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I was going to put this in the 'retouching' forum, then decided the D700's performance in the wet may be of more interest here...

This is from yesterday... rain mixed in with wet snow, it was really wet, but... don't take my word for it :)

D700, ISO 800, 24-70 @70, f/9, 1/10sec B&W conversion in PSCS3 via channel mixer



It went like this on and off while I was at Portland's Japanese garden... the D700 & 24-70 worked flawlessly -- no umbrella / no sleeve, no other protection, just the lens hood. (I was hoping the 'off' time would come any minute -- it doesn't usually rain this hard in Portland)

And here's the original... which was ... a bit washed out, I thought :)



Feel free to post rain images you have taken with pro level digital Nikon equipment and what you learned fom the experience. Also... does anyone here like the color version better?

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John
http://www.JChristopherGalleries.com
 
CamasJC said:
I was going to put this in the 'retouching' forum, then decided the
D700's performance in the wet may be of more interest here...

This is from yesterday... rain mixed in with wet snow, it was really
wet, but... don't take my word for it :)

D700, ISO 800, 24-70 @70, f/9, 1/10sec B&W conversion in PSCS3 via
channel mixer
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CamasJC said:
It went like this on and off while I was at Portland's Japanese
garden... the D700 & 24-70 worked flawlessly -- no umbrella / no
sleeve, no other protection, just the lens hood. (I was hoping the
'off' time would come any minute -- it doesn't usually rain this
hard in Portland)

And here's the original... which was ... a bit washed out, I thought :)

Feel free to post rain images you have taken with pro level digital
Nikon equipment and what you learned fom the experience. Also...
does anyone here like the color version better?
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CamasJC said:
http://www.JChristopherGalleries.com
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John. Unique shot in unusual circumstances and great conversion. Many of us would have folded up and gone home without a rain sleeve. What protection did you have on the flash hot shoe? That and the pop-up flash seem the most vulnerable to me. I have the same combination and would worry about my investment. Glad it worked out!

The closest I came was in very wet snow outdoors at a Toronto Winterfest with D300, 18-200 VR lens and SB600 flash. I was constantly wiping the unit down and it came out OK.

http://jbipix.blogspot.com/search?q=alice

Excellent Art Galleries you have as well ... and well worth a visit by our readers!
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John from Toronto
JBIPix Photoblog - http://jbipix.blogspot.com
 
John: Very nice images from the "Alice in Wonderland" event, in your blog. The flash seems to have really helped bring out the snow flakes... I thought about using my SB900 for a similar effect but didn't want to expose it to the elements, and the built-in-flash didn't make much difference in my light conditions.

Thanks for sharing

btw... I just checked and there are still water droplets in the b- i - flash area... but everything seems to work fine (I also atached the SB900 to the hot shoe and fired off a shot -- no problems)

--
John
http://www.JChristopherGalleries.com
 
James M Hudspeth said:
--Hi John, Do you know why the standing water does not seem to be
disturbed by all that rain? Nice shot.
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Hi James. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Standing water disturbance... it is hard to see that kind of detail in the small Jpeg... also, the surface is somewhat smoothed out by the slow exposure (1/10sec). Here is a 100% crop. You can still see the dimples.



--
John
http://www.JChristopherGalleries.com
 
I find the B&W to have some appeal, maybe like a Japanese ink artwork. I do prefer the colour original though. I don't think it is overexposed or washed out, that is how things look through a wet vista. When I shoot sports in the rain they always have the same look to them, something like a too high ISO. Maybe photoshop could introduce an effective rain filter to give this effect. I know they have one, but if is not as good as the result you have with this image.
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Warm regards, Dave.
Australian NPS member
http://www.dksphotography.smugmug.com

 
So you got the D700 all soaking wet and it's still tickin'? Are they designed for that? I thought the D3 probably was but not the D700?

Thanks,

Ernie
 
Daves602 said:
I find the B&W to have some appeal, maybe like a Japanese ink
artwork. I do prefer the colour original though.
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Thanks Dave, you bring up an important point... One or the other of the two versions will appeal to different people, probably having something to do with what each of us sees most often... I suspect the wet, green, mossy look is a sight for sore eyes after witnessing the recent disaster with those exploding eucalyptus trees... (anywhere near you?)

I will probably end up putting both versions up on my site.

Thanks for taking the time.
--
John
http://www.JChristopherGalleries.com
 
Try darkening both images by a little bit - see what that does.
I'm thinking it'll help make either image come across as being
more dramatic.

marc
 
Ernie Misner said:
So you got the D700 all soaking wet and it's still tickin'? Are
they designed for that? I thought the D3 probably was but not the
D700?
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Ernie... I got a bit confident in the D700 last year, when I read a pre-introduction report by a 'storm chaser' / photographer who got it all soaked in chasing a tornado, and had no problems... I guess rain proably isn't that hard a test, as long as you keep it off the glass, because water bounces off and rolls over the metal housing... The rubber gaskets can hoild back the splash easily enough. Now if I were to drop it in the pond that would be another level... I'd rather not try that withour a u/w housing. Also, I wouldn't want to play around with flash in the rain for obvious reasons (It gets real hot...) I wouldn't be surprised if it explodes... kind of like getting a light bulb wet...
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John
http://www.JChristopherGalleries.com
 
PhotoRecon said:
Try darkening both images by a little bit - see what that does.
I'm thinking it'll help make either image come across as being
more dramatic.
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Hi Marc and thanks for taking the time to comment. These are already somewhat darkened from the raw file (routine contrast adjustment)... up to where they look good on my monitor, and of course to my tastes... I guess this is like... making toast :) some people like it barely warmed up, others want to taste charcoal :)

Cheers
--
John
hwww.JChristopherGalleries.com
 
I'll ad to what Dave said, that by darkening both images
by a little bit, both will become more three-dimensional
looking, in addition to being more dramatic in appearance.

I say this as I'm lowering my head to now look upward
at my laptop monitor's LCD screen; thereby, making the
computer screen darker. As the images become darker,
they seem to be more effective in being able to convey
the elements and the cold, wet environ.

Try it & see.

And keep in mind... I know what I'm talking about...
:-) :-) :-)

marc
 
Every single person's presented work here, and within any forum for that matter, serves as an inspiration to someone else. We can't hid our work in a closet. And when it's seen, someone, somewhere is inspired by it in one way or another.

For example, I had always wanted a red colored 400mm lens - until I saw Dave's white one, there in his signature, with "Nikon 400mm" pasted all over it... :-) :-) :-)

m.
 
I say this shot was NOT made at 1/10th of a second
but at 1/1000ths of a second. In fact, I'm sure of it...
Because that's what my computer says !!!

:-)
marc
 
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