bjorn_chong

Hi there!

Just wanna share my trip in Kyushu. Took a 14 day trip around the entire island.

Comments and feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and enjoy! Please share if you can!

That is not a background that was made in photoshop. The subject was cut out and a bad job of doing so.

how can u tell?

Two options:

1. Get a spacy studio permitting to light your background evenly and independent of the model, because it is far behind them.
   
2. if you are converting a color camera's file to BW, try using a chromagreen backdrop to do miracles to it with your green adjustment slider during PP.
   

Hey

Thanks for your input. I think will stick with option 1. I have not much experience with chromagreen.

I have heard someone say parabolic softbox? What do you think?

Hi all

I would like to create shots that looks something like this.

The grey background looks so evenly lit.

http://i68.tinypic.com/s0v09y.png

However, in the studio, I can't seem to be able to get this even tone of grey throughout. Instead,

I get a background with a gradient of grey.

To get that even background, is photoshop required? (Cut and paste the image onto a pure grey background?)

<p><img src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8644/27985743394_9470dfdcf4_b.jpg" alt="" width="550" height="770" /><br>

Hi all,<br>

I did a studio recently did a studio, and upon zooming in I noticed these unusual wavy lines on the model's clothes.<br>

Could anyone enlighten me on how to remove these lines? Is it a camera and/or strobe problem?<br>

Thanks</p>

<p> </p>

<p>hey<br>

thanks man appreciate the reply.<br>

i'll try it soon!</p>

<p><a href="https://drscdn.500px.org/photo/123865983/m%3D900/1853bac73e3d64706d68583eef9484ce">Link</a><br>

Hi all,<br>

I really love this kind of street photographs and am hoping to try it on my own.<br>

Would like to ask how it is done?<br>

My take is there are 2 exposures.<br>

The first would be a long exposure without the subject, to create the blur from the traffic flow<br>

The second would be with the subject, but at a faster shutter speed to freeze the subject.<br>

Finally both are combined in photoshop<br>

Am I right?<br>

Would love some advise and tips on this.<br>

Thank you! </p>

<p>Hi all,<br>

Was wondering if anyone has the same problem as me and if you have a solution.<br>

This image directly below is the raw image (tiff) from the scanner. Notice there are <strong>NO</strong> dark grains around the eyes.<br>

<img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7454/27308312456_51f6a128ed_n.jpg" alt="" width="317" height="320" /><br>

However, after the <strong>exposure was increased</strong> in Lightroom, dark grains can be seen. As shown in the image below<br>

<img src="https://c8.staticflickr.com/8/7442/26735230703_baf35585c4_n.jpg" alt="" width="319" height="320" /></p>

<p>Does anyone know how to remove the dark grains? and will it affect (can be seen) large sized prints?<br>

Thanks.</p>

<p>Hi Peter<br>

Thanks for the very comprehensive reply. Would like to clarify that the two side pillars are further back as compared to the subject. I will try to look at the negatives again to see what comes up.<br>

Just to help with the discussion, here is a shot at f11 (Pardon the light leak at the right corner - my fault). Relatively in focus<br>

<img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1578/25854130532_343679f47a_z.jpg" alt="" /> <br>

Having said that, does that eliminate problems with film back and scanning? Can it be conclusive that the problem is with the camera? </p>

I just reviewed my shots at f11. And they seemed

all in focus (f11 does have a very large depth of

field). I'm only having problem at lower f stop

values.

So that's a focusing issue as well?

<p>Stephen: Point noted with thanks. I will try adjusting the white point. And I did not compensate the exposure.<br>

John: I just recently started playing with medium format cameras. This camera is a second hand piece I bought from a local guy.</p>

<p>Another question that I have is:<br>

This room is suppose to be entirely white. Is there a reason as to why there is some vignetting at the corners? Is it part of film photography? Is there anyway to ensure the background is white, without losing the details? </p>

<p>Hi Michael,<br>

Thanks for your insight. Now that you mentioned about back-focusing, i noticed that 80% of my shots are all back-focused. I guess that requires some serious servicing? </p>

Yeah the sides are sharp. Is there a way to

sharpen it using the scanner? Am using an Epson

v800. Is the center suppose to be soft?

<p><img src="https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1585/25925124585_12dde2eb9b_z.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>I'm having problem with focusing on my 503cxi. The camera was is flat on the marble floor and at f2.8. The subject appear sharp in the viewfinder, however it went totally out of focus on the negative as seen above. This happened also at f4 and kinda ruined my entire roll. There was minimal movement of the camera or the subject. <br>

Could this be a lens and/or body problem? Can I still trust my viewfinder?</p>