990 Joy of Cola!

Here is a beach umbrella fluttering in the wind, for your enjoyment. Taken by a Nikon 990.



Ambient light. Adjusted the RGB curve in Photoshop.

Larger image can be found in my Zing album, “Wind, Sand, and Water” at:

http://www.zing.com/member/?name=khanosu

Here is more info about this image.

CAMERA : E990V1.0
METERING : MATRIX
MODE : P
SHUTTER : 1/265sec
APERTURE : F8.9
EXP + - : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f23.4mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : STANDARD
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : AUTO
SHARPNESS : AUTO
DATE : 2000.08.04 12:00
QUALITY : 3:2 FINE

Cheers!

Furrukh

Furrukh,

You are really testing your camera here. The blue subject noise (for lack of a better term, 'cause Phil calls it red channel noise?) is showing a bit here. Unless you are looking for the film grain look, the noise needs some help.

I don't know if it's the thick grey boarder or what, the blue looks a little off to me. The white on the logo looks good, so I can't figure out why the blue looks odd to me.

Hope you don't mind me being critical, but I hope to start a trend of constructive criticism here. Most posters here are way too nice. I for one wish everybody is more picky and tell what they really think.

regards,
gordon

Furrukh said:

Here is a beach umbrella fluttering in the wind, for your enjoyment.
Taken by a Nikon 990.

Ambient light. Adjusted the RGB curve in Photoshop.

Larger image can be found in my Zing album, “Wind, Sand, and
Water” at:

http://www.zing.com/member/?name=khanosu

Here is more info about this image.

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Hi Gordon. I don’t mind criticism, or analysis of my images. Actually I like it, since it shows how other people look at images. Here is another one with a lighter border. After posting the older one, I changed the border, and like the lighter border:



The reason why this image is sitting so close to noise, is also the reason why the colors are a bit odd. The original was very flat, and underexposed. It really looks bland. I pushed the curve all the way to its limits. The points on the curve for this image are sitting right on the critical edge. One little push and noise becomes too objectionable and the colors fall apart. The sky is almost flat in the original. I had other better exposed images of this scene, but in those I did not like the way the wind was blowing the umbrella. This image had the best curves in the umbrella produced by the wind. My rule is to go for the image with the most beauty, even if it costs a bit in grain, and color accuracy. When I look at images, I always notice shapes and forms, and how they relate to each other. It is funny, but I have a very high tolerance for noise, and almost never notice noise. But the way shapes relate to each other is extremely important for me.

Cheers!

Furrukh

GC said:

Furrukh,

You are really testing your camera here. The blue subject noise (for
lack of a better term, 'cause Phil calls it red channel noise?) is
showing a bit here. Unless you are looking for the film grain look, the
noise needs some help.

I don't know if it's the thick grey boarder or what, the blue looks a
little off to me. The white on the logo looks good, so I can't figure
out why the blue looks odd to me.

Hope you don't mind me being critical, but I hope to start a trend of
constructive criticism here. Most posters here are way too nice. I for
one wish everybody is more picky and tell what they really think.

regards,
gordon

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Furrukh said:

My rule is to go for the image with the most beauty, even if it costs a
bit in grain, and color accuracy.

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Sounds like a good rule. I'll keep that in mind.

Member said:

When I look at images, I always notice shapes and forms, and how they > relate to each other.

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I think your painting background really show through here. And that's what I like about a lot of your shot. Keep up the good work.

gordon

Excellent shot (IMHO). I like the use of shape and colors as well, I am not sensitive to noise as much. After adjusting the curves, have you tried to "despeckle" image in photoshop? That may get rid of the noise leaving the details in the photograph visible.

-Jay

Furrukh said:

Here is a beach umbrella fluttering in the wind, for your enjoyment.
Taken by a Nikon 990.



Ambient light. Adjusted the RGB curve in Photoshop.

Larger image can be found in my Zing album, “Wind, Sand, and
Water” at:

http://www.zing.com/member/?name=khanosu

Here is more info about this image.

CAMERA : E990V1.0
METERING : MATRIX
MODE : P
SHUTTER : 1/265sec
APERTURE : F8.9
EXP + - : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f23.4mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : STANDARD
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : AUTO
SHARPNESS : AUTO
DATE : 2000.08.04 12:00
QUALITY : 3:2 FINE

Cheers!

Furrukh

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Thanks Jay! Good suggestion. I keep on forgetting about the “despeckle” filter. After applying the “despeckle” filter to this image the noise has become less noticeable. After reading your post, I went back to the windmill image that I posted today, and applied this filter. The noise there decreased enough so that I could tweak the curve a bit more to get more detail in the sky.

Cheers!

Furrukh

Jay said:

-Jay

Furrukh said:

Here is a beach umbrella fluttering in the wind, for your enjoyment.
Taken by a Nikon 990.



Ambient light. Adjusted the RGB curve in Photoshop.

Larger image can be found in my Zing album, “Wind, Sand, and
Water” at:

http://www.zing.com/member/?name=khanosu

Here is more info about this image.

CAMERA : E990V1.0
METERING : MATRIX
MODE : P
SHUTTER : 1/265sec
APERTURE : F8.9
EXP + - : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f23.4mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : STANDARD
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : AUTO
SHARPNESS : AUTO
DATE : 2000.08.04 12:00
QUALITY : 3:2 FINE

Cheers!

Furrukh

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Forget the technical stuff. When I look at that photo, I'm right there--wherever that beach happens to be!!! Joan C

Furrukh said:

Here is a beach umbrella fluttering in the wind, for your enjoyment.
Taken by a Nikon 990.



Ambient light. Adjusted the RGB curve in Photoshop.

Larger image can be found in my Zing album, “Wind, Sand, and
Water” at:

http://www.zing.com/member/?name=khanosu

Here is more info about this image.

CAMERA : E990V1.0
METERING : MATRIX
MODE : P
SHUTTER : 1/265sec
APERTURE : F8.9
EXP + - : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f23.4mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : STANDARD
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : AUTO
SHARPNESS : AUTO
DATE : 2000.08.04 12:00
QUALITY : 3:2 FINE

Cheers!

Furrukh

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Thanks Joan. This is the Saugatuck beach, on the Eastern coast of Lake Michigan. Glad you enjoyed this image.

Cheers!

Furrukh

Joan C said:

Furrukh said:

Here is a beach umbrella fluttering in the wind, for your enjoyment.
Taken by a Nikon 990.



Ambient light. Adjusted the RGB curve in Photoshop.

Larger image can be found in my Zing album, “Wind, Sand, and
Water” at:

http://www.zing.com/member/?name=khanosu

Here is more info about this image.

CAMERA : E990V1.0
METERING : MATRIX
MODE : P
SHUTTER : 1/265sec
APERTURE : F8.9
EXP + - : 0.0
FOCAL LENGTH : f23.4mm(X1.0)
IMG ADJUST : STANDARD
SENSITIVITY : ISO100
WHITEBAL : AUTO
SHARPNESS : AUTO
DATE : 2000.08.04 12:00
QUALITY : 3:2 FINE

Cheers!

Furrukh

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