**This week with your MF camera, Apr 12-18 2025**

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This weekly topic serves as a place for forum members to share recent work with our medium format cameras. It's OK for medium format owners to dazzle us with images made with other cameras, but the idea is to allow owners with similar cameras to compare notes, chops, and sensibilities.

Using Threaded View helps to keep each person's contribution and responses linked in a tree-like structure so replies/discussions are easier to follow.

To begin:
  1. Add your contribution for the week by responding to this, the first message in this topic.
  2. Change the Subject of your message, then embed your image into the reply with whatever you’d like to say about it. (Embedding makes it easier to participate, easier than a link to an image located outside the forum - but links aren’t a great offense).
  3. In order to make things easier for our cellphone users, please limit the number of images in one post to fewer than 10, and don't quote images in your replies that are extraneous to the points you're making.
If you especially want C&C (criticism/critique) or technique feedback, say so. It’s assumed one does want such feedback, but direct requests may garner a more studied analysis/response. If you don't want such feedback, say so, and others will respect your wishes. If you don't want anybody to suggest changes by posting edits of your image, say that, too.

If you feel you've been ignored, select your post, reply to it with a brief note to the effect of "Can I get some feedback?". Not getting feedback on a post isn't uncommon, so don't feel offended - no one is charged to ensure all posts get attention (we're not organized enough for that). If you want particular feedback (composition, exposure choice, etc.), saying so can be helpful for the potential respondents as to what your needs may be.

It is courteous and advisable that, should you post images for feedback, you also make comment on at least one other contribution. Respectful acknowledgment of everyone is the goal, and it’s requested that all participants assume some responsibility to that end.

Enjoy!
 
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The recent rain accelerated the spring melt. When the snow goes, one never knows what's going to show up.

Voigtländer Color-Skopar 50mm/2.8 @ f/8, processed with a random "cinematic" preset that I don't even recall where it came from but I thought looked kind of nostalgic.


Voigtländer Color-Skopar 50mm/2.8 @ f/8

The lens is from my old Vitessa T, just for kicks.

Sterling
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I looked at a few of these "glow" filters and they are quite expensive in 82mm . (Photoshop) You could always press ctrl +J and then ctrl+shift+Alt +2 to select highlights. Use this selection as a mask for the new layer. Then add gaussian blur and change the blend mode to soft light or overlay and blur to taste . Play with the idea in terms of amounts and layer opacity.

Hope you forgive me for very quickly screwing up your photo :)
 
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I looked at a few of these "glow" filters and they are quite expensive in 82mm . (Photoshop) You could always press ctrl +J and then ctrl+shift+Alt +2 to select highlights. Use this selection as a mask for the new layer. Then add gaussian blur and change the blend mode to soft light or overlay and blur to taste . Play with the idea in terms of amounts and layer opacity.

Hope you forgive me for very quickly screwing up your photo :)
Please feel free! I've tried adding glow using the approach you described, but it always looks too artificial to me. What you did above is punchier and more colorful, and I see the appeal, but I can't get over that sort of gaussian glow feel that rubs me the wrong way!
 
...I've tried adding glow using the approach you described, but it always looks too artificial to me....
Here's another trick in Photoshop:
  • Duplicate your base layer
  • Run the Camera Raw Filter from the Filter menu on your new layer.
  • In the "Effects" section, turn down the "Texture" slider all the way to the left. Experiment with turning down the Clarity and Dehaze sliders as well but be careful as these have a more powerful effect.
  • If you're planning to highlight a specific element of the scene, you can also turn down the Vividness and/or Saturation sliders in the Color section to get the background where you like it and later use a layer mask to protect the specific element. You may want to do this on a new copy of the layer you're working on to give you more control in the next step.
  • You can use the layer's opacity slider to decrease the effect. You can create a layer mask if you want to emphasize elements in the scene.
  • If you make them "smart" layers you can go back into the Camera Raw filter to further tweak your settings there.
Best of luck,
Sterling
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Yes you are right, even with a lot of fine tuning it will never be as good,

I really look forward to seeing two shots , with and without the filter, what strength did you order ?
Next time I go out I'll post some tests. I ordered the highest strength (1/2) because that was what was available. If the effect is too strong but I otherwise like it, I'll try the 1/4 or 1/8.
 

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