Byblos photo (R-D1 ISO 1600)

[filmat]

Hello

Picture of two chatter in Byblos (Lebanon). It was quite dark so set the iso to 1600. The lens is a Hexanon uc-35

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3318/3188888234_d23f0acb40_o.jpg

Philippe

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[Pherdinand]

that's an amazing haircut on the right, LOL!

 

[xayraa33]

best combover yet.

 

[sevres_babylone]

Don't give me ideas!

 

[laptoprob]

It's about grain, not about haircuts.
Thanks for showing this. I am awaiting delivery of my R-D1. Have been reading up on everything. So it is nice to see an example of what its 1600iso delivers.

 

[Pherdinand]

no, it's a "picture of two chatter".
One has a funny haircut.

 

[bennyng]

Very vintage look! Nice!

Cheers,

 

[nasmformyzombie]

Looks like a photo from the 1950's or 1960's.

 

[filmat]

The lighting was difficult, these guys were standing near a light spot in a dark area.

Being close, I could not center the camera on them so most probably the camers's meter was fooled by the light source and thus captured the scene at almost 1/100 ISO 1600 rather than the 1/25 that I would expect under such conditions (with a large aperture) - besides I did not have much time to play with the exposure compensation or anything other than capturing.

Therefore, I had to overexpose later by at least two stops before cropping and also use Epson's Raw sharpening dial to improve the focus - this feature has a tendency to add nice grain. Both probably contributed to the vintage look

Philippe