MarcB83 wrote:
Very nice! Can I ask what you used to correct vignetting?
Thanks! Marc
Thank you. About 15% of the top and the right is cropped but the aspect ratio is kept. There's a graduated filter added to the sky which possibly reduces the perceived vignetting (which should be there to the left as it is not cropped there). I've added contrasts and while doing that I try to avoid halos by masking and it could reduce some of the vignetting left side too.
So no secret formula I am afraid, the lens does vignette but in this case the PP hid most of it "by accident" I guess. I usually add vignetting otherwise.
sculptormic wrote:
Lovely to see Cuba again, Jako and nice pictures.
We were there last year around this time.
A very special experience which want last that long anymore the way it is now, I think.
I photographed a lot there with the Sigma DPm2 and the Ricoh GXR with leica lenses.
Cuba is a heaven for texture and colour.
My advise is to expose a little more to the light because a lot of your pictures are a little hard
with blown highlights. The light is so fierce in Cuba.
Thank you Michiel. Indeed, Cuba especially Havana is photographers' paradise when it comes to colours, textures, people, architecture, etc. Too bad we had only few hours in Havana, but I would love to revisit it again and this time include Santiago and Trinidad with few rolls of Fuji Provia & Velvia.
Yes, some shots are uncorrected for overblown highlights. See, before revisiting Cuba I searched for non-touristy locations in Old Havana and come across a set by Alex Fradkin, whose captures and PP I found very interesting, This mid-day shot in particular served as my inspiration.
Atlanta was paralyzed today due to getting 2" of snow. On my enforced day off from work, I wandered around for an hour or so. Snow here is rare, but there was not really enough to make the landscape pretty.
Anyway, this is a church that used to be a private home (was one of the homes of Asa Candler, founder of Coca Cola). The trim is Italian marble and inside there is a Tiffany glass roof over the congregation (where there used to be an indoor swimming pool back in the day). This was with the Leica 90/2 apo hand held at F4, I think. Polarizer. 100% crop included for giggles.
Fabulous pictures... as always! Thanks for the eye candy you are giving us.
Although I must say your pictures are enough to give guys like me feelings of extreme incompetence... You should start considering writing books or articles on your techniques and workflow. I'll be first in line to be your client!!
Fabulous pictures... as always! Thanks for the eye candy you are giving us.
Although I must say your pictures are enough to give guys like me feelings of extreme incompetence... You should start considering writing books or articles on your techniques and workflow. I'll be first in line to be your client!!
Thanks again!
Marc
thanks marc
as is happen I have just started my own blog and who knows maybe I will write an e-book about my technique in the future.
Angie - A good friend's girlfriend and he was holding the reflector to the left. Taken handheld with A7r plus Canon 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS at wide open.
