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Hockley Viaduct - in IR
I've been following your IR posts, Richard, from your recounting of the conversion of your camera to IR &, I have to say, I'm hooked! They are beautiful, ethereal,& show the world in an entirely different light(!) Can this "effect" be achieved with a non-converted camera? Can a filter be used? W...
Posted by karma mechanic on 02/08/2011 - 13:51
Insect cavalcade and quiz
Thats a difficult task without knowing the amount of PP (if any) or the amount of cropping... Good point, Alan. All images were captured in RAW format and then developed in Lightroom 3.41 using the appropriate lens profile. Selective sharpening was applied using layers and the high pass-filter in...
Posted by prsjnb on 06/08/2011 - 19:48
Vivitar 55mm, Nokton 58mm +macro filter, Sigma 105mm: rough comparison
As the title says. Should have said a bit image heavy. Comparison of the following lenses. Vivtar 55mm f2.8 macro, manual focus/exposure. Nokton 58mm f1.4, MF, with Sigma achromatic macro lens, Sigma 105mm f2.8 AF. Slightly windy today and comps done in jpg only. Taken with camera on trip...
Posted by dougf8 on 10/08/2011 - 11:01
Vivitar 55mm, Nokton 58mm +macro filter, Sigma 105mm: rough comparison
Looks like you have too much time on your hands and too many macro lenses....:D Are those crops all the same size, ie the same percentage of the frame? It would appear not since they are different magnifications, which makes it impossible to tell which is better IMO.
Posted by aliengrove on 10/08/2011 - 12:30
Vivitar 55mm, Nokton 58mm +macro filter, Sigma 105mm: rough comparison
Damn, photobucket has shrunk it in the wash. It was 800x1200 I've dropped the quality but photobucket is not cooperating, its coming down to 533x800!!! The crops are all 400x400 pixels from the full size images above. I admit I could have spent more time getting the magnifications spot on and t...
Posted by dougf8 on 10/08/2011 - 12:36
Vivitar 55mm, Nokton 58mm +macro filter, Sigma 105mm: rough comparison
Only 2 macro lenses and the Nokton. I'm looking to see if I can live with either just the Nokton and the macro adapter or the Vivitar and sell the Sigma to buy something else (a nice little point and shoot). On this I'd say I could probably live with the Nokton and the adapter. Depends if you get ...
Posted by Mike-P on 10/08/2011 - 12:42
Vivitar 55mm, Nokton 58mm +macro filter, Sigma 105mm: rough comparison
Well the achromatic filter was less than £15. And the results are pretty acceptable even next to the dedicated macro lenses. And selling the Sigma 105mm will go some way to getting a new S95 or P7000.
Posted by dougf8 on 10/08/2011 - 12:51
Vivitar 55mm, Nokton 58mm +macro filter, Sigma 105mm: rough comparison
And selling the Sigma 105mm will go some way to getting a new S95 or P7000. Keep an eye on Jessops clearance web page. Got myself a Panasonic LX5 2 weeks ago for a touch over £200 .. all that was wrong was the box was a bit crushed.
Posted by Mike-P on 10/08/2011 - 13:03
Vivitar 55mm, Nokton 58mm +macro filter, Sigma 105mm: rough comparison
all that was wrong was the box was a bit crushed. Hmmm, a lot of "was's" in that sentence. :lol:
Posted by Mike-P on 10/08/2011 - 13:03
Vivitar 55mm, Nokton 58mm +macro filter, Sigma 105mm: rough comparison
Photobucket by default has a setting in Account settings, album settings, upload settings, where you can specify what it sizes to. I've taken the limit off. And uploaded it again. 100% crops from the pics above. Crops in order Vivitar f8, f2.8 Nokton f8, f2.8 Sigma f8, f2.8
Posted by dougf8 on 10/08/2011 - 16:44
Day off work
Gorgeous countryside but the vignetting seems intrusive. yeah looking at em it his your right i had a pl filter on could that be it :?:
Posted by nipper on 11/08/2011 - 11:24
Greenland
Thanks all, it's a great perk of the job to get opportunitiess to take pictures like these. I only just wish it happened more often! As pointed out, it's a bit more of a stable platform than a C172! I got someone to clean the windows before this trip. :D I have recently started work on a book, wh...
Posted by aliengrove on 15/08/2011 - 14:29
Some London randoms
Hello all. I have collected a few more shots around London over the last couple of weeks. I generally have a camera of some sort with me as I wander around to and from work, so I always seem to end up with a few shots of central London on my memory card. Here are a few, hope you like them... Firs...
Posted by matwhittington on 14/08/2011 - 17:05
Some London randoms
I really like the first one, this sort of subject definitely suits the fisheye. The second one might look better cropped square, or with more fill light to get back some shadow detail. The sky in some of these shots seems a bit devoid of detail, the wonky Tower Bridge one would have more impact IMO ...
Posted by aliengrove on 14/08/2011 - 20:13
Steam Trains in IR
Very reminiscent of an engine on a winters morning where all but the engine are glistening with hoar frost. Absolute magic - great stuff. Can you shoot IR in the dark, or at least very low light. Or does there need to be visible light as well (I appreciate you need to see what you're doing) ...
Posted by karma mechanic on 19/08/2011 - 19:14
New York in B&W
Nice shots, NY does look great in mono, and you've done a good job here. I really like #3, but as David said, the central tower could do with the exposure dropped a stop or two to give it a bit more contrast. I think 1,2,4,6 and 9 could all do with a grad filter applied in Lightroom if you have it,...
Posted by aliengrove on 26/08/2011 - 23:43
Jumping Spider retouched
Found a new sharpening method in PE. High Pass filter What do you think?
Posted by SteveEveritt on 01/09/2011 - 22:30
Jumping Spider retouched
Great detail, love the reflection too. The High pass filter works really well on eyes, as you have shown to great effect here!
Posted by aliengrove on 05/09/2011 - 16:37
Coastal waters
Very surreal. This filter clearly has great potential.
Posted by bwlchmawr on 03/09/2011 - 19:11
Two new IR ones with a different look
Yesterday I went for a walk at the military cemetery on the site of the old Victoria Hospital at Netley. The weather was mostly dull so not good for the 'glowing' type of IR shots. I thought I'd try some different processing to make them more like old B&W rather than the hyper-detailed look that I...
Posted by karma mechanic on 06/09/2011 - 09:55
