Critique Welcomed A Few From This Morning

[Chris Dodkin]

Got up stupidly early so I could shoot dawn light over the Coronado bridge in San Diego this morning

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dodkin/12504149675/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dodkin/12504280663/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dodkin/12504152715/in/photostream/

All shots Fuji X-Pro1 - the pano is with the 23mm lens, the other two are with the 55-200 Lens

 

[Glenn Clabo]

Wonderful light capture Chris. Love those colors.
Now respect your weather...YOU SUCK!

 

[Pete Askew]

Well, that was worth it! Gorgeous. Those last two have a very definite look to them. Almost illustration-like if you know what I mean.

 

[Lesley Jones]

Wow! Stupidly early is what we would call a normal time to get up

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Well, that was worth it! Gorgeous. Those last two have a very definite look to them. Almost illustration-like if you know what I mean.

Thanks Pete

Wow! Stupidly early is what we would call a normal time to get up

I think of you every time I haul my lazy butt out of bed in the dark Lesley - I wish I had your planning/tenacity

Here's the same scene taken with the Fuji G617 and some Velvia 50

This was a 1.5 min exposure at f/22 - no center ND Filter

Definitely more vignetting without the Center ND - but I was worried about point reflections from the lights if I left it on

Man I love Velvia!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Wonderful light capture Chris. Love those colors.
Now respect your weather...YOU SUCK!

Thanks Glenn - it was freezing this morning - mid 40s in fact - had to put a hoody on!

 

[Pete Askew]

Interesting comparison Chris (and another gorgeous shot). What's the difference in exposure between the two?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Thanks Pete

Film was 1.5 min at f/22 ISO50 - you need to stop down on the G617 to get DOF, f/22 seems to be the optimum for DOF and sharpness, although it can go to f/45 and beyond!

Digital was 4 sec at f/8 ISO200 - f/8 seems optimal on the X-Series lenses for resolution vs diffraction, ISO200 is the base ISO on the X-Pro1

 

[Pete Askew]

Thanks Chris.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Here's the final Velvia shot from the roll - I changed up the post processing to a more subtle look.

This shot also has the center ND filter fitted to even out exposure better - I figured I'd do one with the filter to see the impact - definitely more even across the frame

The orange tone is how the transparency looks on a light box - with PP I could completely correct for that and get a look thats more in line with the WB from the digital image - but then, why use film if you're not accepting it's take on reality?

Here's a WB corrected version of the same frame

 

[Rob MacKillop]

All gorgeous, Chris. Really beautiful photography.

 

[Pete Askew]

I like the colour shift Chris and I don't see any ghosting from the filter.

 

[Keith Hollister]

Great images, Chris. I actually like the first Velvia shot you posted the best (except for the vignetting - but it is not objectionable).

The sky color in the second downtown shot is unreal!

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Speechless...............

 

[Ivar Dahl-Larsen]

I like them too and I wish I was there right now. Gorgeous light, lovely scenary. A real x-file.

 

[Brian Moore]

Smashing images, Chris. The first Velvia one is a complete stunner for me!

 

[Aldous Lau]

Nice shot Chris

 

[Beth Carter]

Thanks Glenn - it was freezing this morning - mid 40s in fact - had to put a hoody on!

that's a heat wave here. glad you managed to haul your butt out of bed and take these photos. love the panos, it's interesting to see all the color variations based on how you processed it.

 

[Shane Johns]

Grrrr..deserting the UK weather for the west coast...what next!

My fav is the velvia with the orange tint, before you corrected the WB (where you said you went for a more subtle tone) - that's really really nice. I would get rid of the vignetting on the right but that's just me.

Thanks Glenn - it was freezing this morning - mid 40s in fact - had to put a hoody on!