Well I was supposed to have a photoshoot this weekend but it fell through, so I'm just going to share some Tuki photos instead. We have some really neat areas around the property that offer some great backgrounds and I normally test them out with Tuki before my shoots
One of the photblogs I follow recommended reworking old images. Good point as my techniques have improved a bit and the Nik collection has made a difference. Scott Parry's web actions have helped also. This is a 2 frame vertirama made with my 28 2.8 ais at f8 about 5 years ago. Hermanus is a lovely town on the coast about an hour from Cape Town and in whale season many whales calve here. This was later on an overcast day.
Sorry to hear that, Kevin. Went through similar issues the last couple years myself. Hopefully they can come up with a plan to give you what you want in these appointments.
kwoodard wrote:
The lens selling is about to start for me. I have diabetic retinopathy, stage 1. I have a handful of appointments setup to see if it can be stopped where the damage is currently and possibly corrected with new glasses. Issue is, my close up vision is beat to hell. I can barely see through a viewfinder with my glasses on and I have to use maximum diopter strength to have a chance to see anything with the naked eye. All this, plus the nerve damage that I have in my hands and feet, adds up to making MF glass damn near impossible. I’ve been trying to use Live View, but it’s hit and miss. I’m really struggling with what to keep. I finally got an F2 after decades of waiting and I can’t use it. My N90 I can use with AF glass, just have to trust it’s exposure meter. I can still use my TLR though, it’s built in magnifying glass is very nice. I can’t read the exposure meter on it, but I can read my handheld meter. Sadly, looks like anything Nikon is going to have to be AF for me from now on. I will probably keep my 24/2.8 though. I only ever zone focus with that one anyway. :/...Show more →
Not quite 100% sold on these, but I liked them enough to have them make it out of LR, so there (hopefully) is something there. Very similar, all with the 85mm f1.8H. I tried my best to make the color come out the way I remembered seeing out and not electro-vivid, perhaps with just a contrast boost to make the darks a little darker, but it was a colorful fall around here. I do like a warmer white balance, probably a carryover from Velvia days as well.
The 200mm is wonderfully sharp with delicious bokeh, but the 50-300mm is no slouch, much slower at 4.5 but as sharp and allowing a wonderful range. That is a 400mm 3.5 on the right, will take that to the theater at the next community play.
Peter, it would be interesting to see your old "finished" shot next to the newly processed shot. For me, I've been through probably 4 monitors since I started the digital journey and that alone has made some old processed shots look bad.
Jonathon, thanks for sharing pictures of the bridge. Always enjoy the geometric forms of older structures.
Rafael, you're making the 50-300 shine; the performing arts shots you share always add a welcome variety to my day full of landscape shots. I'm guessing that you shoot these wide open, and must have some secret sauce to eliminate the wide open glow a lot of these old lenses have. Maybe the telephotos are exempt.
Jay, a quick google of "Robinson's View acadia" did not turn up anything meaningful. Did I guess the location correctly?
Another pic with the 20mm f3.5 AI. I've often thought of selling this lens, but then I use it and change my mind.
pbraymond wrote:
Peter, it would be interesting to see your old "finished" shot next to the newly processed shot. For me, I've been through probably 4 monitors since I started the digital journey and that alone has made some old processed shots look bad.
Ray, they are chalk and cheese on my current monitor (Dell - nothing fancy), which is why I submitted the shot. Mostly the changes relate to how I process in PSE, Elements +, Nik selection and final sharpening.
Mathieu18 wrote:
Very distinctive processing Jonathan, I like these a lot. Nice work.
One from this morning, another B&W. Df w/ Non AI 24mm f/2.8.
For a second I thought that may be the Sanitary Restaurant in Morehead, but they have hardwood floors I think. Plus that is a little ways up the coast from you too.
Sorry, been enjoying the D500/200-500 combo (see the AF thread)
Here is the Am Dram theatre in Shimla. The British put on a lot of productions here, all complete with elaborate costumes and sets, Officers and their wives mainly.
It fell into disrepair but has now been completely restored to it's former glory
pbraymond wrote:
Peter, it would be interesting to see your old "finished" shot next to the newly processed shot. For me, I've been through probably 4 monitors since I started the digital journey and that alone has made some old processed shots look bad.
Jonathon, thanks for sharing pictures of the bridge. Always enjoy the geometric forms of older structures.
Rafael, you're making the 50-300 shine; the performing arts shots you share always add a welcome variety to my day full of landscape shots. I'm guessing that you shoot these wide open, and must have some secret sauce to eliminate the wide open glow a lot of these old lenses have. Maybe the telephotos are exempt.
Jay, a quick google of "Robinson's View acadia" did not turn up anything meaningful. Did I guess the location correctly?
Another pic with the 20mm f3.5 AI. I've often thought of selling this lens, but then I use it and change my mind.
Ray, the telephoto ED lenses are free from wide open glow, and I do use them fully open, that being their purpose. I feel I lose more quality by closing the lens and going higher ISO than what I gain from the smaller aperture. You may get some edge color fringes for out of focus areas. The biggest challenge by far is getting the manual focus right, this I can do for the 300mm 4.5 by using the indicator in the 810, for he 200mm 2.0 it would be hard on the DSLR but practicable on the Z6.
