Erik, Yesterday I was thinking of starting the same thread but didn't want to step on Guy's toes at GetDPI.
I'm shooting film through the H1 at the moment and bought some out of date Ilford HP5+ (Expired Dec 2001) just to run some cheap film though and ripen a batch of Harvey Panthermic 777 developer. The backing paper has "printed through" and made a real mess of the emulsion. I posted a few shots to show how bad it was on Flickr.
This one was picked for Explore and has 7,500 views and 69 "likes", and we worry about sharpness ;D
Windmill at Lytham UK. H1 80mmHC
Erik, just yesterday I was thinking of starting the same thread but didn't want to step on Guy's toes at GetDPI.
But as it's here...
(http://www.keithlaban.co.uk/flagellum.jpg)
And so far, at least, it has just the right amount of technical discussion.
I dunno. It doesn't get much more technical than this: "...and bought some out of date Ilford HP5+ (Expired Dec 2001) just to run some cheap film though and ripen a batch of Harvey Panthermic 777 developer..."
Jim
Pentax 645D, 45-80 lens. Hand held with monopod in near hurricane force winds
Dave in NJ
May I be so bold to refer you to my web site to see my Father 's work. He died when I was three, and he was only 29. His negatives were lost for 72 years, and recently recovered, and returned to me. I only saw a few of his original prints; although he was published nationally in several Salon magazines. When I saw his negatives for the first time, I thought I was looking at my own negatives. We photographed the same scenes on LBI, IN THE SAME STYLE!! I scanned his medium format negs with a Nikon Coolscan 8000 and dodged, burned the edges and corners, and printed in the style and spirit of my Father, whom I do not remember. If you go to the link, and see my Father's work, please also look at my B&W page, and look at my B&W images.....do they look like my Dad's?
Very best regards, and thanks for looking....you will really enjoy this story with a magnificent happy ending
Dave
http://www.modernpictorials.com/alexander_gurtcheff_images_circa.html
f you go to the link, and see my Father's work, please also look at my B&W page, and look at my B&W images.....do they look like my Dad's?
I like them :)
Images from a different time and space. I like the rendition you have chosen.
Pentax 645D, 45-80 lens. Hand held with monopod in near hurricane force winds
Dave in NJ
Erik: Beautiful sky and beautiful home town. Well done. May I ask where you live?
Dave
Cartesian coordinates are named after René Descartes.
As is Cartesian Doubt - I still suffer from it occasionally...As in, "I think I think, therefore I think I am?"
Cartesian coordinates are named after René Descartes.
Spherical coordinates are named after Alessandro Spherikos, the famous Greek mathematician. Cylindrical coordinates are named after Benedetto Cylindrica, the Italian astronomer. And Polar coordinates? It took a whole country to come up with that.
There you go! Only three pages, and geeks managed to highjack a thread about FUN (with photography) with FACTS (about science)! ;D
Uh, actually, my post was completely fact-free.
Just to get back to images :-)
This is from Brahe Hus, Gränna, Sweden. P45+ Distagon 40
(http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Other/Technical/P45/i-zdkPXhj/0/X3/20130907-CF044069-X3.jpg)
Best regards
Erik
The Causeway Shack on the way to Long Beach Island had long been an Icon. It slowly disintegrated, and Hurricane Sandy finished it off. I photographed it all throughout the years. I went through some of my old negatives and re-visited them. Some had boring skies, and I never printed them in my chemical color darkroom. The foregrounds were made with a Pentax 645 film camera and color negative film. The skies are more recent, and made with a Pentax 645D. I scanned the color negatives, and combined them with the 645D skies. The flight of geese was also added. I drew them with pencil on a piece of paper, scanned them, and used them for a bit of nostalgia.
Thanks for looking
Dave in NJ
Take my advice to survive forums one must learn sometimes to just change the channel and look for another thread that appeals to you more.
Fantastic series of photos, Dave. If you hadn't pointed out that they were digitally composited, we'd never have guessed.Yes, Ray, it is a composite. Bit of a dilemma . Polly's Dock, one of my favorite spots to photograph here is on the bay, in a cove, so the wind swirls. That day, the bay looked like the ocean with the big waves. The gulls always face into the wind, for a quick take off. But the composition begged for left to right rain, which I accentuated . It was raining, and blowing, but actually I do not recall exactly where from. The background sky was also added. It was taken in the same or close to the same spot, on a different day. I collect skies, and catalogue time of year, time of day, and direction, so they match. I actually did the same with my darkroom, but, albeit much more difficult, as it involved making foreground and background cardboard masks, changing negatives in the enlarger, in the dark via the safelight.
Your earlier one - that one of the bay, handheld in near-hurricane force winds - is that also a composite? The rain is windblown left-to-right, while the flag and waves seem to be windblown right-to-left.
Ray
Anything to do with Tycho Brahe, the greatest pre-telescopic astronomer? [Whoops, more geekery :D]
Ray
Another composite. Foreground made with Pentax 645 film camera and color negative film. Sky made with 35mm film camera, and color neg film. Both negatives scanned and digitally composited. The foreground had a boat in the lower left corner, which I thought was distracting, so I removed it. First image is the composite, the second image shows the foreground shot I used for the composite.
Thanks for looking
Dave in NJ
Nice Erik. Could you share what software you used to stitch? Did you use a "nodal" point slide plate of some kind? I have hesitated to try stitching, as I have no adapter. When I tried it by just taking two over lapping frames, ignoring nodal point, it was not successful.
Thanks for sharing
Dave
Here is one of mine, a stitched image from "Industrilandskapet" in Norrköping, Sweden.
Best regards
Erik
(http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Other/Technical/P45/i-fxNx8zG/0/X3/20140812-CF045436-X3.jpg)
Original: http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Other/Technical/P45/i-fxNx8zG/O
I normally don't do black and white images
So when I did this piece for my gallery I wanted to do something a little different
I used nil software silver light and the Ilford toning preset.
I am really pleased with the exposure of this piece and the dynamic range.
I normally don't do black and white images...
Well, that one was one hell of a b&w rendering!
Hi Dave,
Thanks for sharing. Your work is impressive!
Here is one of mine, astitchedimage from "Industrilandskapet" in Norrköping, Sweden.
Best regards
Erik
(http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Other/Technical/P45/i-fxNx8zG/0/X3/20140812-CF045436-X3.jpg)
Original: http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Other/Technical/P45/i-fxNx8zG/O
-Dave-
(http://www.davechewphotography.com/temp_images/DChew_140511_006665.jpg)Dave
(http://www.keithlaban.co.uk/227_12_Small.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/1549439_10152596046058915_2995427656299912939_n.jpg?oh=10aa3c77a2af7f5429ce9476ae49d368&oe=5510B043&__gda__=1427127240_33f5a03a2b2210bb0fecab6b6c71b30d)these 3 are super!
these 3 are super!
normally I don't post images on forums... but this thread is so refreshing and positive that I do...
