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p.3 #1Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Just an incredible series!
Feb 07, 2016 at 10:21 PM
p.3 #3Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
snowboarder wrote:
Please, please do NOT listen to those "nice shots" guys.
God, I hate "nice shots" comments. Boris posted an incredible series and all you can say
is "nice shots"? Seriously?
And please, do not limit it to 5 pictures, you are an inspiration to me
and when I will go to Iceland I want to plan my trip around your pictures. So keep everything here as is.
Thank you!
Nice Comment Andrew!
Please, please do NOT listen to those "nice shots" guys.
God, I hate "nice shots" comments. Boris posted an incredible series and all you can say
is "nice shots"? Seriously?
And please, do not limit it to 5 pictures, you are an inspiration to me
and when I will go to Iceland I want to plan my trip around your pictures. So keep everything here as is.
Thank you!
Nice Comment Andrew!
Feb 07, 2016 at 11:07 PM
p.3 #4Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Bobu wrote:
Thanks Toothwalker and Kevin!
@Frogfish: I agree that #27 looks a bit oversharpened in that image size. In LR it looks much smoother. Part of the problem is that I use no good output sharpening script but only the standard export function of LR. With some images you get nevertheless good results, but sometimes you either loose details or the image looks oversharpenend. I'm just not willing to install PS just for sharpening images for the web.
What's possible with a good sharpening script show for example the web images from Luca (Denoir), Samuli and Phillip Reeve.
Boris
Hi Boris, I agree there is no easy way to get sharpening right straight out of LR ! A better solution is the very easy (and free !) installation of LR Mogrify 2 (Google it for the download). Once installed you can dispense with the LR export sharpening tool and use Mogrify which gives you Unsharp Mask and many other options (not just sharpening but resizing, borders, watermarks etc. etc.) and can be used alongside LR's options. Export a shot and play around with the settings to see which gives you the best result. Definitely worth a try.
Thanks Toothwalker and Kevin!
@Frogfish: I agree that #27 looks a bit oversharpened in that image size. In LR it looks much smoother. Part of the problem is that I use no good output sharpening script but only the standard export function of LR. With some images you get nevertheless good results, but sometimes you either loose details or the image looks oversharpenend. I'm just not willing to install PS just for sharpening images for the web.
What's possible with a good sharpening script show for example the web images from Luca (Denoir), Samuli and Phillip Reeve.
Boris
Hi Boris, I agree there is no easy way to get sharpening right straight out of LR ! A better solution is the very easy (and free !) installation of LR Mogrify 2 (Google it for the download). Once installed you can dispense with the LR export sharpening tool and use Mogrify which gives you Unsharp Mask and many other options (not just sharpening but resizing, borders, watermarks etc. etc.) and can be used alongside LR's options. Export a shot and play around with the settings to see which gives you the best result. Definitely worth a try.
Feb 07, 2016 at 11:13 PM
p.3 #5Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Bobu wrote:
Thanks Kent, Peire, Chez, Ray, Paul, Danner, Wayne, Dave and js426!
Regarding the comments from Chez and Paul: if I understand you correctly you suggest that I should post way less images here, for example only the top five of a trip.
If this is consensus here, I will do this in the future.
What do the others think about this?
So far my rule was posting not more than 50 images in one thread. And I post only images which I really like and consider worth posting. But of course everybody has different standards.
Boris
I agree you should post fewer IF you want us to pick favourites. There really are too many really good ones to choose from, this is not a critique towards your work but rather the very opposite. Narrow it down to 5-10 shots (my personal opinion) and ask which ones are our favourites. Then ALSO please post the rest like you have done now because I would hate to miss out on them.
Also, nice blog (your great photos made me go look at it) but may I come with a suggestion here? From my experience reading blogs and knowing what keeps me interested, not from my experience writing blogs because I haven't done so yet.
But, you have so many great photos and such a good eye for it that I'd like to see the text mixed up more with the photos. As it was now this blog post was mostly a pretty long section of text, follow by a couple of photos follow by some more text. If you can mix in the photos with shorter sections of text mixed in with photos more often that would be even more interesting to read, and it would make me really look and study each photo.
