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Posted: 7/24/2017 8:56:15 AM EDT
[Last Edit: tknogeek]
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Posted: 7/24/2017 1:38:27 PM EDT
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Bike riding with my son. We came across this bridge so I snapped a photo of him.
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BC, CAN
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Posted: 7/24/2017 1:59:20 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mister_Donut]
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Posted: 7/24/2017 5:02:49 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/24/2017 9:25:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tknogeek:
https://photos.smugmug.com/2017/0619/Places/i-qHL4mgp/0/ab85d0f4/X3/Tabor_2017_171_064212-Edit-X3.jpg Wildflower Fenceline at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge visitor center. |
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Posted: 7/24/2017 9:26:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/24/2017 9:31:23 PM EDT
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Did the Dot-Tune on all my lenses yesterday, I *think* I see some slight improvement on the Tamzooka. Subject distance here was about 710 feet.
Both at 600mm, f/9, ISO 250; the pair was 1/100 sec, the single at 1/200 sec. Tripod and remote mirror-up.  Dam Fawns by FredMan, on Flickr
 Dam Fawns by FredMan, on Flickr
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Posted: 7/24/2017 10:06:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/25/2017 5:12:27 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/25/2017 1:15:30 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/25/2017 6:40:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/26/2017 9:42:06 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/26/2017 12:14:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/26/2017 6:19:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Tunabomber:
Heading back to Glacier in September. 
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4329/35746595322_2e2d1e30c3_b.jpgLake McDonald at dusk by Jay, on Flickr |
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Posted: 7/26/2017 8:55:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/27/2017 5:06:16 AM EDT
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Stay safe, Zack.
Kinda been in a funk here and have hardly touched my new lenses since they arrived. Ended up with a 14-24mm f/2.8 and 85mm f/1.8G which is razor sharp. I'm trying to work my way back out of it, so I took photos of neat clouds with the wide angle, and decided to see just how sharp and shallow the depth of field on the 85mm is. Btw, holy crap that lens is sharp. Other than Adobe Raw tweaks, the only post was adding a watermark and editing out two specks of dust on the wide angle. Still some minor stuff on the sensor I need to take care of before the 5th though. (I'll be on base taking aircraft photos) 
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Posted: 7/27/2017 6:29:26 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/27/2017 3:58:28 PM EDT
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Tarantula and Tarantula Hawk Wasp on my driveway.
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Posted: 7/27/2017 10:02:13 PM EDT
[Last Edit: FredMan]
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You may remember Tripod, the 3-legged doe we've had her eon the farm since 2010. She's been hiding the past few months; caught one glimpse of her last week but nothing before that since mid-April.
Well, it appears she's been busy teaching her offspring how to survive in a harsh world. Tonight she posed with one her daughters from last year, and one of her grandchildren. Tripod, keep it up! You're the toughest deer in the Commonwealth! ISO 10,000  Tripod 20170727 by FredMan, on Flickr
ISO 16,000  Tripod Daughter by FredMan, on Flickr
ISO 16,000  Tripod 3G by FredMan, on Flickr
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Posted: 7/28/2017 12:52:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FredMan:
You may remember Tripod, the 3-legged doe we've had her eon the farm since 2010. She's been hiding the past few months; caught one glimpse of her last week but nothing before that since mid-April. Well, it appears she's been busy teaching her offspring how to survive in a harsh world. Tonight she posed with one her daughters from last year, and one of her grandchildren. Tripod, keep it up! You're the toughest deer in the Commonwealth! ISO 10,000 https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4302/36211833955_2a8b24dcd2_h.jpgTripod 20170727 by FredMan, on Flickr ISO 16,000 https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4300/35406952553_32e8b822c8_h.jpgTripod Daughter by FredMan, on Flickr ISO 16,000 https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4292/36211841185_5b2a3568d3_h.jpgTripod 3G by FredMan, on Flickr 
Been curious about her. Also, I'm enjoying your use of higher ISOs. 
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Posted: 7/28/2017 5:21:29 AM EDT
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Other than the truck photo, there was an absolute minimum of post processing.
Nikon D7200 Nikon 14-24mm F2.8G ED Nikon 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED random tripod with a Manfrotto ballhead 
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Posted: 7/28/2017 6:47:10 AM EDT
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GA, USA
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Posted: 7/28/2017 8:46:08 AM EDT
[Last Edit: GlockSpeed31]
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This was probably one of the best pictures I took while on vacation in Melbourne Fl. this past week. My son wanted to get up early and take a few sunrise pictures with his iPhone. I didn't feel like dragging my rig out to the beach again, so just went with my Samsung Galaxy 7. We were heading back to the hotel when I stopped and looked down the walkway and had to take this shot. For me, this means the Pathway to Peace.