P45/Cambo WRS/Digitar 47XL/4x Stitch
A Mark Rothko inspired view of Lake Erie:
Yesterday in Hamilton. 645z, 300mm f5.6
Budapest, Hasselblad, 40mm f/4.
(http://www.kasson.com/ll/069328-10c.jpg)
Jim
An interesting image, with some interesting details. When was it taken?
Hi Nick,
I really like that image.
Best regards
Erik
+1. I wish there was the ability to add a "LIKE" because there is so much really good stuff here.
Dave
Budapest, Hasselblad, 40mm f/4.
(http://www.kasson.com/ll/069328-10c.jpg)
Jim
Is that the train station? I've been there once, June 1993, perhaps we past each other ???
Really excellent standard so far.
But you know, moderators, these days a forum engine without a Like button is about as useful as tits on a bull. It isn't possible to indicate approval of the work, without cluttering up the thread with text commentary. Just like I'm doing now!
Ray
An image from March. Dunkirk, NY harbor. Handheld with gloves since it was about -20 C. Pentax 645D 400 mm.
An image from March. Dunkirk, NY harbor. Handheld with gloves since it was about -20 C. Pentax 645D 400 mm.
Did you outsource post processing to Peter Lik? I think I see a phantom in that light beam. ;)
Hi "Drevil"
Nice and non conventional image!
Here is one I shot in the Dolomites this year. No ideas about technical data.
(http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Other/Technical/P45/i-6ZVdk37/0/X3/20140609-CF045146_LR57_EKR-X3.jpg) (http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Other/Technical/P45/i-6ZVdk37/0/X3/20140609-CF045146_LR57_EKR-X3.jpg)
Best regards
Erik
Erik... I wonder... do I have the "licence" to post a version of mine on this? ...(your permission I mean).
Hi,
You don't need permission, this a free thread on a free forum.
And, I am of course much interested in seeing your version of the "this".
Best regards
Erik
Where is there a Like button when we need it! :)
Eduardo
Why d'you insist on being a contrarian?
:)
Edmund
Whoops! I seem to have killed this topic. That was not my intention.
Where did I go wrong? Please help and I will withdraw my photo if that helps.
Roger
Whoops! I seem to have killed this topic. That was not my intention.
Where did I go wrong? Please help and I will withdraw my photo if that helps.
Roger
I am an amateur. So, all my photos are for fun!
Linhof Techno, 28mm lens, tilts and shifts, Credo 60
Roger
...The image was taken here: 56°28'0" N 14°39'2" E...
Merry Christmas!
First shot with my new H4D-50, back mounted on a Linhof Techno using SK47XL. Won't be much shooting for a while as my external Silvestri battery is bad, it only holds power for 10 minutes or so. Due to the hollidays it will take a while before I get a replacement. The back seems to handle the -20C temperature without problems though.
Meanwhile I'll try to figure out the calibration data format in the 3FR file format, unless Hasselblad sends me the spec (unlikely, but I've at least asked). The attached image is processed in RawTherapee, but converted to FFF first in Phocus to get calibration data applied. RT opens 3FR too but as calibration data is not applied the result is not that good.
Not sure if this qualifies for Artsy or not but here it goes anyways ;) : Castle Eilean Donan, 645DF+, IQ260, 40-80mm @ 65mm, ISO 50, 10sec, f/6.3, 3 images focus stacked... (click on image for larger view)
I am not the original poster but I reckon that, if this topic is to have some relevance, the images posted should have obvious artsy-ness that takes them beyond the images posted in the Non-professional work topic. Some building pics have been posted in this topic which I consider belong to the Non-professional work topic because I could not see any degree of artsy-ness about them, competent though they were as images.
But, your image is, in my opinion, a really impressive artsy image and truly qualifies to be exhibited under this topic. Well done!
I would like to see only images with obvious artsy-ness posted under this topic in future. There are other topics in this forum for non-artsy images!
Roger
Hi,
I am the OP, this thread was intended to be artsy in the sense that should be about images and not techniques. Really, I just wanted to start a thread about images. (I removed the "Artsy thread" and replaced with "images"), my privilege as OP.
Best regards
Erik
I'm confused. The topic has "Artsy thread" in its title even though you say you removed it and, if you just wanted to throw up images, what's wrong with using the Non-professional works topic?
If you offer choices without clear distinctions, people tend not to participate because they cannot decide which choice is for them!
Roger
Hi,
I wanted to demonstrate that it was easy to start a new thread discussing images, and I feel that we got some great images. I can put back the artsy stuff, or if you have some better suggestion I would be glad to use it.
Best regards
Erik
I am not the original poster but I reckon that, if this topic is to have some relevance, the images posted should have obvious artsy-ness that takes them beyond the images posted in the Non-professional work topic. Some building pics have been posted in this topic which I consider belong to the Non-professional work topic because I could not see any degree of artsy-ness about them, competent though they were as images.
But, your image is, in my opinion, a really impressive artsy image and truly qualifies to be exhibited under this topic. Well done!
I would like to see only images with obvious artsy-ness posted under this topic in future. There are other topics in this forum for non-artsy images!
Roger, I can't speak for the original poster, but if you go to this thankfully-locked thread:
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/forum/index.php?topic=95456.0
and read as much as you can stand, I think you might get an idea why the ongoing thread exists.
Jim
Hi,
I wanted to demonstrate that it was easy to start a new thread discussing images, and I feel that we got some great images. I can put back the artsy stuff, or if you have some better suggestion I would be glad to use it.
Best regards
Erik
Eric,
Above all, delete "artsy" from the title.
Roger
It lives! the red herring climbs back out of the rubbish bin :)
Erik, I think your pictures and the subject line are quite ok.
Just keep posting ... pictures :)
Edmund
Erik, I like that you jettisoned the Artsy bit. Perhaps you could underline Fun?
Hi,
I am a bit struggling with my latest P45+ images, here is a Pentax 67 image from the old times:
(http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Sextener-Dolomiten/i-XbwTpPm/0/X2/20021228-DreiZinnen_2002_a19-X2.jpg) (http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Sextener-Dolomiten/i-XbwTpPm/0/O/20021228-DreiZinnen_2002_a19.jpg)
This was shot on Provia and scanned on a Minolta Dimage Scan Multi Pro.
Here is a modern version of that subject shot on a Sony Alpha 99 SLT, as I didn't carry my Hasselblad on that walk.
(http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Dolomites2014/i-NWcHL7L/0/X2/20130821-_DSC2779-X2.jpg) (http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Travel/Dolomites2014/i-NWcHL7L/0/O/20130821-_DSC2779.jpg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_north_faces_of_the_Alps
Best regards
Erik
I've also given Erik's slide a try. I hope you don't mind ;)
Hi,
I really like the second image that you posted!
Here is an image I am struggling with
(http://echophoto.dnsalias.net/ekr/Articles/Challenge/20141227-CF045982_small.jpg)
and here is the raw file: http://echophoto.dnsalias.net/ekr/Articles/Challenge/20141227-CF045982.IIQ
Anyone coming up with a great conversion?
Best regards
Erik
P.S. Roger, I just bought a DPM2. Amazing files, but why would you post in a MF thread?
