfying photographically knowing I heard that silence and photographed the entire landscape of it. The initial observance of the elusive breath held expectant moment of time, frozen for all time.

I shot this image just before the ballerina Lilia Laura Martinez Hernandez started her series of leaps for me at sunset. Hence the shutter speed of 1/16000. I need that to freeze the motion. To capture motion with stillness. I chose the Z6III because of the amazing low to no noise at higher ISO.

I shot this with the Z6III NIKKOR S85mm f/1.2 lens. 1/400 of a second ISO 2800. Image raw processed in NX Studio and Photoshop CC with the NiK collection and Silver efex 7.

hia is the black and white version.

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D750_CUBA_2014_525_IP by Vincent Versace

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This image is from the second day of my Palm Beach Photographic Centre's Cuba Workshop shot with the AMAZING Nikon D750 camera using the "the street sweeper" 28-300mm VR II Lens. Just walking the streets of Havana.

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D3x_INDIA_50 by Vincent Versace

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This image was captured during my Palm Beach Photographic Workshops India workshop. with a Nikon D3x camera at 100iso with a 28-300mm VR II lens using the Nikon electronic file format (.Nef) Shot on Lexar 16 gigabyte UDMA Flash media. file was post processed using capture NX 2.0 software.

Final file is stored and scaled using Genuine Fractals.

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D850_VAV2180_FINAL_IP by Vincent Versace

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I shot this image on the day after my Oz to Kansas workshop at Maine Media Workshops. We were packing up and Estefany Vasquez was kind enough to sit for a few images. This image was captured with the "conversational Portrait approach that I taught at MMW. We will be doing a video on it this Thursday at my studio

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THE_DANOS by Vincent Versace

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Was that you or the duck?

― Groucho Marx

I shot this series of images at breakfast on the last day of my cuba workshop. These images are of my good friend Dan Stienhardt. According to him he “Has a face made for radio.” Every picture tells a story but I found that every story has many more pictures. This sequence of images was shot between the first and second cups of coffee. (It is important to note that those in the know know that Cuban coffee is a godawful cup of Joe. I bring my own 50% Arabian Mocha Sanni/50% organic French roast from Peets (whole bean of course) , a grinder and a French press. Life is way to short to drink bad coffee. But I digress…..

Dano for as long as I have known him both does and does not take life too seriously. He may not know what he wants but he always knows what he does not want until he sees what he wants. He is also one of the funniest people I know. All I remember was that the light was really cool and when it registered to him I was actually taking pictures this is what I got.

Dano is a big part of the reason I have the career I have been blessed to have.

WHAT A BLAST this last workshop was. I shot these image with the new Nikon Zf a very fun camera to shoot using the BW mode. (The gesture was too strong with Dano for colour. I have included color version to prove my point) and the 50mm f1.2 lens. Bokeh is my thing. Another exquisitely beautify piece of glass to work with. The Zf is the camera I grab when I have no idea what I am walking into and Nikkor optics are just a visual pleasure to look through wilst I shoot. Nobody does In focus to blur as well as Nikon does.

Come join me for my next Cuba trip March 07-14 2024 Seeing the Sounds of Music Hearing the Dance of the Photograph. Working link is in my bio

www.versacephotography.com/workshops/cuba-seeing-the-soun...

All images are raw processed using Nike Studio NX, Post processed in Photoshop CC and the NiK collection by DxO.

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Z7R_CUBA_02_19_2303cc_IR_FINAL_IP by Vincent Versace

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From my most recent trip to Cuba. Dancers....

Captured with the AMAZING Nikon Z7 (modified to shoot infrared by Lifepixel) with the FTZ adapter and the 24-120mm Nano coated Nikkor lens.

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f5_TIM_DEKAY_IP by Vincent Versace

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More from my way back in the day when there was some art and skill involved shooting headshots vs. today where it has evolved to something that is a cross between a passport photo, DMV and a yearbook picture rant.

This is the headshot of the actor Tim Dekay.Than man can light up a stage! Powerful, calm ans gracious. Good sense of humor too.

