Critique Welcomed Mission Bay Twilight

[Chris Dodkin]

Lovely evening light today, and low tide, at Mission Bay San Diego

X-Pro1 and 23mm Lens - ISO200 f/8

Earlier shot just after sunset

FauxBlad B&W shot

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Wow, wow, wow. They just kept getting better as I scrolled down, and for me the black and white version is perfect - although I'm not convinced the frame adds anything. The numbers are a little distracting. But the image is wonderful.

 

[Julian de'Courcy]

Like these Chris. The moon is a good touch. For me the second because of the composition, yet they all hold up as good Photo's for me. Nice post.

 

[Glenn Clabo]

All very...very nice Chris.
You sure have a different view than we do. This morning its 3 degrees...-20 degrees wind chill...50 knot winds...2 ft snow.

 

[Brian Moore]

First one for me, Chris. The greater expanse of violet/blue sky combined with the spec of dust (which for all the world could be confused as being a sliver of a crescent moon) and the illuminated street lamps all combine to make this one most appealing out of the three.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Wow, wow, wow. They just kept getting better as I scrolled down, and for me the black and white version is perfect - although I'm not convinced the frame adds anything. The numbers are a little distracting. But the image is wonderful.

Thanks Rob - I keep putting that frame on my square stuff - new toy… I'll et over it eventually

Like these Chris. The moon is a good touch. For me the second because of the composition, yet they all hold up as good Photo's for me. Nice post.

Thanks Julian - shot #2 was the image I set out to take

I had seen the location from the freeway, and used TPE software to work out that it would make a good sunset/twilight image - I took the G617 panoramic to get the shot on Velvia, and then took -Pro1 images at the same time. We'll see next week if the 617 stuff came out.

All very...very nice Chris.
You sure have a different view than we do. This morning its 3 degrees...-20 degrees wind chill...50 knot winds...2 ft snow.

Thanks Glenn - I did have to put on a sweatshirt as there was a slight nip in the air!

First one for me, Chris. The greater expanse of violet/blue sky combined with the spec of dust (which for all the world could be confused as being a sliver of a crescent moon) and the illuminated street lamps all combine to make this one most appealing out of the three.

Thanks Brian - that was the last shot of the day - I hand;t thought about the streetlights coming on, but that's a really good point

Will try the location again at high tide so that I get all water and more reflections - see how that looks. It might stink a little less as well - the 'stream' bottom right is really a drainage run-off, and man it was smelly!

 

[Peter McCullough]

Chris.........amazing captures....! Every time I see photo's shot with the Fuki X-Pro1 it tells me "do we need the likes of Nikon D800's and Canon 5D Mk2's & 3's.............???

Tell me more please about that "Fauxblad" image ??? It's utterly sublime!!!!! Was that shot with a Hasselblad 500CM and Zeiss lens at all? Which b/w film?

Please let me know, it's awesome...!!!!!!


Regards;
Pete

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Chris.........amazing captures....! Every time I see photo's shot with the Fuki X-Pro1 it tells me "do we need the likes of Nikon D800's and Canon 5D Mk2's & 3's.............???

Tell me more please about that "Fauxblad" image ??? It's utterly sublime!!!!! Was that shot with a Hasselblad 500CM and Zeiss lens at all? Which b/w film?

Please let me know, it's awesome...!!!!!!


Regards;
Pete

Thanks Pete - the FauxBlad is really just the Fuji X-Pro1 in portrait orientation, then cropped 1:1 - I did the B&W conversion in NIK Silver FX using their Fuji Acros film profile, so it gives it more of the look I expect from my Blad/Zeiss set-up. The film frame is another NIK effect from their AnalogFX filter

I know I know, I should use the real Blad!

 

[Peter McCullough]

Chris I've sent you a private message. Which lens was used for the splendid mono image please..? Is it a prime lens?

Can a "Lee" filter system be used in conjunction with the Fuji lenses would you know?


Regards;
Peter

 

[Dave Green]

A vote for No2 here. Really brings out that leading rivulet that the others don't.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Magnificent Chris! Love the first one for its colours.

 

[Peter McCullough]

Hmmmmm after viewing these X-Pro1 images here (and MANY others here and other places) I'm very tempted to go down the X-Pro1 route and sell my D800 etc....

What youse guy's & gal's think.......? Any advice welcome please.

 

[Paul Lange]

Very, very nice!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Hmmmmm after viewing these X-Pro1 images here (and MANY others here and other places) I'm very tempted to go down the X-Pro1 route and sell my D800 etc....

What youse guy's & gal's think.......? Any advice welcome please.

Do it!

I would say that though, so don't listen to me!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

A vote for No2 here. Really brings out that leading rivulet that the others don't.

Thanks Dave - as I mentioned, this was the shot I went out to get, so very happy with the result

Magnificent Chris! Love the first one for its colours.

Thanks Dan - there's something about that 30-40 min after sunset time slot that really works - gets me every time

Very, very nice!

Thanks Paul

 

[Aldous Lau]

#1 and #2 for me Chris, nice shots

 

[Davie Hudson]

i prefer the wideness of the first one, better spectrum of colours too ... and getting the moon in is genius !

 

[Chris Dodkin]

#1 and #2 for me Chris, nice shots

Thanks Aldous

i prefer the wideness of the first one, better spectrum of colours too ... and getting the moon in is genius !

Thanks Davie - I do think that late twilight has something special about it

 

[Beth Carter]

wow, you always expect a twilight photo to look better in color, but you've made a beautiful b&w image. nothing wrong with the color shots, they'd be beautiful by themselves, but the b&w gives it a completely different feel.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

wow, you always expect a twilight photo to look better in color, but you've made a beautiful b&w image. nothing wrong with the color shots, they'd be beautiful by themselves, but the b&w gives it a completely different feel.

Thanks Beth - surprised me a little to be fair - it was the trees and their reflections that made me think B&W