Funest shootout yet! w00t!! I woke up at a quarter till way-to-early-in-the-morning, climbed a mountain side, walked an inch thick piece of webbing, watched people jump off a cliff, told stories, heard new ones, ate good food, watched others eat way too much good food, and made a bunch of new friends. Doesn't get too much better than that.
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Sunrise at Mesa Arch - 6 image stitch (I was standing about 6 feet to the right of JamesL when he took the video):
Just one from me. I'm still moving photos from my laptop to my desktop, having been away for almost two weeks.
Sunrise at Dead Horse Point (5-image pano)
I had such a wonderful time with all of the Dgrinners that made it this year. I can't even express how happy I was to see everyone having a great time and really getting into the swing of things.. and most of all, learning a ton from the pros and getting shots that made me green with envy! I really wish I could have been everywhere at once, getting to know everyone better.
May we always have the light, laughs, and red dust on our gear. :smo
Have a safe trip home to everyone who may still be in transit!
Wow. What a view! I didn't even know Dead Horse Point had such a view. I was camped just down there road from there at HorseThief park, so I wish I had stopped by. What a shot!
Sorry I didn't get a chance to say hi face to face. I had to bail back to Denver after the sunrise shoot on Wednesday. Maybe next year.
I HATE YOU...ALL OF YOU!:D:D:D:D:D:D Sure, stick me on an airplane then go an post stuff like this I HATE YOU (sticking toungue out kicking feet and pouting).
OK, you now know all of my secrets, I need to find a new hobby.
It's not an HDR, it was hand held, and the wind was blowing pretty good. Can I count that as driving?
I did quite a bit to this shot.
I started with this.
Shot as a JPG, ISO 400, 1/800th of a second, at f8 with a XSi and a Tokina 12-24 lens at 17mm.
In camera RAW, I dropped the exposer a bit, and used the recover slider to bring the sky back some.
I also added some vibrance and clarity to make the colors pop.
Then in CS3, I made a dup. layer, and worked the sky some more. The only thing I think I did wrong, was I shot it ISO 400. I should have been lower.
Anyways, added a mask to allow the the sky to stay, and the red rock to show through.
When I was that far, the sky wasn't blue enough for me, so I added a Blue Photo Filter to the sky.
I then added a Gradient Map (B&W) in multiply blending mode at a small amount to add even more contrast.
I probably did a few more small adjustments to it, levels, highlights/shadows, but that's not that big of a deal.
It took about 15 minutes to turn it into this.
Hi Dave, the only thing I would do to make the image present a little better is clean up all the noise, its really evident in the clouds. I didn't realize the xsi was so noisy? I'd maybe crop an inch off the bottom as well, but thats just personal preference stuff.
Double Arch. Thanks to the wonderful couple on the ledge. I know a number of us had some great shots since they had the patience to sit and not move for a very, very, very long time.
I have another more silhouette version I still have to process.
"Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to. Oh well."
-Fleetwood Mac
OK, you now know all of my secrets, I need to find a new hobby.
It's not an HDR, it was hand held, and the wind was blowing pretty good. Can I count that as driving?
I did quite a bit to this shot.
I started with this.
Shot as a JPG, ISO 400, 1/800th of a second, at f8 with a XSi and a Tokina 12-24 lens at 17mm.
In camera RAW, I dropped the exposer a bit, and used the recover slider to bring the sky back some.
I also added some vibrance and clarity to make the colors pop.
Then in CS3, I made a dup. layer, and worked the sky some more. The only thing I think I did wrong, was I shot it ISO 400. I should have been lower.
Anyways, added a mask to allow the the sky to stay, and the red rock to show through.
When I was that far, the sky wasn't blue enough for me, so I added a Blue Photo Filter to the sky.
I then added a Gradient Map (B&W) in multiply blending mode at a small amount to add even more contrast.
I probably did a few more small adjustments to it, levels, highlights/shadows, but that's not that big of a deal.
It took about 15 minutes to turn it into this.
Yikes!!
You all work waay to hard.
Olympus E-500 with Zuiko 14-54mm F2.8
Shot at:
14mm
ISO 100
F10
1/20th
Used Graduated Filter on camera to get the sky at time it was shot.
Sharpen, Slight Contrast Adj, Adjust Black-White- & Mid Points- then upload to the site.
No layers, no masks, no HDR. Just one good shot.
Less of :devbobo more of :photo
"The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"
Hi Dave, the only thing I would do to make the image present a little better is clean up all the noise, its really evident in the clouds. I didn't realize the xsi was so noisy? I'd maybe crop an inch off the bottom as well, but thats just personal preference stuff.
The XSi really isn't all that noisy, my skills in post process are just that bad.
As I said in my post, I should have been shooting at ISO 100 or 200, that would have helped.
I don't want to crop the bottom, I like having all the road in the shot. If I were to crop it, I get
rid of the noisy sky.
