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RVG said:
Very nice photos. On the first one zoom out and catch the mirror
image to get the impact of the shot. It is still a beautiful photo.
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I have few versions and mirroring was my initial intent, but I just didn't like the way it was turning, so dumped it. Sun was going down behind me fast and I only had few minutes. If I had more time maybe I would put something like leaves floating down, but I didn't. Thank you for the input, really appreciate it!
 
When I saw this car parked under the tree I instantly thought about Jim NA'Z from KM forum, so I wanted to make it for him to tease a little, because I think where he lives now is always sunny, LOL. He has some incredible pics with this Z!
Mariusno said:
Beautiful colors on all of the, but i fell in love with the one of
the Z
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Excellent pictures! I have visited your gallery. You have a beatiful family and the pictures are great too. Do you use any PP to sharpen the pictures?
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Simon H Chan
 
Really great pics! You are an inspiration for me. I presume the originals were really good right out of the camera and then you made them even better with just the right touch of PP.

The exif indicates a focal length of 16mm on 4th one. What lens were you using? The distortion on the edges is really something, especially when photographing trees. The entire house on the left appears slanted and the trees in front of it are growing sideways. I don't seem to recall anything that extreme with my Sigma 17-70 even when shooting at 17mm.
 
Hi Papasha,

I love the colors on your pics. Esspecially No 2. Beautiful shot!

On No 1. I would remove the branches entering the bottom right corner... I'm not sure about the leaf in the bottom left either. I think I would remove it as well, but it's just my personal opinion.

No 3. looks oversharpened to me. It's probably because of the size reduction, but it's actually painful for the eyes ;-)

On No 4. the croocked house looks odd.The loss of sharpness in the corners (esspecially visible on the left side) is also very strong.. What lens did you use for it?

I hope you don't mind my comments!
Cheers!
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Bart
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Hi, Papasha - great pics, all (although the one with the heavily tilted house is quite bizarre!). I've been moving closer to an edge - what with the autumn foliage and the shortcomings of my skills and/or the 7D's sensor, I wanted more resolution. Having a 7D and large hands, I didn't want to "downgrade" to the A100 - I wanted to move all the way to a D2X (S or not) ... and I still might, at some point, depending on what Sony does. But your pics and David K.'s discussions on the resolving power of the A100 at lower ISO's (which is how I usually shoot) helped turn the tide, and I ordered an A100 yesterday. At $750 it's less than I'd pay for a good lens, and for now it saves me lots - the $$ I'd shell out for a D2X and good lenses (to Nikon fans - and I love their cameras, lenses, software, and photographic pov and excellence - I'm not saying the A100 is anywhere near the D2X's league!); now about that grip ...

Rich
 
revdocjim said:
Really great pics! You are an inspiration for me. I presume the
originals were really good right out of the camera and then you
made them even better with just the right touch of PP.

The exif indicates a focal length of 16mm on 4th one. What lens
were you using? The distortion on the edges is really something,
especially when photographing trees. The entire house on the left
appears slanted and the trees in front of it are growing sideways.
I don't seem to recall anything that extreme with my Sigma 17-70
even when shooting at 17mm.
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Thank you for kind words. Now on this 4th one:

Number 4 was shot with KM 11-18 lens at 11 mm (not 16, I just verified EXIF) and I was very close to the actual trees, so the only way to get them in was to tilt camera like crazy, which of course multiplied the distortion. Also, the house on the left is actually on a very steep heel, so when I look at it form below it is weird already. Adding additional distortion again made it look really wacky, I guess, but I decided to keep it in the frame to anyway.
BTW, I like this 11-18 very much!
 
Thank you for your input. Really appreciate!
ubartosz said:
Hi Papasha,

I love the colors on your pics. Esspecially No 2. Beautiful shot!

On No 1. I would remove the branches entering the bottom right
corner... I'm not sure about the leaf in the bottom left either. I
think I would remove it as well, but it's just my personal opinion.
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I tried different ways to do this and neither one looked really to my liking. I'll try your suggestion, thanks!
ubartosz said:
No 3. looks oversharpened to me. It's probably because of the size
reduction, but it's actually painful for the eyes ;-)
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I noticed when there are many details in the picture, once shrunk, you almost need to actually blur the resulting picture, as it gets too busy with details. You are right.
ubartosz said:
On No 4. the croocked house looks odd.The loss of sharpness in the
corners (esspecially visible on the left side) is also very
strong.. What lens did you use for it?
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that was KM 11-18 at 11 mm. House is on the steep hill and I additionally heavily tilted the camera to get the tops of trees in. House became completely weird, but I decided still to keep it.
ubartosz said:
I hope you don't mind my comments!
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Just the opposite. Thanks again!
ubartosz said:
Cheers!
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Bart
http://bartoszurbaniak.fotopic.net
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Having two 7Ds myself I understand you completely. I have to admit that I absolutely hate holding Alpha in my hands and every time I get 7D, especially with vertical grip, I instantly know that's what my hands need to feel right at home.

Nevertheless, significantly improved AF accuracy, confidence and speed on Alpha, better metering and higher resolution help to wait for the hopefully coming soon '9D'…

If there is plenty of light and I can use low ISO, increase from 6 MP to 10 MP coupled with better, more accurate AF leads to incredibly workable operations especially with zooms. Cropping power is amazing.

Skipping complaining about noise at higher ISOs and lost KM color pallet, it is a 'as-good-as-it-gets' right now interim solution, so I am willing to give Sony some time to sort things out and come back to extraordinary 7D with improved AF operation, bigger sensor etc, while keeping the layout and overall design and color rendition for the next model.

I think you will learn to live with Alpha and will enjoy it. Looking forward to see you work!
RichV said:
Hi, Papasha - great pics, all (although the one with the heavily
tilted house is quite bizarre!). I've been moving closer to an edge
  • what with the autumn foliage and the shortcomings of my skills
and/or the 7D's sensor, I wanted more resolution. Having a 7D and
large hands, I didn't want to "downgrade" to the A100 - I wanted to
move all the way to a D2X (S or not) ... and I still might, at some
point, depending on what Sony does. But your pics and David K.'s
discussions on the resolving power of the A100 at lower ISO's
(which is how I usually shoot) helped turn the tide, and I ordered
an A100 yesterday. At $750 it's less than I'd pay for a good lens,
and for now it saves me lots - the $$ I'd shell out for a D2X and
good lenses (to Nikon fans - and I love their cameras, lenses,
software, and photographic pov and excellence - I'm not saying the
A100 is anywhere near the D2X's league!); now about that grip ...

Rich
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