ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
p.264 #1ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Days change, but the quality of your work doesn't, Hugo!
Love your first shot, Ryan!!!
Congratulations on your new lens, morpheus!
Love your first shot, Ryan!!!
Congratulations on your new lens, morpheus!
Jan 14, 2011 at 05:15 AM
p.264 #2ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
rsolti13 nice texture, 3d effect and tone on the first one.
philber i try to do my best.
Thanks guys.
philber i try to do my best.
Thanks guys.
Jan 14, 2011 at 06:42 AM
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Just came back from the East Coast, stupid weather delayed my trip home by 5 days!!!
Some shots from Charleston, SC
Zeiss 21mm f2.8
Charleston42 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tritran/5353747661/" title="Charleston34 by Anh Tri, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5169/5353747661_f8577d7513_o.jpg" width="800" height="1200" alt="Charleston34" /></a>
Charleston32 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Charleston30 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Charleston23 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Charleston18 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Charleston16 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Charleston12 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Charleston9 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Some shots from Charleston, SC
Zeiss 21mm f2.8
Charleston42 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tritran/5353747661/" title="Charleston34 by Anh Tri, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5169/5353747661_f8577d7513_o.jpg" width="800" height="1200" alt="Charleston34" /></a>
Charleston32 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Charleston30 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Charleston23 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Charleston18 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Charleston16 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Charleston12 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Charleston9 by Anh Tri, on Flickr
Jan 14, 2011 at 11:16 AM
p.264 #4ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Thanks for comments all. Beautiful city, huh Tri Tran? Savannah is also very similar to Charleston.
Some with ZF.2 100
Some with ZF.2 100
Jan 14, 2011 at 12:50 PM
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p.264 #6ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Just received ZF 1.4/50 from another FM member this evening, and here are two of my test shots.
Nikon SB-800 & Nikon D700
Nikon SB-800 & Nikon D700
Jan 15, 2011 at 12:10 AM
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AhamB wrote:
@Philippe: In case you still use DPP for your 5Dmk2: NEVER ever use the NR function in that program. I once unknowingly changed the default luminance NR from 0 to 2 and for months I thought all my lenses (especially wideangles) were a lot less sharp when looking at 100% view. DPP's luminance NR destroys fine detail.
I agree, DPP's luminance NR wipes out detail, but its chroma NR is effective. That's what I found to work well, but then, I don't mind luminance noise.
Ron
M9 & ZM 35 f/2.8
philber wrote
Thanks, Akul! Yes, I changed my PP in addiing just a touch of NR in LR (around 12). It does not seem to take any detail away IMHO.I agree, DPP's luminance NR wipes out detail, but its chroma NR is effective. That's what I found to work well, but then, I don't mind luminance noise.
Ron
M9 & ZM 35 f/2.8
Jan 15, 2011 at 12:51 AM
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p.264 #13ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Hugo - I really like the bench and table shot with 100MP. Great texture, color and the composition.
morpheus2891- congrats on 21/2.8.
rsolti13- The color of sky on the last of first set is wonderful. I also like the valve shot on the second set, stair tread shot with a piece of leaf is great, very poetic imho. Nice juxtaposition of color and texture.
Tri Tran - Nice city portraits with 21. I like the first one.
mshi - Congrats on 50/1.4 Very nice portrait. Second one is my fav.
rscheffler - I like the symmetrical composition. Great color too. I wonder though if you could live with a bit smaller size font. It is a bit loud for the photo.
mortyb - Great shots.
Makten - Beautiful. I love the way how color of grass really comes forward in the composition. Beautiful snow detail on the trees.
Zf.2 100 ISO 320 D700
f3.5, 1/160
f2.8, 1/125
f3.2, 1/100
Akul
morpheus2891- congrats on 21/2.8.
rsolti13- The color of sky on the last of first set is wonderful. I also like the valve shot on the second set, stair tread shot with a piece of leaf is great, very poetic imho. Nice juxtaposition of color and texture.
Tri Tran - Nice city portraits with 21. I like the first one.
mshi - Congrats on 50/1.4 Very nice portrait. Second one is my fav.
rscheffler - I like the symmetrical composition. Great color too. I wonder though if you could live with a bit smaller size font. It is a bit loud for the photo.
mortyb - Great shots.
Makten - Beautiful. I love the way how color of grass really comes forward in the composition. Beautiful snow detail on the trees.
Zf.2 100 ISO 320 D700
f3.5, 1/160
f2.8, 1/125
f3.2, 1/100
Akul
Jan 15, 2011 at 11:07 PM
p.264 #14ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
With ZF35 ISO200, D700
F6.3, 1/125
F2.2, 1/3200
Akul
F6.3, 1/125
F2.2, 1/3200
Akul
Jan 16, 2011 at 12:40 AM
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p.264 #15ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Got my 1.4/50 ZF yesterday. First outing with it tonight. Love it!
Jan 16, 2011 at 01:04 AM
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akul wrote:
mortyb - Great shots.
Makten - Beautiful. I love the way how color of grass really comes forward in the composition. Beautiful snow detail on the trees.
Akul
+1 on what akul writes!
Akul, love your shots. 4 is a very nice abstract. You know how I wish I could, like you, pull shots "out of nothing and nowhere". 3 and 5 are really very good, by the one I find special is N°2, a stunner IMHO.
