2/7/2010 Weekly Landscape Show & Tell

Ben_Egbert · Feb 8, 2010

jlynch said:
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II set on manual (M) using an EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod-mounted. The exposure was taken at 75mm, f/29 for 1/5th of a second at ISO 50. All post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 3 Beta.

Very nice, and it has been a while since I have seen such a high F-stop. I used to use f32 a lot in my film days. Not many modern lenses stop down that far anymore.

This is a shot where DOF matters and diffraction is not important. Good choice.

jlynch said:
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digitaldog · Feb 8, 2010

These pictures were taken in December 2009. The camera: 5D2 The lens: 24-105

Setting: ISO 6400 F4.0 1/25 sec 24mm Picture taken thru glass aboard tour boat - handheld

Setting: ISO 6400 f4.0 1/20 sec 24mm Picture taken thru London Eye pod window - handheld

Settings: ISO 2500 f4.0 1/15 sec 50mm handheld

verybiglebowski · Feb 8, 2010

These are one of my first HDR attempts, using Photomatix. I realize that they are too much processed and look artificial, but on the other hand Prague is a kind of mystic city and this fairy tale look somehow is in line with its spirit. Nevertheless first two shots were taken with TS-E 90mm, which is really amazing lens. BW shot is with EF 14mm L II, while the last one is Zeiss 18mm ZE. All with Canon 5D MII, no filter used. (I forgot them home

) What I don't like on shots is imperfect composition, where too many compromises I was forced to made. I am still looking for the perfect spot, but that's the fun about it. Finally I spent three and a half hours on -12° C, no gloves, but luckily after two days, I can feel my hands again. CC very welcome.

BTW, does any one know, why all pictures that I link from Flickr looks so blurry when posted here, while on Flickr, even in the big size, they are tack sharp?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/viktor_viktor/sets/72157622799488857/

verybiglebowski · Feb 8, 2010

These are very nice shots, each of them on its own. The last one is my favorite, as it seems like from another world. Have some magic inside. Good job.

Bill Robinson · Feb 8, 2010

Fleureui Penisula, South Australia.

The colour version:

And the B/W:

Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II
1/3s f/9.0 at 31.0mm iso100

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Bill Robinson · Feb 9, 2010

Beaut scenes. Can't say they look blurry from here and my eyesights shocking. lol
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Bill Robinson · Feb 9, 2010

Lovely window you've created in the last Rick and what I get from this selection is: what an amazing place to photograph!. Looks like you had a great stay.
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bigzarelli · Feb 9, 2010

verybiglebowski said:
These are very nice shots, each of them on its own. The last one is my favorite, as it seems like from another world. Have some magic inside. Good job.

bigzarelli · Feb 9, 2010

Ben_Egbert said:
Thanks for the explanation. 17mm explains the DOF I thought this was 90mm, and ISo shutter speed makes more sense now.

Rick Knepper · Feb 9, 2010

That 200 2L is osmething special.

Psychic1 said:

Rick Knepper · Feb 9, 2010

William Belvin said:
Martres' book on photographing the SW has good directions for getting to the hoodoos. I've been there twice both times coming in from Cottonwood Canyon Rd , see Martres or http://www.summitpost.org/canyon/358001/wahweap.html for details. I believe Martres recommends car camping at the trailhead however BLM 431 is not a bad road, I found it easy to navigate both times in a 4x4 coming in at dawn. If you're driving up Cottonwood Canyon Rd and the timing works Yellow rock is very scenic, the hike though short is quite difficult, very poor footing.

After you described scorpions everywhere, not sure I would feel comfotable camping in any style. I can see I've got to devote an entire trip to this area at some point. Mount Carmel or Kanab would be a great hub. Back to those scorpions. Have you done much camping in the area? Did you camp at the trailhead of The Wave (forgot the name of the campsite)?

