Water Tower Galactica (aka "Three Curves")

--Lannie

Here is the original, resized.

--Lannie

Hi Lannie,

I like this image presentation my friend.

It is best to post process images rather than preset the camera to do any effects for you.

Shooting the D800E in high JPEG is more than adequate for many scenes. You might consider shooting scenes in both high JPEG and RAW, too. Then you could practice techniques with the RAW data that allows further development from your lens and camera setup.

This large structure has plenty of components that stand out well, even for an F/8 setting,  and the finest details that could be obtained are not missed because of the overall content that is shown.

Often , in my line of work, I am looking for the small nuts and bolts that put structure together, measure the thread pattern of the rods or detect the small insect sitting on a structure.

Good work my friend.

Best Regards, Mike

Thanks, Mike.

I'm not big on presets, Mike.  I shot only several shots that afternoon with only JPEGs, and this was unfortunately one of them.  I routinely shoot with Raw and JPEGs together.  All of these crops are, I believe, from the same file.

--Lannie

Hi Lannie,

This flagship of Nikon takes a while to really develop its full potential. Besides the camera, the choice of lens used becomes an essential component to the system.

I took 100 lens that I regularly use with my other Nikon and Canon cameras, and placed them on the Nikon D800E. Of the 100 lens, all very good compared to the consumer grade (kit type) lens, only two worked well enough to be matched with the Nikon D800E.

I already knew what lens to use, as I had prepared for a photographic seminar where I was speaking to other photographers about the optical requirements required to benefit the better sensors available today. Certainly, with my best lens, the f-stop used plays the key role to obtain the best results from the Nikon D800E, as it does for most DSLR cameras today.

Best Regards, Mike