Hi Erik:
Those images make a good case for using film ;D.
Tom
Hi Erik
Time perhaps for a sensor clean?
;-)
Thanks Erik, guess I just see things differently ;D
C1 v7
Hasselblad CF 39 Back on 500CM, 80 mm Planar on Extension Tubes. (http://A0001663.jpg)
I'm printing a few older images. Here's one I really like: Sunrise (around 5:30 am), Cap Bon Ami, Gaspe, Quebec. This area is the absolute end of the St. Lawrence River and the water of the Great Lakes. If you have a chance to visit Quebec, or most of Canada for that matter, take it.
Nice. Reminds me of Olivia Parker.
http://oliviaparker.com/
Jim
Lunchtime walk around with the P20 & 40mm f4 CF FLE, a cracking lens, processed in C1 v7, fun conversion to BW.
Hi,
Nice picture. Your pictures are always interesting.
Yes, I would agree that the 40/4 CF FLE produces very sharp results, at least if it is optimally used.
Erik
Hello,
Mamiya RZ on trannie film and then Polaroid SX70.
Cheers
Simon
red flowers
(http://www.keithlaban.co.uk/red flowers.jpg)
Hasselblad 500 series, 80mm lens + extension on Velvia.
Beautiful Chris. Really loving the compositions and detail.Appreciated, we do sometimes forget why we torture ourselves with all this technical detail.
Time to bump the thread I think.
...picture....
Hassy 503, 500/8 lens.
That is a great image Jim, good job.
That is a great image Jim, good job.
Thanks.
It doesn't often snow at lower altitudes in central California, but when it does the contrast of the snow and the green grass is nice.
Jim
(http://www.kasson.com/ll/020101-6.jpg)
Hassy 503, 500/8 lens.
Jim
Beautiful!
Jim, Echo the "really nice" ours is usually a blanket which can be effective.
May I , drops voice to a low whisper knowing we don't talk technical here, and one word is enough, ask APO? (I'm looking at those at the moment)
Tele-Apotessar. I understand there were several versions. The SN for this one is 743xxxx, if that helps. I haven't used it in years.Appreciated.
Jim
Joe, that sign cracked me up! If I am not mistaken, it reads: "NO DOG POOPING violators will have their noses rubbed in it" :) Philadelphia?
Joe, that sign cracked me up! If I am not mistaken, it reads: "NO DOG POOPING violators will have their noses rubbed in it" :) Philadelphia?
Assembly, I know why you say that, but the image really works for me. gorgeous.
- N.
Nobody shooting for fun?
Always, especially when the ice melts . 645Z, 35mm A. The sensor in the 645D would not have been able to handle the DR in this shot:
That's a gorgeous image.
Jim
A photographer in Yellowstone. Perhaps not the best weather to be a high point.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/394/19333410832_75fe8313b3_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/vsqMtw)_IGP3572-1 copy (https://flic.kr/p/vsqMtw) by tsjanik47 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/21294128@N08/), on Flickr
A few MF pictures from me too :)
I had a Phase One IQ160 on loan for a year and here are some shots.
http://www.hanskrusephotography.com/Landscapes/Selected-Landscape-Gallery/i-j7mwMNs/A
(http://www.hanskrusephotography.com/Landscapes/Selected-Landscape-Gallery/i-j7mwMNs/5/L/CF001854-L.jpg)
http://www.hanskrusephotography.com/Landscapes/Selected-Landscape-Gallery/i-f48b4cn/A
(http://www.hanskrusephotography.com/Landscapes/Selected-Landscape-Gallery/i-f48b4cn/7/L/CF001869-L.jpg)
A few MF pictures from me too :)
I had a Phase One IQ160 on loan for a year and here are some shots.
Ah the Devil's Cross. Very nice, Chris
Hi,
This is an image which I feel may make MFD some justice:
The image may not be remarkable:
(http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Technical/P45-Samples/i-jf6xrSK/0/X3/20130820_cropped-X3.jpg)
But the crop below may show some good detail. Print large and look close:
(http://echophoto.smugmug.com/Technical/P45-Samples/i-4xrF7TX/1/O/20130820_cropped.jpg)
Best regards
Erik
A few MF pictures from me too :)
I had a Phase One IQ160 on loan for a year and here are some shots.
http://www.hanskrusephotography.com/Landscapes/Selected-Landscape-Gallery/i-j7mwMNs/A
(http://www.hanskrusephotography.com/Landscapes/Selected-Landscape-Gallery/i-j7mwMNs/5/L/CF001854-L.jpg)
http://www.hanskrusephotography.com/Landscapes/Selected-Landscape-Gallery/i-f48b4cn/A
(http://www.hanskrusephotography.com/Landscapes/Selected-Landscape-Gallery/i-f48b4cn/7/L/CF001869-L.jpg)
Hi,
This is an image which I feel may make MFD some justice:
The image may not be remarkable:
Erik
Erik,
A guy who was walking there just emailed me this picture, it looks remarkably like yours, but I think the guy has some sort of contrasty film, he seemed to paint a bit of light into the sea and shadows into the valleys, and also he seemed to have a camera with a different aspect ratio, leading to an interesting rising diagonal up to a tree at the very top. I hope you will forgive me if I post his picture, which of course has a very different character from yours, and which I will remove at once if it offends you ...
Edmund
PS. In the days when I was still selling prints, I would spend around 20 hours retouch on the file of every print I wanted to sell. This here just gives an indication of one direction one might want to explore.
Hi Edmund,
Thanks for your suggestions. Just to say, I have spent some time on those pictures and I was never really happy. So, new ideas are most welcome!
Best regards
Erik
I don't think we have a retouch forum here. But it's something we could do - you know, post a pic in a thread, and see what various people do with it. I think most of us in this forum are pretty good at the craft of photography, but finding the ideas to keep from being repetitive is a creative rather than technical issue. Somebody like you is already so good at the technical aspects that he is technically capable of capturing any image he can visualize ...
You could post the Raw from that image and ask people to have a go at retouching it, although I think the Tiff would be already more than good enough. I do wonder what Hans Kruse would do with it.
Edmund
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/475/20080023599_052be99d7d_h.jpg)
RIAT RAF Fairford Red Arrows Display team
H1,P45+ 80mmHC
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/475/20080023599_052be99d7d_h.jpg)
RIAT RAF Fairford Red Arrows Display team
H1,P45+ 80mmHC
Beautiful image. I like the way the sun stars off each canopy.
Edmund
Thank you Edmund, I did have an angle choice and the reflections chose this one for me, it was the engineers I was after, just that touch of human interest, for once I'm pretty happy with a shot, usually they are better in my head.
I also like square format very much. But in this case I very much prefer Chris's original panoramic rendition. For me, the receding symmetry of the airplanes is what makes the image.
That's a rocking great shot, Chris!