Rick Knepper · Feb 9, 2010

The first one below is my favorite especially after I crop the bottom above the rock. In the 2nd, I like the water flow & detail in the f/g.

bigzarelli said:
5D mk2 w/ 70-200 F2.8L at 122mm. Exposure: 1/4s at F16 ISO 100 with ND grad 0.9 HE

5D mk2 w/ 17-40 F4L at 20mm. Exposure: 1.3s at F9.0 ISO 500, 0.6 ND grad HE

Rick Knepper · Feb 9, 2010

Nice capture of the water flow and good imagination for accomplishing this without an ND filter. The PPing is impressive to overcome diffraction. My only nit iis the top right edge where it is cropped/framed extremely close to the spill over point.

jlynch said:
Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II set on manual (M) using an EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod-mounted. The exposure was taken at 75mm, f/29 for 1/5th of a second at ISO 50. All post capture processing was done in Adobe’s Lightroom 3 Beta.

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Rick Knepper · Feb 9, 2010

The two below are my favorites. Maybe it's the extra glass youhad to shoot through, but the bluishness of some of the light appeals to me in the first image.

As for the 2nd, I am always a sucker for a high up looking down composition. There seems to be some noise in the sky though.

digitaldog said:
These pictures were taken in December 2009. The camera: 5D2 The lens: 24-105

Setting: ISO 6400 F4.0 1/25 sec 24mm Picture taken thru glass aboard tour boat - handheld

Setting: ISO 6400 f4.0 1/20 sec 24mm Picture taken thru London Eye pod window - handheld

Rick Knepper · Feb 9, 2010

I prefer the first two as they are zoomed in a bit and show more detail. This is not to say the wider shots would not be keepers in my galleries too but would serve as perspective shots. The first shot seems unstraight but I am not sure.

verybiglebowski said:
These are one of my first HDR attempts, using Photomatix. I realize that they are too much processed and look artificial

When one gets right down to it, all photographs look articial if they are critically compared to the actual reality. I wouldn't worry about it. I like the look of your photos here.

verybiglebowski said:
BTW, does any one know, why all pictures that I link from Flickr looks so blurry when posted here, while on Flickr, even in the big size, they are tack sharp?

I used to disclaim it in my descriptions when I posted Flickr images that had been downsized there but got out of the practice. I can see the degradation. I have not noticed any degradation when I post my original size.

verybiglebowski said:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/viktor_viktor/sets/72157622799488857/

HarryLally · Feb 9, 2010

Very nice shots Doug, especially the ones taken from the London Eye. I'm ashamed to say that I've never been on the 'Eye', even though I live in London only about 5 miles from it. Just one point from your London gallery - 'Abbey' is spelt thus, with an 'e'.

Michael

Rick Knepper · Feb 9, 2010

One word: Wow

(I would be tempted to remove the drilling platforms but of course anyone looking at the image who knew the area would know that to be complete fakery.)

Bill Robinson said:
Fleureui Penisula, South Australia.

The colour version:

Ben_Egbert · Feb 9, 2010

These are amazing shots especially considering the extreme ISO. I have yet to get a usable ISO1600 from my 1DS-mk3 even after heavy NR. I am pretty sure you high ISO users have a secret PP trick you are not sharing

That first image is also very sharp considering the shutter speed and through glass. Very well done.

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digitaldog said:
These pictures were taken in December 2009. The camera: 5D2 The lens: 24-105

Setting: ISO 6400 F4.0 1/25 sec 24mm Picture taken thru glass aboard tour boat - handheld

Setting: ISO 6400 f4.0 1/20 sec 24mm Picture taken thru London Eye pod window - handheld

Settings: ISO 2500 f4.0 1/15 sec 50mm handheld

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Once you can, everything else does.

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Ben

Ben_Egbert · Feb 9, 2010

The HDR on the first two look fine, HDR does not apply to the B&W as far as I know. Not sure about the last, looks a bit hot.

I really like the first two, but these are technically very good. I popped over to your Flikr gallery to see the original. I never can find my way around that site but did manage to find one of them.

I suspect that the problem when posting from Flikr is that they don't handle the downrez very well, sort of like Pbase. When I was at Pbase, only the original showed properly, so I always showed the original. That meant I had to upload the size I intended to post rather than a full size image.

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Ben_Egbert · Feb 9, 2010

Bill, I have a trip to the Oregon Coast all booked for May. While there, I aspire to do work as good as this.

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