Btw, you don't happen to have any shots from the severe weather? I've wanted to go to Iceland for some time and your blog post further enhances that feeling. Would be awesome to see some bad weather shots if you have them! They would also have been very good in the blog post where you write about getting stuck in the snow, mountain rescue workers with monster cars etc. Not all photos have to be as beautiful as the ones you posted here
Ps. I will re-look at the shots here once back from work pick my five favourites
Regards
Rasmus
Edited on Feb 08, 2016 at 12:23 AM · View previous versions
Thanks Kent, Peire, Chez, Ray, Paul, Danner, Wayne, Dave and js426!
Regarding the comments from Chez and Paul: if I understand you correctly you suggest that I should post way less images here, for example only the top five of a trip.
If this is consensus here, I will do this in the future.
What do the others think about this?
So far my rule was posting not more than 50 images in one thread. And I post only images which I really like and consider worth posting. But of course everybody has different standards.
Boris
I agree you should post fewer IF you want us to pick favourites. There really are too many really good ones to choose from, this is not a critique towards your work but rather the very opposite. Narrow it down to 5-10 shots (my personal opinion) and ask which ones are our favourites. Then ALSO please post the rest like you have done now because I would hate to miss out on them.
Also, nice blog (your great photos made me go look at it) but may I come with a suggestion here? From my experience reading blogs and knowing what keeps me interested, not from my experience writing blogs because I haven't done so yet.
But, you have so many great photos and such a good eye for it that I'd like to see the text mixed up more with the photos. As it was now this blog post was mostly a pretty long section of text, follow by a couple of photos follow by some more text. If you can mix in the photos with shorter sections of text mixed in with photos more often that would be even more interesting to read, and it would make me really look and study each photo.
Btw, you don't happen to have any shots from the severe weather? I've wanted to go to Iceland for some time and your blog post further enhances that feeling. Would be awesome to see some bad weather shots if you have them! They would also have been very good in the blog post where you write about getting stuck in the snow, mountain rescue workers with monster cars etc. Not all photos have to be as beautiful as the ones you posted here
Ps. I will re-look at the shots here once back from work pick my five favourites
Regards
Rasmus
Edited on Feb 08, 2016 at 12:23 AM · View previous versions
Feb 08, 2016 at 12:13 AM
p.3 #6Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Seriously stunning images.
Feb 08, 2016 at 12:19 AM
p.3 #7Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Fantastic shots! I so have to go there sometime.
Feb 08, 2016 at 08:35 AM
p.3 #8Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Hard to choose only one... #27 is very well executed. The sand/grass foreground works well. On contrary to some I kind of like the "classic" milky waterfall shots. Like with aurora shots they need to work as an image without the "trick". I like Dettifoss #10 and do also like the Gullfoss image since I know it's pretty hard to make it work for an image.
You're also welcome to PM me if you're travelling here in Iceland and if you'd like to meet some local lads!
You're also welcome to PM me if you're travelling here in Iceland and if you'd like to meet some local lads!
Feb 08, 2016 at 08:53 AM
p.3 #9Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Boris - I forgot to ask you what you think of the ZF15? It is one of those lenses I have considered buying, more than once....
Feb 08, 2016 at 09:26 AM
p.3 #10Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
12 and 23 are my favs, they are all awesome shots
Feb 08, 2016 at 12:09 PM
p.3 #11Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Thanks Tri Tran, Birdie, ocean259, Doug, Gary, Charles, austinschutz, Aloicious, Rasmus, gpelpel, Gyroscope, Hrannar and Steven!
Feb 08, 2016 at 12:28 PM
p.3 #12Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Gary Clennan wrote:
What a great set Boris! Looks like Zeiss and the D800E are a match made in heaven. I'm curious if you focus stacked many of these. The depth of field seems so huge. I must get over there some day on a photography trip...
Gary, none of these images are focus stacked. But I've often stopped down to f/11. Completely unacceptable to microcontrast connoisseurs like Samuli, but I admit that I sometimes do this
What a great set Boris! Looks like Zeiss and the D800E are a match made in heaven. I'm curious if you focus stacked many of these. The depth of field seems so huge. I must get over there some day on a photography trip...
