Justin Huffman wrote:
watched the PBS video on Mr. Adams, certainly changes the way you look at your work. It seems that its okay to manipulate in the digital darkroom. I spend so much time trying to get it right in camera, and not foolin too much in post.
Here is one that is a single image, heavily dodged and burned. Certainly looks better than any other attempt Ive made at processing it in the past.
Justin Huffman wrote:
watched the PBS video on Mr. Adams, certainly changes the way you look at your work. It seems that its okay to manipulate in the digital darkroom. I spend so much time trying to get it right in camera, and not foolin too much in post.
Here is one that is a single image, heavily dodged and burned. Certainly looks better than any other attempt Ive made at processing it in the past.
I missed this...lol...I like the tones and gradations and the reflections and it does have a bit of 3D effect on it due to the foreground and background connection. I wonder how this might look like if used with that exotic Nikkor 200mm f/2 ...I would say, a sharp foreground and a creamy blurred background (but still forming the clouds)...oooh, now that's an eye candy!
Here's a couple of pictures from my walk out in the snow and sun yesterday. I had my 70-300VR mounted. Last week I had the 18-70 and didn't get any good pictures so I figured I'd try to catch some birds instead of scenery. After 50 meters I saw this fellow.
Tonight i noticed this one on my CF-card. IMO it is quite amazing since i haven't done much PP on this. What did i do:
- Used my trusty D300
- one of my fav lenses: the sigma 10-20 @ 10mm
- 14-bit RAW. I dunno why but i figured there was a lot of dynamic range there so i thought it would help me to remain as much details as possible.
- Used one of my own picture controls, it contains a saturation bump...
- Active D-lighting set to high...
- In PP (NX) another saturation bump and slightly more contrast on the clouds
- Voila: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2331/2364011543_f4bc8b3fde_o.jpg
Heres one showing off Nikons CLS system
This was a quick Family Easter Portrait using 1 SB800 and 2 SB600's. All three were off camera and controled by the D300's Comander Mode
You see, CLS rocks. So simple to set up, so proffesional the result. This reason alone has been enough for me to stick with Nikon over the years. Outstanding.
Good one.
As for the pics of Carlos, seriously, I know three people at least who would buy calendars of the Carlos pics in this thread. That last one is a beauty. (With and without Carlos.)
Do a mock up and make a proposal to one of the many calendar companies out there. Your pics are great, have lots of impact, and the quirkiness of Carlos completes the deal.
Slug69 wrote:
You see, CLS rocks. So simple to set up, so proffesional the result. This reason alone has been enough for me to stick with Nikon over the years. Outstanding.
Good one.
As for the pics of Carlos, seriously, I know three people at least who would buy calendars of the Carlos pics in this thread. That last one is a beauty. (With and without Carlos.)
Do a mock up and make a proposal to one of the many calendar companies out there. Your pics are great, have lots of impact, and the quirkiness of Carlos completes the deal.
Great pictures all!
"Quirkiness of Carlos" indeed!!
That sort of talk is dangerous
Tim
. Anyway, have fun and keep shooting!
