Brasilia with the GX7

Aaron801 wrote:

Very cool... I can't say that I'm not envious, because that's a place that I'd really like to visit (the country and the town) as well as the fact that you got to shoot it with gear that I'd be happy to have with me. I looked at that GX7 and ended up going with a E-m10 for my latest camera, but I like Panasonics (I have an older GH2) and that camera seems very nice... I'm sure that I'd love it and if I had the money to throw away, I surely would have gotten both of those.

A nice collection of photos that make me more than ever want to visit there. The processing (or JPEG settings on your camera) seem to be producing a bit of a film type look with the kind of color that you're getting and the blacks being a bit blocky... I think that it works well for these shots and especially the ones in the city because that place has such a "lost in the 20th century" vibe and the film look is perfect for it. I don't own that lens so I can't comment about specifics, but it does seem like it might be a nice lens for shooting these kind of architectural shots 'coz it goes down to 12mm (my Panasonic kit zoom only goes down to 14mm). As for the distortion you're getting, it seems like the kind of thing that you could easily fix with software. If I had that lens, I'd just shoot the building stuff from a bit further back, straighten the lines in post and then crop out the edges (you have to crop out edges because correcting the lines bends the edges of the photo in a bit).

Brasilla certainly seems like a fascinating place... I love that kind of "what the future was then" mid-century architecture and that place seems to be ALL that. I understand that as a piece of urban planning, the city is a utter failure, but that doesn't take away from the fact that it's a very fascinating, very innovative and very unique experiment. There was an Australian documentary series called "Shock of the New" that was one some years ago about various art and design movements and there was an episode called something like "Failed Utopias" which featured Brasilia in a big way... Fascinating stuff!

Thanks Aaron,

I tend to shoot with just standard profile in jpg since I usually like to edit the photos at the gate and on the plane flying back from whatever place I have been - since i don't bring a laptop I like to use VSCO cam on either my phone or iPad.

I wish the camera could provide a little better dynamic range, but I guess i would get that if i would shoot raw and then in post bring back some of the highlights/shadows but then again it would be another step and I would end up never "developing" any photos by telling myself "I will do it later when I have more time".

I can recommend going to Brazil, there is a lot of nice places over here, even if I only have had the chance to see a few of them yet.

Best regards,
Kristoffer