Gary, none of these images are focus stacked. But I've often stopped down to f/11. Completely unacceptable to microcontrast connoisseurs like Samuli, but I admit that I sometimes do this
Feb 08, 2016 at 12:31 PM
p.3 #13Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Frogfish wrote:
@Frogfish: I agree that #27 looks a bit oversharpened in that image size. In LR it looks much smoother. Part of the problem is that I use no good output sharpening script but only the standard export function of LR. With some images you get nevertheless good results, but sometimes you either loose details or the image looks oversharpenend. I'm just not willing to install PS just for sharpening images for the web.
What's possible with a good sharpening script show for example the web images from Luca (Denoir), Samuli and Phillip Reeve.
BorisHi Boris, I agree there is no easy way to get sharpening right straight out of LR ! A better solution is the very easy (and free !) installation of LR Mogrify 2 (Google it for the download). Once installed you can dispense with the LR export sharpening tool and use Mogrify which gives you Unsharp Mask and many other options (not just sharpening but resizing, borders, watermarks etc. etc.) and can be used alongside LR's options. Export a shot and play around with the settings to see which gives you the best result. Definitely worth a try.
Thanks Kevin! I tried Mogrify a couple of years ago and found it a bit too complicated and not easy to find the right settings. But maybe the usability is improved now and I should give it another try.
Boris
Bobu wrote
Thanks Toothwalker and Kevin!@Frogfish: I agree that #27 looks a bit oversharpened in that image size. In LR it looks much smoother. Part of the problem is that I use no good output sharpening script but only the standard export function of LR. With some images you get nevertheless good results, but sometimes you either loose details or the image looks oversharpenend. I'm just not willing to install PS just for sharpening images for the web.
What's possible with a good sharpening script show for example the web images from Luca (Denoir), Samuli and Phillip Reeve.
Boris
Thanks Kevin! I tried Mogrify a couple of years ago and found it a bit too complicated and not easy to find the right settings. But maybe the usability is improved now and I should give it another try.
Boris
Feb 08, 2016 at 12:35 PM
p.3 #14Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Wilbus wrote:
Also, nice blog (your great photos made me go look at it) but may I come with a suggestion here? From my experience reading blogs and knowing what keeps me interested, not from my experience writing blogs because I haven't done so yet.
But, you have so many great photos and such a good eye for it that I'd like to see the text mixed up more with the photos. As it was now this blog post was mostly a pretty long section of text, follow by a couple of photos follow by some more text. If you can mix...Show more →
Thanks for the suggestion. I will try to keep this in mind for my next blog post. It's a good idea.
Boris
Also, nice blog (your great photos made me go look at it) but may I come with a suggestion here? From my experience reading blogs and knowing what keeps me interested, not from my experience writing blogs because I haven't done so yet.
But, you have so many great photos and such a good eye for it that I'd like to see the text mixed up more with the photos. As it was now this blog post was mostly a pretty long section of text, follow by a couple of photos follow by some more text. If you can mix...Show more →
Thanks for the suggestion. I will try to keep this in mind for my next blog post. It's a good idea.
Boris
Feb 08, 2016 at 12:38 PM
p.3 #15Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Stunning work Boris! This might be the nicest series I've seen from you so far. I always love dramatic looking conditions.
Feb 08, 2016 at 12:46 PM
p.3 #16Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
I really like your Vestrahorn shots. I was there last winter and really struggled with attempts to incorporate the tufts of grass into my landscapes, but you did a really nice job balancing the foreground and background in those photos.
Feb 08, 2016 at 12:48 PM
p.3 #17Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Wilbus wrote:
Btw, you don't happen to have any shots from the severe weather? I've wanted to go to Iceland for some time and your blog post further enhances that feeling. Would be awesome to see some bad weather shots if you have them! They would also have been very good in the blog post where you write about getting stuck in the snow, mountain rescue workers with monster cars etc. Not all photos have to be as beautiful as the ones you posted here
Many of the above images were actually shot during very short breaks of bad weather. For example the images #6 and #7 were shot just minutes after a really bad hailstrom. I tried to shoot during the hailstrom but it was just not possible. The front lens was covered by ice within one second.
