RoamingScott wrote:
Any idea if that's the plane that depicted the Belle in the movie? As far as I knew, the original was on display at a museum in Dayton, Ohio.
Scott, I believe the one in this picture was used in the movie. The real thing is in the USAF museum in Ohio.
I now feel obliged to post the only B-17 pic I've taken with my Sony, it's of Nine O Nine, which is basically a frankenfortress built from several others after the original Nine O Nine sustained heavy damage after numerous civilian crashes.
AGeoJO wrote:
Mark, thank you very much! I import my files and make basic adjustments using Lightroom. Then, I import the files into Photoshop and I edit them using the plug-in Color Efex Pro of Nik Software/Google or now DXO. Back in LR, I make the final and mostly minor color adjustments and cropping, etc. and convert them into jpg for posting.
Joshua giving a little peek into his secret sauce!
markdennis wrote:
Thanks Joshua. Similar to me in terms of software. You just do it better
Looking forward to seeing your next shots.
Mark
Thank you, Mark! I am pretty much a self-taught guy although I did watch several how-to video tutorials and I played around with different settings a lot..
gvg45 wrote:
Joshua giving a little peek into his secret sauce!
~Greg
No secret sauce here, Greg . Thank you though....
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Changing the pace with a focus-stacked image from Val d'Orcia...
My favorite client and good friend got in touch last Friday to see if I could do a photo / video product shoot. Never one to shy away from a challenge (and money!), I said yes!! Full disclosure - I have never done a professional product shoot. I do have a lot of experience creating product shoots in virtual CGI/3D, so I drew on that to set up a real-world set in my apartment (many trips to Target for foam core and paper).
The product is a new water that is infused with Hemp. When shaken a certain way, it creates a vortex or "tornado" inside the bottle. This needed to be captured on film. 36 hours later, the end result was a slam dunk for the client, and one of the hardest, but most rewarding projects I've ever done!!
Note that these are far from "straight out of camera". A LOT of Photoshopping and post in After Effects to get the look, but all based on a solid initial image. NOTE that the "Tornado" is actually happening INSIDE the bottle, spinning in real time as I shot these stills (#1 and #3). It was quite a trick to shake the bottle and get it perfectly placed in time to catch the vortex before it died out.
A7ii + contax C/Y 28mm f/2.8 (at f/8) and a pretty complicated continuous LED lighting setup with V-flats and other diffusors/reflectors.
Looking at daisies
Cropped, tripod mounted 100-400mm GM and Sony 1.4X teleconverter at 560mm with A7rIII
ISO 400, f14, 1/125 second; Exposure corrected +0.48 stops
June 23, 2018
At King Arthur Flour Corporate Headquarters, Norwich, VT