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I shot this with a Nikon F5 a Nikkor 70-210Dmm lens, a Westcott Sunlight reflector, and Iford HP5+ rated at 200iso. I reshot the negative with a bellows and the D810 and Silverfast software.

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D850_MRYLN_06_18_2300_COLOR_FINAL_IP by Vincent Versace

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COLOR VERSION

Second post processed image from my “Marilyn Monroe” shoot with Stephanie Stuart arguably the Best Marilyn Monroe impersonator in the country.

In 1962 Nikon released the Nikon "F". Not only did Nikon release the camera they released it with a slew of lenses and accessories. Over 800,000 Nikon "F" cameras were sold. In 1962 Nikon ran an ad campaign that featured Marylin Monroe shot by Bert Stern. (www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpXixgkR3II) Sadly it would also be her last photo shoot.

What I wanted to do was celebrate the shoot using the tech of today. Soooooo you will be seeing a lot of images from the shoot we did on the deck of my studio.

I am a big believer in getting it as close to completely right in the camera as reality allows. What I was able to do with the combo of the sunbounce cage and hive lights was magic. We shot video during the shoot to discuss how to do conversational portraiture using the D850.First post processed image from my “Marilyn Monroe” shoot with Stephanie Stuart arguably the Best Marilyn Monroe impersonator in the country. I am a big believer in getting it as close to completely right in the camera as reality allows. What I was able to do with the combo of the sunbounce cage and hive lights was magic. We shot video during the shoot to discuss how to do conversational portraiture using the D850.

I used Hive light led wasps lights with a leko lens an a fresnel. Sunbounce cage and Sunbounce reflectors.

Nikon D850 and Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8

Post processing: Capture NX-D, Photoshop CC 2018, NiK Collection by DxO's Silver Efex Pro and Viveza.

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D750_CUBA_2014_1874 by Vincent Versace

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I am always looking for the subject of the image to interrupt my light. It is always about the light. One of my "secrets" of my portraiture is that I always light into a shadow.

Walking the streets of Trinidad.

For consideration only, no reproduction without prior permission.

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D750_CUBA_2_15__085_IP by Vincent Versace

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I shot this image on my second day of my February 2015 Palm Beach Photographic Workshop to Cuba in Havana. (There are two spots left for my March 21-29 workshop. www.workshop.org/travel.php) I only brought two cameras to the workshop and three lenses. The cameras the amazing Nikon D750 and and a Nikon D800 modified (by lifepixel.com) to capture infrared.

The Lenses were the equally amazing and versatile Nikkor 28-300mm (AKA "the Street sweeper), Nikkor 24-120mm Nano and the Nikkor 80-400mm Nano coated lenses.

This image was captured with my Nikkor 28-300mm (AKA "the Street sweeper) my go to lens with my go to camera.

Post processing was done with Capture NX-D (Raw processing) Photoshop CC 2014, onOne Perfect Suite and Nik Collection Software.

‪#‎NikonAmbassador‬ ‪#‎Westcott‬ ‪#‎D750‬ ‪#‎lexar‬ ‪#‎kelbyone‬ ‪#‎photography‬ ‪#‎onOne‬@NikonUSA ‪#‎NikonNoFilter‬ ‪#‎niksoftware‬ ‪#‎nikonUSA‬ ‪#‎Epson‬ ‪#‎wacom‬ ‪#‎xrite‬ #onone ‪#‎Cuba‬ ‪#‎PBPW‬ #lifepixel.com ‪#‎fineartphotography‬

ZF_CUBA_11_23_4211_02_BW_FINAL by Vincent Versace

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'hhHands give clues to the entire personality of the subject's moods, attitude, tension. — Yousef Karsh

My grandfather Pasquale use to quip that all you ever need to to to shut up an Italian was to make them sit on their hands. Hands are as communicative, sometimes even more than, the expression on the face of the subject of a portrait. I am completely captivated by hands.

One thing to keep in mind is I never pose any of my subjects. Be it in the studio or when I am doing street photography. All my images are “found” of the moment and absolutely spontaneous.

I am not sure which I prefer the color or the black and white. But this hand truly do tell a story of a life.