Aaron's shot is proper way to do it, the same way it was in the old days, get it done with the camera.
I have graduated filters, but I didn't have them with me.
I was packing light and just didn't remember to bring them along.
Vicodin can have that affect sometimes.
Aaron, That's really a great shot.
How many stop filter did you use, and was it a soft edge or hard edge?
The XSi really isn't all that noisy, my skills in post process are just that bad.
As I said in my post, I should have been shooting at ISO 100 or 200, that would have helped.
I don't want to crop the bottom, I like having all the road in the shot. If I were to crop it, I get
rid of the noisy sky.
Aaron's shot is proper way to do it, the same way it was in the old days, get it done with the camera.
I have graduated filters, but I didn't have them with me.
I was packing light and just didn't remember to bring them along.
Vicodin can have that affect sometimes.
Aaron, That's really a great shot.
How many stop filter did you use, and was it a soft edge or hard edge?
I believe it is a 2 stop soft edge as it is often not enough.
I was shooting with my ultra wide fighting the light because it is so wide and cannot use filters and then it hit me.... hey dumba$$ use the 14-54 and put the filters on!! Everything got much nicer after that.
"The Journey of life is as much in oneself as the roads one travels"
Both are simple 2 shot layers, normal and the underexposed (darker sky), with a mask on normal for the sky. Just LR tweaks on exposure, sharpening and clarity of result. I didn't need the 'overexposed' shot in either.
What is interesting is the hard line between rock and sky is really there in each original, so I have to tweak 'Refine Edge' on the mask (Marc's Method) so it doesn't look 'fake', especially in the second one. I did it late last night, and will redo later before printing.
Maybe Marc has some pointers [/hint hint] :poke
"Don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to. Oh well."
-Fleetwood Mac
I used Ian's 1Ds Mark III when he was using his Nikon D3. I've got a 5D Mark II coming soon, and the rest of the time on the shoot out I used a Canon 50D.
(sorry offtopic)
Andy incase you return to see this post, i am very curious...why sell off your 1DsmIII and replace with a 5DII? is the 5DII going to be that good?
Andy incase you return to see this post, i am very curious...why sell off your 1DsmIII and replace with a 5DII? is the 5DII going to be that good?
There's a great article in one recent photo mag. I don't recall which one. But the gist of it was that some cameras have a cheaper cousin. To me, the 5dmkii has all the features the 1ds does but there are a few things that are different. If you don't need those differences, then the 5d is for you. I could easily say most of us don't need the differences.
That's my opinion.
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There's a great article in one recent photo mag. I don't recall which one. But the gist of it was that some cameras have a cheaper cousin. To me, the 5dmkii has all the features the 1ds does but there are a few things that are different. If you don't need those differences, then the 5d is for you. I could easily say most of us don't need the differences.
That's my opinion.
Very true Ian,
The 5DM11 will have the digic4 processor giving it a substantial edge to the 1dsM111 when considering low noise at high ISO. Then there is the whole video thingbarb
(Ian, maybe move these posts to a new thread...?
i hate to go off topic...)
Ian, i know the article...something like baby brother i think...
i wonder about IQ, dynamic range, etc..etc... the 5DII will go up against the bigger bro on those qualities?
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Sunrise at Mesa Arch - 6 image stitch (I was standing about 6 feet to the right of JamesL when he took the video):
Climbing:
Sunrise at Landscape Arch - 10 image stitch:
More to come later.
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Travel = good. Woo, shooting!
nickwphoto
Sunrise at Dead Horse Point (5-image pano)
I had such a wonderful time with all of the Dgrinners that made it this year. I can't even express how happy I was to see everyone having a great time and really getting into the swing of things.. and most of all, learning a ton from the pros and getting shots that made me green with envy! I really wish I could have been everywhere at once, getting to know everyone better.
May we always have the light, laughs, and red dust on our gear. :smo
Have a safe trip home to everyone who may still be in transit!
Photos that don't suck / 365 / Film & Lomography
Awesome! That came out great. I still haven't processed my pics from the sunrise shoot, but I hope they come out as good as that one.
James
Langford Photography
http://www.langfordphotography.com
james@langfordphotography.com
Wow.
Sorry I didn't get a chance to say hi face to face. I had to bail back to Denver after the sunrise shoot on Wednesday. Maybe next year.
James
Langford Photography
http://www.langfordphotography.com
james@langfordphotography.com
Finally started wading thru the 3300+ images I shot. This is one is from the F/4 wanderings around CBS. More to come ...
-Fleetwood Mac
This is also from CBS, but seems a little washed out compared to my calibrated Mac Monitor. It truly doesn't do the place justice.
-Fleetwood Mac
Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
NAPP Member | Canon Shooter
Weddings/Portraits and anything else that catches my eye.
www.daveswartz.com
Model Mayhem site http://www.modelmayhem.com/686552
Really sweet. HDR or just simple +/- EV layers?
