Sony FE Images Thread
p.462 #1Sony FE Images Thread
Here's the first shot from my visit yesterday to Xi Tang, a water town (like a mini-venice, China has a lot of these 1,000+ year old villages dotted around). Most of my night time shots were all with a D800E on a tripod so not for posting here, but I do have a few daytime shots with the A7 and mainly (95%) the Zeiss ZF2 Makro Planar 100/2 .
I'm trying all sorts of programs for my PP so any C&C is very welcome as you know what it is like, you work on a shot for a while and then it just seems like nothing you do is right !
Edited on Aug 23, 2014 at 03:03 PM · View previous versions
I'm trying all sorts of programs for my PP so any C&C is very welcome as you know what it is like, you work on a shot for a while and then it just seems like nothing you do is right !
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Aug 23, 2014 at 02:59 PM
p.462 #3Sony FE Images Thread
Frogfish wrote:
Here's the first shot from my visit yesterday to Xi Tang, a water town (like a mini-venice, China has a lot of these 1,000+ year old villages dotted around). Most of my night time shots were all with a D800E on a tripod so not for posting here, but I do have a few daytime shots with the A7 and mainly (95%) the Zeiss ZF2 Makro Planar 100/2 .
I'm trying all sorts of programs for my PP so any C&C is very welcome as you know what it is like, you work on a shot for a while and...Show more →
First what pops up in my mind; a little less hightlights to lift up the sky and get the whites on some of the walls down a little. And may be a little less (Local)contrast. Looks a bit to (unnatural) sharp to me.
What do you think?
Here's the first shot from my visit yesterday to Xi Tang, a water town (like a mini-venice, China has a lot of these 1,000+ year old villages dotted around). Most of my night time shots were all with a D800E on a tripod so not for posting here, but I do have a few daytime shots with the A7 and mainly (95%) the Zeiss ZF2 Makro Planar 100/2 .
I'm trying all sorts of programs for my PP so any C&C is very welcome as you know what it is like, you work on a shot for a while and...Show more →
First what pops up in my mind; a little less hightlights to lift up the sky and get the whites on some of the walls down a little. And may be a little less (Local)contrast. Looks a bit to (unnatural) sharp to me.
What do you think?
Aug 23, 2014 at 03:09 PM
p.462 #4Sony FE Images Thread
Frogfish...incredible image!!
Few more from yesterday with same basic setup...
Gregg
Gio with Contax 35-70, sooc no PP
CV Ultron 35 [email protected], Snapseed
CV Ultron 35 [email protected], Snapseed
CV Ultron 35 [email protected], Snapseed
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Few more from yesterday with same basic setup...
Gregg
Gio with Contax 35-70, sooc no PP
CV Ultron 35 [email protected], Snapseed
CV Ultron 35 [email protected], Snapseed
CV Ultron 35 [email protected], Snapseed
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Aug 23, 2014 at 03:10 PM
p.462 #5Sony FE Images Thread
Lovely couple Gregg! Having a great time, I see.
Aug 23, 2014 at 03:11 PM
p.462 #6Sony FE Images Thread
Nice to see you Gregg 
Great set
Kevin: Really nice shot
Great Shot Michiel
Thanks
Great set Kevin: Really nice shot
Great Shot Michiel
Thanks
Aug 23, 2014 at 03:48 PM
p.462 #8Sony FE Images Thread
A7 28-70FE. While I always criticize A7/r series for poor skin color renditions, when you take a minute to set the white balance manually, things become normal
Aug 23, 2014 at 10:18 PM
p.462 #9Sony FE Images Thread
A7s -- 90mm f/2.8 Leica Elmarit-R E55 -- Informal portraits wide open.
Aug 24, 2014 at 01:15 AM
p.462 #10Sony FE Images Thread
Here are some more walking around pics with the CV Ultron 35 1.7...it really excels at it too! Processed in Snapseed on my iPhone 5s
Gregg
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Gregg
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Aug 24, 2014 at 01:28 AM
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p.462 #11Sony FE Images Thread
Frogfish wrote:
Here's the first shot from my visit yesterday to Xi Tang, a water town (like a mini-venice, China has a lot of these 1,000+ year old villages dotted around). Most of my night time shots were all with a D800E on a tripod so not for posting here, but I do have a few daytime shots with the A7 and mainly (95%) the Zeiss ZF2 Makro Planar 100/2 .
I'm trying all sorts of programs for my PP so any C&C is very welcome as you know what it is like, you work on a shot for a while and...Show more →
I'm with Michiel, I think it's oversharpened (or is it caused by tonal contrast boost?)
Ofcourse the final edit is personal choice and preference, but using this jpeg I would start with: brightness -25, then contrast +25
Here's the first shot from my visit yesterday to Xi Tang, a water town (like a mini-venice, China has a lot of these 1,000+ year old villages dotted around). Most of my night time shots were all with a D800E on a tripod so not for posting here, but I do have a few daytime shots with the A7 and mainly (95%) the Zeiss ZF2 Makro Planar 100/2 .
I'm trying all sorts of programs for my PP so any C&C is very welcome as you know what it is like, you work on a shot for a while and...Show more →
I'm with Michiel, I think it's oversharpened (or is it caused by tonal contrast boost?)