A 5 image stitch from a Pentax 645z + 150mm/2.8 lens - tifo display in Seattle, WA, USA. We lost the match, but I created 8 more of these in the 800MP to 1,800MP range from this vantage point and 7 others around the stadium in a compass patern. Stitching with 51mp images sucks - especially when doing multiple rows of live action. Still, I want to try it with an 80MP setup with a 200/210/240mm lens :D And a Mac Pro to stitch it together... The image is of the Washington State flag, done holding up solid 30"x30" pieces of plastic. Lots of planning in the layout and execution of this.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CLawpbjUwAEkB9Y.jpg)
http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/177106 (http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/177106)
I'd love some help editing down my (far too many) candidate images (http://blog.doug-peterson.com/cs/kickstarter-preselection/) for a future book of Bodyscapes. All shot on medium format.
Since I don't want to monopolize this thread perhaps you could provide the feedback on this facebook thread (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10103328642565534&set=a.655333015344.2321368.12308389&type=1&theater). Or here if you prefer.
Tetons: Awe-inspiring, and completely foreign to me.
August when we last had "fun".
Lots of changes since then, much quieter here I feel, who knows what the near future will bring?
Last throw of this dice?
Cornwall
H1, P45+ (yes, some posters own backs), 80mmf2.8HC C1v8 (at last)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5797/22926981119_79142403e8_b.jpg)
But, I enjoyed shooting with the classic V-system/P45+ kit, so I hang on with it and will hopefully shoot some more nice images with it, too.
Erik
Hi Erik
Enjoy is most pertinent, I have tried the A7 series and did not enjoy using it. I can see why for commercial use it is a very useful tool but I shoot for pleasure, mine mainly, and that was not working for me. I don't expect that to influence anyone at all nor should it. I still shoot lots of B/W film, 35mm, again because I enjoy doing it, no one pays me to do it and that's the way I like it.
I am delighted it is working for you, I never felt you fully jelled, or perhaps produced what you wanted, with the 'blad and now going back to it occasionally with no pressure it will bring you more satisfaction. That we have such choices available is the blessing. Keep well.
Best
ChrisL
Hi Erik, I have admired your photography from afar. I think that the autumn shot that you have posted here is gorgeous -- luscious yellow/oranges and the deep reddish-brown seen in some Scandinavian rural areas and the faded reds and pinks of the smaller trees. The reflection adds depth to the vision you have captured. Might I suggest that it is worthy of posting on your website.
Kind regards,
Sean
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No one having fun these days?
Deliberately underexposed about two stops then processed in Capture One V9 using the Demo of Digital Transitions new Style Pack for C1:
DT BW 12, Kitchen Sink.
P45+ H1 80mm HC
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1631/26138304881_28621b3cfb_c.jpg)
Birch at sunset
simple, nice. may I be allowed to post some crops for discussion ?
Edmund
I'm forcing myself to book 4-5 hours on prints this week - here's one from the Ken/Don CI fun. A 4 shot stitch, with 3 filters hanging in front of the lens! H4D-50
Not sure where to post this, but thought it would be best here.
Due to the recent spat about pros vs. amateurs and creative briefs, I wanted to share a project I am currently planning, which is a personal project but I am approaching in a professional manner. It will intertwine interiors, beverage and lifestyle, and, hopefully, provide some continuity in my portfolio between my beverage & architectural work.
In the most primitive form, the creative brief is:
Create a series of three, maybe four, location images focusing on a liquor (probably a Tequila) with two models (a male and a female) becoming flirtatious over drinks. These images need to be in a bar and lit in a moody cinema-graphic fashion.
And so the process began.
One evening I took a walk around Philadelphia to scout out locations. After a while I spotted the perfect restaurant, a nice dark French brasserie in a corner building with a terrace on both sides. The bar was situated near the terrace and had porch doors right of it. The interior was relatively large, it was not overcrowded with tables, and would provide plenty of room to work. This was the perfect location.
So a couple days later I walked in with my portfolio, offered them a free day of photography if they allowed me to use their location. They agreed, and, surprisingly, will give me access at night.
Yesterday I met with the restaurant again to discuss what they want, what I want, and took a couple scouting images.
The images that will be created for (my part of) this project are:
1. A wide vertical image of the right side of the bar with the product on the bar and two models standing at the side. I will probably have the women be the aggressor, since a male aggressor always looks hypersexual. The image below is an approx. angle, but the final will be closer, cropping out the chandelier and showing more of outside.
2. An image looking over the bar towards the terrace with the product on the bar and the models outside. Product will be in focus, the exterior will not.
3. An image captured from almost opposite the product shot, showing the models walking out onto the terrace. This will be much more lifestyle image, and I will capture a few “wider” verticals and “tighter” horizontals.
The first two will be shot with my technical camera and Rodie 55mm. The last will be shot with the DF+, switching between an 80mm & 120mm. I also already have the lighting for each image mapped out, but I’ll save that description for after the images are created.
Now that I have access and a refined brief, tomorrow will be spent getting all the gears in motion. Hope to shoot in two or three weeks; should be fun!
Of course Edmund, you know I'm not precious about my shots, especially only being an amateur ;)
Would it be useful to see the original before the style applied, it was full frame as presented:
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The original posted shot is downloadable from Flickr (11MB)
2706x3608
Beautiful!!
I hope you don't mind if I ask you what kind of filters you used - if you don't want to answer that's perfectly fine of course!
Where's the fun in that? It's a 2-stop soft Grad ND from Lee, a 2-stop Reverse ND from Formatt Hitech and a 4x4 glass CPL from Schneider. It's a 4 shot wide panorama. Here's a shot of the camera when doing it upright. With the HCD 35-90 at 70mm.
I love sticks and trees and the infinite complexity of nature, there is something you have captured here that is not typically appreciated. I like it.
Joe,
Seeing this develop step by step is fascinating.
Thank you.
Edmund
I thought this one was fun. It didn't look like this to the naked eye because the foam was in motion, swirling in the current so I was surprised to see it when going through the photos later. 2s exposure.
P645D, FA 45-85
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I thought this one was fun. It didn't look like this to the naked eye because the foam was in motion, swirling in the current so I was surprised to see it when going through the photos later. 2s exposure.
P645D, FA 45-85
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1532/26100639376_c431ca12a5_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FLqAKJ)IMGP2528-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/FLqAKJ) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
It looks like a face, Poseidon surfacing?
Right or old man of the river or something along those lines. It startled me when I first saw the photo.It's amazing how a long exposure will take something and give it a different character.
Yes, Rob, this kind of planning is not for everyone. I did here because I had limited time, needed to move fast and efficient. Also, having it this well planned makes me more at ease. (Last night though, I was rushing due to time constraints. I had an hour less then what i thought.)
Planning is all well and fine, but how was the tequila?? (important things)
Early morning scene in western Pulaski County Arkansas, featuring Pinnacle Mountain. IQ100 and 240LS ISO 50, single exposure.
Paul C
I briefly had a F-Distacon 30mm Fisheye that was good up close but couldn't get far away things in focus.
This is my lens testing assistant Luna.
(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1630/26218502790_32542d80d1_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/FWQFry)IMGP3241-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/FWQFry) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
very 3d feel to that image.
