tah
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menos
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Thanks Rod,
Here are two more from that day:
Shanghai - a city, with unbelievable pace, leaves many people behind, some of them trying, to make a living with odd jobs. Many of them do collect bottles, which then are sold for approximately 0.02 USD a piece.
"making a living" on teknopunk.com
Here is a lady, selling classic furniture in her shop in Luwan district:
"selling furniture" on teknopunk.com
tah
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rodl
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@Dirk More nice work with the Hektor. Asian cities have so many good street possibilities and you're making the most of them.
@tah Really nice high contrast images and good B&W conversions.
A couple from tonight.
Noctilux 50/1 wide open
Nikkor 85/1.5 wide open
@tah Really nice high contrast images and good B&W conversions.
A couple from tonight.
Noctilux 50/1 wide open
Nikkor 85/1.5 wide open
menos
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Thanks Rod - I have to admit, that despite the overall discussions on the web about portraits being distracting with such a thin dof, I really, really like these kind of portraits.
It might have to do, that the Noctilux draws very favorably, especially women or the overall look … I just like them.
Your first photo is just wonderful with a great moment and a natural smile.
I am quite surprised at the contrast of the Nikkor wide open @ 1.5!
The blacks are not clipped, but it is not a grey, low contrast affair obviously, which looks fantastic!
Did you have to cut of the black point and raise contrast much for this shot or is this the natural behavior of the Nikkor 85/1.5 LTM ?
(If the later, I am now seriously starting to search for a sample ;-) )
It might have to do, that the Noctilux draws very favorably, especially women or the overall look … I just like them.
Your first photo is just wonderful with a great moment and a natural smile.
I am quite surprised at the contrast of the Nikkor wide open @ 1.5!
The blacks are not clipped, but it is not a grey, low contrast affair obviously, which looks fantastic!
Did you have to cut of the black point and raise contrast much for this shot or is this the natural behavior of the Nikkor 85/1.5 LTM ?
(If the later, I am now seriously starting to search for a sample ;-) )
mingkookoo
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@ tah: Nice B&W shots.
@ Meno: Thanks. Great portrait, the glow adds some retro mood to the pictures.
@ rodl: I think I'm liking the Noct 50/1 wide open render more and more. Pls post some more wide open shots when you have time
@ k.a: Lovely shot with lots of detail.
@ Meno: Thanks. Great portrait, the glow adds some retro mood to the pictures.
@ rodl: I think I'm liking the Noct 50/1 wide open render more and more. Pls post some more wide open shots when you have time
@ k.a: Lovely shot with lots of detail.
menos
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Thanks Mingkookoo! the glow will be less, when I am finished with the rebuild, but I actually love the lens, as it is now as well.
I guess, I am in, to find a second sample with hazed optics, just for this effect ;-)
Here is another M8.2 shot, starting, to use my 5cm Collapsible Summicron-M:
"cleaning street" on teknopunk.com and on flickr
I guess, I am in, to find a second sample with hazed optics, just for this effect ;-)
Here is another M8.2 shot, starting, to use my 5cm Collapsible Summicron-M:
"cleaning street" on teknopunk.com and on flickr
rodl
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Thanks Dirk and mingkookoo!
Dirk, the B&W preset I used in Lightroom for this drops brightness from 50 to 22 and bumps the black level from 5 to 10. Contrast was left at the default 25. Here's the same image with brightness reset to the default 50 and black level to the default 5. Still decent contrast but not as much pop as the preset values. The important thing to me is that it didn't take much to get it to the version I posted last night.
Dirk, the B&W preset I used in Lightroom for this drops brightness from 50 to 22 and bumps the black level from 5 to 10. Contrast was left at the default 25. Here's the same image with brightness reset to the default 50 and black level to the default 5. Still decent contrast but not as much pop as the preset values. The important thing to me is that it didn't take much to get it to the version I posted last night.
rodl
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Dirk, I like the cart shot. Very nice.
Mingkookoo, another Noct shot for you, also wide open. This one is very different but amazingly was shot at 1/15 second hand held! I continue to be surprised at how sharp the Noct is wide open. I've seen lots of posts talking about it being soft. I completely agree with Dirk that getting the lens matched with the body makes a really big difference in sharpness. If you do that then do your part focusing, you may get glow but it isn't soft unless you're comparing to the ASPH version.