The following image was shot immediately after the hailstrom stopped and gives probably a better feeling of the severe weather:
Djupalonssandur by Boris Buschardt, auf Flickr
Btw, you don't happen to have any shots from the severe weather? I've wanted to go to Iceland for some time and your blog post further enhances that feeling. Would be awesome to see some bad weather shots if you have them! They would also have been very good in the blog post where you write about getting stuck in the snow, mountain rescue workers with monster cars etc. Not all photos have to be as beautiful as the ones you posted here
Many of the above images were actually shot during very short breaks of bad weather. For example the images #6 and #7 were shot just minutes after a really bad hailstrom. I tried to shoot during the hailstrom but it was just not possible. The front lens was covered by ice within one second.
The following image was shot immediately after the hailstrom stopped and gives probably a better feeling of the severe weather:
Djupalonssandur by Boris Buschardt, auf FlickrFeb 08, 2016 at 12:55 PM
p.3 #18Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
hauxon wrote:
Hard to choose only one... #27 is very well executed. The sand/grass foreground works well. On contrary to some I kind of like the "classic" milky waterfall shots. Like with aurora shots they need to work as an image without the "trick". I like Dettifoss #10 and do also like the Gullfoss image since I know it's pretty hard to make it work for an image.
You're also welcome to PM me if you're travelling here in Iceland and if you'd like to meet some local lads!
Thanks Hrannar for the offer. I will return to Iceland in summer and will send you a PM before I leave.
And I promise, I won't tell anybody that a guy from Iceland mixed up the Dettifoss with the Goðafoss
Boris
Hard to choose only one... #27 is very well executed. The sand/grass foreground works well. On contrary to some I kind of like the "classic" milky waterfall shots. Like with aurora shots they need to work as an image without the "trick". I like Dettifoss #10 and do also like the Gullfoss image since I know it's pretty hard to make it work for an image.
You're also welcome to PM me if you're travelling here in Iceland and if you'd like to meet some local lads!
Thanks Hrannar for the offer. I will return to Iceland in summer and will send you a PM before I leave.
And I promise, I won't tell anybody that a guy from Iceland mixed up the Dettifoss with the Goðafoss
Boris
Feb 08, 2016 at 01:00 PM
p.3 #19Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Gary Clennan wrote:
Boris - I forgot to ask you what you think of the ZF15? It is one of those lenses I have considered buying, more than once....
I was never very happy with the ZF15. The main reason is field curvature. If the focus is not 100% at the right place you get strange effects like a sharp foreground and a partly sharp and parly unsharp background. It's never a good idea to focus on the foreground with this lens, better at some mid distance or even somewhere close to infinity and hope that the foreground is still in focus. The 21mm ZF is much easier in that regard. The colors of the ZF15 are lovely, microcontrast is good, but in my opinion not as good as with the 21mm, maybe on the same level as the 2.0/35 ZF. It's a good lens, but in my opinion very difficult to use and sometimes even very frustrating, at least for me.
Boris
Boris - I forgot to ask you what you think of the ZF15? It is one of those lenses I have considered buying, more than once....
I was never very happy with the ZF15. The main reason is field curvature. If the focus is not 100% at the right place you get strange effects like a sharp foreground and a partly sharp and parly unsharp background. It's never a good idea to focus on the foreground with this lens, better at some mid distance or even somewhere close to infinity and hope that the foreground is still in focus. The 21mm ZF is much easier in that regard. The colors of the ZF15 are lovely, microcontrast is good, but in my opinion not as good as with the 21mm, maybe on the same level as the 2.0/35 ZF. It's a good lens, but in my opinion very difficult to use and sometimes even very frustrating, at least for me.
Boris
Feb 08, 2016 at 01:08 PM
p.3 #20Iceland in winter with Nikon D800E + Zeiss lenses
Thanks Jochen and Mitchel!
Feb 08, 2016 at 01:10 PM