Membler wrote:
This was a just stop the truck and grab a few shots of an amazing sunset on my way home from the Denver airport. Both are three shot bracketed shots with one stop exposure difference between the three shots. I should have stoped the lens down but these were shot wide open at f2.8, 1/1600 and iso 100. Merged in Lightroom HDR. Highlights -100, shadows +100. Clarity and vibrance up but quite a bit to around 25 to 30. Some contrast, set white and black points. My basic workflow. No sharpening other than the 25% LR adds for the lens profile.
I sent these over the ON1 Raw Effects for some Dynamic Contrast added but I dialed it back about 50% because it's a really strong preset.
chiron wrote:
Thanks, Membler. That is all very helpful and gives me a sense of how you get so much impact in your pictures. I assume the use of a tripod?
You routinely do a very nice job of turning prosaic objects and moments into something special and beautiful.
chiron
Thank you. I hardly ever use a tripod with the A6500 but I do sometimes with my A7.
chiron wrote:
You didn't need a tripod to do the merging of the three bracketed images?
No, you can shoot hand held even up to 9 exposures. LR has an alignment option. Just have good form. This is one I shot Friday with three exposures hand held in the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas with the A6500. F3.2, iso 400 at 1/200 of a second.
Membler wrote:
No, you can shoot hand held even up to 9 exposures. LR has an alignment option. Just have good form. This is one I shot Friday with three exposures hand held in the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas with the A6500. F3.2, iso 400 at 1/200 of a second.
Hunh! That definitely can make life easier. Looks like good sharpness.
Bill Hollinger wrote:
I think I posted this question in the wrong place. The black and white image of the child is excellent. Is it with the 70-200 f4.0 at 1/30th second?
Thanks.
Thanks Bill,
It was and at 86mm, f4, iso 200 and hand held at 1/30 of a second. I had to go back into Lightroom and double check because it surprises me too. The IBIS seems to work very well on this camera. The continuous focus seems to work very well but I can't tell you my hit ratio. I'm happy with it. here is the color version. I used Tonality Pro to process the B&W.
Thanks very much Mike. The detail on the dog's face is excellent too - dog actions photos is mostly what I do these days. so the AFC system is really important.
If I were making a move right now the Olympus and Fuji cameras would be at the top of my list. I even have a relative that works for Olympus so there could be some advantages there. And Olympus has the best image stabilization in the business along with top notch weather sealing. I would rather it be an APC sensor like the Fuji though but sensor size in most situations can be over rated sometimes. Both systems have quality glass.
My route from Nikon to Sony started with the A6000 and then the full frame A7. I've slowly collected a nice selection of good Sony glass that works on my new A6500 and my A7. Overall I'm very happy with where I'm at especially with my new A6500. It's build quality seems really good and for my wildlife and daughters soccer pictures it seems to do a great job. The A7 has served me well for landscapes. I'm not a professional photographer but a highly motivated enthusiast with a love for photography. You can check out my SmugMug page for some of my work including some soccer pictures I take of my daughters club soccer team shot with the A6500 and FE70-200 f4.
