A very happy man

I met this guy at the weekend at an America car show - a great car (that I admit you can hardly see) which he uses for weddings.

I would appreciate any comments on technique as this is for me heavily post processed.




Thanks

Mike

Nice shot, Camera model?

Who cares but K10D Tamron 17-50 f6.7 at 1/180 ISO 100 - thanks for the kind comment.

Mike

Mike,

Gotta love these old cars - a joy to photograph with all that shiney paint, glass and polished chrome.

I have to admit though that to me, the owner's expresion doesn't go with your title

Which lens were you using?

Is this a major crop?

Cheers!

Tamron 17-50 and yes a major crop. Isn't that odd I can see he's happy - maybe it's a Brummie thing!

Mike

Mike,

If that's a major crop, and remains that sharp, it's a testament to both your camera and the Tamron.

I like the finished product, as I'm sure the subject would.

Now, as a far-away Kanuck, I need to know what a Brummie is?

I only asked as I will be buying two new cameras in abit, not sure 2 K20D's or one K10D, one K20D and your photo looks as good as a Nikon D200, if not better..

I've just checked - maybe major crop was overstating it. I'll have lost 40% of the area of the original image. I find the lens to be good and although it was an impulse buy it's become the walkabout lens. Just a bit big and heavy but it is f2.8 throughout the zoom.

A Brummie is a resident of Birmingham and they have a very distinct accent which is easily confused with the Black Country accent. Woe betide the man who suggests a Black Country lad is a Brummie (or vice versa). I think this guy was a Brummie although he still retained an Indian (?) accent as well so it wasn't easy to tell. For the accent think Jasper Carrot if you get him in Canada.

Mike

I'v watched your questions with some interest. I'm not sure I'd bother to change in your position - after all a camera is a means to an end and the glass is probably the most important consideration.

I bought Pentax as it was the best bang for bucks for an entry level and now I have some lenses I feel disinclined to change. I do now realise how much I missed my Leica rangefinder from 30 years ago but there's no realistic digital option that I can find.

Mike

Just got the K20D... and it's a definite improvement on the K10D. Huge RAW files and tons of detail. Higher ISO range too. (K10D is CCD, K20D is CMOS - and the response from RAW seems different to me)
Yet the K10D is still a mighty fine camera

Maybe you should go for one K20D and wait until the end of the week to see what else Photokina brings
Matt

There's a lot to be said for having two of the same model. You can go from one to the other without thinking.

G

The picture is rather under-exposed, and the fact that most of it is in shadow means that it's not quite as interesting as it might be.

But it is not obviously post-processed.

And if the Brummie accent is "distinct", it shouldn't be possible to confuse it with any other, surely?

G

Thanks George - yes I can see what you mean about the exposure and I have twiddled it a bit in PS now and it is a bit brighter without being daft.

I am pleased that you don't feel it's obviously post-processed as it took 9 layers to get that image and finally I did the twiddle with levels to make it sparkle a bit more.

Take your point about the 'distinct' accent - but I'm not sure how to express it otherwise as I am sure you would agree that the Brummie accent is readily recognised but equally readily confused with a Black Country one

Mike

Matt,
What are you calling huge files, what size are they for Raw, as i only shoot raw 99% of the time. (The Nikons were between 15MB and 22MB)

Terry,
(Apologies for going off topic!)
The K20D ranges from 11 to 17Mb in PEF mode. Take note that the PEF format is compressed with a lossless algorithm, and that DNG has no compression The GX20 can only shoot DNG (not PEF).
The K10D was in the region of 8-12Mb in PEF format (more for DNG).
So for you, shooting PEF will give you more for your card
Matt