I've noticed when shooting with Auto-Iso (was testing out the camera's ability to do auto anything), what happens is, It actually gets stuck on one iso (1600 in my case) and no matter how bright or dark, it just sticks with 1600..
Zhangyue, love the first and third shot!
Phil, great as always. Your monochrom shots and processing is superb.
Peter, very nice pics. You must hike a lot! I envy you
Allen, wow, great sets and I really love #4 above (guy on board with two dogs)!
Peter, love the colors and mood! Wondering what tripod you bring on your hikes?
Adam, great rendering from the 75. Reminds me of the 50 Lux ASPH. Very complementary to the beautiful subject.
Michael, looks like a great visit.
Mitch, I think my fav is #15. Like the layering of the three men on the left and how the vendor's head is blocked by the light. Colors again are great.
rirakuma, the misty ocean scene is intriguing. What's your feeling now about the M240 vs. the D800, having had more time to use the M240...?
Jonas - excellent mood!
Phil, looks good. More clearly defined vignetting is normal as you stop down more.
Joakim - love your B&W treatment again, and find the scenes intriguing, particularly the first and third. For some reason it reminds me of vintage photos of Russian/Soviet Dacha & forest scenes...
Sorry, no photos to post at the moment. Have been without power the last 42 hours after a windy storm blew over some trees in the neighborhood and our utility company has been dragging its feet getting the power back on. At least we have running water and it just means eating whatever's in the fridge and cooking on the BBQ... It's really more an inconvenience and thankfully with the storm came more tolerable temperatures. Couldn't imagine enduring ~33 C and the stifling humidity we had earlier in the week, but without ventilation. At the library now using their wifi and AC.
Phil, anytime... I try and get out as often as possible.
And that photo is a real beauty. Love the way you held the detail in the highlights. Perfect vignette and great detail in the darker background. The light subject against the dark B/G really pops.
rirakuma, thanks, yes I am out quite often! My dog, a sib. Husky, is a very demanding trainings partner. He always want's action, and when he get's it, he is the calmest dog one can imagine.
Ron, thanks, I am totally surprised how well the WB and colors are out of cam. Very seldom I adjust WB and never ad color so far. My tripod is the Gitzo GT 2541 along with the RRS BH40 and I replaced the bottom plate of my M9P with the L-Plate from RRS. I am very happy with this setup! Hopefully you get back electricity quickly!
Phil, thanks! airfrogusmc made a perfect comment and I second that!
airfrogusmc, excellent set, like particular the framing and pics 2,4 and 5!
I had a vision for a shot while eating lunch yesterday. I love to shoot this Pottery Barn light anyway, it has such character. Fact is, I had to figure out which lens was right. It turned out to be 35mm 1.4 Lux, shot at 1.4
Allen I agree bottom line, my MM is the best camera I have ever owned, love it because it causes me to think differently than with color
iMO it much more difficult because the color equation is gone, in terms of red, oranges, etc varying gray tones are used in place of color and that makes it more challenging ESP for me because I was primarily a all color wilderness bird shooter a couple years ago, where colors add big impact to it
I have a few cameras that still shoot in color and I always convert to B and W
Below are NON-LEICA samples I took that I believe needed color to add greater impact to them IMO of course
Phil, some real beautiful shots lately, really like the portrait above. I would click 'Like' on your duck above....BUT....you know
Peter, the landscapes on the prior page are just stunning. My favorites are #2 and #3. What beautiful scenery you have. How close is that to you? You must go when its new moon, would love to see the stars above
Michael, what a great location you look to be at. Great colors! The 2nd to last with the 35 Cron is definitely my favorite
Mitch, another great set. These files look real clean! The processing has definitely improved just over the past 10 pages or so
Allen, great street shots. Really like the one with the guy and the two dogs. I would love to have the ability to do some great street shooting
Just one from me tonight.....can't decide what to drink. Maybe its time for.....a Scotch-off!!!! Dun dun dun
Ryan how about if I convert to B and W and say it's leica like?
You should be celebrating the Tour de France is finished!!! My boy Cav lost the final stage I think the flat tire earlier sapped the energy out of him during the final sprint, but we will never know if that's true
jojomon11: your p.752 #7 is great, particularly considering that I don't like most of the Noctilux pictures that I see (often gratuitous bokeh).
rsolti13 wrote:
...Mitch, another great set. These files look real clean! The processing has definitely improved just over the past 10 pages or so...
Thanks. Here's a partial technical validation of the technique I'm working on from Michael Hussman (mjh), who writes technical articles for LFI and resides on LUF, where he gives very good explanations of the technology, "From a certain ISO level upwards, amplification is actually harmful. For that reason, Fuji stopped increasing gain above ISO 1600 in the X100, for example. The M9 isn’t fundamentally different from other cameras in this respect."
