Thanks for sharing that technique with us Marc. Time to add it to the bag 'o tricks!
Your original two posts are wonderful as well, particularly the second. I love the intimate feel of it. It really makes the viewer feel like they're standing right there in the scene alongside you!
Well Marc, to be honest, that's not a very good experiment. You've added 7 planes of glass in front of your lens (2 for the first CP, 4 for the Vari-ND [2 CP's] and one with the final GND). I think you'll admit that's not a very typical flare.
I'll get back to you in a PM after I do an experiment of my own so as not to hi-jack your thread...
deadbolt wrote:
Well Marc, to be honest, that's not a very good experiment. You've added 7 planes of glass in front of your lens (2 for the first CP, 4 for the Vari-ND [2 CP's] and one with the final GND). I think you'll admit that's not a very typical flare.
I'll get back to you in a PM after I do an experiment of my own so as not to hi-jack your thread...
Well of course I did it in the middle of the day so I had to slow the exposure enough to move the filter, but regardless, adding more glass only increases the chances of flare occuring, so it should have little or no bearing on the final outcome. Feel free to email me as well. I can send you any kind of experiment you want with similar results.
Hi Mark,
Excellent images well done. I shoot with a pair of EOS3's and depending on the subject matter normally Superia or reala. With large DOF do you notice any difference between the resolving power of a digital camera as compared to film? With shots like that I would expect film to give you better detail. In any event they are well executed. congratulations.
raven4ns wrote:
Hi Mark,
Excellent images well done. I shoot with a pair of EOS3's and depending on the subject matter normally Superia or reala. With large DOF do you notice any difference between the resolving power of a digital camera as compared to film? With shots like that I would expect film to give you better detail. In any event they are well executed. congratulations.
Tim
You're comparing two very different mediums, so to level the playing feild so to speak, lets talk about large prints. 12.8 mp digital wins, hands down, no question, and it's not anywhere even close. Actually, my properly processed digital images match or exceed even what much finer grained medium format slide films can produce for actual detail on print. Another note is that almost everyone prints digitally these days, and no matter what technology you're working with, negative films are usually more difficult to scan accurately than slide transparencies. I recommend going with a fine grained slide film like Velvia, Provia or Astia if you're going to stick with film.
Digital is cleaner - that makes a huge difference. You can scan a 35mm image at 4000dpi on your home scanner, resolving almost every bit of available detail, but the natural grain of the film will reduce the apparent sharpness when enlarged to say, 16x20. In fact, with digital, a good file at low ISO from an excellent camera can go much bigger because the image is almost completely free of noise/grain. This means that even though you can achieve a 22mp file from your 4000dpi scan, it still can't match a digital enlargement with half as many total pixels. If you're interested in more information, George Lepp also addresses this issue in April's Outdoor Photographer Magazine.
Also, feel free to visit my website and look up the full-resolution sample in the Image Quality section to see just how much detail is resolved with this camera.
in my opinion, the background on the second one (waterfall and cliff face) look a little artificially light...almost like the "shadows/highlights" tool taken a little too far.
But all in all, these photos are really amazing....drop dead gorgeous.
Matt Tilghman wrote:
in my opinion, the background on the second one (waterfall and cliff face) look a little artificially light...almost like the "shadows/highlights" tool taken a little too far.
But all in all, these photos are really amazing....drop dead gorgeous.
What region is this?
These images were taken along Oregon's Columbia River gorge, East of Portland.
There was no shadow/highlight used in the second image. The foreground was under almost complete tree-cover, while the falls area was well out in the open, perhaps explaining the relative brightness.
