Cool tradition Steve. I guess the american flag photo is the 4th July one? 😀
July 1, 2023
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Merlot,
Yes. I would have preferred a plain one, but they were all sold out.
Someday, I'd like round up about 50 people and have them set theirs off all at the same time.
I think that's the coolest thing I've ever seen.Steve Thomas
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With some diffidence I present a final couple of yellow rose photos. The previous one had a greenish color cast on the flowers. I am not sure whether that was due to the light source or reflections from the leaves. So, this time I selected a different color temperature for the LED standard light I used -- the most yellow of the three available settings. I have three monitors on my desk, that I use for displaying three documents while I edit music. Two are Acer and one is Dell. I have tried to match the three but they do have different brightnesses and I do not have the gear needed to calibrate them scientifically. Consequently, I never mess around with color balance in post processing of my raw files.
There are two other problems that I encountered in photographing the roses:
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Selection of lens focal length (85mm, 35mm or 16mm). They all do macro, but the 85mm makes larger images and doesnt need to be quite so close.
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Finding a perfect bloom. This was impossible.
My object was to show the different layers of the bloom.
Without further ado, here are two shots from last night. You are welcome to criticize and say whether you prefer one or the other.
David
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Both look very good - excellent work! I prefer the first one, because of the lighting/better separation.
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As threatened, I return to my street scene (with a different cast) to compare the RF35mm with the RF16mm. (You need to look at the larger versions to get the effect I am seeking to demonstrate.)
This is the 35mm view (my preferred "standard lens", over the 50mm):
With a rearrangement of the dramatis personae -- why wont tourists stay in one spot?) the 16mm view is much more like what I see with my own eyes in real life:
This lens actually gives 15mm, if I fiddle with the settings in PhotoLab. To me, this looks even more realistic.
This is not 100% scientific, as the scaling of the individual elements is different between the pictures; but the best I can do, without show boring test cards...
David
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Great 4th July photos everyone, I enjoyed seeing them.
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David, no. 2 is my favourite.
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I can see them now, FYI.
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Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven't shared anything for quite a while. I've been quite busy since I got back from Cornwall, and not until now have I had a real chance to get processing.
As a note, I've decided that my workflow, for now at least, is properly a JPG-only workflow. Before it was only temporary, but I've decided to stick with JPGs for now. I'm still shooting RAW+JPEG, but I'm not currently doing anything with the RAW file other than storing it. -
These were taken before my trip to Cornwall, but I figure I may as well show photos in the order of date they were taken.
Ox-eye daisies, 16/06/23. I'm quite pleased with these. -
Mocha,
Thanks. Some of the kids went crazy to get more candy. Years ago, a child leg's was run over by a vehicle at that 4th of July parade because she wanted to get the candy. She was OK, but it did give the parents a scare.
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Steve,
That's interesting. Is there a candle in there? With all the fires we have during our dry summers, that would be dangerous.
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David,
That's a beautiful yellow rose. I would prefer the second rose with the first picture's background. 😀
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David,
I like your street photos. The one with the longest focal length gives us less wide-angle distortion.
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Dunlin,
That's what I do also...just take out-of-the-camera JPEGs since this is only a hobby for me. For paid work, I could see where someone would want to take them as RAW+JPGs. I also try to take the best photo possible at the time, so my post processing is minimized.
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Dunlin,
Ah...wild daises...do you have a picture of the whole field of them? I bet they would brighten up any landscape.
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You may be right, but I dont experience it as you do. When I look at the 35mm version, I feel closed in -- which is not the experience of being there. As I have said before, the lens is fixed in space, whereas when we look at the scene, we move our eyes and bodies and take more in than just a fixed position pair of eyes -- all without being conscious of the process.
You should try the experiment yourself in your town!
Best,
David
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Dig,
The lanterns have a fixed little platform that coated slightly in wax.
No. You would not want to set those off in a dry environment.
Where I live, it has been storming heavily for the last week or so, so everything is pretty wet.
There's probably areas of the country where they have forbidden fireworks altogether.Steve Thomas
