A New Machine

Long time no post. After a long time away travelling, a new machine is

now built, capable of much more than I ever dreamt possible. 8gig with

Xeon just for kicks, I am here on the starting blocks with a collosal

75gig of images to get stuck into, and thats after pruning. I havent

processed anything since May, so I thought I would start in the woods

at 6am in one of the most beautiful settings I will ever photograph I am

sure.

 

This panorama is all thanks to Herr Zoerkendorfer and his magical PSA.

Using medium format lenses on 35mm digital bodies is now the weapon

of choice. This image, stitched with two horizontal shots is 8747 x 2915

pixels, a blend of two panos put together. f16, 1/3 and a 1/6th sec.

 

I hope to showcase some new material over the next coming months

with the greatest variety I have to offer. I hope you enjoy it and thanks for

looking.

Bloody Hell. Now thats a photograph...!!! Light is sublime, and I love the diagonal slant it cuts through the canopy. Can't wait to see what else you're going to bring up...

 

Respect,

 

James

 

p.s. - So what exactly are you shooting with now?!

Fabulous! Sure would like to take a stroll through this neck of the woods! Greetings from the west coast of Canada, Iren

Wonderful colors, great shadow detail. Highlights in center are just right. Even though horizon splits the image, it works for this pano perpspective. Just Great.

That has to be one of the most inviting shots I think I have ever seen. The light, shadows and flowers are just enticing you to go and explore. Magical capture David..looks fantastic.

Realy nice worke *** Warm regards

 

***Ali***

David, welcome back! What a shot to start with. It looks so good at 6 cm high on my screen -- I can't imagine the details available in a full size print.

 

 

Cheers guys, I have updated the photo with a bigger size, its just too small at 800px on the longest and is now replaced with 1024px

Not sure if it's been caused through resizing but it's too soft and needs re-sharpening. Nice image!

Congratulations on producing a fantastic image. The colouring, the light squeezing through the trees creating the shadows over the flowers...plus the large horizontal format all work well for your creation..Well done David!

See what you mean John, not good. I have had this problem before where Photo.net doesnt replace the original image with a new one. I have just tried again and again with different renamed files and nothing seems to work, some strange caching going on at their end. I have tried refreshing and using two different browers, but it wont update. I have had to resort back to the 800px one (click the picture) which does look sharp.

Much better now David. I have updated my images here a few times when I have changed my borders and noticed sometimes they update as soon as I refresh my browser, other times it takes about 2-3 days.

 

David, did you by any chance buy the MFS adapter by Zork? I'm interested in purchasing this as opposed to the 24mm TSE by Canon.

Yes I have the MFS a well, its the best macro money can buy and coupled with the Rodenstock Rodagon APO 90mm makes a killer system, sharpest lens I own even wide open. No CA at all. Bare in mind 80mm is the widest you will go with this set up.

 

The 24mm TS-E, despite its wide focal length, is an good piece of kit, but best suited to shifting for architecture and travel as its pretty poor at resolving fine detail in the edges. I stitch panos with it occasionally and its soft at the extreme edges. The Zork and medium format lens is superb, now its working (I had to get the lens repaired)

 

Very nice lighting and colors David. Nice wrok on panorma. I recently executed a panorma which I made by merging 14 vertical shots on 35mm films. But that was badly lit day so results were not upto the mark.

 

Nice work.

14 shots of film?! Thats dedication. You have to try these things though.

Stunning, David! I love the almost horizontal light and the graphic design created by the tree shadows. Straight into My Favorites.

--Cheers, Nancy

Davooooooooooooooooo!!!

 

Cracking shot mate! Great lines, colour, composition as usual.

 

This would grace any wall, 90 x 30??!! :-0)

Simply outstanding.Wow A+

Well Done!

Perfect and maravillous image

Saludos

VERY NICE!

Beautiful photo! Love the green-violet color combination.

Wonderful! I really have the feeling of getting up very early and being in a blue bells field at 6 AM in the cold morning... Excellent shot!

I really like the way you have captured this image. Exposure is spot on (I would love to see it bigger), Your cropping is good. Well done

I have discovered panoramic stitching software, too. What fun. I love the light through the trees. The image below was stitched from 31 RAW images. This software is a great tool.