Nikon Z6 / Z7 Photos....

Doug said:
Yeah, something odd there... Clearly mid-day sun, the worst light of the day, harsh and unforgiving, mad dogs & Englishmen, barren landscape etc... And with one of those sterile characterless modern lenses! Yet, yet, it looks great, fine tonality. How did you do it? Some postprocessing trickery?! :D
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Thanks, Doug, everything I do is postprocessing trickery, one way or the other:)
I have never before had a digital camera whose RAW files contained as much tonal and color information as this camera’s files do. The question every scene confronts me with is what should I do with all that information, what to show and what to hide.
This one was midday sun, single exposure (so the trickery didn’t include any HDR manipulation). Some dodging and burning to even up the tones, slight vignetting applied, and, because I just seem to have a thing for dark skies, I selectively increased the saturation of the blue in Capture One before converting it to monochrome.
Is it “too much”? I don’t know, maybe, just depends on the viewer, but of all the things I tried this was the one which gave me the most of what I was seeing/ felt like when I stood there and shot it. It’s a bit “unnatural” but in a way that just did with the scene what I thought the scene wanted done to it. Maybe so, maybe no, up to the viewer. FWIW, whether someone would like the result or not, and I can understand not, I could not have teased this much information out of a RAW file from any other digital camera I have ever owned. And the sterile:) modern lens, which in this case is sharper than the 50 APO Summicron, and with better (ruh-roh) bokeh. But it’s bigger! :)
My biggest misgiving about the Z7, which explains why I more often than not take a film body with me when I go out the door, is that it’s just too easy. Maybe I will eventually get over that.
 
EastNeuk said:
Nikon Z7 with Tamron 70-210 f/4 at ISO 2500

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Beautiful shot and beautiful dog!
 
Great tones and a nicely balanced composition. If that’s the kit lens, you can sell your other gear!

You must be Ansel's distant cousin.
 
Larry H-L said:
Great tones and a nicely balanced composition. If that’s the kit lens, you can sell your other gear!

You must be Ansel's distant cousin.
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Thanks. Every time I drive by this, I stop and take another picture. I never get exactly what I want, never gets old. Not even sure I have any idea any longer what it is that I think I want. Mostly I just want to get out of the car and take another picture, I think. Changes with the seasons, the time of day, the weather.
It's no longer possible to duplicate Ansel's shot because the trees have all grown up. Just as well, I guess.
 

Nikon Z7 + Contarex 55mm f/1.4

Too many pictures of my dog? Probably, but he's the only family member who will hold still. And doesn't have a mask on.
 
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