Mingkookoo, another Noct shot for you, also wide open. This one is very different but amazingly was shot at 1/15 second hand held! I continue to be surprised at how sharp the Noct is wide open. I've seen lots of posts talking about it being soft. I completely agree with Dirk that getting the lens matched with the body makes a really big difference in sharpness. If you do that then do your part focusing, you may get glow but it isn't soft unless you're comparing to the ASPH version.
rodl
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One more with the Noct. I either had a little motion blur or didn't nail the focus as well as I would have liked. The light was lower than it looks in the shot though so it wasn't easy to see the focus.
menos
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@Rod
That Nikkor 85/1.5 indeed looks amazing, bringing these tones and this contrast already at f1.5!
Now I understand the rave about this lens and the current going rates, which are mildly put … crazy!
Amazing shot @ the construction site ;-)
@Sebas.H
… welcome to the forum and a great photograph, to start with here ;-)
That Nikkor 85/1.5 indeed looks amazing, bringing these tones and this contrast already at f1.5!
Now I understand the rave about this lens and the current going rates, which are mildly put … crazy!
Amazing shot @ the construction site ;-)
@Sebas.H
… welcome to the forum and a great photograph, to start with here ;-)
rodl
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Thanks Dirk. Fortunately, I only paid about half as much.
menos
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Thanks Dirk. Fortunately, I only paid about half as much.
… envy creeping up …
coelacanth
Ride, dive, shoot.
At work.
Gid
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Like this a lot.
rodl
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Thanks. I agree about the noise. The original post is at 1250 and about as much noise reduction as I feel comfortable with in LR3. Part of the problem is that this is in a restaurant with a lot of colored lights. That's not as big a problem in this image as in others I've taken there but it's shown me that strong light colors can dramatically increase noise if you try to correct for them. Below is the same image after being processed through Imagenomic Noiseware Professional. It's dramatically better at removing noise but it requires a conservative touch or it ends up making the image look pasty. This version of the image still shows some noise but I could have completely cleaned it up if I was willing to sacrifice more of the image quality to do it. Nevertheless, where it works well, it works far better than anything else I've tried.
rodl
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@mingkookoo
You asked for more Noct shots so I thought I'd show you its alter ego. So much is made of the supposedly glowy, soft rendering wide open but you don't read or see so much of what it can do stopped down in good light. When I shot the ones below, I was pretty amazed at the sharpnees and presence (that's 3D to Zeissophiles) of the images. These were taken with an ND8 filter at about f/2 - f/2.8. Note that these small images strongly detract from their true IQ.
You asked for more Noct shots so I thought I'd show you its alter ego. So much is made of the supposedly glowy, soft rendering wide open but you don't read or see so much of what it can do stopped down in good light. When I shot the ones below, I was pretty amazed at the sharpnees and presence (that's 3D to Zeissophiles) of the images. These were taken with an ND8 filter at about f/2 - f/2.8. Note that these small images strongly detract from their true IQ.
tah
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mingkookoo
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@ tah: Very nice Silver Efex Conversion.
@ rodl: Thanks for your Noct shots ! Now I'm really hooked The Noct when shot wide open has so much character.
@ Sebas.H: Loving the color of your shot.
@ menos: I see you are adding more lens to your collection Wonderful render from the 5cm Collapsible Summicron-M.
@ rodl: Thanks for your Noct shots ! Now I'm really hooked
The Noct when shot wide open has so much character.@ Sebas.H: Loving the color of your shot.
@ menos: I see you are adding more lens to your collection
Wonderful render from the 5cm Collapsible Summicron-M.
menos
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Yes Mingkookoo - had the 5cm Collapsible laying unused for a while, but recently have found about it's beauty for BW shots.
One from Today, after overhauling the Hektor 7.3cm ƒ1.9:
big on teknopunk.com or on flickr
M8.2 | Hektor 7.3cm ƒ1.9 wide open
One from Today, after overhauling the Hektor 7.3cm ƒ1.9:
big on teknopunk.com or on flickr
M8.2 | Hektor 7.3cm ƒ1.9 wide open
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