DaveKitson

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1stEverPentax wrote:
A great idea in principle but I can't see many K-1 owners prepared to pay £450 to upgrade. If the price to upgrade was £250 then it would probably appeal to some...especially if you had bought recently at the deeply discounted price around Black Friday/Mon...but otherwise taking into account the money you had lost on depreciation already this upgrade would seem very poor value.
I guess that it depends on how much improvement the upgrade delivers. It willl be interesting seeing what real world reviews have to say about the new offering.

dave k

Comment by DaveKitson posted on K1 to K1 II upgrade path at 22/02/2018 - 17:32

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RobL wrote:
I have had a K-1 since launch and used pixel shift just twice. How about you?
I've used it a few times on landscapes when there is no obvious movement in the scene and compared the results with non pixelshifted images. My conclusion was that, at least in my (big vista) samples, the main differences were due to small movements in leaves & foliage and that the impact in other areas was not really significant for the image as a whole.

I haven't yet tried Pixelshift indoors where I would expect to see more of an effect.

BTW I have found that the best tool for examining PS images is Rawtherapee, which enables one to play with the individual images of a PS shot.

dave k

Comment by DaveKitson posted on Pentax K-1 Mark II rumours at 20/02/2018 - 18:44

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Roshni wrote:
Have you used any filters or modes for the shot?
I just used a CPL..

davek

Comment by DaveKitson posted on Bridging time.. at 26/01/2018 - 17:44

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JAK wrote:
Re the background, rather than blur it, what about darkening it down?
Actually, I have darkened it in the second image I posted. I'll experiment further..

dave k

Comment by DaveKitson posted on Bridging time.. at 26/01/2018 - 17:38

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MikeInDevon wrote:
I'd like to see the original unprocessed image please.

The small ancient bridge is amazing, how on earth is it still standing?

Thanks
Mike
Here is the original. It is converted using ACR with all settings at default and just resized.

If it is the detail of the packhorse bridge that you are interested in, I have attached a 100% crop (also unprocessed).
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Comment by DaveKitson posted on Bridging time.. at 26/01/2018 - 16:41

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Thanks for the feedback.

I have little intrinsic artistic talent, I'm working on it and the comments are helpful..

davek

Comment by DaveKitson posted on Bridging time.. at 26/01/2018 - 16:36

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Is this better??

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Comment by DaveKitson posted on Bridging time.. at 26/01/2018 - 00:30

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I'll experiment..

dave k

Comment by DaveKitson posted on Bridging time.. at 25/01/2018 - 22:16

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alfpics wrote:
The distant background looks artificially blurred making the bridges look like a model!
Thanks for the critique..

You are absolutely correct, I blurred the background because it was sharp but I do agree that it does not look right, I may just crop the top of the image instead..

dave

Comment by DaveKitson posted on Bridging time.. at 25/01/2018 - 21:36

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Two bridges crossing the Afon Ogwen, both worked for their time..

K1, FA 24-70mm,
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Comment by DaveKitson posted on Bridging time.. at 25/01/2018 - 19:36

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