-Fleetwood Mac
My Gallery
BTW, I believe that's actually a woman up there who just conquered the rather phallic looking rock.
Link to my Smugmug site
I must reply to this question Dave:D
Hand held, one exposure while driving
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Oh, and most likely using Kate's head as a tripod
NAPP Member | Canon Shooter
Weddings/Portraits and anything else that catches my eye.
www.daveswartz.com
Model Mayhem site http://www.modelmayhem.com/686552
Too bad Marc, since you showed how easy it was to to do as 2 layers and a mask. So dave cheated and didn't even turn on his computer :cry
:giggle :giggle :giggle
-Fleetwood Mac
OK, you now know all of my secrets, I need to find a new hobby.
It's not an HDR, it was hand held, and the wind was blowing pretty good. Can I count that as driving?
I did quite a bit to this shot.
I started with this.
Shot as a JPG, ISO 400, 1/800th of a second, at f8 with a XSi and a Tokina 12-24 lens at 17mm.
In camera RAW, I dropped the exposer a bit, and used the recover slider to bring the sky back some.
I also added some vibrance and clarity to make the colors pop.
Then in CS3, I made a dup. layer, and worked the sky some more. The only thing I think I did wrong, was I shot it ISO 400. I should have been lower.
Anyways, added a mask to allow the the sky to stay, and the red rock to show through.
When I was that far, the sky wasn't blue enough for me, so I added a Blue Photo Filter to the sky.
I then added a Gradient Map (B&W) in multiply blending mode at a small amount to add even more contrast.
I probably did a few more small adjustments to it, levels, highlights/shadows, but that's not that big of a deal.
It took about 15 minutes to turn it into this.
Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
Regards,
Mike
I have another more silhouette version I still have to process.
-Fleetwood Mac
You all work waay to hard.
Olympus E-500 with Zuiko 14-54mm F2.8
Shot at:
14mm
ISO 100
F10
1/20th
Used Graduated Filter on camera to get the sky at time it was shot.
Sharpen, Slight Contrast Adj, Adjust Black-White- & Mid Points- then upload to the site.
No layers, no masks, no HDR. Just one good shot.
Less of :devbobo more of :photo
Aaron Newman
Website:www.CapturingLightandEmotion.com
Facebook: Capturing Light and Emotion
The XSi really isn't all that noisy, my skills in post process are just that bad.
As I said in my post, I should have been shooting at ISO 100 or 200, that would have helped.
I don't want to crop the bottom, I like having all the road in the shot. If I were to crop it, I get
rid of the noisy sky.
Aaron's shot is proper way to do it, the same way it was in the old days, get it done with the camera.
I have graduated filters, but I didn't have them with me.
I was packing light and just didn't remember to bring them along.
Vicodin can have that affect sometimes.
Aaron, That's really a great shot.
How many stop filter did you use, and was it a soft edge or hard edge?
Basking in the shadows of yesterday's triumphs'.
-Fleetwood Mac
I believe it is a 2 stop soft edge as it is often not enough.
I was shooting with my ultra wide fighting the light because it is so wide and cannot use filters and then it hit me.... hey dumba$$ use the 14-54 and put the filters on!! Everything got much nicer after that.
Aaron Newman
Website:www.CapturingLightandEmotion.com
Facebook: Capturing Light and Emotion
HDR??
Aaron Newman
Website:www.CapturingLightandEmotion.com
Facebook: Capturing Light and Emotion
Both are simple 2 shot layers, normal and the underexposed (darker sky), with a mask on normal for the sky. Just LR tweaks on exposure, sharpening and clarity of result. I didn't need the 'overexposed' shot in either.
What is interesting is the hard line between rock and sky is really there in each original, so I have to tweak 'Refine Edge' on the mask (Marc's Method) so it doesn't look 'fake', especially in the second one. I did it late last night, and will redo later before printing.
Maybe Marc has some pointers [/hint hint] :poke
-Fleetwood Mac
Link to my Smugmug site
Canon 5D Mk.2/Grip || Canon 7D Backup
17-40 f/4L || 70-200 f/2.8L IS || 100mm f/2.8L Macro || 24-70mm f/2.8L
Wedding Photographer
www.cwphotos.net
(sorry offtopic)
Andy incase you return to see this post, i am very curious...why sell off your 1DsmIII and replace with a 5DII? is the 5DII going to be that good?
Very nice Dean!
That's my opinion.
Very true Ian,
The 5DM11 will have the digic4 processor giving it a substantial edge to the 1dsM111 when considering low noise at high ISO. Then there is the whole video thing
I am sure it will be a great pro am camera.
Muench Workshops
MW on Facebook
i hate to go off topic...)
Ian, i know the article...something like baby brother i think...
i wonder about IQ, dynamic range, etc..etc... the 5DII will go up against the bigger bro on those qualities?