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Creamy bokeh. This was at f1.9 at ISO 125. Pretty impressive.
On another note, I'm guessing f/1.9 on those pentax lenses is the same as f/1.9 on a 35mm/DSLR lens and doesn't have some sort of weird ratio due to its size. Correct?
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I dunno, it looks a bit nervous. The far background is ok enough, but everyone close to the focus point that is OoF is really distracting. Also blown highlights everywhere, but that's not the point of this.
I also dislike when you can see patterns this easy in the OoF highlights.
Holy hell, is this an upgrade from my D50! The screen is gorgeous, the viewfinder/additional focus points are awesome, and the image quality is great. The movie mode is awesome, although that's a whole new game for me to learn.
I can't wait to put this thing through its paces!
Well, to be fair, I am not being gentle. I'm pushing Camera Raw sliders pretty far...
I do have to bump up noise reduction to clear out the shadows in the higher ISOs, but this little guy is filling me with that sense of wonder when you get a new camera and you're not quite sure how itll work out.
Nintendo ID: Beltaine
3DS: 2423-2361-7857
Steam: beltane77 PSN: Beltaine-77
liv desert10 by jeff25rs, on Flickr
liv desert 4 by jeff25rs, on Flickr
liv desert5 by jeff25rs, on Flickr
liv desert2 by jeff25rs, on Flickr
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I really wish those trees/shrubs weren't in the background on the first one though.
Nintendo ID: Beltaine
3DS: 2423-2361-7857
Steam: beltane77 PSN: Beltaine-77
I could definitely remove them. I did that for a lot of others in that set. I was trying different methods of removing the crap on the horizon because this was actually shot in a dry pond bed surrounded by trees, houses, and shops. On that specific photo I did a lens blur with a depth map to make the trees/background more blurred in the hopes that it would be less distracting that way.
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What do you think about using speedlights in a studio environment. Obviously the AB800s or any larger flashes will provide much more light but would a pair of flashes and maybe some soft box attachments or some shoot through umbrellas do well for a home studio environment? If need be, could a pair of speedlights provide a nice all white backdrop or would they just not have enough power and spread to do so?
Specifically I am thinking the Pentax 540 FGZ flash which is a beefy fucker and did singe my pants when I accidentally triggered it and it was on my lap, firing at full power... Thoughts?
With a low enough aperture and a high enough power on a single flash you could probably light a whole 9' seamless but if you are lighting from one side you will probably get one side so bright it starts bleeding into the subject. So if you could figure out a way to have the light aimed from directly above or below the subject at a background. That will put the light fall off around the edges and that will be easier to deal with.
So long story short is that its easier with two lights but it is still doable with a single light and planning around it.
Edit: even with an ab800 I wouldn't want to try and use a single light from the side to light a background if I was going for even light.
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It's fun, but I really need to get better with MF.
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bridge by jeff25rs, on Flickr
sand wood by jeff25rs, on Flickr
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On the first shot, I really like the contrasting vegetation between the two sides, but I'd think about maybe cloning out the two bigger pieces of brush (one at the edge of the frame and the other at the vanishing point) on the left side to emphasize it.
I'm trying to mess around with a bunch of portrait stuff. Learning as I go. Criticism on the post would be swell.
Self portrait. Pretend the top of the window isn't intersecting my head.
s1 by mechanicalmatt, on Flickr
Messing around with some different b/w conversion techniques. And reminding myself not to shoot portraits wide open from this angle.
p2 by mechanicalmatt, on Flickr
I'm kinda meh about the second shot and I think it could also use some more brightness in the face.
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High speed camera on a high speed robotic arm creates cool visual effects:
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I know. I just want to go there and work for them.
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They are cute though. :3
Like red pandas!
IMO the best kind of HDR is the kind that doesn't even look HDRed. Check out this guy's work for some examples: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/hdr-plea.shtml
If you want to continue shooting these industrial type locations you might want to try doing some B&W and see if that helps cut down on the cluttered look.
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I've messed around with photomatix and I've found it really really easy to go overboard with the tone mapping. It seems like at least with that program you have to make super subtle adjustments to prevent things from looking too fake. I've found the Enfuse HDR Lightroom plugin to be much easier to work with.
@Prospicience if you have any recommendations on how to use photomatix well I would love to hear those.
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I also got to finger a Leica S2, so that was fun, the detail was amazing.
1 7X5 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr
2 7X5 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr
4 7X5 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr
_1010322 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr
_1010117 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr
_1010265 by Deng Feng Loke, on Flickr
Generally feel that I still need to learn to compose and light a scene better.
Also, is your signature a picture of the ill-fated Japanese hip-hop producer Nujabi? He's cool, I love his music.