rafaelcasd wrote:
No Serge, I meant the person in the river does not look earthly.
Rafael, my apologies for misunderstanding your post.
It turns out the River Elf is a bronze statute by a well known artist. Some residents are not too crazy about the nudity and have covered it with boxer shorts in the past.
Serge, the Water of Leith looks to be a lovely walk. I found some fun photos about Gormley's statue and my favorite was the pink bikini. Thanks for letting us tag along.
James Markus wrote:
Serge, the Water of Leith looks to be a lovely walk. I found some fun photos about Gormley's statue and my favorite was the pink bikini. Thanks for letting us tag along.
James, it is a great and relaxing walk with lush greens throughout. Sadly it was drizzling the majority of our time there.
I would not have nearly missed it sporting a pink bikini.
Glad you are enjoying the photos and nice captures of your growing family.
Here are three more photos from the classic car show in Courtenay, all courtesy of the 5.8 f/1.4 S, Fuji X-T4, Lens Turbo II focal reducer, Lightroom Classic, and Nik 6 Color FX.
GroWeb wrote:
Here are three more photos from the classic car show in Courtenay, all courtesy of the 5.8 f/1.4 S, Fuji X-T4, Lens Turbo II focal reducer, Lightroom Classic, and Nik 6 Color FX.
Regina, Jay - lovely flowers!
Colin - your IR shots are always spot on. Love the composition of the bridge shot
Glen - loving your car series. Great colors and composition
Huss - great portrait!
Rafael - love your cruising shots and that 70mm/5 is drool worthy
Deepak - good work with the 55 micro
Scott - the 28 - 50 is a lens I have never shot. Looks good from your copy
Jim - looks like a great time with the family! One chocolate cake destroyed
Matt - loving the results you are getting with the 80-200. Is that the version with the rectangular rear baffle?
Regina - +1 on cycling love! Really enjoyed your travel shots!
Serge - Mr world traveler always great shots!
ocean2059 - great series from Virginia
sorry if I missed anyone. Just such great images the last few pages!
I was talking with a couple of my local photog buddies and we went down the rabbit hole talking about software manipulation in cameras. Especially phone cameras and the faux bokeh modes. Disclaimer, not saying anything wrong with any of it, but we were comparing to the technology changes in our lifetime.
I wanted to give them an example of what you can do with camera/lens movement and that selective subject isolation is not new and is possible without the use of software.
Below is a quick attempt to show them what tilt/shift/swing can do. Too hot to go shoot outside and too hot to ride outside so this was my subject at hand in the cave/exercise room
Definitely not your standard kit and definitely heavier than an iPhone
The lens used was the Bronica Nikkor 40mm f/4 D-C. I made a lens mount for the Actus rig from a spare Bronica focusing ring mount. Hole saw, dremel and epoxy does wonders. It did not have to be precise since it is intended to have movements anyway.
I wanted to show subject isolation with isolated depth of field on the bike trainer. I applied 10° of left swing on the lens and 8mm of shift of the digital back. Only processing done in post editing was to apply the TR17 preset in Lightroom for color saturation, contrast, etc.
The second shot of the rig was with the Nikkor 24mm/2.8 Ais