Aloha,
looking a Paul's images from Arkansas; I'm reminded of how incredible the improvement to the dynamic range of digital cameras has gotten over the years.
I don't know how much the shadows are opened up in post, not that its an issue, it would be interesting to know if the shadows were deeper, then opened in post.
I started shooting digital with a canon ids mark 2, even then you could open the images up a good bit in post but, you could tell.
Anyway Arkansas; who knew! nice location, nice shots!
One more from late August of this year. 3 part horizontal pan, 35LS XF IQ100 at 200 ISO. A bit of problematic shot due to sky blend, (pure blue always tend to be that way) and I would have preferred a few clouds. Per a good suggestion from Wayne Fox, I will try a LCC following such a series in the future to see if I can keep the edges a bit more open. Raw developed in C1, Pano in LR.
Here is link to actual image, shows a bit larger on my site.
http://photosofarkansas.com/gallery/photo.php?src=galleries/New_Photography_2016/17_A_view_of_Calico_Rock_after_sundown_on_the_White_River.jpg
Paul C
(http://photosofarkansas.com/gallery/galleries/New_Photography_2016/17_A_view_of_Calico_Rock_after_sundown_on_the_White_River.jpg)
A four image stitch using the Phase One XF IQ3 100 back. Pretty lucky to get this image before the scene was gone.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
After 15 years of digital I finally figured out how to postprocess speculars.How does the 1DS3 fit in this category.
1Ds3
Edmund
Not a pro either so take my comment with a grain of salt! The bottom right corner and to a lesser degree the top right corner of the picture bothers me more than the center. Having the black void there makes the image feel incomplete/unbalanced to me.
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It seems you have a lot of MPs and a lot of snow...
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P20 on 500c/m with newly acquired 60mm CF a beater cosmetically and a great quality in glass as expected, no one shoots a poor lens that heavily.
C1V10 Digital Transitions Style, taken through the external window.
A few of the Terra Nudum series I've been working on. All IQ3 100mp mounted on ceiling remotely triggered. Processing in Capture One 10. Compositing in Photoshop. BIG files at native resolution; over 20k x 20k for most of them. More at https://www.instagram.com/terranudum/
My landscape shooting buddy. Always willing and ready for adventure!
P645D & 45-85/4.5
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Nice image, nice buddy!
:-) Erik :-)
A couple of pictures from Tuscany with the Phase One IQ160
Lovely quality of light and excellent photos!+1.
645z with 75mm lens up a Megamast (iphone photo). Was fairly stable, though I'd have preferred a few sandbags to hold the legs.
Wow, I'd be a little nervous with my camera way up there! That could be very handy for real estate photography if you don't want to get into drones.
A couple of pictures from Tuscany with the Phase One IQ160
Film Grain ;)
Pro400H
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H6D-100c + HC100mm f2.2
Cheers,
Bernard
Still another XF100 image from Japan...
Very nice!Yes, they are.
Are these Gassho-zukuri roofs ?
Inspired by Bernard's lovely Japanese trees I shot some of the local Beech.
P45+ H1
Afterglow on the the rocks at Yosemite Falls, IQ3100 and 75-150 @ 75mm, ISO 50. Click on the link for a larger view.
Paul Caldwell
A new image just taken with a Phase One XF IQ3 100 camera.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
It's good to see you back in the mountains. This an excellent shot.
Oooh! I wish I were there!
Nice Bernard. Looks like you are enjoying the 90hr-sw.
Thanks Dave,
Yep, pretty amazing lens. In combination with the sensor it is an amazing combo for this kind of shooting. Now I need to add spherical stitching to the mix for added fun! ;)
I designed and had 3D printed a special bracket to mount a laptop battery below the H6D-100c back and it makes usage on the Arca in the field painless. The rotamount makes changes of orientatin easy too.
The only slight issue is that the back won't shoot when live vew is active. You need first to exit live view at least when the capture is triggered by the lens. They have a pinhole mode that adresses this, but subject movement becomes a problem I believe... anyway, more studying needed but happy so far.
Due to the nature of the subject I didn't even bother to do an LCC for the night shots. I had pretty big amounts of rise applied here, but no color cast is visible... well you could argue that the whole image is a huge color cast obviously. ;)
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4064/35617520241_835a935018_k.jpg) (http://[url=https://flic.kr/p/Wgp6Sz)cccClearing storm over Mt Whitney near Lone Pine California (https://flic.kr/p/Wgp6Sz) by paul caldwell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145468296@N05/), on Flickr]
Sunset through a clearing storm over Mt Whitney near Lone Pine California. IQ3100 and 75-150mm lens and C1 bracketed exposure.
Paul Caldwell
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One from the fall of 2016. Still impressed with the IQ3100 and high light retention, but not so much with shadow push. More than likely it's my back as other report excellent push.
Taken in 2 exposures, ISO50 for sky and ISO 200 for tree as wind was blowing around 25 mph and there is still some wind movement.
Image may appear a tad over sharpened, due to Flickr, as it seems to add a bit of sharpening to images.
Paul Caldwell
One from the fall of 2016. Still impressed with the IQ3100 and high light retention, but not so much with shadow push. More than likely it's my back as other report excellent push.
Taken in 2 exposures, ISO50 for sky and ISO 200 for tree as wind was blowing around 25 mph and there is still some wind movement.
Image may appear a tad over sharpened, due to Flickr, as it seems to add a bit of sharpening to images.
Paul Caldwell
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H6D-100c + HC 50mm II
Cheers,
Bernard
Beautiful images. I remember that you had some issues with the H6D-100c, how is the "Saga" going?
I recently went to Banff National Park. Here are a few images from Moraine Lake and Lake Louise.
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Gage
www.gagecaudell.com (http://www.gagecaudell.com)
Beautiful.
Steve Hendrix/CI
Sunrise on Mt. Whitney and the Alabama Hills, near Lone Pine CA. Taken with a P1 IQ100 and 40-80 lens at 67mm approx. ISO 50
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Paul Caldwell
I have titled this image Rejuvenation. The contrast of the new growth oak trees against the grasses and the burnt trees has an abstract feeling to it.
Hi Jim
It was taken with a Horseman 617 with velvia 50 film. The film is more saturated than the posted image.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Beautiful, if a bit oversaturated on my NEC PA322UHD. Could be a web-caused color management issue.
Jim
Close to where I live, Bernard. But I never was there:-)
Bernard, image #1! Where is this?
Bernard, very interesting. The houses looked chalet-like, but the mountains - odd-looking.
??? Well, all mountains look a little odd to this flat-lander...
Oh, I love fog! This is like a Chinese painting with a modern road.
Second one is titled "Departing Ferry".
Here is one I shot last week with my new Fuji GFX 50s and their 23mm lens.
I was going after a painterly feel to the image and I'm comfortable with what I got.
Titled "Paths I've walked #1".
In "departing..." there are so many individual vignettes, that i have to keep coming back to it.
Nicely done.
Of the three images, my favorite is the middle. Beautiful and inviting sense to it.