 20170722_064916 by Glockspeed31, on Flickr
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Posted: 7/28/2017 9:58:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By GlockSpeed31:
This was probably one of the best pictures I took while on vacation in Melbourne Fl. this past week. My son wanted to get up early and take a few sunrise pictures with his iPhone. I didn't feel like dragging my rig out to the beach again, so just went with my Samsung Galaxy 7. We were heading back to the hotel when I stopped and looked down the walkway and had to take this shot. For me, this means the Pathway to Peace. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4322/35274443583_00481e3b82_c.jpg20170722_064916 by Glockspeed31, on Flickr |
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Posted: 7/28/2017 5:01:31 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/28/2017 9:29:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: FredMan]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Zack3g:
Been curious about her. Also, I'm enjoying your use of higher ISOs. ETA  Thunderstorm 20170722 by FredMan, on Flickr
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Posted: 7/28/2017 10:19:09 PM EDT
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MI, USA
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Posted: 7/29/2017 7:22:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Zack3g:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4306/35425589963_334708c267_b.jpg_DSC2433 by Zack, on Flickr More here |
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Posted: 7/29/2017 8:28:58 AM EDT
[Last Edit: FredMan]
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Still working that ISO.
10,000. One of these things is not like the others!  Herons and Egret in Misting Rain by FredMan, on Flickr
8,000  Blue Heron Takes Flight by FredMan, on Flickr
8,000  Egret on the Dock by FredMan, on Flickr
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Posted: 7/29/2017 10:53:45 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Squid1jz]
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Posted: 7/29/2017 12:06:29 PM EDT
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NC, USA
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Posted: 7/29/2017 12:17:21 PM EDT
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@FredMan
What are you doing in post to cut down on noise? I shoot a lot in very low/bad light and would love to be able to stretch out the ISO, but above 2500 it just goes to golfballs. It is usually action shots as well so no tripod. no ss under 1/125 and I try to use 1/160, and wish I could use 1/250. f/3.2 is as low as I want to go so I don't tank the DOF. Any ideas welcome. |
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Posted: 7/29/2017 5:07:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By nooneimportant:
@FredMan What are you doing in post to cut down on noise? I shoot a lot in very low/bad light and would love to be able to stretch out the ISO, but above 2500 it just goes to golfballs. It is usually action shots as well so no tripod. no ss under 1/125 and I try to use 1/160, and wish I could use 1/250. f/3.2 is as low as I want to go so I don't tank the DOF. Any ideas welcome. |
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Posted: 7/29/2017 5:30:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By nooneimportant:
@FredMan What are you doing in post to cut down on noise? I shoot a lot in very low/bad light and would love to be able to stretch out the ISO, but above 2500 it just goes to golfballs. It is usually action shots as well so no tripod. no ss under 1/125 and I try to use 1/160, and wish I could use 1/250. f/3.2 is as low as I want to go so I don't tank the DOF. Any ideas welcome.  . It's another level above the D7100 when it comes to lower noise at high ISOs.
Shoot raw. Expose to the right! @zack3g is the ETTR ambassador and it works. You don't want to blow it out, but bringing exposure down in post for some reason helps inhibit noise. Bringing exposure up if underexposed will always introduce noise,. I'm doing some sharpening, and then using the masking slider to smooth it out a bit; not too much or it takes away detail. I then fiddle with the luminance and color noise reduction sliders and try to strike a balance between noise reduction and detail loss. I also fiddle a bit with dehaze, that's an amazing tool. Again, not too much. I often find I have to bump exposure a bit after dehazing. Here's the same image cropped, but nothing else. You might notice it's not particularly noisy to begin with, that a function of the D500 sensor and a little bit of overexposure. EXIF for this image was 600mm, 1/640 sec, ISO 8000, f/9. Dot tuning the Tamron has definitely improved sharpness; that lens isn;t known for being razor sharp but for my purposes it's sharp enough. I'm in love with the 600mm too.  Blue Heron Takes Flight by FredMan, on Flickr
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Posted: 7/29/2017 5:40:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/29/2017 6:08:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FredMan:
Well, the first thing is to use a D500 . It's another level above the D7100 when it comes to lower noise at high ISOs.