Ofcourse the final edit is personal choice and preference, but using this jpeg I would start with: brightness -25, then contrast +25
Aug 24, 2014 at 02:21 AM
p.462 #12Sony FE Images Thread
sculptormic wrote:
First what pops up in my mind; a little less hightlights to lift up the sky and get the whites on some of the walls down a little. And may be a little less (Local)contrast. Looks a bit to (unnatural) sharp to me.
What do you think?
reprazent1 wroteI'm with Michiel, I think it's oversharpened (or is it caused by tonal contrast boost?)
Ofcourse the final edit is personal choice and preference, but using this jpeg I would start with: brightness -25, then contrast +25
Thank you very much for the suggestions guys ! Yes, it was local tonal boost (I do have a penchant for HDR but try to keep it down as much as possible) !
Sorry I don't use PS so the values don't translate exactly and after using Perfect Photo for some mild PP the resulting TIFF doesn't show the original adjustments made in LR, everything's now levelled to zero. However you can see the new adjustments I made in LR to try to conform to your suggestions. -16 on the contrast, -50 on the Highlights and I wanted to get more black into the photo so -25 on the Blacks too.
I've also noticed that part of the issue is I have the screen brightness turned down for many of the websites I visit (white backgrounds) which then messes up my edits if I forget to readjust or I over-compensate. I guess the viewers' own screen brightness affects their perception too.
Here's a Before & After screen clip followed by the full rework. Does it look any better ? Anything I've missed or done wrong ? Still too crispy ? I'm really holding back on processing the others now until I can find the right formula.
Cheers ! Kevin.
Edited on Aug 24, 2014 at 03:33 AM · View previous versions
First what pops up in my mind; a little less hightlights to lift up the sky and get the whites on some of the walls down a little. And may be a little less (Local)contrast. Looks a bit to (unnatural) sharp to me.
What do you think?
reprazent1 wroteI'm with Michiel, I think it's oversharpened (or is it caused by tonal contrast boost?)
Ofcourse the final edit is personal choice and preference, but using this jpeg I would start with: brightness -25, then contrast +25
Thank you very much for the suggestions guys ! Yes, it was local tonal boost (I do have a penchant for HDR but try to keep it down as much as possible) !
Sorry I don't use PS so the values don't translate exactly and after using Perfect Photo for some mild PP the resulting TIFF doesn't show the original adjustments made in LR, everything's now levelled to zero. However you can see the new adjustments I made in LR to try to conform to your suggestions. -16 on the contrast, -50 on the Highlights and I wanted to get more black into the photo so -25 on the Blacks too.
I've also noticed that part of the issue is I have the screen brightness turned down for many of the websites I visit (white backgrounds) which then messes up my edits if I forget to readjust or I over-compensate. I guess the viewers' own screen brightness affects their perception too.
Here's a Before & After screen clip followed by the full rework. Does it look any better ? Anything I've missed or done wrong ? Still too crispy ? I'm really holding back on processing the others now until I can find the right formula.
Cheers ! Kevin.
Edited on Aug 24, 2014 at 03:33 AM · View previous versions
Aug 24, 2014 at 03:29 AM
p.462 #13Sony FE Images Thread
Greggf wrote:
Frogfish...incredible image!!
Gregg
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Ronny _Olsson wrote:
Kevin: Really nice shot
Thank you very much Gentlemen !
Frogfish...incredible image!!
Gregg
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Ronny _Olsson wrote:
Kevin: Really nice shot
Thank you very much Gentlemen !
Aug 24, 2014 at 03:31 AM
p.462 #14Sony FE Images Thread
Frogfish, the main problem is that it looks way oversharpened.
Aug 24, 2014 at 03:33 AM
p.462 #15Sony FE Images Thread
Jochenb wrote:
Frogfish, the main problem is that it looks way oversharpened.
Thanks Jochen - really appreciate the feedback ! Is that the HDR effect you're noticing or the actual level of sharpening (jaggies / artifacts) ?
Frogfish, the main problem is that it looks way oversharpened.
Thanks Jochen - really appreciate the feedback ! Is that the HDR effect you're noticing or the actual level of sharpening (jaggies / artifacts) ?
Aug 24, 2014 at 03:34 AM
p.462 #16Sony FE Images Thread
This:
Frogfish wrote:
the actual level of sharpening (jaggies / artifacts)
Frogfish wrote:
Jochenb wrote
Frogfish, the main problem is that it looks way oversharpened.Aug 24, 2014 at 03:39 AM
p.462 #17Sony FE Images Thread
Stained glass in an old Marine building, now a Hotel in Amsterdam.
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Aug 24, 2014 at 04:18 AM
p.462 #18Sony FE Images Thread
Frogfish wrote:
Thanks Jochen - really appreciate the feedback ! Is that the HDR effect you're noticing or the actual level of sharpening (jaggies / artifacts) ?
It's the sharpening halos around the edges, especially along the sky. Can you show us the detail tab? Is something happening during your jpg conversion or upload?
The 2nd is much worse than the 1st which only showed slight halo at the top right sky interface.
Mike
Jochenb wrote
Frogfish, the main problem is that it looks way oversharpened.It's the sharpening halos around the edges, especially along the sky. Can you show us the detail tab? Is something happening during your jpg conversion or upload?
The 2nd is much worse than the 1st which only showed slight halo at the top right sky interface.
Mike
Aug 24, 2014 at 05:04 AM
p.462 #19Sony FE Images Thread
DSC08877_HDR-BW-sharp-2.jpg by W.Utsch, on Flickr
Aug 24, 2014 at 05:05 AM
