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I generally do not like to complain...about anything. BUT I need some relief! She's only 7 lbs. but she's either in my lap (worse) or on the keyboard or in front of the screen. If I lock her out she scratches at the door and wines. My wife helps but she's got the sister cat to contend with. That's right - double trouble!
It's a wonder I get anything done.
~George Bernard Shaw
I was going through some of my new shots and found this one nestled in the middle of them! I took this a few months ago for a friend's birthday, as this was the church she got married in. I can't believe I never posted it! This is St. Bernard's in Mt. Lebanon, not far from my house.
I'm still going through all the shots from yesterday and hopefully will be posting them in the next few days!
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So... I'm trying out DXO's PureRAW and I took one of my "depth finding" shots of the Levy Semaphores. These are throwaway shots used to judge what the shot will look like in a short amount of time... By cranking up the ISO to some ungodly number... in this case, 51200. Completely useless for sharing, but great for telling me in the field what's my image going to look like.
Thanks to DXO's Pure Raw 4, The middle image came out into the world. Further processing in Lightroom classic and Nik ColorEffex results in the lower one... One that's, well, actually usable.
More probally to come now.
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My DIY ringflash that I've been doing for the last few days.
(Photo, starting from top left) Description
(1) I started with a 24 cm diameter steel bown and a normal food can.
(2) Added some tape on the bowl and drew the cutting lines with the can as a guide.
(3) Bottom from the bowl and can removed. I also shortened the cat a little bit. I first drilled a hole on the bottom of the bowl and then cut the metal with metal cutters.
(4) The two parts connected with strong epoxy that was meant for metals.
(5) Hole for the flash made and few connecting holes drilled. Also the needed aluminum parts are cut and bent in shape.
(6) The bottom part covered with black hockey tape. In the photo it has a Manfrotto quick attachment plate on it. Also has a hole for attaching it to the tripod mount of the camera.
(7) The top part where the flash is attached. Made some holes for the DIY TTL flash cord.
(8) I added some plastic parts for the flash hole to make it look nicer and to prevent light from escaping too much. Next I added some putty to finish it (wasn't necessary but I got too carried away again with the building).
(9) Putty and the bowl fully sanded and waiting for some gray primer and matte black finish.
(10) Painted and finished. Added some black hockey tape on the can's edge to prevent it from scratching the camera.
(11) Close up of the flash hole. A little bit of aluminum foil tape on the inside and black hockey tape on the edge.
(12) White thin fabric streched and being glued on the edges to get some diffusion to the light. There is a rubber band holding the fabric to the can.
See the finished righflash:
* DIY ringflash finished, without camera
* DIY ringflash finished, with camera
Cost: bowl 3€, can 0€, aluminum 1€ + some extra costs from paints etc. but I'm not going to count them to the total. Cheap anyway.
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I thought that maybe I would go for another iPhone shot today. I actually took this one this morning on my walk into work, again using the Hipstamatic app. Did a bit of editing in Photogene as well. I guess that even the iPhone can produce some sunflares!
A couple people asked me my lens/film/flash combo for my last shot, and I used the same combination for this one. I used the John S lens and the Kodot Verichrome film, no flash.
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Part of the set bilderordner album: "res noscenda note notiz sketch skizze material sammlung collection entwurf entwurfarbeit überlegung gedanke brainstorming musterbogen schnittmuster zwischenbilanz bestandsaufnahme rückschau vorschau" 365-days project 2: construction weaving loom, mounting mirror background, bau Webstuhl. Montage Spiegel Hintergrund, Unterlegung // Nonsense Analogie schuh werkstatt weben haus bauen torte backen auflauf kochen // Szenen ohne Ehe, selbst ist die Frau
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My favorite personal photo of a male ruby-throated hummingbird from the Fall 2005 migration through Houston, Texas. I used a new workflow technique on the original photo
Today working on blur and camera raw touches.
