ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
p.301 #1ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Today I tried some 100MP wide-open stitch landscape shots. It is a bit more difficult getting this effect with the 100MP than with the 200/2 VR, but my back thanks me 
Although I find that this looks a bit over-sharpened, I also find that it looks like a painting this way, but if I back off the sharpening, it loses that look, so I left it:
Although I find that this looks a bit over-sharpened, I also find that it looks like a painting this way, but if I back off the sharpening, it loses that look, so I left it:
Mar 27, 2011 at 04:08 PM
p.301 #3ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Nicely done hauxon.
carstenw great "panos" with nice color and sharp
21mm
carstenw great "panos" with nice color and sharp
21mm
Mar 27, 2011 at 05:08 PM
p.301 #4ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Hrannar, I lost a 5DII a 35 ZE and a 135 Contax to a thief one year ago, so I feel for you. By then I had Zeiss glass but no camera, the opposite of your situation...
Mar 27, 2011 at 05:57 PM
p.301 #5ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Love that vast shot of the clouds in b&w Jochenb!
Mar 27, 2011 at 06:03 PM
p.301 #6ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
alkanphel wrote:
Love that vast shot of the clouds in b&w Jochenb!
+1
Hrannar, great shot! sorry, for the lenses...
A few shots from my last week-end in Cortona and Assisi (central Italy):
1, 6 and 7 with ZE35 , the others with ZE 21:
Love that vast shot of the clouds in b&w Jochenb!
+1
Hrannar, great shot! sorry, for the lenses...
A few shots from my last week-end in Cortona and Assisi (central Italy):
1, 6 and 7 with ZE35 , the others with ZE 21:
Mar 28, 2011 at 12:22 AM
p.301 #7ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Thanks Hugo! Very nice coastal shots! Is there any kind of beauty which Portugal does not have??
Francesco, beautiful shots! I have fond memories of a vacation in Toscana. These remind me of the area around Montalcino.
Francesco, beautiful shots! I have fond memories of a vacation in Toscana. These remind me of the area around Montalcino.
Mar 28, 2011 at 01:21 AM
p.301 #8ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
carstenw wrote:
Francesco, beautiful shots! I have fond memories of a vacation in Toscana. These remind me of the area around Montalcino.
Thanks, Carstenw ... Cortona (first five shots) is not far from Montalcino.
Francesco, beautiful shots! I have fond memories of a vacation in Toscana. These remind me of the area around Montalcino.
Thanks, Carstenw ... Cortona (first five shots) is not far from Montalcino.
Mar 28, 2011 at 03:49 AM
p.301 #9ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
sunset at lake Neusiedl
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I am into shooting landscape with limited DOF. Do you think it works, or are they to soft?
Mar 28, 2011 at 04:52 AM
p.301 #10ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
cyra wrote:
I am into shooting landscape with limited DOF. Do you think it works, or are they to soft?
I like limited DOF landscapes too, but think with these shots it doesn't work at this size. The third shot looks sharp, but on most of the others I can't really find the plane of focus. Maybe you need to be a bit more selective to make it more obvious where you placed the focus (and possibly use some selective sharpening technique).
I am into shooting landscape with limited DOF. Do you think it works, or are they to soft?
I like limited DOF landscapes too, but think with these shots it doesn't work at this size. The third shot looks sharp, but on most of the others I can't really find the plane of focus.
Maybe you need to be a bit more selective to make it more obvious where you placed the focus (and possibly use some selective sharpening technique).Mar 28, 2011 at 05:05 AM
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p.301 #11ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
AhamB, yep, they do look soft at that size. I also hav'nt worked out a proper sharpening technique yet (I am currently running on a test version of Capture One and Photoshop CS 2, I need to update my software urgently and try out the denoir/samuli sharpening routine.) this is the default at Capture one 180 at 0,8 radius.
fracas, your series is beautiful!
fracas, your series is beautiful!
Mar 28, 2011 at 05:21 AM
p.301 #12ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
cyra wrote:
fracas, your series is beautiful!
Thanks Cyra!
I also think that you should use a larger aperture to better show the difference between the in-focus plane and the OOf zones.
fracas, your series is beautiful!
Thanks Cyra!
I also think that you should use a larger aperture to better show the difference between the in-focus plane and the OOf zones.
Mar 28, 2011 at 08:12 AM
p.301 #13ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
cyra wrote:
AhamB, yep, they do look soft at that size. I also hav'nt worked out a proper sharpening technique yet (I am currently running on a test version of Capture One and Photoshop CS 2, I need to update my software urgently and try out the denoir/samuli sharpening routine.) this is the default at Capture one 180 at 0,8 radius.
I use a simplified version of their sharpening routine too. I found that the most important step is the sharping at the final output (web) size. What I usually do:
smart sharpen
radius: 0.1px (no bigger)
strength: 70 (or something like that)
more accurate enabled
and then repeat once or twice more at ~30 strength depending on the how much sharpening the subject needs.
I always sharpen a duplicate layer with a layer mask so that I'm not sharpening bokeh and I can quickly remove oversharpening artifacts. It's really easy to do: just add a layer mask to the duplicate layer, select it and paint with a black paint brush over the areas you dont want to sharpen or want to sharpen less.
CS2 has smart sharpen so that is all you need to be able to use this procedure.
AhamB, yep, they do look soft at that size. I also hav'nt worked out a proper sharpening technique yet (I am currently running on a test version of Capture One and Photoshop CS 2, I need to update my software urgently and try out the denoir/samuli sharpening routine.) this is the default at Capture one 180 at 0,8 radius.
