Parade Navale 2016 - Lake Geneva/Switzerland with K-1

Hi

Well, some will notice, one year is over since my last post regarding this "Parade Navale" happening once a year on Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Well, I wanted to already post these photos yesterday, but flickr was not taking any photo uploads...

So yesterday, the traditional "Parade Navale" took place on Lake Geneva. This time in front of the town of Morges, between Lausanne and Geneva. The parade this year counted five Belle Epoque Paddle Steam boats, Vevey (1907), La Suisse (1910), Savoie (1914), Simplon (1920) and Rhône (1927).

All photos with K-1 and DFA 24-70/2.8 or DFA*70-200/2.8

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The full series is under https://www.flickr.com/photos/dschreckling/albums/72157668699285776 or http://www.bydoms.com/-/galleries/events/parade-navale-2016 .

Very nice Dominique,

Nice touch of light, nearly high key. Thanks!

Edit: I was partly fooled by my NT screen and the angle (other than standard) I looked at it when examening yor pictures. They are a thad darker than I previously thought

Great shots of those beautiful steam boats! I lived in Vevey for a short while as kid, never forget the beauty of the region! Thx for sharing!

J Posthuma wrote:

Very nice Dominique,

Nice touch of light, nearly high key. Thanks!

thank you Jetze.

Edit: I was partly fooled by my NT screen and the angle (other than standard) I looked at it when examening yor pictures. They are a thad darker than I previously thought

in the rather dull weather, post processing was not that easy, except for the colors coming out pretty bright, the remaining of the scene had not much contrast to work with, finding the correct balance between a pleasing photo and a rather dull grey photo. At the end, I opted for a somewhat brighter approach, but not high key (yet)

haui wrote:

Great shots of those beautiful steam boats! I lived in Vevey for a short while as kid, never forget the beauty of the region! Thx for sharing!

thank you for looking and commenting! Yes, I am sure the silhouettes of these steam boats brought up some memories!

flektogon wrote:

Nice pictures for sure, just a little bit too light for my taste. What's your reasoning behind such approach, Dominique?

Regards,

Peter

Thank you Peter. Well, before the sun came out, except for the colors of the flags which render pretty bright under such conditions, the remaining of the scene offered little contrast to work up with. When reducing the exposure, the whole photo pretty quickly turned out rather grey and dull, I finally prefered not reducing the exposure too much.

I should maybe give a try at reducing the exposure a little bit more...

wsu1 wrote:

Very nice compositions, and colors! Beautiful place.

Take care.

Thank you Bill.

Hi Peter

very nice attempt, Peter. I like such dramatic lightin as well.

However, it is not only a matter of personal taste... I covered the event for the press and the photos are supposed to show more or less the reality as all spectators have seen it. I can adjust levels, adjust exposure and contrast to a certain degree. However, increasing the contrast to such a level is not a good practice as press photographer.

That's interesting Dominique,

What happens to the image quality when published (in a paper?)?

Does the picture gets more contrast and les subtlety.

Do you take that into account when processing an image?