bigkidneys wrote:
^ What I loved most about Europe was how everyone loved being outside be it walking in the parks, reading next to a river, having a picnic, etc... We just don't have enough of that here in the states at least anywhere I have been. Seems like everyone is running around working or staying inside playing video games and watching movies.
So true, even during significant rain, folks were out an about, and not all tourists either
bigkidneys wrote:
^ What I loved most about Europe was how everyone loved being outside be it walking in the parks, reading next to a river, having a picnic, etc... We just don't have enough of that here in the states at least anywhere I have been. Seems like everyone is running around working or staying inside playing video games and watching movies.
I am sure that part of that is due to weather. Large parts of the States are too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter for comfort, whereas much of Europe is temperate for the greater part of the year. Europe also has almost no air conditioning culture, whereas the States does, and this adds to it.
carstenw wrote:
I am sure that part of that is due to weather. Large parts of the States are too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter for comfort, whereas much of Europe is temperate for the greater part of the year. Europe also has almost no air conditioning culture, whereas the States does, and this adds to it.
Out of curiosity - are most of you shooting in the "native" 4:3 or are you opting for the more traditional 3:2? I'm not sure how I feel about 4:3 yet, I'm so accustomed to shooting 3:2.
carstenw wrote:
I am sure that part of that is due to weather. Large parts of the States are too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter for comfort, whereas much of Europe is temperate for the greater part of the year. Europe also has almost no air conditioning culture, whereas the States does, and this adds to it.
Sure, you do have a point there. It was much cooler in Europe when I was in Germany. Just seemed like there were more parks and plazas compared to the US. It seemed like people gravitated to them making it much more interesting to hang it and just observe, people watch, and just enjoy the moment. I hope to return one day and actually just missed another trip for 6 months to Landstuhl. Man that would have been great to get back there. Would have been March to September which is perfect there.
Nice image, Michael. I would always shoot in the native 4:3 crop but I do quite frequently recrop my image in LR to 3:2, 2:1, 3:1 and 1:1 aspect ratio. It's much better to crop your image in post than in-camera IMO.
michael49 wrote:
I like the second one Julian.
Out of curiosity - are most of you shooting in the "native" 4:3 or are you opting for the more traditional 3:2? I'm not sure how I feel about 4:3 yet, I'm so accustomed to shooting 3:2.
bobbytan wrote:
Nice image, Michael. I would always shoot in the native 4:3 crop but I do quite frequently recrop my image in LR to 3:2, 2:1, 3:1 and 1:1 aspect ratio. It's much better to crop your image in post than in-camera IMO.
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That's interesting Bobby because I've always thought exactly the opposite. I like to see and compose my shot as I see it in the VF or LCD, including the aspect ratio - I rarely find myself cropping images, unless I need to for a certain sized print.
Brenizer method with Oly 75/1.8. The bokeh isn't usually this busy, but the processing I did on it amplified the contrast significantly. Equivalent FOV and DOF to a 50mm f/1.2 on full frame. Original image is 150 megapixels...processing done on a 30 MP reduction.