WHAT A BLAST this last workshop was. I shot these images with the new Nikon Zf a very fun camera to shoot and the 135mm Plena lens just Whoa. Bokeh is my thing. An exquisitely beautify piece of glass to work with. I fell in love with it and kinda for got to switch lenses, it’s just that pretty and just that useful. The Zf is now the camera I grab when I have no idea what I am walking into and Nikkor optics are just a visual pleasure to look through whilst I shoot. Nobody does In focus to blur as well as Nikon does.

Come join me for my next Cuba trip March 07-14 2024 Seeing the Sounds of Music Hearing the Dance of the Photograph. Working link is in my bio

www.versacephotography.com/workshops/cuba-seeing-the-soun...

All images are raw processed using Nike Studio NX, Post processed in Photoshop CC and the NiK collection by DxO.

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D810_CUBA_12_16_384_IP by Vincent Versace

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This is an image from my most recent trip to PBPW Cuba. The image you are seeing are part of a greater project, a book serries titled "Turning the Last Page." The title of the Cuba project is "Cuba: Turning the Last Page of 1962."

The camera was the fabulous Nikon D810. The lens was 105mm f 1.4. Arguably the best lens Nikon has ever made. Certainly the best lens I have ever shot with.

To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.

For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light, no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers all of the images are spontanious none of the subjects are posed. So what you are seeing is (from the shoot aspect) just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject.

My goal every time I shoot is to be the weakest linkn the entire project.

This is an image of the Cuban Ballerina Elena. In this image the Elena was resting in a small window frame and I was out side on the even smaller balcony shooting towards her, in between rain showers.

The light source was ambient rainy daylight.

When asked what is the best light W. Eugene Smith said "Why the best light is available light and by available light I mean any damn light that is available."..... This approach to lighting Works for me.

I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur.

There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not enhanced by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the Nikon system.

This has to be the sharpest lens I have ever used. It is also has the most beautiful Bokeh of any lens I have ever shot with as well.

So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.

Because of my Nikon camera- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the Nikkor lenses I AM: A Super Hero with tack sharpnes at point of focus and beautiful Bokeh every place else in the image.

NOTE: I do indeed use Photoshop. It's true. Have been since version 1. when it fit on a single floppy disc. Most inspired piece of software ever written. I was employee number 2 of Niksoftware ( Colorefex, SilverEfex) and employee number 6 of Altamira Group (the inventor of Genuine Fractals) so yes I do also use plug-ins. So if you are viewing an image (unless otherwise noted) on my personal pages, website and sundry feeds they are all post processed if I put them up.

To be very crystal clear ALL of my images that I post on my personal web feeds are post processed.

So that this non issue is no issue these are my "FINAL" versions on my PERSONAL sites. Because it is my personal page I do reserve the right to delete comments from angry photographic charlatan internet trolls.

I always make it a point, If you read the full description of any of my images, to always list the software and hardware used to produce an image.

Nikon D810 camera,105mm f1.4 lens. Recorded to Lexarmedia Raw conversion done in Capture NX-D. converted to a 16bit Prohoto colorspace .TIFF. Further post processing Photoshop CC 2017, Nik collection by Google, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)

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D800IR_YO_2014_158a_IP by Vincent Versace

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Photographing in Yosemite Valley is the photographic equivalent to catching fish in a barrel. Shot this standing on a bridge watching sunset on Half Dome. Heading back from Glacier Point, a ride made even better because I was riding my 1964 R69s BMW motorcycle I saved peeling the infra-red tape off of my eyes till I was back at the Ahwanee because it was a real pain.

A Cyber-Digital Infrared image, NO TECHNOLOGY WAS HARMED!!! Sooo.... that means it was not taken with a D800 modified to shoot IR with a 70-200 f4.5 VRII lens. Nor was a 128GB Lexar flash card used and absolutely no post processing with Capture NX 2 then Photoshop CC and Nik Colorefex and Silver Efex Pro software. I simply used two pieces of red tape over my eyes and then with my will etched the pixels on to Flickr.

Final file is stored and scaled using Perfect Resize (AKA Genuine Fractals.)

