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Photo Of The Day - December 2017
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That's a stunner. You either get beautiful sunsets every night, or you have awesome PP skills!
Thank you very much. This group of sunsets were all taken in the space of about half an hour - the light was changing rapidly as I walked up and down, so every one is different. A lovely and rewarding evening, although it was flipping cold
Cheers
Hugh
But worth it. I'm usually washing up when I see a good sky. I'm usually out with my camera when it's a rubbish one.Thank you very much. This group of sunsets were all taken in the space of about half an hour - the light was changing rapidly as I walked up and down, so every one is different. A lovely and rewarding evening, although it was flipping cold
Cheers
Hugh
Well you provide the fire, I'll provide the ice.
_DSC1030 by apple fanboy1, on FlickrThe world must have balance!
Thanks, AFB! They are buggers to capture as they are so easy to blowout details on. They are a really graceful bird, one of my favourites, actually.
Svalbard
Edit: Recovered a bit more detail on his face around the eye and reposted.
Thanks Ken.
Edit: Recovered a bit more detail on his face around the eye and reposted.
Thanks Ken.
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My first attempt at Astrophotography. I saw a few meteors but it wasn't the show that was predicted. Nonetheless, it was a fun exercise and there should be more opportunities in the coming weeks.
Sunset from Christmas night 2014.
Re-processed a few from that time with the new Luminar 2018 and Capture One Pro 11.
Re-processed a few from that time with the new Luminar 2018 and Capture One Pro 11.
Svalbard
Beautiful but maybe just need a tad more detail in the face. Just a little smidge more.... maybe... just to balance the exposure fall off on the leg.
Little Red Bridge from a couple weeks ago. Visited a plantation home in SC and this was part of the backyard area.
Thanks for the suggestion Ken...much appreciated.
I was able to recover and feather in a little bit more detail on his face around the eye. Not sure if it shows here but is more evident on my large screen. There really wasn't a whole lot there to work with as it was intentionally shot very dark because of the strong back/side light.
Cheers,
Peter
I used my 1Dx with 24/1.4LII and exposure was ISO500 30 seconds @ F5.6.
There is a nice tutorial over on FStoppers.com that got me started.
Which plantation? Magnolia perhaps? We toured Boone Hall just outside of Charleston this summer. We found it quite impactful.
Town Hall, Grand Place, Brussels.
P.S. It’s not noise but snow in the background.
Just got time to sit down and re-edit the LE I posted the other day. Had a real pain in the butt time removing the banding in the sky upon upload to SmugMug from Lightroom. It's not there in the Develop space, but is when I would then switch to the Library space! I ended up having to export to my desktop at 100% quality, and upload that after trying all sorts of suggestions on the interwebz and none of them making any real difference! With the banding being there after export to SmugMug, even if I changed the output setting to 100% quality.
Victoria Bamptom (Lightroom Queen) says:
Which now makes sense as to why it was occurring, but why not have dithering built into Lightroom is my next thought...
Update 1
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Even the clean sky version has some subtle banding to it now, after sticking it up on SmugMug with a manual upload! On my desktop, it doesn't, hosted on SmugMug and appearing here it does! Will have to lodge a complaint to SmugMug I think.
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I'm now wondering if it's actually at the MacRumors end of things! Just had a really good analytical look at this image as it appears on my SmugMug site and it doesn't have the subtle banding that appears when it's viewed here on MacRumors site! I wonder if it's a side-effect of the forum software they use?
Update 3
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Removing the vignette improved things substantially, but the banding is still there when viewed on MacRumors, even when clicked on to view it full size.
Canon 6D, Canon 24-105mm f/4 L, Formatt-Hitech Firecrest 16 Stop ND, Manual
ISO 100, 47mm, f/16, 4.5 Minutes
I ended up having to export to my desktop at 100% quality, and upload that after trying all sorts of suggestions on the interwebz and none of them making any real difference! With the banding being there after export to SmugMug, even if I changed the output setting to 100% quality. Victoria Bamptom (Lightroom Queen) says:
Which now makes sense as to why it was occurring, but why not have dithering built into Lightroom is my next thought...
Update 1
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Even the clean sky version has some subtle banding to it now, after sticking it up on SmugMug with a manual upload! On my desktop, it doesn't, hosted on SmugMug and appearing here it does! Will have to lodge a complaint to SmugMug I think.
Update 2
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I'm now wondering if it's actually at the MacRumors end of things! Just had a really good analytical look at this image as it appears on my SmugMug site and it doesn't have the subtle banding that appears when it's viewed here on MacRumors site! I wonder if it's a side-effect of the forum software they use?
Update 3
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Removing the vignette improved things substantially, but the banding is still there when viewed on MacRumors, even when clicked on to view it full size.
Canon 6D, Canon 24-105mm f/4 L, Formatt-Hitech Firecrest 16 Stop ND, Manual
ISO 100, 47mm, f/16, 4.5 Minutes
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Love it. Just that little bit more has stopped my brain grasping for it, just balances more for me subconsciously. A srunning image.Svalbard
Edit: Recovered a bit more detail on his face around the eye and reposted.
Thanks Ken.
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Just got time to sit down and re-edit the LE I posted the other day. Had a real pain in the butt time removing the banding in the sky upon upload to SmugMug from Lightroom. It's not there in the Develop space, but is when I would then switch to the Library space!
Victoria Bamptom (Lightroom Queen) says:
Which now makes sense as to why it was occurring, buy why not have dithering built into Lightroom is my next thought...
Update 1
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Even the clean sky version has some subtle banding to it now, after sticking it up on SmugMug with a manual upload! On my desktop, it doesn't, on SmugMug it does! Will have to lodge a complaint to SmugMug I think.
Update 2
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I'm now wondering if it's actually at the MacRumors end of things! Just had a really good analytical look at this image as it appears on my SmugMug site and it doesn't have the subtle banding that appears when it's viewed here on MacRumors site! I wonder if it's a side-effect of the forum software they use?
Canon 6D, Canon 24-105mm f/4 L, Formatt-Hitech Firecrest 16 Stop ND, Manual
ISO 100, 47mm, f/16, 4.5 Minutes
I am always dithering when using LR...
The forum is scaling it to fit in the layout columns remember so supect the gradation of tones are too subtle/complex for its rendering algorithm and the reault is mangling and banding FB does it too
Thanks for that thought, Ken. That makes perfect sense for the truncated version appearing within the forum layout constraints.I am always dithering when using LR...
The forum is scaling it to fit in the layout columns remember so supect the gradation of tones are too subtle/complex for its rendering algorithm and the reault is mangling and banding FB does it too
I can still see the banding even when I click into the image to view it at full size, when I right click it and open it in a separate tab, it doesn't have the banding! It must therefore be something to do with the forum software settings here at MacRumors...
Slow moving butterfly. A bit tattered.
Taken on the same day as one I posted earlier this month, but a different composition. Rather than have all 3 stacks in the frame, there are just 2 with more of the building present. I think I prefer this composition.