Next week a full stream dedicated to hair to wrap up the series
Video available as well as previous workflow videos
Workshop "workflow/Photoshop/Lightroom"
Vrijdag 21 september
10:00-13:00
50.00
Nog 2 plekken vrij voor deze zeer informatieve workshop aanstaande vrijdag.
Veel tips en technieken voor een snelle en professionele retouch workflow.
Werken met kleurkanalen, unieke tints zelf maken, foto's van zero naar hero brengen in Photoshop, werken met focus verloop, achtergronden smooth maken, huid en digitale make-up, kleur manipulatie, automatiseren van retouching processing binnen Photoshop, hyperverscherping, beste plugins en veel meer
Zie het gehele programma op www.fotografie-workshops.nl
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ODC Theme: Work
Even though currently I don't make my main income from photography I hope someday I will.
Finally, after 2.5 years, what I have been expecting has happened, and I have my Sony Alpha A7R (officially known as ILCE-7R), the world's first mirrorless, EVF-based camera with a full-frame sensor.
Not only that - it is also the world's best 35mm camera, or at least an equal to the Nikon D800E if not slightly better, and easily blowing away the Leica M cameras and anything from Canon.
This vindicates the thought process that led me to say goodbye to my Leica M9 in April, 2011, and the Leica M 240 in April, 2013. Good riddance of two absurdly overpriced underachievers! The $2,300 A7R wins hands down. The ridiculously priced M240 ($8,450 for comparable configuration) doesn't even come close.
Not only that, as far as I can tell, the A7R works pretty darned well with wide angle M-mount lenses, at least the ones I am interested in, which is 21mm and above. Yes, there is a slight magenta casting at 21mm, but that is minimal and it gets lost in the vignetting. And if I want to, I can clear it up very well with very little effort, and automate it in my LightRoom workflow. See below the test shot from the A7R with a Leica 21mm Super Elmar-M at f/3.4.
The A7R is also about 65% of the bulk and weight of the M240, which is really a clod of a camera. Also, with the add on EVF, the M240 looks really goofy! Not to mention you have to give up the flash hot shoe!
Jeeze, the absurdities of the M240! Unbelievable. Well, I think the game is over.
IMHO, this marks the official start of the downward spiral for the M240. Until now, the M240 has been in very short supply and it has been fetching huge premiums on eBay. Now starts the price declines, as the supply sharply goes up and demand sharply goes down.
How soon before Leica dealers start dumping brand new M240 bodies as "slightly used" or "dealer demo", and actually start competing with M240 owners who want to make a hasty exit before everyone else starts selling their M240 cameras to switch over to the A7R? I guess we will find out soon! My guess: 3, maybe 4 months, after an initial period of denial.
Question for M 240 owners: one M240 body only = $8,450 (including grip + EVF).
One Sony A7R + adapter + new Leica 50mm Summilux-M = $6,350.
What could you do with the $2,100 extra money?
LOL.
To anyone interested in using the A7R with M-mount lenses, these two are worth reading:
A comparison of the feature sets of the Sony A7 and A7R with a Leica M 240 by Ken Rockwell
A review of the A7R from the perspective of Leica M lenses by Ashwin Rao
Superb and detailed analysis of the A7R (paid subscription, worth every penny!) by Lloyd Chambers
So far, there is only one thing I don't like in the A7R, and that is its very loud shutter sound. That would be problematic shooting in quiet places. It is likely to be a problem also with long lenses due to shutter vibration. Hopefully, Sony will switch to an electronic shutter in a future model, perhaps as early as next year. This is a very obvious problem.
Two other small gripes: one, in the Auto ISO menu, I wish Sony provided a max ISO and minimum shutter speed based on the focal length, as Nikon does (1/f, 1/1.5f and 1/2f). Two, I wish Sony had a way for me to specify non-Sony lenses by name and focal length (similar to Nikon's non-CPU lenses). Everything else looks great so far.
