Using the one to one format brought out the best here. There's a lot of dynamic range in this image but I could easily bring back detail from the sky and shadows at the bottom of the image.
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10/30/11  Panasonic LX5 IV1912
DMC-LX5 Focal Length: 5.1 mm Aperture: f/5.6 Exposure Time: 1/500 sec ISO: 200 10/11/11  Light is what's it all about.Light is what this business is all about. Get good light and you'll get a good image everytime. I've often looked at images where I've thought "How did the photographer get that image?". The truth is of course, the person waited for a long time to get the right light. By this I mean dramatic skies, sidelighting, alpen glow etc etc. You just don't turn up at a location (well normally you don't), set up your tripod , take a picture and go home again. Just doesn't happen. Well, it never happens to me.
In the image above I was sat opposite just looking at the flat light. 30 minutes later the sun suddenly came out and the light reflected off the grass onto the water. Quite amazing really. I wasn't setup on a tripod but luckily I had the camera in my hand. I wasn't worried about camera shake because there was plenty of light. Patience is a virtue. 24978
E-P3 Focal Length: 67 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/250 sec ISO: 200 • Light • olympus • m4/3 • 14-150 • reflection
10/04/11  Lightroom 3.5I decided to test the latest version of Lighroom with the Nokton images I took the other day. I've been using Silkypix for a number of years and I've quite happy with the output it gives me with my Pasasonic camera. I wasn't very impressed with the earlier versions of Lightroom but I did keep it up-to-date thinking that Adobe would get it';s act together sooner or later. Well, I had quite a surprise. The output is simply superb. It's still quite fast on my old machine (maybe an excuse to upgrade?) and Silkypix keeps getting slower and slower with each update. Could be my imagination though.
My normal workflow if to develop my raw files in Silkypix and do the rest of the work in Photoshop. What I experienced was that the files from Lightroom required a LOT less work in Photoshop, actually very little work needed doing. The image in this post had no work done at all in Photoshop apart from reducing for web use and a little sharpening. I'm amazed. I think I'm going to have to some more work with Lightroom. The learning curve is quite steep coming from Silkypix but I think it's going to be worth it. 2833
E-P2 Focal Length: unknown Aperture: f/1.0 Exposure Time: 1/640 sec ISO: 100 • Adobe • Lightroom • Voigtlaender • Nokton 40 f1.4 • Silkypix • Olympus • E-P2 • m4/3
03/26/11  Cloud Cover IIYou can actually see wherer the light is hitting the ground through the breaks in the cloud. I just find these things amazing. Again, from way above, you see things that you just don't think about when on the ground below. I just love it. 1859
E-P2 Focal Length: 17 mm Aperture: f/11.0 Exposure Time: 1/320 sec ISO: 100 03/22/11  Inflight imagesI really like taking photographs when flying. I've been really lucky getting window seats and looking out of windows that are pretty clear. On this occation on a fight to Spain, I was lucky enough to sight a rainbow, and a very intense one at that. Another favourite of mine are the different cloud formations one encounters, of which there will be a picture or two in the coming entries. 2538
E-P2 Focal Length: 17 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 1/320 sec ISO: 100 03/09/11  Square FormatI like this one. Backlit leaves just after being watered.
I must be getting better at this square format.
Nice light. 1747
DMC-GF1 Focal Length: 45 mm Aperture: f/8.0 Exposure Time: 10/600 sec ISO: 100 | |||
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