Playing around with the K-01 in France
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Posted 06/04/2013 - 15:12
Very good. Which HDR setting did you use for the first shot? The second shot looks better if you click on it and then click again for full size. It's not appreciably larger, but it sharpens the overall image.....and cleans up the letters on the signs.
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Posted 06/04/2013 - 15:18
The second one is much better than the first IMO, in the first the HDR effect is too much and has created big halos around the edges of objects.
I like the simplicity and quality of the second shot.
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David
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I like the simplicity and quality of the second shot.
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David
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Posted 06/04/2013 - 15:55
Totally agree with David. In the first shot the halos don't look good. The second shot makes better visual sense and is a rather nice treatment that suits the subject.
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Best regards, John
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Posted 06/04/2013 - 17:28
Thanks for the comments. The first shot was processed in camera using the 'Tone Expansion' digital filter. Whilst I appreciate it might look rather overdone and not to everyone's taste, I really like the artistic effect.
It actually takes normal shots rather well Stan!!
Dave
It actually takes normal shots rather well Stan!!
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Posted 06/04/2013 - 18:06
For me the white haloing spoils any artistic effect. It looks like a badly applied Local adjustment brush in Lightroom. Each to their own though. 
[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
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Posted 06/04/2013 - 18:57
The second shot is nicely French. The first one is probably an acquired taste. But then I am boringly conservative when it come to photographic techniques and effects...
I'm certain I've been to Paray-le-Monial but just when I can't remember.
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Andrew
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I'm certain I've been to Paray-le-Monial but just when I can't remember.
Best wishes,
Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050 http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05
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Both taken in Paray-Le Monial France and processed in camera.