Even though I have a 2-3 year backlog I desperately need to work through, for some reason I have recently wanted to go back to a few of my WAY earlier images. This was taken 14 years ago with the Canon 20D and the 10-22 (16-35). At the time, I was highly influenced by neighboring Marc Adamus's pioneering ultra wide, dynamic seascapes. I just knew I wanted to go wide, I wanted great light and I wanted water motion! I barely knew what I was doing, but I had been bitten by the bug! I reprocessed this the other day (with nearly the same results) and it was sheer joy. A whopping 8 megapixels! Can you imagine!
Canon 20D
Sigma or Tamron 10-22@14mm (true 21mm)
f/4! (Strangely the depth of field here is pretty good)
100 ISO
1/13th
Single shot
Wow, Mark, that action in the lower part of the frame is really amazing! Also the sky looks really pretty.
Just that I'm not too sure if I like that part around that opening in there. Some haloing in there? Or may be thats just me.
Except for that, this is a phenomenal image, and kudos for especially shooting a photo this good [with a dynamic ranging this amazing, and color gamut this varied] with the 20D.
twoflower wrote:
Wow, Mark, that action in the lower part of the frame is really amazing! Also the sky looks really pretty.
Just that I'm not too sure if I like that part around that opening in there. Some haloing in there? Or may be thats just me.
Except for that, this is a phenomenal image, and kudos for especially shooting a photo this good [with a dynamic ranging this amazing, and color gamut this varied] with the 20D.
Thank you very much. I appreciate the feedback. No, there is no haloing there. Could be some kind of illusion due to the light or fog that was on the beach. Not sure...
I have never been that much of a gearhead. I think great work can be acquired by just about any digital SLR (or mirrorless) set up. Even the Canon 10D... But, when we get into making any substantial fine art print... that is another story. With these older images, I limit the size to no more than about 24 or 30 inches. With the Newer cameras, I sell images as big as 96 inches sometimes... No way I would do that with this image...
Nice shot. Looks like you added some blue liquid to the rinse cycle. I wonder how long it will be before the arched rock collapses from erosion and forces of nature.
TheDman wrote:
I'm glad to hear other people have giant backlogs of material to work through too and it's not just me being a slacker. 😉
Great image, Mark.
Thank you! Get on that you slacker.
Some may not know but I lived out of my car the last two years before meeting my now fiance, and I literally photographed over 300 days a year. I was either leading workshops or photographing, so I have hard drives full, that I don't even remember! It is a good problem to have as a full-timer...
dalite wrote:
Nice shot. Looks like you added some blue liquid to the rinse cycle. I wonder how long it will be before the arched rock collapses from erosion and forces of nature.
Thank you. No added blue. But yes, the arch has fallen, long ago! But the good news is that I have found other arches on the Oregon Coast that I don't think hardly anyone is aware of...
keepclicking wrote:
Mark, that's a great image with lots of action. I think I am going to pull out my old reliable 30d and start using it as my second body! 😀
dbehrens wrote:
Nice Mark! I think I have more pics taken with the klack-klack-klack 20D than any other camera! Dave
kungpaogao wrote:
I'm currently using the Rebel XTi (400D) and it's quite surprising what you can pull from these "low" megapixel cameras. Beautiful image!
Danpbphoto wrote:
My 1st DSLR! Just a great capture Mark!!! Action, scale, depth..emotion...
Dan
About DSLR's. I started with the Canon 10D (after I had the Nikon Coolpix 3.2 MP). I might have to rebuy one just for fun! Funny how we get so into technology and dissatisfied so easily! Unless you are making a 50-90 inch prints, those older cameras (shot at a good f/stop with a decent lens) did GREAT!
Story: I had a client come to me (I do postprocessing for gallery photographers and such) who wanted to do 2 - 40 inch prints Fuji Flex (acrylic mounts). He sent me a Tetons image shot with a Tamron lens and shot with the Canon 10D (6 megapixels). It was even slightly cropped! So it was only 5.5MP!
He said, "I know the quality will not be good, but please just do the best you can with it. I want one for my parents and one for myself. It has a lot of sentimental value!" Well, I did everything I know to make a master print, and both of us could not believe how great it turned out! I raw capture sharpened it in LR using a deconvolution type sharpening, sized up with the best algorithm in the world (which is now Lanczos) then did various careful rounds of custom High Pass and Unsharp Mask as well as custom grain simulation to create the perfect illusion of more quality detail and to camouflage some artifacting. It turned out almost as good as anything I have ever seen at that size! It blew both of our minds, honestly. So, it is sometimes very surprising what one can do with the right printmaking skills even to lower MP images.
BTW, If anyone is interested in MASTERING these skills. Look me up - this is my job.
Dave