#Nikon #D800 #Lexar #Lifepixel.com

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D5_CUBA_03_16_1106_C_IP by Vincent Versace

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From my recent PBPW Cuba workshop. This is from the second day I was allowed the joy of shooting with the Nikon D5.These are the hands of an 86 year old man. The road map of is his life etched there.

There is no image I cannot capture. The ability of this camera to shoot in lighting conditions so dark that you have to to image that there is light to provide illumination. Spot on color, speed touch screen focus in live view. Whoa.....

Because of the D5 I AM: A Super Hero.

Nikon D5 camera, 28-300mm lens. Post processed in Photoshop CC 2015. File raw processed in Capture NX-D.

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ZF_CUBA_11_23_2676_FINAL_B_IP by Vincent Versace

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Today I saw a red and yellow sunset and thought, how insignificant I am! Of course, I thought that yesterday too, and it rained.

– Woody Allen

Ever notice that photographs of sunsets always tend to look better than the sunset when you were photographing it but photographs of sunsets are never as wonderful as seeing the sunset whilst you are photographing it? I have been chasing this image for years. Either has been a scaffolding up on the capitol dome or I am not there at the right time or I have the wrong piece of glass for the the shot I want or it’s raining. It’s always something. Then as we were walking back to the cars because the light had crapped out and we wee calling it a day just as I turned the corner to go the the car I was in the right spot at the right time with the right lens.

This image was captured with the Nikon Zf and the 135mm f1.8 Plena Nikkor. The Zf is the camera I grab when I have no idea what I am walking into and Nikkor optics are just a visual pleasure to look through wilst I shoot. Nobody does In focus to blur as well as Nikon does

WHAT A BLAST this last workshop to Cuba was.

the Zf is the camera I grab when I have no idea what I am walking into and Nikkor optics are just a visual pleasure to look through wilst I shoot. Nobody does In focus to blur as well as Nikon does.

Come join me for my next Cuba trip March 07-14 2024 Seeing the Sounds of Music Hearing the Dance of the Photograph. Working link is in my bio

www.versacephotography.com/.../cuba-seeing-the.../

All images are raw processed using Nikon Studio NX, Post processed in Photoshop CC and the NiK collection by DxO.

#Nikon100 #nikonlove #kelbyone #photography #onOne @NikonUSA #NIkonUSA

#mirrorless #Nikonzf #135mm #plena #NikonNoFilter #niksoftware #nikonUSA #Epson

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_D500_CYFLM__955_FINAL_IP by Vincent Versace

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In this image Chef Eric Ripert discusses the the aesthetic nuances of proper garnish placement on a scallop. Shot in the kitchen of his restaurant "Blue" att the Ritz Carlton on Grand Cayman island during the Grand Cayman International Festival (Cayfilm). Chef Ripert prepared a meal on the last night for presenters and other celebrities that had flown in for the event.

This image was captured with a D500, 105mm f1.4 nano coated lens. Captured to a 128 Lexar 2933x XQD card. Lit with diffused sunlight through a window.

Image was post processed with Capture NXD, Photoshop CC 2017, Nik collection by Google and onOnesoftware.

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D750_CUBA_2014_1867A by Vincent Versace

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This image is from my Palm Beach Photographic Centre's Cuba Workshop shot with the AMAZING Nikon D750 camera using the "the street sweeper" 28-300mm VR II Lens. Just walking the streets of Trinidad.

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D750_CUBA_2014_1326_IP by Vincent Versace

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This image is from the third day of my Palm Beach Photographic Centre's Cuba Workshop shot with the AMAZING Nikon D750 camera using the "the street sweeper" 28-300mm VR II Lens. Just walking the streets of Havana.

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D800_BURMA_IR_16 by Vincent Versace

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I was walking trying to find some bottled water. As I turned I felt a tug at my senses. I looked down and there was the most earnest of little boys looking straight at me. At the moment our met, he blessed me.

Not every day you get blessed by a a baby buddha.

The image was captured by a Nikon D-800, camera modified for infrared. Super Enhanced color conversion with a 24-120 mm Nano coated VR II lens at 400iso using the Nikon electronic file format (.Nef) file was post processed using capture NX 2.0 software, Photoshop CS, Nik Color Efex 4.0 and Silver Efex Pro 2.0.

