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Mick said:
It's a lovely shot...but I don't understand what you mean by your comment, no photoshop, all in camera?
Are you saying that your camera faithfully recorded exactly what your eye saw? Or are you saying that your camera's limited colour and contrast interpretation and lower dynamic range are a more truthful representation of the scene then your eye was?
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GMCPhotographics said:
If I may comment... a camera does not have to faithfully reproduce, as long as the camera (with its limitations) produces images that the photographer is pleased with
it's a matter of personal preference I know.I make it a personal challenge to get my photo's natural looking but as vivid as possible with the picture style set to neutral, accomplished by getting the exposure right, proper white balance and good natural light etc..
Here's a shot taken with my Sony NEX-6.
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A six frame panoramic of Aldeburgh beach at sunrise a few weeks ago. Shot on 5DII with 50mm f1.4 @ f11, 1/10secs and ISO 100. Each frame is the same manual exposure and there is no bracketing. Just used the full range of the DR, letting highlights go as far as possible in the exposure.
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Sporgon said:
That's the way I like to do it too, but I shoot handheld though; f/8 will give plenty of sharpness and is below the Diffraction Limited Aperture (f/10.2 for the 5D Mark II). Was there a reason you were going for such long exposures? I find there's no reason to stick to 'just' 100 iso on this camera body. By the way, did you push the shadows in post or leave them as is? Lovely panorama by the way!!!
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mrsfotografie said:
Many thanks. The lighting was a challenge but I got it balanced in the end.
Like yourself I generally try to avoid f11, but in this case I wanted the funny iron post with driftwood tied to it to be right up close in the foreground to give a feeling of depth. With the 50 mil set at about 8 meters the nearest focus is about 3.5 metres at f11 and about 4.5 metres at f8 and I wanted everything in sharp focus and the post was very close.
I was on my heavy tripod, an old Manfrotto 058, so one tenth of a second is not a worry. As regards ISO I don't want to be over 160 with the mkii, 320 is absolute tops - for this type of shot - for me. The 6D on the other hand is insane !
I do like the freedom of shooting panoramics hand held, but to get the same sharpness as from a tripod I need to use very fast shutter speeds, although having said that stitched panoramics are very forgiving compared with a single frame.
Hope you're enjoying your new mkiii !
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Sporgon said:
Thanks for your explanation, I missed the fact that this much DOF was needed to get the driftwood sharp, you're right. Again I think it's a great panorama, I love the colors too.
To get exposure right, I set the camera at a desired aperture and 'swipe' the scene, looking for the brightest part that will give the shortest shutter speeds. I then take a test shot so that this part of the frame is slightly overexposed, depending on the situation at hand though. It's then possible to do the rest of the panorama with manual exposure.
To find the correct exposure as fast as possible, recently I've been changing my routine, leaving the camera in aperture priority, then expose for the brightest part of the frame by half pressing the shutter, and then keep it half depressed because that locks the shutter speed. Move to the point where I want to start the panorama and then click away the frames, never releasing the button more than halfway. This is a technique I developed on my most recent vacation because we were traveling and, time to shoot was short. Another reason why I don't usually (read: almost never) carry a tripod.
About the MkIII: thanks! I'm absolutely stoked that I finally bought it but haven't had a chance to use it yet (I bought it the day before yesterday). Maybe in the next couple of days. I adjusted some custom menu settings and played around with the body a bit, taking a few test shots in my house. It definitely feels like a step up from the MkII, especially in the AF area of course but fortunately in many ways it's really just more of the same..
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MichaelHodges said:
Glacier National Park.
Beautiful image but your horizon is off. It needs rotating about 1 degree anti clockwise.
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