runamuck wrote:
Pianos make lots of noise. Mom taught piano and auditioned for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Then the war ended and she got told,"Go home and make babies.
Is the horn WWII surplus? Hey, I lived at the Army surplus store as a kid.
those people have some musical history being members of the Preservation Hall All Stars. I can listen to them all night long and let the history flow. some people use their tools some just keep things shiny. I love the instruments and the players patina.
last 2 are members of the NY Horns
as to the A&N store most of my street clothes came from one right down to the sunglasses I can even tell you where it was back then.
rusty1958 wrote:
I just noticed the masking setting on sharpness is set to 0. I usually set that above 60. Maybe you are sharpening the existing noise, making it more noticeable?? Also radius is too high IMO. I usually use .9 instead of 1.5. Again, hope that helps, Mike
Thanks Mike!
Those did help quite a bit...gonna have to learn more about how to use those controls.
Glad to help. The amounts I listed are just a starting point. If you are on a Mac, if you hold down the option key, and adjust any of the sharpening adjustments, the picture will revert to B/W. you then can see better see the effect of the adjustments. Good luck, Mike
Sorry, but what the hell were you doing using a shutter speed of 1/8000s to photograph a bride standing still? Even to avoid motion blur with the veil a speed of 1/500s would have been OK and for the bride herself all that is needed is 1/80s to avoid subject motion blur.
Consider the EV needed at 1/8000s versus 1/500s (4 stops) and how the ISO setting could be far lower, as in around ISO 80 with the slower shutter speed.
Even when a flash provides the option of high speed sync it is often not a good idea to use this setting. The high speed flash is a pulsed light to compensate for the shutter time needed to cover the film plane and so there is half as much light from the flash as when shooting at a shutter speed of 1/250s or slower. When having to use flash against the sunlight I want as much output as possible which is why I use the Quantum Qflash and have the camera set at 1/250s.
I don't think the examples of people in black clothing photographed in dark interiors are helpful as the situation as the requirements are far simpler than dealing with a bride with a white dress who is standing in full sunlight.
Recommend buying one of Neil van Niekerk's books on flash for wedding photographers. Neil truly understands the problems encountered by wedding photographers that are far more demanding than any other and one needs to be able to respond in seconds and with no studio or other staff (thinking of team Joe McNally).
sjms wrote:
back to the original image. its contrast looks to be non existent to begin with. feels like a softnet was placed over lens and the detail is lost.
I did apply about a -15 clarity to the entire image...I like the 'soft' look it gives to the scene as well as skin.
Neil was doing more than 50 wedding shoots a year and then wrote the books based on his first hand experience. Rare to have photography books written by individuals with this level of professional experience.
