gadget
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Post by gadget on Sept 15, 2006 16:23:44 GMT -5
I took these while on a working trip to the Isle of Wight. I'd be interested in your thoughts. Bench Isolation John
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Post by Just Plain Curt on Sept 15, 2006 18:43:18 GMT -5
Nice macro shot of the bench but wow, that seascape really took my breath away. Absolutely amazing, keep up the good work.
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Post by Rachel on Sept 17, 2006 4:15:04 GMT -5
Hi Gadget. The horizon on the second picture needs leveling but the colours are amazing. Reminds me of the results got with some Agfa Ultra film I used many years ago.
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Post by herron on Sept 20, 2006 8:48:29 GMT -5
Interesting shots, Rachel. You've already mentioned the one improvement that struck me about the seascape (leveling the horizon). Brilliant colors!
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mickeyobe
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Post by mickeyobe on Sept 20, 2006 10:40:55 GMT -5
John,
Very impressive pictures. Are the colours in "Isolation" natural or have they been enhanced?
Mickey
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gadget
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Post by gadget on Sept 25, 2006 1:40:53 GMT -5
Micky Sorry for not getting sooner but with a major project finishing at work and me being a lead engineer and all I've had to add a few extra hours to the day. I now have a week off and looking forward to going out with an assortment of cameras but guess what, it's Monday and it's "RAINING" Any way I used LAB colour in Photoshop to bring out the colours to what they where when I was there. But those colours are what attracted me to the shot in the first place. Rachel I didn't notice the horizon, Thanks ;D John
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Post by nikonbob on Sept 25, 2006 10:48:56 GMT -5
John
Liked the close up and the photo from the Isle of Wight is just how I remember the colours. It sure is a great place to go hiking. Hope you can get out soon to try those cameras out.
Bob Hammond
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Post by kamera on Sept 26, 2006 19:33:16 GMT -5
Interesting shots!
My preference is the bench as I like some mysterious and different type photos. The only thing I would like to have seen there is a deeper depth of field.
Wow...those colors are vibrant and really jump out at ya!!
Ron Head Kalamazoo, MI
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Post by SidW on Oct 4, 2006 17:29:39 GMT -5
Are you all really sure the horizon needs levelling? Isn't that where half the dynamic character of the picture comes from? If you do level, you'll fnd the horizon is curved, and then ...
But the bench needs to be symmetrical. I too have a preference for narrow d.o.f. and fuzzy backgrounds. If you made it all sharp you'd probably just see it's a very ordinary bench, but now it's full of mystery and questions.
sw
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Post by nikonbob on Oct 4, 2006 18:03:36 GMT -5
sw
I think you are right in that the horizon does curve but the field of view is not normally large enough to see it. If the photo was rotated about 2 degrees left it might appear more natural, if that is the word I am looking for. Anyway it is just a matter of personal preferrence as is the DOF on the bench shot, which I don't find any fault with but that is just me.
Bob
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Post by wclavey on Oct 8, 2006 10:08:07 GMT -5
I think Bob and sidneywood both have good points about the horizon being curved and not looking natural. Because of the wideangle nature of the shot, I was also concerned that rotating it a few degrees, while correcting the horizon, would make the water breaking in the foreground look unearthly, as I have seen happen in other WA shots that I have attempted to "square" - - so I made a copy of gadget's picture and tried it. Bob, you were right, rotating a few degrees did fix the horizon and the natural appearance of the shot, and the water in the foreground appears to break normally. When I flip back and forth between the 2 version, what appreas to make the image appear natural is that the buildings in the background, while built on the long slope of the hill, no longer appear to be sliding down the hill. It was not apparent to me in the original, but becomes apparent in the corrected version.
Correcting for this problem (and my tendency to do it!) is the reason I have used 3x3 grids on all my ground glass and focusing screens, when possible ... it helps me keep the horizon horizontal.
As for the bench, I also agree that the shallow DOF helps add to the mystery. I am a fan of shallow DOF and its effects on focusing attention.
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