Pix for the Week Ending February 16th to 18th, 2023

Hello Sigma Shooters!

February has arrived and the weather is very cold and snowing here in Denver. Time for our weekly show and tell about images taken with a Sigma cameras and lenses. Remember the drill, you can enter up to 3 images and it would be helpful if you give you post a title so that comment will be directed properly.

Now go out and shoot some pix and have fun. Members in the northern hemisphere try to stay warm!

PS.  Happy President's Day to all our American shooters!  

Enjoy!  

Ripper shot, Larry.

Love the rich colours and detail.

… Dark: As always, your images are thoughtful and creative. Myself, and for no good reason, I avoid perspective processing that makes buildings perfectly, clinically mathematical square. Like a bit of distortion.

… DP2S

Dark slide wrote:

Purists be warned there is not a lot of Sigma in this post, if that offends look away now.

In this thread last week I posted End terrace because I had discovered new (to me at least) geometry fixing capability in Adobe Camera Raw, a one-button click to fix horizontal and vertical distortion.

#1, jpeg from unadjusted X3F

I went through my archive looking for other images with leaning or pregnant buildings. I found 4, three were much improved by the new button but one resisted.<big snip> Now a challenge, I have included the original (#1) so members can download and attempt a squaring up and further editing to improve on my #3. Interesting will be those who have third-party sharpening programs, e.g. Topaz. Please post here for comparisons. I award a prize of a gin and tonic, to myself, to anyone doing better. Cheers!

RawTherapee auto-crops during adjustment of vertical perspective:

Also adjusted LAB lightness, chroma, contrast and Contrast By Detail Levels.

Improves #3 ??

Some connected info. The building was The Indian Institute (hence the elephant weathervane) in Oxford built in the late 19th century for the purpose, at the time of the Raj, of training students to work in the Indian civil service and provide an insight for Brits into Indian people and culture. In 1968 a change of use and it became the Modern History Faculty concentrated on recent European history with India ignored. It changed again to become The Oxford Martin School, a facility for some 200 academics to brainstorm innovative solutions to problems (climate change, power generation etc etc) on an interdisciplinary basis.

Interesting, ta!

Controversy with India continues today. Some Indians are asking for the return of the Koh-i-Noor diamond, currently it is part of the crown worn by the appropriate woman at a Coronation. To avoid sensibility issues at the Coronation of King Charles III in May Queen-Consort Camilla will wear a different crown.

In my life if I have a pair of trousers in the laundry I have to find the other pair, for a Coronation some families have a surfeit of crowns.

LOL

SigmaChrome wrote:

Ripper shot, Larry.

Thanks Vitee:

Love the rich colours and detail.

I was driving down a back road when I saw these trees and scrub oak fields.  I stopped and grabbed a few shots.  This was the pick of the litter

Iain G Foulds wrote:

… DP2S

Very beautiful colors. Just awesome.

I love the old Foveon-sensors.

… DP2S

Very beautiful colors. Just awesome.

… Agreed! In my experience, vintage colours are best- whether Sigma or Nikon. My favourite Nikon models were both from 2001.

Iain G Foulds wrote:

… DP2S

Very beautiful colors. Just awesome.

… Agreed! In my experience, vintage colours are best- whether Sigma or Nikon. My favourite Nikon models were both from 2001.

I can confirm Sigma.

I can't say anything about Nikon. I have never held a 2001 Nikon model in my hand. Even if such old models have their appeal.

Beautiful image Fotoflo86:  Thanks for sharing.  

A foggy morning (not really this week), with the DP2M

larryj wrote:

Beautiful image Fotoflo86: Thanks for sharing.

I have to thank. I like to share.

Greetings from rainy Germany.

KSauzeRK wrote:

A foggy morning (not really this week), with the DP2M

Craziness. The picture is awesome. Congratulations. That's magic.

A little bit of warmth and the bees are quickly making the most of it. The ornamental Quince Chaenomeles japonica is a reliable source of pollen and nectar at this time of year and the fruit make wonderful Quince jelly in the autumn.

Best, Steve

Visual Metaphor of New York, all crammed together. 

Excellent detail helped on by those camera settings for such a bright 16EV day and your super-steady hand (I'm jealous) ...