I use a simplified version of their sharpening routine too. I found that the most important step is the sharping at the final output (web) size. What I usually do:
smart sharpen
radius: 0.1px (no bigger)
strength: 70 (or something like that)
more accurate enabled
and then repeat once or twice more at ~30 strength depending on the how much sharpening the subject needs.
I always sharpen a duplicate layer with a layer mask so that I'm not sharpening bokeh and I can quickly remove oversharpening artifacts. It's really easy to do: just add a layer mask to the duplicate layer, select it and paint with a black paint brush over the areas you dont want to sharpen or want to sharpen less.
CS2 has smart sharpen so that is all you need to be able to use this procedure.
Mar 28, 2011 at 10:36 AM
p.301 #14ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
fracas wrote:
+1
Thanks
Great shots alkanphel
21ZE:
50MP:
alkanphel wrote
Love that vast shot of the clouds in b&w Jochenb!Thanks
Great shots alkanphel
21ZE:
50MP:
Mar 28, 2011 at 12:21 PM
p.301 #16ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
AhamB wrote:
What I usually do:
smart sharpen
radius: 0.1px (no bigger)
strength: 70 (or something like that)
more accurate enabled
and then repeat once or twice more at ~30 strength depending on the how much sharpening the subject needs.
CS2 has smart sharpen so that is all you need to be able to use this procedure.
thanks for the details. As far as I can see, CS2 only has unsharpen mask and selective sharpening - is that it? ("Selektiver Scharfzeichner") there I can also tick "genauer".
I always sharpen a duplicate layer with a layer mask so that I'm not sharpening bokeh and I can quickly remove oversharpening artifacts. It's really easy to do: just add a layer mask to the duplicate layer, select it and paint with a black paint brush over the areas you dont want to sharpen or want to sharpen less.
I just tried that, it really is simple. Thanks a lot for mentioning although I have read about selective sharpening I have never tried it.
You need to process every image individually though. I have to many right now
there is also something strange happening to the size of my images. I upload them to zeissimages at 1000 pixels wide, nevertheless they show up here somewhat larger, I made a screenshot, and it is 15% larger in pixel size than my original.
that certainly doesn't make it a better image. Maybe I need to tick 1000 pixel when uploading.
here is another try, sharpened in Photoshop using the selective sharpening. Not sure, it is much better.
@f4
What I usually do:
smart sharpen
radius: 0.1px (no bigger)
strength: 70 (or something like that)
more accurate enabled
and then repeat once or twice more at ~30 strength depending on the how much sharpening the subject needs.
CS2 has smart sharpen so that is all you need to be able to use this procedure.
thanks for the details. As far as I can see, CS2 only has unsharpen mask and selective sharpening - is that it? ("Selektiver Scharfzeichner") there I can also tick "genauer".
I always sharpen a duplicate layer with a layer mask so that I'm not sharpening bokeh and I can quickly remove oversharpening artifacts. It's really easy to do: just add a layer mask to the duplicate layer, select it and paint with a black paint brush over the areas you dont want to sharpen or want to sharpen less.
I just tried that, it really is simple. Thanks a lot for mentioning
although I have read about selective sharpening I have never tried it. You need to process every image individually though. I have to many right now
there is also something strange happening to the size of my images. I upload them to zeissimages at 1000 pixels wide, nevertheless they show up here somewhat larger, I made a screenshot, and it is 15% larger in pixel size than my original.
that certainly doesn't make it a better image. Maybe I need to tick 1000 pixel when uploading. here is another try, sharpened in Photoshop using the selective sharpening. Not sure, it is much better.
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Mar 28, 2011 at 02:07 PM
p.301 #17ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Hugo, Alkanphel and Gary Clennan beuatiful shots, Hugo if one day i come to Portugal i'm gonna kidnap you toteach me your processing
Among the last few pages my fav is from fracas, I would like to see a B&W version of this one, oh and would like to hang it on my wall
fracas wrote:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5171/5548986881_f17619c2e9_b.jpg
Among the last few pages my fav is from fracas, I would like to see a B&W version of this one, oh and would like to hang it on my wall
fracas wrote:
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5171/5548986881_f17619c2e9_b.jpg
Mar 28, 2011 at 03:02 PM
p.301 #18ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
5D Mark II + ZE 50 f/2 MP.
From my photo essay Windows of Nacre.
From my photo essay Windows of Nacre.
Mar 28, 2011 at 03:07 PM
p.301 #19ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
1. 100 MP
Spring's here. by ajay.c, on Flickr
2. Missed focus on this one, as light was fading. I thought it made for nice bokeh.
Flower Abstracts by ajay.c, on Flickr
3. 50 MP
Frozen river bed by ajay.c, on Flickr
Mar 28, 2011 at 03:15 PM
p.301 #20ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
carstenw wrote:
Thanks Hugo! Very nice coastal shots! Is there any kind of beauty which Portugal does not have??
Francesco, beautiful shots! I have fond memories of a vacation in Toscana. These remind me of the area around Montalcino.
It must have but i don't remeber any at this moment.
And my photos are all from my little island - Madeira.
A couple more from levada walk.
21mm
100mm
Thanks Hugo! Very nice coastal shots! Is there any kind of beauty which Portugal does not have??
Francesco, beautiful shots! I have fond memories of a vacation in Toscana. These remind me of the area around Montalcino.
It must have but i don't remeber any at this moment.
And my photos are all from my little island - Madeira.
A couple more from levada walk.
21mm
100mm
Mar 28, 2011 at 05:19 PM