Vintage Lens
Another visit to our garden using a vintage lens (Canon FD 50mm f/1.4) on my Canon R5. NOTE: With this lens the minimum focusing distance is 18" at which point you have 1/4" depth of field.
Austin, Texas Blue Hour
Was down in Austin for a bit on a work trip. I've always heard how beautiful the skyline is from the river.
Was a little let down by the clouds, but what can I do!
Two from Tenerife
My two favourite images from my recent night time adventure in Tenerife. Foregrounds and skies were shot separately and blended in PS.
Any interest in this group?
Hi all, I was looking for such a group but see that although there are many members there hasn’t been a single post. Is there interest out there in getting this group going?
Vintage Lenses
I thought I would try out my 50 year old lenses: Canon FD 50mm f/1.5 SSC and Canon FD 28mm f/2.8 on my Canon R5 with the use of the appropriate adapter.
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nice image i think you could take it a bit further in post but you really did get some great light...just a 5 min goof off but you get a little more out of it
Thanks man! i'll have a play around
Very nice, Ryan.
Thanks Scott!
I really like the composition, but it's a little dark for my taste and the blacks are blocked up something fierce. There is a very strong spike on the left edge of the histogram. While I couldn't recover anything in the blacks, I did pull up the mids a bit to give what I think is a little better tonal balance while still keeping the pre-sunrise (post-sunset?) feeling of the image.
Thanks Phillip, I Will have a little play around!
I like this image Ryan! It is very satisfying. Your composition does a beautiful scene justice. I also like Joseph and Phillip's ideas in their different ways; it just illustrates the personal aspect of interpretation, that there is no "right" way. Rather, this image provides the basis for various interpretations. So play around! And maybe keep a few.
I'm reminded of Ansel Adams' analogy that the negative (now RAW or original file) is the score, and the print the performance. Digital images are typically viewed as we are doing here, on screen, while the print is another "performance" (and so far for me entails different processing again).
There is a faint processing halo around that rock pillar and the left skyline, but that's nit-picking.
[Phillip, you don't seem to have noticed 0.2 degrees of clockwise tilt. ;-) ]
Thanks a lot Chris, I really like that analogy!
I probably missed it due to the slight divergence between the horizon and clouds. Grr.
And that Ansel Adams quote is one of my favorites.
This is so beautiful. Could you please post the original pic as well .