bobbelbob wrote:
Yup! Unfortunately, this virus will rage until it's done. I find it all really frustrating and then Sweden is not even near the lock down mode as most parts of the rest of the world. The county I live in is having a death rate a lot lower than previous years, even though this a relatively densely populated county (in swedish measures, I'll have to add). Adding also a lot of people from my county are travelling a lot to south Europe for skiing where the epicenter was in Italy in february and march. Well, no need to speculate really, what happens happens. Just gotta try to stay safe.
Went to the countryside today.
The pepper plants where put into the ground, new timer and some refurbishing of the watering system. A lot of hard work, my back is kind of sore now 😂
I managed to take a few shots. As promised I will give you all a little story when I have the shots ready and processed.
leighton w wrote:
Come now Kristian, "your back is a little sore"? You're a young man, you should be able to do this 10-12 hours a day for over twenty years!
Stay safe my friend.
Haha!! I feel very sorry for myself 😂 To be honest, this kind of work is exactly what I need. Sitting down on my ass most of my workdays is not the best. We are originally made to work with our bodies 💪
Plaubel Makina 67, either wide open at f/2.8 or at f/4, with Ektachrome E100. Part of the roll messed up during loading into the lab-box, but about half the frames were salvageable.
leighton w wrote:
We are going to open the farmers market next week in accordance with the Governor's Phase 1 requirements. That includes face masks, social distancing and other requirements. IMO, it won't last long like this and I'm betting he'll have to close it down again in a couple weeks. I totally understand the need to open things up, but you can't change the science of this virus. It's going to do what it's going to do.
You might be OK if everyone's wearing a mask and doing the right thing. I'm starting to think masks must play a huge role in this. Here in HK social distancing is impossible. Totally impossible. Big & crowded city of 7.5m in about 1,000 sq km. I was in the metro at Central station Friday at peak hour and the crowd was around 100 wide and at least 500 deep ... pretty well squashed together all walking to exits and connecting stations. Crowds are everywhere here all the time. But we have basically zero local infections and the only thing I can put it down to is that evereyone wears a mask ... all 7.5m people. At least 99.99%. The only time I see someone not wearing a mask is on the hiking trails.
You're not alone Dean... I think we're all experiencing cabin fever. Living alone adds to the challenge. I called Sue this morning and suggested we go for a walk. We did and ended the afternoon with a hug, my second experience of touching another human being in eight weeks... the first a hug she and I shared a week ago.
We have much yet to learn about Covid-19, both in terms of how it is transmitted, how virulent it is and how it can best be treated among those hardest hit. Fortunately and unfortunately, with the 24 hour news cycle we're inundated with hypotheses, horror stories and conspiracy theories with much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Now with governments stepping back from tight restrictions on behavior we'll doubtless learn more about the disease. It clearly has not been as dangerous as first feared and that is cause for celebration. Now we need to get people back to work so they can feed their families, pay their rent and perhaps even venture into a store to buy something other than food.
In the meantime, I'll be spending part of each day rambling through the neighborhood and taking photos... still with the 35-200 f/3.5-4.5 AI-s...
Love your flower shots Ray and Colin. Yes, it is the season to be shooting flowers, at least in the northern hemisphere. And then we have Phong's lovely photos of exotic flowers from the other side of the world. Boy would I love to be rambling around Vietnam taking photos... though I'd likely do more street photography than landscapes. What an amazing world in which we live...
CGrindahl wrote:
Meanwhile I took a ramble with the 35-200 f/3.5-4.5 AI-s this afternoon. I'm getting a bit more comfortable moving back and forth with the macro adjustment. I even played a bit with Exposure Compensation. This shot had a third of a stop increase.
Can you please share more on how to shoot this kind of red.
Recently I am trying to take some photos of red rose but it seems almost over-saturated. After trying and failing, my experience withdrawn is:
1. Manage not to shoot in harsh light
2. Underexpose 1/2-1stop
3. Desaturate in pp
4. Any good experience, please advise
Hi Phong. I've had trouble with reds in the past but I've found some relief with a bit of tweaking in Lightroom. I've not attempted this kind of treatment in Photoshop so I can't comment on that. I expect the same capability exists there however. I just don't know how to get there.
