Mirrorless Monday, Apr 9, 2018

Panasonic GX1, 14mm, Cannery Row

The pergola at West Dean.

Panasonic GX7, Zuiko 9-18mm

great lens, Brian!

Olympus E-PL5. Zuiko ED 9-18 (9)

Sony a6000 / Sony 35mm 1.8

 

http://spirer.com/images/coimbrafactory.jpg

X-E1 + XC 16-50

Untitled by c w, on Flickr

Nikkor 105/2.5 on Sony A7

Waymont, Ireland (Northwest)

 

Sony A9 + Sony 100-400/4.5-5.6 GM

Canon G12

 

Three images from a Sony ILCE-7R, using manual focus lenses as noted.

 

The First Autumn Evening (28mm Super-Takumar f/5.5)

 

 

Newstead (28mm Chinon MC f/2.8)

 

 

Evening at the Bike Shop (28mm Super-Takumar f/3.5)

 

Lumix LX-100

See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil..

 

E-M1 Mark II and 12-100mm f4 M. Zuiko. Raw capture, processed in DXO Photo Lab with the Fuji Astia color profile loaded via DXO Filmpack.

 

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IN & OUT ART

Fuji XT-2, XF18-55

 

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That "view attachment" never works for me, just get error message.

Mukul, that is a terrific portrait. Super good.

 

Ed, what's with the weird artifacts? Lovely spot - one has to love that rugged coastline.

That "view attachment" never works for me, just get error message.

I'm settling in with the notion that getting a clean post around here is just a roll of the dice. One week it accepts my post, the next it doesn't. Is this the norm now?

This is a three frame, bracketed HDR. This creates artifacts in the waves, which are continually moving. Usually the effect is softening or painterly, like long exposures. I need to take a closer look at processing this image.

 

I had thought Ireland consisted of rounded hills with green meadows and hedgerows and stone fences. It has all of that, but a seriously rugged coastline too boot. I spent 9 days circumnavigating the island, much of it on the Wild Waves Road. Here, the slate rocks have been strongly tilted landward. Slate fractures easily in plates, but is hard enough to retain sharp edges under wave action.

Ed, I've made many HDR composite shots including moving seas, and the character of the moving water captured is always a surprise to me (in a good way).

Using AuroraHD2018, there is a provision to minimize "ghosting", which I generally avoid for moving water. It helps prevent five-legged, two headed sheep, among other things. I prefer the confusion. I find HDR most useful for extracting detail in overcast skies. Many days in Ireland, the sky looked like a ping pong ball from the inside - until HDR was applied. As an alternative, tone mapping is highly effective for images with a high dynamic range, like a Sony A7Rii.

 

As an alternative to slow shutter speeds (e.g., with a 6x ND filter), AuroraHD2018 can be used to stack non-bracketed exposures without the use of a tripod. It's not quite the same but surprisingly effective.