These look really great. I especially like the first two. I also checked a bit of your site and enjoyed those shots as well.
I am waiting to get my MkIII repaired, but wondering just what a "blue dot" is. Are those previously owned by someone, or non-sold cameras pulled from dealers shelves and repaired or what? TIA.
These look really great. I especially like the first two. I also checked a bit of your site and enjoyed those shots as well.
I am waiting to get my MkIII repaired, but wondering just what a "blue dot" is. Are those previously owned by someone, or non-sold cameras pulled from dealers shelves and repaired or what? TIA.
Thanks for the nice things said, that is a great compliment coming from you...
I'm about 99% positive the Blue dots are the ones pulled and fixed, Brand new cameras. Mine looked brand spankin' new. you know how you can tell the moment you open it...
zimman wrote:
Those are great shots. It seems the camera is working well. Can you tell us what the temperature was when you took these pictures. One cause of the focusing problem was temperature (heat).
Temp was cool, 40 degrees Fahrenheit or so, but the temperature thing was not the only time I had trouble, it was pretty much all the time, like one guy had mention even on gray cloudy days.
mark fadely wrote:
Sweet! 4 - 7 of the Mallard flight is really nice. The lighting is incredible. Those shots have that "5D" magical look to them. Gotta luv it.
Thanks Mark. I guess I'm not familiar with the "5D" magical look, but it must be just like the "Mark3" magical look
Perfect lighting for the first image of the Mandarin Duck. Since the background is so nice, I wish that you would have taken the shot with a bit more BG and not as tightly cropped. Well, sometimes you just have to capture the moment with whatever gears you have on hand. Beautiful shot anyway, Chad.
Great shots. Truly it was only a matter of time before they fixed the 1D3 and what a treat it is with someone behind it who knows what he is doing.
Tnx
Tim
The 5D "magical" look is different from the Mk III magical look. IMHO more detail at 100% + with the 5D around ISO 1600. All of these comments would be about RAW.
72chevelle454 wrote:
Yes, I shoot RAW 99% of the time, most all post processing was done in Capture one 3.7.7, I can't wait for 3.7.8 to come with full M3 support, I don't like the new Capture 4 myself.
I did very little in CS3 photoshop other than some minor levels adjustments and cropping.
Thanks for the time to comment.
You must be adding contrast in Capture one....I never get that look from my raw conversion..... Unless you're really squeezing the histogram when you make your levels adjustment...That tends to boost local contrast a bit,,,,either way...they look awesome..Whatever you're doing works well for you.,
DigitalMadness wrote:
You must be adding contrast in Capture one....I never get that look from my raw conversion..... Unless you're really squeezing the histogram when you make your levels adjustment...That tends to boost local contrast a bit,,,,either way...they look awesome..Whatever you're doing works well for you.,
Yes, I do most my color adjustments in Capture one, and just some small level adjustment in CS3. Thank you for the praise.
72chevelle454 wrote:
Yes, I do most my color adjustments in Capture one, and just some small level adjustment in CS3. Thank you for the praise.
No thanks needed.. You're pictures look great, but I do have one question? Do you choose to make those adjustments in C1 for any paticular reason, rather than do it in CS3?
I'm only asking because I'm always looking for new way's to skin a cat, or to beat a dead horse. Please excuse the metaphor.
just threw a bone my way canon, I would be happy