Above: Sony A7R + Leica 35mm Summilux-M, photographed with a Sony NEX-5N + Carl Zeiss Makro Planar T* 2/50
December 16, 2013 update:
In the five days since I posted the above, a great deal more has come to light about using M-mount lenses with the Sony A7 or A7R camera. Bottom line, the M-lenses do not work perfectly with the A7R. In scenes with strong subject isolation in around the middle 50-70% of the frame, the A7R + M lens combo can actually work better than the Leica M240 + M lens combo. But when sharpness and micro contrast at the corners and edges are desired without having to stop way down down, the A76 + M lens combo is much weaker than the Leica M240 + M lens combo.
Rather than edit what I said above, I am being man enough to leave it alone, and add these additional thoughts.
I have summarized what I have learned, and how I view the A7R with M lenses on this page:
www.flickr.com/photos/royprasad/11372984134
So in the very short term, Leica does not have to fear a mass exodus of its M users to the Sony A7R, so Leica still has time to put out its own A7R-like camera with a 36MP sensor, high-res EVF and retina-display LCD, with built-in grip, WiFi, etc., one that is optimized for the M lenses. I would instantly buy such a camera, and I would pay a price premium above the Sony A7R.
However, I do consider the current M cameras as overpriced underachievers in the big picture of 35mm photography, and I do expect that the Leica M line will see strong competitive pressure from full-frame EVF/CSC cameras like the A7/A7R. Leica is really late to the game, and I sincerely hope Leica will respond to the A7/A7R quickly with a strong EVF/CSC offering of its own that is optimized for the M lenses.
Model: Void SansAnge
Designer: Rubenesque Latex
MUA: Lesli Patrock
Hair: April Swanson
Light: SB910 thru gridded 36 in. strip box CR | triggered via Pocket Wizard
Photo: KevCool Photography
Workflow: GIMP is free
A "Perfect mission" ..with the crew Andre Govia, Pere73 and Teo.
Work in progress: i'm trying to do a new hdr workflow (for more realistic shots). This is my first experiment, in the hope that the nexts will be better.
1. Enderezado de la imagen, he tomado como referencia los pilares de la casa, su linea vertical
2. Correccion perfil de lente, aberracion cromatica y correccion de perspectiva automatica
3 Equilibrio de blancos temperatura 5900 matiz +6
4. Ajustes basicos
Exposicion -0.65
Contraste +24
Iluminaciones -100
Sombras +79
Blancos +63
Negros -6
Claridad +30
Intensidad +18
Saturacion +8
HSL TONO
Rojo +13
Naranjas -26
Amarillos +29
Verdes +12
Aguamarinas +13
Azules +28
Purpuras +8
HSL SATURACION
Rojo +4
Naranjas +17
Amarillos +8
Verdes -4
Aguamarinas -26
Azules +52
HSL LUMINANCIA
Rojo +14
Naranjas -32
Amarillos -13
Verdes -33
Aguamarinas -54
Azules -59
Purpuras -38
CURVAS
Parametrico
Iluminaciones -6
Claros +9
Oscuros -6
Sombras +8
Punto Rojo
He levantado muy levemente los tonos medios a rojo
Verde
Las iluminaciones las he bajado muy levemente a magenta y las sombras muy levemente hacia verde
Azul
Las iluminaciones he bajado bastante a amarillo, los tonos medios lo he bajado a amarillo levemente al igual que sombras.
RGB
Solo he dado mas luz pero muy levemente a las sombras
Filtro radial para cielo
temperatura -6
Exposicion -0.25
Contraste 25
Iluminaciones -35
Sombras +32
Blancos +7
Negros +1
Claridad +31
Saturacion 14
Filtro radias para tierra
Temperatura +2
Matiz -3
Exposicion +0.1
Contraste +26
Iluminaciones -65
Sombras +57
Blancos +22
Negros +6
Claridad 15
Saturacion +14
ENFOQUE
Cantidad 62
Radio 0.8
Detalle 32
Mascara 43
workflow: Nikon D600, RawVision, PixlrExpress, Snapseed on an SamsungTab3 (For Tryout in HDR Mode with Snapseed)
New photoshop workflow based on some ideas from Vermeer's painting techniques.
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