hauxon wrote:
GFX 50S + m42 mount Carl Zeiss Jena Sonnar 135mm f/3.5. Surprisingly good lens, got mine for only $20 at flea sale. Good sharpness and corners perfectly usable so no need for cropping.
From a nearby reservoir that I often shoot...this image showing fog surrounding an abandoned old stone church and ice receding during warmer than average temperatures. 50s + GF 63mm.
It is a result of added contrast gradients that probably makes the vignetting more pronounced. I actually tried contacting it but it didn't work for the image.
dgurtch wrote:
Very nice image. Did you burn in the corners and edges, as I often do, or did the lens vignette?
Thanks
Dave in NJ
dgurtch wrote:
GFX 50R and either 23mm or 32-64mm lens, monopod. All at about f13, ISO 400.
Thanks for looking
Dave in NJ
Hi Dave,
I like the December Dunes, and the Fog and Rain image with its more abstract look, but, for me, there's a little too much PS work in many of the others. For example, the couple in #1 has been cut and pasted into #2, the birds in #2 also appear in #7, and the skies are a little overcooked in a few. For my taste, and of course this is an individual thing so no offense meant here, but I think 1 layer is enough for most of these compositions and you could make subtle global or regional adjustments in the original image that would look more natural and appealing. This sensor has incredible latitude, and I think you could save yourself some PS time and not feel the need to add layers while still ending up with some very pleasing results.
Hi Jon: Thanks for the input. I am 82 and built my first darkroom in 1959, and I have always been a bit heavy handed. No offence taken, of course.
Best regards
Dave
dgurtch wrote:
Hi Jon: Thanks for the input. I am 82 and built my first darkroom in 1959, and I have always been a bit heavy handed. No offence taken, of course.
Best regards
Dave
Haha...you're welcome Dave. I wish I had built a darkroom years ago, but I was able to get by with access in school or a local community art center in my film days. What a great location you live in to have these scenes not far from your front door. Keep shooting!
Two more from Long Beach Island where we live. This is the north end where the commercial fishing boats stay. GFX 50R and 32-64mm lens, Monopod used to steady the camera., ISO 400.
Thanks for looking
Dave in NJ
jbush wrote:
Haha...you're welcome Dave. I wish I had built a darkroom years ago, but I was able to get by with access in school or a local community art center in my film days. What a great location you live in to have these scenes not far from your front door. Keep shooting!
All the best,
Jon
Yes Jon, we do live in a beautiful place, We are a summer resort island, so in summer I do very little photography because of the crowds of tourists. I just completed putting together a 30 minute DVD representing 60 years of my work. If you PM me your mailing address, I would be happy to send you one. It also has some 1930s LBI pics by my father, who died at age 29 when I was three. His negatives were lost for 72 years, and found by a complete stranger and returned safely to me. I scanned the negs and the local arts foundation invited me to put on a two man show "Like Father, Like Son". It was the hit of the year.
Dave
Best regards
Dave
dgurtch wrote:
Yes Jon, we do live in a beautiful place, We are a summer resort island, so in summer I do very little photography because of the crowds of tourists. I just completed putting together a 30 minute DVD representing 60 years of my work. If you PM me your mailing address, I would be happy to send you one. It also has some 1930s LBI pics by my father, who died at age 29 when I was three. His negatives were lost for 72 years, and found by a complete stranger and returned safely to me. I scanned the negs and the local arts foundation invited me to put on a two man show "Like Father, Like Son". It was the hit of the year.
Dave
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That's an incredible story about your father's negatives Dave. It sounds like another Vivian Maier discovery, except in this case the negatives were returned to the photographer's family...and what a great idea for a show, congratulations.
Regarding your summer photography, and I'm sure you know this, but you could "avoid" the crowds by putting a 10 stop ND filter on your camera, mount it on a tripod, and take some very long exposures in your favorite spots.
Thanks Jon. I do have a 10 stop ND I bought to try blurry waves, but I never got around to trying it.
Thanks for the tips.
Dave
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An amazing display of nature's power at Cape Disappointment this weekend. Combination of King tide plus a large swell system down from Alaska and some sun breaks in the clouds and rain just made for some spectacular images. It was really hard to narrow it down to just these 7.
The 150+ photographers were lined up elbow to elbow so I won't be too surprised if more of this event show up here. There were even some youtubers there including: Thomas Heaton, Gavin Hardcastle and Nick Page.