Michaël, you obviously needed no time to get the 50 f:1.4 to work for you. Your B&W are my favorites, with a remarkable "period" look IMHO.
mortyb - Great shots.
Makten - Beautiful. I love the way how color of grass really comes forward in the composition. Beautiful snow detail on the trees.
Akul
+1 on what akul writes!
Akul, love your shots. 4 is a very nice abstract. You know how I wish I could, like you, pull shots "out of nothing and nowhere". 3 and 5 are really very good, by the one I find special is N°2, a stunner IMHO.
Michaël, you obviously needed no time to get the 50 f:1.4 to work for you. Your B&W are my favorites, with a remarkable "period" look IMHO.
Jan 16, 2011 at 01:39 AM
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p.264 #17ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
philber,
thanks for your kind words. 1.4/50 ZF is my first Zeiss, and now I am dreaming about 2/35.
thanks for your kind words. 1.4/50 ZF is my first Zeiss, and now I am dreaming about 2/35.
Jan 16, 2011 at 01:50 AM
p.264 #18ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Zice shots everyone. 
Something different.
100MP
21mm
Something different.
100MP
21mm
Jan 16, 2011 at 03:36 PM
p.264 #19ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
The last two shots are great, Philippe! Nice change of pace too, Hugo. Btw, the quote should be "I see you".
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I went to Meilenwerk again today. Meilenwerk is a heated luxury garage for expensive cars. They have talks, in-house shops, in-house garages (of the fix-cars kind), and much more. There are also some of the most beautiful (and expensive) cars in the world there, including old and new Bugattis, Rolls Royces (including an absolutely huge 1922 specimen), silver Mercedes Benz 300SL gullwing, British racing green Aston Martin DB5, and much more, but sadly, most of these are behind glass. Standing on the open floor there are still many very beautiful cars, which in December included a dark red 300SL gullwing (!) and a dark red DB6 (!!). Both were gone this time, but there are still many Daimlers, Jaguars, Mercedes, Bentleys, and so on.
http://www.meilenwerk.de/Meilenwerk_Berlin_index.php
When I went there in late December, I loved the place and the cars, but struggled to make meaningful photos, so I was a bit hesitant to go there again today, but in the end I decided to try it, and this time to bring a theme: automotive landscape panoramas, and to do everything with live view on my tripod, and pay particular attention to depth of field, and the avoidance of purple fringes, which ruined many shots from my last trip (100MP). Of course, I also tried to capture a detail which was characteristic of the depicted car, and I think I managed to do that. I find the E-type Jag shot a little weak, btw. I absolutely love the real car, so I need to go back and spend more time finding a better angle.
Here are the six best (and only
) shots from this time. The first is in 2.3:1 ratio, the rest in 2.5:1. I learned this time not to compose too tightly, because small glitches in the rotation can cause work later which loses some real estate, and by the time I have rotated and cropped to fix it, I might not have enough for my preferred composition and ratio any longer. I also forgot my panorama rail
By the way, I haven't worked on the images at all, other than stitching and cropping them. I might give some of them a very light HDR treatment to bring back a little light in the shadows and calm the highlights just a touch.
Edited on Jan 16, 2011 at 04:22 PM · View previous versions
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I went to Meilenwerk again today. Meilenwerk is a heated luxury garage for expensive cars. They have talks, in-house shops, in-house garages (of the fix-cars kind), and much more. There are also some of the most beautiful (and expensive) cars in the world there, including old and new Bugattis, Rolls Royces (including an absolutely huge 1922 specimen), silver Mercedes Benz 300SL gullwing, British racing green Aston Martin DB5, and much more, but sadly, most of these are behind glass. Standing on the open floor there are still many very beautiful cars, which in December included a dark red 300SL gullwing (!) and a dark red DB6 (!!). Both were gone this time, but there are still many Daimlers, Jaguars, Mercedes, Bentleys, and so on.
http://www.meilenwerk.de/Meilenwerk_Berlin_index.php
When I went there in late December, I loved the place and the cars, but struggled to make meaningful photos, so I was a bit hesitant to go there again today, but in the end I decided to try it, and this time to bring a theme: automotive landscape panoramas, and to do everything with live view on my tripod, and pay particular attention to depth of field, and the avoidance of purple fringes, which ruined many shots from my last trip (100MP). Of course, I also tried to capture a detail which was characteristic of the depicted car, and I think I managed to do that. I find the E-type Jag shot a little weak, btw. I absolutely love the real car, so I need to go back and spend more time finding a better angle.
Here are the six best (and only
) shots from this time. The first is in 2.3:1 ratio, the rest in 2.5:1. I learned this time not to compose too tightly, because small glitches in the rotation can cause work later which loses some real estate, and by the time I have rotated and cropped to fix it, I might not have enough for my preferred composition and ratio any longer. I also forgot my panorama rail By the way, I haven't worked on the images at all, other than stitching and cropping them. I might give some of them a very light HDR treatment to bring back a little light in the shadows and calm the highlights just a touch.
Edited on Jan 16, 2011 at 04:22 PM · View previous versions
Jan 16, 2011 at 04:13 PM
p.264 #20ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Lovely set, Carsten! All pictures are highly enjoyable, but, if I have to pick a favorite, it has to be the last. It really will give me something to think about the next time I try to shoot cars. Well done!
Jan 16, 2011 at 04:21 PM