Has a presence similar to what I feel when I see images that my favorite photographer did, Wynn Bullock.
Thanks Jack, very kind of you.
Cheers,
Bernard
Thanks Jack, very kind of you.
Cheers,
Bernard
Bernard, what lens did you use on the second image?
Jack,
I used the HC 100mm f2.2 at f2.8 which is, I feel, the sweet spot for this lens in terms of look/techniqual qualities ratio.
Cheers,
Bernard
Ahhh, Bernard, that has been my favorite lens of all the HC series, or any lens manufactured!
Also loved the 100mm T* back in my Hassie 500cm film and digital back on 500cm days!
Recently equaled, and in some ways slightly exceeded, by my new 23mm Fugi on the GFX!
I have a full res image upload on DropBox you are welcome to take a look at - shot with GFX and the 23.
If you get a chance, get you hands on the 23 Fuji - visit North Caroline and you are welcome to head to the
Carolina mountains with me!
Bernard, beautiful Ballenberg :-D
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H6D-100c
Still Switzerland.
Cheers,
Bernard
Wow, Bernard, the colour and tonality in these is jaw dropping.
Swirling maple leaves during a long exposure with the forest and sky reflected in the river.
Steven
http://www.friedmanphoto.com (http://www.friedmanphoto.com)
I took my 645D out last night after shooting crop gear while traveling the past few weeks. It felt great to use the big gun again.
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Bernard, I love the image of the pass or col. Which one is it?
Recent image of Lake Erie shore, 645Z, 35mm A. Some tone mapping.
Tom
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Another great one. I wish we could "like" as on other forums.
Great clarity on this one.
Paul Caldwell
Nice Matt, very nice.
Love the shot.
Paul Caldwell
I took my 645D out last night after shooting crop gear while traveling the past few weeks. It felt great to use the big gun again.Nice light! It looks like it's tilting a little to the right?
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4425/37007244802_760130fdca_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/YocNyS)IMGP2173-Edit (https://flic.kr/p/YocNyS) by Matt Burt (https://www.flickr.com/photos/mattbnet/), on Flickr
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Fall not shaping up here again way too much drought. But finding old shots from past trips is always fun.
Fall sunset at Sam's Throne taken with an IQ180 and 43mm Schneider lens. The 43mm was a great lens, loved the fact it was symmetrical, (did not really appreciate that until I started shifting the 32mm and 40mm Rodenstocks which have classic retrofocus distortion). The 43mm also did not have any issues flare which surprised me and made a great sun star.
Paul Caldwell
Nice light! It looks like it's tilting a little to the right?
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Fall not shaping up here again way too much drought. But finding old shots from past trips is always fun.
Fall sunset at Sam's Throne taken with an IQ180 and 43mm Schneider lens. The 43mm was a great lens, loved the fact it was symmetrical, (did not really appreciate that until I started shifting the 32mm and 40mm Rodenstocks which have classic retrofocus distortion). The 43mm also did not have any issues flare which surprised me and made a great sun star.
Paul Caldwell
A few images taken with my Fuji GFX and a Pentax 645 A 150 Lens( Manual focus)
Gorgeous, Bernard!
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4490/37978777422_31320c3781_b.jpg)
100mmHC P45+ H1 @f2.2
Lovely image!Thank you Erik, life in the old back yet ;)
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H6D-100c
Cheers,
Bernard
There is this...just an idea. Rather an easy adjustment. An example is faster then words.
Peter
(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4559/24829847148_3d22b73634_k.jpg) (http://[url=https://flic.kr/p/DQ8suU)Sunset CW over Big Piney Creek Valley (https://flic.kr/p/DQ8suU) by paul caldwell (https://www.flickr.com/photos/145468296@N05/), on Flickr]
Fall sunset over the Valley of Big Piney Creek, Arkansas Ozarks. P1 3100, 35mm LS, 3 horizontal shots, stitched in Adobe CC.
Paul Caldwell
Joshua Tree Wonderland. IQ180. Processed in Topaz Studio for impressionist effectPretty wild!
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H6D-100c
Cheers,
Bernard
I would be interesting to have location notes with your pictures.
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H6D-100c back on Arca R3mdi + Rodenstock 90mm f5.6 HR
Cheers,
Bernard
All of these new photos you have posted are as stunning as ever Bernard. You are certainly not helping me abstain from buying the 100c!
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H6D-100c + 300mm f4.5 + pano stitch
Cheers,
Bernard
H6D-100c + 300mm f4.5 + pano stitch
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Leica S007 converted to B&W in PScc
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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H6D-100c
Cheers,
Bernard
Hi Bernard,Is it up to Your's?
When I was shooting MFD I made a lot of nice images, but very few of them made it to the wall.
Best regards
Erik
Is it up to Your's?
I'd put this Bernard's mastershot on my wall.
No, it is not up to me. But, I would be interested in Bernard's take on this.Yes, I too am interested in Bernard's opinion.
To put things in the right perspective, I have not been shooting with MFD. (I'm shooting with Canon today)
To put things in perspective, I have been shooting MFD (Phase One P45+ in my case) but I found that the P45+ images did not make it to the wall.
Best regards
Erik
I'm sorry about meddling in this, but it came a deja vú when reading Your statement MFD pictures not being worth of hanging on the wall.
It happend to me 30+ years ago. I was shooting landscapes with Pentax 67 (on film). I was fortunated enough to get some quite acceptable shots.
All the time I dreamed of a large format camera to get better pictures. At last I got it, a 4x5" view camera.
It was a great disappointment. I did not get better but worse pictures with that new fine and expensive camera.
I missed situations because I was not ready to shoot in time, I misfocused, shaked the camera, over or under exposured ... not to tell about tilting and swinging ...
I simply did not master the new tool. I got nothing to put on the wall. But that's me, sorry.
When looking at Bernard's pictures I feel he's mastering his MFD.
Hi Timo,Hi Erik,
I had no technical problems with my MFD images. When I bought into MFD, my P45+ actually had some benefits in resolution. But, I am normally printing at 16"x23" and at that size the advantages of the P45+ did not really come into play.
Best regards
Erik
And this I (partially) agree. If the camera is so hard to use that it takes your focus to manage it, you are loosing the scene you are taking the photo. The picture should be more important than the tool to make it. Learning to use your tools, using them so much, the routine, helps you to miss the tools and concentrate to the subject. In landscape photography I'm often in hurry. When I see something in landscape worth of shooting, it's something soon disappearing, most often the special ligth or some weather conditions, clouds etc. I have to work quickly or it's too late. The point and shoot camera with zoom is ideal in landscape work!
What I think may have happened was perhaps that I had to much focus on technique with the P45+, while with the Sony A99 I more focused on the creative part.
Another part of the story may have been that the Sony I have mostly used with zooms. You find a viewpoint, get a framing and you shoot it. With fixed focals you need to make the best you can of any vantage point. Using primes may be an artistic challenge, but it is quite possible that zooms yield the best crops.
I feel pretty comfortable with the H6D-100c I believe.