For consideration only, no reproduction without prior permission.

#Nikon100 #nikonlove #kelbyone #photography #onOne @NikonUSA

#NikonD200 #NikonNoFilter #niksoftware #nikonUSA #Epson

#wacom #xritephoto #calibrite #onone #sunbounce #fineartphotography #kolarivision

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#nikonLOVE #hoodman #Myanmar #Burma

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D5_CUBA_12_16_170_SEP_IP by Vincent Versace

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This is an image from my most recent trip to PBPW Cuba. The image you are seeing are part of a greater project, a book serries titled "Turning the Last Page." The title of the Cuba project is "Cuba: Turning the Last Page of 1962."

The camera was the fabulous Nikon D5. The lens was 105mm f 1.4. Arguably the best lens Nikon has ever made. Certainly the best lens I have ever shot with.

To make sure we are all on the same page, there are always two aspects to every shoot. "The Shoot" itself and the post processing to final art. This image contains both aspects and is the outcome of the post processing this is a copy of that final file.

For "the shoot" aspect of this project no artificial light, no make-up on the subjects, no reflectors or diffusers all of the images are spontanious none of the subjects are posed. So what you are seeing is (from the shoot aspect) just the lens. Just the camera. Just the light that was there. Just the subject

My goal every time I shoot is to be the weakest linkn the entire project.

This image was shot insde an inclosed market, the only light is sunlight coming through a few partially opened slats. The fruit vendorr is lost in thought. That is the moment that took me, the remberace of the moment that he is lost in and is taking him. This is the same as the previous image Converted using my multi-SEP conversion approach, discussed in chapter eight of my book "From Oz to Kansas"

When asked what is the best light W. Eugene Smith said "Why the best light is available light and by available light I mean any damn light that is available."..... This approach to lighting Works for me.

I have always held that the lens is the brush, the camera sensor is the canvas. I have also held the that the beauty of a lens is not in how well it handles focus but rather how well it handles from in focus to blur.

There is no image I cannot capture. There is no image in which my vision of the image and the beauty of moment that took me that is not enhanced by the beauty of the glass and lens design of the Nikon system.

This has to be the sharpest lens I have ever used. It is also has the most beautiful Bokeh of any lens I have ever shot with as well.

So you want to know why I choose Nikon? Now you know.

Because of my Nikon camera- I AM: A Super Hero. Because of the Nikkor lenses I AM: A Super Hero with tack sharpnes at point of focus and beautiful Bokeh every place else in the image.

NOTE: I do indeed use Photoshop. It's true. Have been since version 1. when it fit on a single floppy disc. Most inspired piece of software ever written. I was employee number 2 of Niksoftware ( Colorefex, SilverEfex) and employee number 6 of Altamira Group (the inventor of Genuine Fractals) so yes I do also use plug-ins. So if you are viewing an image (unless otherwise noted) on my personal pages, website and sundry feeds they are all post processed if I put them up.

To be very crystal clear ALL of my images that I post on my personal web feeds are post processed.

So that this non issue is no issue these are my "FINAL" versions on my PERSONAL sites. Because it is my personal page I do reserve the right to delete comments from angry photographic charlatan internet trolls.

I always make it a point, If you read the full description of any of my images, to always list the software and hardware used to produce an image.

Nikon D5 camera,105mm f1.4 lens. Recorded to Lexarmedia Raw conversion done in Capture NX-D. converted to a 16bit Prohoto colorspace .TIFF. Further post processing Photoshop CC 2017, Nik collection by Google, Silverefex Pro 2, oNonesoftware ver.10.5. Wacom Cintiq 27QHD, Benq SW2700 monitor (for approval color)

For consideration only, no reproduction without prior permission

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D850_4402_FINAL_D_IP by Vincent Versace

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I shot this whilst walking on the streets of New York City during B&H's Optic 2018.

My father was a New Yorker and whenever I went to his home town I tried to capture images that reminded me of the stories he would tell me about growing up in NYC. He was a diehard Yankees fan.

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D750_CUBA_3_15_2253_IP by Vincent Versace