Questions for people trying out "ISO 640 + push in post" technique. (Is anyone doing that?)
Electric blues: Dark blue colored objects lit by fluorescent light become very intense electric blues when the image is pushed. (I also think this happens when exposed at high ISO in-camera as well.) In No. 16 below I decreased the intensity of the sign and the blue plastic objects but kept them as intense as they looked in the actual scene. In No. 17, I essentially neutralized the blue plastic baskets to the upper right of the young woman's head because the color was so intense that your eyes were drawn to it. Does any else find this problem and how do you deal with it?
Starbursts: With the Summicron-28 and the Elamaritp-21 ASPH, small intense lights, such as halogen automobile headlights in the background or halogen street lights become startbursts. In No. 18, I used the LR5 new Radial Filter tool to dodge the bright to the level of intensive before pushing. This helped to make the startbursts less distracting, but they are still there. What other ways are there to get rid of starbursts while keeping the lights?
No. 16 | Elmarit-21 ASPH | ISO 640 pushed 1.8 stops | f/2.8 | 1/60 sec Pak Nam Pran
No. 17 | Elmarit-21 ASPH | ISO 640 pushed 0.3 stops | f/2.8 | 1/60 sec Pak Nam Pran
No. 18 | Elmarit-21 ASPH | ISO 640 pushed 0.95 stops | f/2.8 | 1/60 sec Pak Nam Pran
—Mitch/Pak Nam Pran Bangkok Obvious [WIP] Eggleston said that he was "at war with the obvious"...
rscheffler wrote:
Allen, wow, great sets and I really love #4 above (guy on board with two dogs)!
Peter, love the colors and mood! Wondering what tripod you bring on your hikes?
Adam, great rendering from the 75. Reminds me of the 50 Lux ASPH. Very complementary to the beautiful subject.
Michael, looks like a great visit.
Mitch, I think my fav is #15. Like the layering of the three men on the left and how the vendor's head is blocked by the light. Colors again are great.
rirakuma, the misty ocean scene is intriguing. What's your feeling now about the M240 vs. the D800, having had more time to use the M240...?
Jonas - excellent mood!
Phil, looks good. More clearly defined vignetting is normal as you stop down more.
Joakim - love your B&W treatment again, and find the scenes intriguing, particularly the first and third. For some reason it reminds me of vintage photos of Russian/Soviet Dacha & forest scenes...
Sorry, no photos to post at the moment. Have been without power the last 42 hours after a windy storm blew over some trees in the neighborhood and our utility company has been dragging its feet getting the power back on. At least we have running water and it just means eating whatever's in the fridge and cooking on the BBQ... It's really more an inconvenience and thankfully with the storm came more tolerable temperatures. Couldn't imagine enduring ~33 C and the stifling humidity we had earlier in the week, but without ventilation. At the library now using their wifi and AC. ...Show more →
Hi Ron,
First set of photos was with the 75cron, the girl was shot with the 50lux.
I hope that your power comes back on soon. I remember this happening a lot in Niagara falls where I use to go to high school. The problem was, it use to happen in the winter with frozen trees falling on power lines (no power to the heater), so we'd freeze, until we installed a wood burning stove. So I feel your pain.
Jonas, very dreamy portrait.
Adam, love that portrait! Wonderful color palette of the pink against the blue
Mitch, great work with the low light work! The colors have a great feel to them, as if you there at that time of night. Personally I don't like fluoro lighting, but this is feel of the night in a lot of areas.
Allen, amazing street shots!
rirakuma, #4 is my favorite!!
Peter, amazing mountainscapes! #1 is my definite favorite here
Phil, very nice portrait moment! Love the shot with the Nocti. You are right, sometimes you lose perspective on color!
Mitch, again very nice! The PP'ing is looking better.
Ryan, nice!! Have a great evening whiskey tasting
Ron, keep warm and safe
Shot from Bangkok streets. M9P 50 Nocti f/1.0 ISO 640 pushed 1.5 stops. Another from Tainan M9P 50 Nocti f/1.0 PP'ing in Lr5 then PS6 Lab space.
charles.K wrote:
...The colors have a great feel to them, as if you there at that time of night. Personally I don't like fluoro lighting, but this is feel of the night in a lot of areas...
Thanks, Charles. The amazing thing is that in shopping malls fluorescent lights produce awfully dull and greenish colors, but somehow in the dark night, the colors can be beautiful.
—Mitch/Bangkok Bangkok Obvious [WIP] Eggleston said that he was "at war with the obvious"...
. He always want's action, and when he get's it, he is the calmest dog one can imagine.
I think the flat tire earlier sapped the energy out of him during the final sprint, but we will never know if that's true