One very weird and annoying bug preventing usage of the release cable with some lenses pisses me off a bit, but overall things are pretty good.
One problem in cold weather is that the back needs its touch screen which is a problem with my current gloves.
Cheers,
Bernard
I had a similar glove issue. I now use silk liners with touch enable finger tips under woolen mittens. The mittens allow a fold back to expose fingers or in my case, I poke one finger through the slot...
Thanks a lot Peter!
I just discovered that I do own a pair of liners from Black Diamond that work with a touch screen!
Cheers,
Bernard
Luscious Bernard!+1.
Luscious Bernard!
Burnt trees from Yosemite. Camera Phase One XF IQ3 100.
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Beautiful image Bernard. We leave for a shoot in Hokkaido on Friday. I am looking forward to it.
We are from Canada and are used to the cold weather. I have experienced Ottawa winters, which can be brutally cold.
An image of Oak trees in springtime in Yosemite. Phase One XF IQ3 100.
Steven
An image of Oak trees in springtime in Yosemite. Phase One XF IQ3 100.
Steven
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A new image I just took. I think the blowing Snow really makes this image. My wife held an umbrella for me to get this image and others in the snow.
Steven
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Trying to make something of dull clear skies the other day.
645D & FA 45-85/4.5
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That's a challenging scene to capture. Now that I've been in CO for six months, I've yet to figure out how to capture so much of what there is to see.
A new image I just took. I think the blowing Snow really makes this image. My wife held an umbrella for me to get this image and others in the snow.The white out images are fantastic and somewhat surreal. Don't lose the ethereal quality- the harsh but beautiful winter isolation. Ironically, it has calming effect.
Camera: Phase One XF IQ3 100.
Steven
The WallEnigmatic and powerful. The rhythm is atypical. It seems to be transforming. Well seen!!
Trying to make something of dull clear skies the other day.
645D & FA 45-85/4.5
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That's a beautiful capture that you made there.
As you have probably gathered from my track record, landscape doesn't grab me very much, but that shot has something very special. Great work!
Rob
Another image of snow and trees. This one a bit abstract. Camera phase One WF IQ3 100.Beautiful work Stephen. I really like the abstract quality.
Steven
Yes, that sandbar really does add something.
That's a beautiful capture that you made there.
As you have probably gathered from my track record, landscape doesn't grab me very much, but that shot has something very special. Great work!
Rob
Awesome photograph!
The Wall
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Yes, this is a neat shot and kind of mind-bending. Cool!Cheers Matt
The Wall
Raneem from Syria H6D100c HC100 f2.2
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The Wall
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Three trees in Snow.
This is a 13 image stitch from the Phase One XF IQ3 100 camera. For me this image has the feel of a Japanese woodblock print. I had the idea for this photo in my head for some time and I found a location where it could work on this last shoot I did in Japan.Very nice! That is the kind of print I'd like or very big or very small.
Steven
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Hoi An Central Vietnam Leica S007
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Neil
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H6D-100c
Cheers,
Bernard
This is a 13 image stitch from the Phase One XF IQ3 100 camera. For me this image has the feel of a Japanese woodblock print. I had the idea for this photo in my head for some time and I found a location where it could work on this last shoot I did in Japan.
Steven
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Nice as ever Bernard. Is this with the 100mm 2.2?
This is a 13 image stitch from the Phase One XF IQ3 100 camera. For me this image has the feel of a Japanese woodblock print. I had the idea for this photo in my head for some time and I found a location where it could work on this last shoot I did in Japan.
Steven
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H6D-100c
Cheers,
Bernard
From early February when there was very little snow in Colorado. A little better now, but still a light year.
Still need to clean up a few rogue branches. Alpa STC, sk150, bit of back fall:
A really good image! Well done!
Best regards
Erik
This image was captured in Maine as I was scouting locations for a PODAS workshop.Nice job!
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One from the fall of 2016. Still impressed with the IQ3100 and high light retention, but not so much with shadow push. More than likely it's my back as other report excellent push.
Taken in 2 exposures, ISO50 for sky and ISO 200 for tree as wind was blowing around 25 mph and there is still some wind movement.
Image may appear a tad over sharpened, due to Flickr, as it seems to add a bit of sharpening to images.
Paul Caldwell
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H6D-100c
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Bernard
A couple of images from my recent Japan trip. Shot with XF100.
A couple of images from my recent Japan trip. Shot with XF100.
I love this.
I wish it did as I would ask them to mow the grass :)
Nice one Bernard
Over the past three years, I traveled to all 50 states (plus Washington DC) to take portraits of Americans for a project that I call Neighbors. A few weeks ago, I installed a selection of 86 portraits along a park in the Lower East Side of NYC. You can find them between 1st and 2nd Ave on Houston Street. Stretching over the length of almost two football fields, it's probably the biggest and most viewed exhibition of photography in the US at the moment. The installation will be up until the first week of July.
Is someone still shooting medium format in these parts? ;)
I just shipped off these prints. They were captured with a Phase One XF IQ3 100 or a Horseman 617 cameras.
Aye, in amateur-lurking-only mode though.
Mix of digital and analog, all in a Hasselblad 500cm.
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H6D-100c panoramic stitch (400mp)
Cheers,
Bernard
Thanks for posting a lot of wonderful images!
Bravo, Bernard - lovely landscapes
Hi Bernard
Thanks for your kind thoughts. The largest I have sold it is 90” across. Attached photo is not great, but gives a sense for the scale. Do you print your work at larger sizes?
We are going back to Hokkaido next January.
Steven
Sorry for the upside down image in my previous post.
Thanks for sharing Neil. Classic, film like, absolutely GREAT!+1.
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H6D-100c
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Bernard
H6D-100c
Lovely shot with just the right amount of water blur. Thanks for sharing.
This was from my recent autumn shoot. We waited for three hours in the rain for the fog to roll in to get this image.
Another image from the trip.Very nice!
Very nice!+1
Nice pano!
Nice pano!
Very.
Jeremy
Newfound Gap Sunrise - Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Yeah, that's great. Beautiful scene. Nice work!
Cheers,
Bernard
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H6D-100c
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Bernard
near Matsumoto ?
Did you take the same shot with the Z7 as well, by chance?
Wonderful image! Nice way to honor your grandfather.
Ok, definitely falls into fun with medium format on shooting these cars for the Barrett Jackson auction. I am sure there is a long list of ways in which I have incorrectly lit them, my first time to ever shoot any cars. I have 8 more to shoot, so hopefully I will improve as I go.
Those looks great. Nice work! Did you have that nice clear background to shoot or did you fix it in post? When ever I get to shoot cars they are usually in a terrible cramped space with lots of clutter (garage).
Thanks Matt! I did have to clean the back wall up some in post. My biggest challenge was getting enough distance between myself and the car to use a focal length that would not distort too much.
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H6D-100c
Cheers,
Bernard
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H6D-100c
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Bernard
Beautiful stuff, as usual, Bernard!
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Wonderful, wonderful image. I love it.
Beautiful stuff, as usual, Bernard!