Shoot raw. Expose to the right! @zack3g is the ETTR ambassador and it works. You don't want to blow it out, but bringing exposure down in post for some reason helps inhibit noise. Bringing exposure up if underexposed will always introduce noise,. I'm doing some sharpening, and then using the masking slider to smooth it out a bit; not too much or it takes away detail. I then fiddle with the luminance and color noise reduction sliders and try to strike a balance between noise reduction and detail loss. I also fiddle a bit with dehaze, that's an amazing tool. Again, not too much. I often find I have to bump exposure a bit after dehazing. ETTR works because of how the sensor records information. Nearly half of the data captured by the sensor is done in the highlights region. The rest is scattered not quite evenly between the midtones and shadows. This balance varies somewhat between cameras (and the sensor's dynamic range plays a part here) but that's broadly what's going on. ETTR takes advantage of this by overwhelming the SNR - signal to noise ratio. The more data you have, the less the camera needs to...manipulate. It's that manipulation that causes the noise. Well, some of the noise. Color noise and luminance noise as the name suggests happen for different reasons and the explanation of the how and why would really break the spirit of the photo a day thread 
Anyways - the point is that it isn't the lowering of the exposure in post that reduces the noise so much as the overexposure itself. You're spot on with the underexposed being pushed up introducing noise. Often it introduces more noise than just using the proper ISO (and even better throwing some ETTR on top) Picture thread 
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Posted: 7/29/2017 6:54:00 PM EDT
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Dug the 105 out, haven't played with it for quite a while.
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USA
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Posted: 7/29/2017 7:08:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/29/2017 7:15:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: NorthPolar]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By QUIB:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4310/36201228426_3d01e6faa1_b.jpg Seriously that blending between photo and an art print is just gorgeous.
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USA
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Posted: 7/29/2017 9:12:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NorthPolar:
I wish I knew how you got your photos to look like that. They're just so badass. Seriously that blending between photo and an art print is just gorgeous. 
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Posted: 7/29/2017 10:59:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NorthPolar:
I wish I knew how you got your photos to look like that. They're just so badass. Seriously that blending between photo and an art print is just gorgeous. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NorthPolar:
Originally Posted By QUIB:
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4310/36201228426_3d01e6faa1_b.jpg Seriously that blending between photo and an art print is just gorgeous. It's HDR.  .
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USA
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Posted: 7/29/2017 11:47:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By tknogeek:
[watch this....] It's HDR. . |
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MA, USA
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Posted: 7/29/2017 11:54:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/30/2017 5:19:59 AM EDT
[Last Edit: NorthPolar]
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Funny thing is I went out to try to create a bracketed HDR tonight and they honestly aren't worth posting. They look the same as the images below or a touch worse, when these are just tweaked regular shots.
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Posted: 7/30/2017 5:27:28 AM EDT
[Last Edit: NorthPolar]
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And since I know you guys will want to see them, here are the two HDR shots. I'm guessing that I'm doing it wrong, as I know I should have been able to bring the shadows up without them looking crappy. First is a 5 shot and the second is a 3 I think.
Merged into HDR in Adobe RAW since the HDR Pro plugin isn't working for some weird reason. 
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USA
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Posted: 7/30/2017 9:09:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NorthPolar:
And since I know you guys will want to see them, here are the two HDR shots. I'm guessing that I'm doing it wrong, as I know I should have been able to bring the shadows up without them looking crappy. First is a 5 shot and the second is a 3 I think. Merged into HDR in Adobe RAW since the HDR Pro plugin isn't working for some weird reason. http://pre01.deviantart.net/1663/th/pre/f/2017/211/3/9/dsc_1424_hdr_by_aknorthpolar-dbi74r6.jpg http://pre13.deviantart.net/e8be/th/pre/f/2017/211/b/9/dsc_1421_hdr_by_aknorthpolar-dbi74r3.jpg My P-40 Warhawk photo above, was edited with a mixture of those three (Detail Extractor, Tonal Contrast and Pro Contrast) then exported back into Lightroom for some dodging and burning, and clarity adjustments around certain features of the aircraft to bring out details. |
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Posted: 7/30/2017 9:27:50 AM EDT
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Vejer, Spain
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Posted: 7/30/2017 11:52:57 AM EDT
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FL, USA
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Posted: 7/30/2017 12:29:59 PM EDT
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