I'm really very impressed, Greg. These are great works.
I do wish you had used f11 in the second shot as you did in the first. Did you choose f2.8 for the purpose of really bringing focus where you did? I know, that sounds kind of like a dumb question, but I really think your florals benefit from more depth of field as in the first. Just my friendly opinion though! I can't even come close to what you've done here!
-Tim
James McQueen wrote:
They look good to Greg. I wish my Epson 2000 would print B/W images like that (maybe it will but dumb me can't make it do it).
- Jim
Thanks Jim. I usually use Mpix as they have true black and white paper. I sent these to Costco, and they did a terrific job. I had stopped using them due to quality issues, but they seem to have them resolved. I just don’t use their color profiles or correction.
T-bone1 wrote:
I'm really very impressed, Greg. These are great works.
I do wish you had used f11 in the second shot as you did in the first. Did you choose f2.8 for the purpose of really bringing focus where you did? I know, that sounds kind of like a dumb question, but I really think your florals benefit from more depth of field as in the first. Just my friendly opinion though! I can't even come close to what you've done here!
-Tim
Thanks Tim. You were SO right about #2, so I replaced it. I’m not even sure why I processed that one! I think I was thinking about doing an HDR blend or something. Anyway I hope this one is more gooder!
gregfountain wrote:
Thanks Tim. You were SO right about #2, so I replaced it. I’m not even sure why I processed that one! I think I was thinking about doing an HDR blend or something. Anyway I hope this one is more gooder!
Greg
BAM! Yes! Great replacement shot on #2!
-Tim
Sep 08, 2010 at 10:20 PM
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gregfountain wrote:
I usually use Mpix as they have true black and white paper. I sent these to Costco, and they did a terrific job. I had stopped using them due to quality issues, but they seem to have them resolved. I just don’t use their color profiles or correction.
Greg
Nice work here, Greg.
Sometimes these huge volume stores do surprisingly good work as long as you don't want "custom" treatment. My nearby Walmart photo lab leases professional Fuji equipment that is serviced by trained Fuji technicians. The Walmart employees work continuously through their shifts, so they hone their skills. They are local people who (almost always) so their best possible work, and will usually try very hard to accede to your reasonable requests. Find a good one, communicate with him/her, stick with him/her, and the results can be excellent.
Charlie
Charlie and silvrajbm....thanks and yes, for some reason, my Costco had a hiccup of sorts with their calibrations, but to have it solved. Not sure if I was clear, but not only can I send my prints there, but I also bought these two flowers there! I picked up these prints last night, in both b&w and color, and they are fantastic!
Lovely work. Now, I'm confused. Did you have Costco print these, and scan them back into the computer? O would not suppose that Costco processes your images as well as prints them. BTW, did you use the Costco printing profiles?
Tim ONeill wrote:
Lovely work. Now, I'm confused. Did you have Costco print these, and scan them back into the computer? O would not suppose that Costco processes your images as well as prints them. BTW, did you use the Costco printing profiles?
Thanks Tim. I had a feeling the Costco connection was getting murky...
I bought the flowers at Costco, shot and processed them, then sent them to Costco for prints. These are the images I processed. Jim had mentioned printing his black and white photos on his Epson printer, and I suggested using Costco. That's where the printing issue came in.
As for printer profiles, I used to download and install their profiles, but I found I got better results from just using the adobe profiles in light room or sRGB...not sure why. I know they update them every time they have their machines calibrated...
Charlie Shugart wrote:
Nice work here, Greg.
Sometimes these huge volume stores do surprisingly good work as long as you don't want "custom" treatment. My nearby Walmart photo lab leases professional Fuji equipment that is serviced by trained Fuji technicians. The Walmart employees work continuously through their shifts, so they hone their skills. They are local people who (almost always) so their best possible work, and will usually try very hard to accede to your reasonable requests. Find a good one, communicate with him/her, stick with him/her, and the results can be excellent.
Charlie
I wish my Epson 2000 would print B/W images like that (maybe it will but dumb me can't make it do it).