Cheers,
Eric
Bernard can give his advice as well on stitching. He is very good at it, an expert.
I just returned from a shoot in the Smoky Mtns. This is one of the images.
Steven
From a shoot in the Smoky mtns.
Autumn fog in the Smoky Mtns.
Autumn fog in the Smoky Mtns.Quite lovely.
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H6D-100c
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Bernard
Very nice Dave!Thanks Cam. I tried to get to this lake last winter but failed. I had never been on the trail before and borrowed snowshoes that were too small. Postholed with snowshoes on. Made it this year with some trail beta and better shoes. One of my favorite things to do is start out in the dark and experience the day emerge while hiking. Fun day.
At the river park yesterday.
645D & FA 45-85
Any particular reason for not utilizing the full dr output potential for this image? Seems it would be well suited to optimally represent that luminous quality of sky at dusk. I would prefer a different wb as well to better separate the subtle coloring.
I am with you, Matt. The muted colors of winter dusk are beautiful. Lovely photo just as it is.
But why go overboard? It just needs to utilize the full dr of an average screen, and a wb correction so it doesn't look like shot through a car window. Not getting either of those two "correct" is just plain silly.
If you don't mind me manipulating your image:
1. Original
2. Cleanup
3. Overboard
I'm not entirely clear about the dr of the gear. That depends on exposure.
The wb of snowscenes often does not depend on the snow btw. The trick in general according to my intuition is to find the wb that maximizes the colordifferences in the scene. (On my non-calibrated tablet nr 2 is a possibility to my eyes.) A more methodical approach might be:
1. Cranck up saturation to max
2. Adjust wb until you get the lowest overall saturation
3. Reduce saturation back to normal
4. Very important: let your eyes adapt after this edit.
Autumn Aspens
Matt Burt, I love the B and W image!
Crossing Branches of a Dogwood Tree.
beach stones in ice
X1D / XCD 90
beach stones in iceGreat shot, nicely processed.
X1D / XCD 90
beach stones in ice
X1D / XCD 90
Nice image.
Reminds me of using the Zone system, which makes me curious. Were the blacks crushed like that or is that your choice in post ?
Original captures with the GFX 50S, 120 mm f/4 macro lens, Aputure 120d lights cross polarized. Some small (ha!) amount of work done in post.
GFX100
Cheers,
Bernard
Hi Bernard,Very true.
A very nice image! All your images that you post are lovely!
Best regards
Erik
A lucky shot... look at the eye... ;)
Still, this is the only MF camera with which you have more than one chance in a million to achieve this kind of results on moving subjects.
Cheers,
Bernard
Beautiful capture...
Ah, Bernard, now you are a man after my own heart, especially the first one!
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GFX100 + 110mm f2.0 panoramic stitch
Canteloupus is a newly-discovered moon of Saturn. We've had unusually clear seeing, and so I was able to capture this image showing one of the polar regions. GFX 100.
GFX100 + 110mm f2.0 panoramic stitch
Stitched pano using the Phase One IQ4 150 camera
Corea, Maine
X1D with XCD 90
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You stitch 100-megapixel shots? My God, what do you end up with? How large do you print? Where do you keep the Cray you use for processing?
My mind boggles, Bernard.
And the same goes for you, Steven!
So for genres such as landscape, it doesn’t make much sense to spend 10 times for the best image quality if you are too lazy to stitch. Because the boy next door who does stitch will end up with the better print. ;)
There are images in landscape photography which is hard to stitch, for example if you incorporate some moving element - rolling clouds, waves, etc. Also having the same pixels doesn't necessarily mean that the quality of that pixel would be identical. I'm thinking about different CFA, or the on-chip phase detection would cause some difference.
This example was shot during the weekend with a Phase One IQ4 150MP on an XT with a 23mm Rodenstock lens.
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(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48644789462_0368335a69_h.jpg)Love this Bernard
GFX100 + 110mm f2.0
A lucky shot... look at the eye... ;)
Still, this is the only MF camera with which you have more than one chance in a million to achieve this kind of results on moving subjects.
Cheers,
Bernard
It is a lovely shot, Bernard.
I agree beautiful shot Bernard. As always you do great work.
Ives Run State Park, PA
October 2019...
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+1 Alexey- beautiful skin tones ( even the cow) and photos- well doneYes, only 16mp, 37x37mm Kodak sensor
do i understand this back is only 16MP?
In these days of fear and uncertainty, I hope that the eternal peace I felt in this place will somehow resonate in our hearts and help us think of brighter times.
These two photographs are part of a series I captured last week on Kumano Kodo, a major pilgrimage in the remote Kii mountain range of the Wakayama prefecture.
In these days of fear and uncertainty, I hope that the eternal peace I felt in this place will somehow resonate in our hearts and help us think of brighter times.
Good fun but I consider that eyeballs should never be captured at the extreme edgesthis model has strabismus and it is the only choice to capture her without strabismus demonstration(((
this model has strabismus and it is the only choice to capture her without strabismus demonstration(((In that case you did a terrific job of photographing the beautiful model. I'm sure she loved the result.
Bernard, Perfect images for me to wake up to in these times. Thanx for posting.
Lovely set.]
You are going to enjoy that Fuji.
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XF+IQ3-100 Trichromatic + 45mm f3.5 BR, 20 images DoF stacking with Helicon
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XF+IQ3-100 Trichromatic + 120mm f4 BR, 24 images DoF stacking with Helicon
Shot in pouring rain in Fukushima, Japan. Don't know if it's just me, but the bottom image almost feels 3D.
I admit, no way I could have pulled this with the H6D-100c.
Wonderful transparency is understatement. I feel the air the photographer was feeling there.
Cheers,
Bernard
Very kind of you Takeda san! :-)
Cheers,
Bernard
Beautiful work Bernard! Glad to see you are putting the Trichro to work :-9
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XF+IQ3-100 Trichromatic + 45mm f3.5 BR, 20 images DoF stacking with Helicon
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XF+IQ3-100 Trichromatic + 120mm f4 BR, 24 images DoF stacking with Helicon
Shot in pouring rain in Fukushima, Japan. Don't know if it's just me, but the bottom image almost feels 3D.
I admit, no way I could have pulled this with the H6D-100c.
Cheers,
Bernard
I'd like to see the 2nd image with a polarizer. Lots of glare coming off the rocks that steals saturation.
Thanks for the feedbacks.
A polarizer was used for this image.
This was captured in pouring rain, hence the high level of reflection on the rocks despite the usage of a carefully tuned PL.
Cheers,
Bernard
Umm...ok. I find the excessive glare distracting.
The above picture is a shot taken in Holgate (Long Beach Island, NJ) in 2011, and never processed. I now have time to tinker with old files/images, so I processed this in B&W today. The landscape (actually seascape!) has changed there in the years gone by so it looks a little different now. A brave couple walking the beach is perfect. I could not have asked for a subtle touch of humanity any better. Pentax 645D, hand held.
Of all the shots you just posted, I like this one the best, perhaps for that reason.