I generally shoot with spot metering, which means using the center focus point. When I open the file in Lightroom I adjust Exposure and usually diminish highlights since red images tend to appear over-exposed. The key in achieving realistic color with red subjects is to reduce the red luminance shift. For the image above I reduced exposure 1.3, highlights -33 and red luminance -39. Needless to say this isn't a formula. What you're doing is evaluating the image as you move the sliders, playing until you find the color you remember from the field. I never work with saturation or vibrance and only rarely adjust clarity.
In the image above I also reduced dark tones and did a pass of sharpening before moving the image to Photoshop where I resized, converted from 16 bits to 8 bits and applied a final pass of smart sharpening before saving the JPG file. Nothing magical here, but I'm definitely very happy with how my red flowers are turning out. In fact, here is another one...
CGrindahl wrote:
You're not alone Dean... I think we're all experiencing cabin fever. Living alone adds to the challenge. I called Sue this morning and suggested we go for a walk. We did and ended the afternoon with a hug, my second experience of touching another human being in eight weeks... the first a hug she and I shared a week ago.
We have much yet to learn about Covid-19, both in terms of how it is transmitted, how virulent it is and how it can best be treated among those hardest hit. Fortunately and unfortunately, with the 24 hour news cycle we're inundated with hypotheses, horror stories and conspiracy theories with much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Now with governments stepping back from tight restrictions on behavior we'll doubtless learn more about the disease. It clearly has not been as dangerous as first feared and that is cause for celebration. Now we need to get people back to work so they can feed their families, pay their rent and perhaps even venture into a store to buy something other than food.
In the meantime, I'll be spending part of each day rambling through the neighborhood and taking photos... still with the 35-200 f/3.5-4.5 AI-s...
I think I'm with Phong here, I also have some problem with the reds. Thanks for your description. Keep on rambling the neighborhoods, love the flower shots!
CGrindahl wrote:
Hi Phong. I've had trouble with reds in the past but I've found some relief with a bit of tweaking in Lightroom. I've not attempted this kind of treatment in Photoshop so I can't comment on that. I expect the same capability exists there however. I just don't know how to get there.
I generally shoot with spot metering, which means using the center focus point. When I open the file in Lightroom I adjust Exposure and usually diminish highlights since red images tend to appear over-exposed. The key in achieving realistic color with red subjects is to reduce the red luminance shift. For the image above I reduced exposure 1.3, highlights -33 and red luminance -39. Needless to say this isn't a formula. What you're doing is evaluating the image as you move the sliders, playing until you find the color you remember from the field. I never work with saturation or vibrance and only rarely adjust clarity.
In the image above I also reduced dark tones and did a pass of sharpening before moving the image to Photoshop where I resized, converted from 16 bits to 8 bits and applied a final pass of smart sharpening before saving the JPG file. Nothing magical here, but I'm definitely very happy with how my red flowers are turning out. In fact, here is another one...
Plaubel Makina 67, either wide open at f/2.8 or at f/4, with Ektachrome E100. Part of the roll messed up during loading into the lab-box, but about half the frames were salvageable.
Samy, love the image. I was curious, how much does it cost to develop a roll of color film compared to B&W?
deang001 wrote:
You might be OK if everyone's wearing a mask and doing the right thing. I'm starting to think masks must play a huge role in this. Here in HK social distancing is impossible. Totally impossible. Big & crowded city of 7.5m in about 1,000 sq km. I was in the metro at Central station Friday at peak hour and the crowd was around 100 wide and at least 500 deep ... pretty well squashed together all walking to exits and connecting stations. Crowds are everywhere here all the time. But we have basically zero local infections and the only thing I can put it down to is that evereyone wears a mask ... all 7.5m people. At least 99.99%. The only time I see someone not wearing a mask is on the hiking trails.
I'm really over all of this. I bloody hate it! ...Show more →
I hate it too. I haven't been able to hug my grandchildren in weeks.
I know the masks work, but talking people around here into wearing them is next to impossible. Some men think that your a wimp or something if you do. Not this old boy, I'll keep wearing one when I go out until this passes. I ended up in the hospital when in my late 30's with the Flu and thought I was going to die. I don't want to ever do that again.
Dean, its good to know that masks work so well. People just following common sense will go a long way for some normalcy to return. There's a lot of variables in how this pandemic has impacted different areas, but there are some that individuals can control.
Peter, love your macro work. Like the blue in the upper part of the butterfly's body and radiating out to the wings.
Phong, I have struggled in the past with bright red colours too. Spot metering with some underexposure helps. Looks like Curtis has a more refined formula, you are learning from one of the best here!
You're a young man, you should be able to do this 10-12 hours a day for over twenty years!
