Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
X-Pro1 Panoramic with 18mm Lens - Vulture Mine AZ
Critique Welcomed Saguaro Cactus
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X-Pro1 Panoramic with 18mm Lens - Vulture Mine AZ
Brian Moore
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Again,...lovely sky. Red filter or red filter effect perhaps?
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Thanks Brian - CPL then red filter in NIK Silver FX
The sky was just stunning today - lots of moisture coming up from Mexico
The sky was just stunning today - lots of moisture coming up from Mexico
Beth Carter
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gorgeous sky. looks like you had a great drive.
Dave Green
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Super sky! And a nice compliment to the colour shots in the other thread.
*Nitpickmode: Looks like your processing has darkened the tip of the "fingers" a touch. The old 50% grey overlay set to multiply and a soft 10% opacity brush would sort that in a jiffy
*Nitpickmode: Looks like your processing has darkened the tip of the "fingers" a touch. The old 50% grey overlay set to multiply and a soft 10% opacity brush would sort that in a jiffy
Pete Askew
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I was just looking at that zoomed in Dave as it looked a bit soft to me and I was puzzled - it's just a tad dark. Were the clouds moving at a reasonable speed Chris? I'm just intrigued by the 'mackerel' patterning at the top.
Anyway, that is a wonderful sky anyway and a super panorama with the cacti 'marching' into the distance.
Anyway, that is a wonderful sky anyway and a super panorama with the cacti 'marching' into the distance.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Very U2 album cover. Great shot.
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
Thanks everyone
I've been puzzling over the questions raised around the sky and darkening on the cactus.
Here's a color shot as ref:
We did have mackerel skies Pete, but I can't tell if this accounts for all the cloud pattern, or if the Fuji has added it's own to the mix. I'll check other frames again and see.
The darkening on the cactus is odd, because I saw it in PP before adding any FX, other than a red filter - but when I look at the cactus in color I can now see that it's darker at the top, so maybe the red filter brings this out in B&W PP?
It's still somewhat of a mystery as to how the Fuji does AF during a Pan - clearly there are pans where the subject is the landscape and it's all miles away, so it's not issue.
Then you have shots like this where the subject is in the foreground - so how does it accomplish AF when you get to it during the pan, without messing with the DOF? I suspect it sets focal distance at frame 1 and then keeps it there - anyone know?
I've been puzzling over the questions raised around the sky and darkening on the cactus.
Here's a color shot as ref:
We did have mackerel skies Pete, but I can't tell if this accounts for all the cloud pattern, or if the Fuji has added it's own to the mix. I'll check other frames again and see.
The darkening on the cactus is odd, because I saw it in PP before adding any FX, other than a red filter - but when I look at the cactus in color I can now see that it's darker at the top, so maybe the red filter brings this out in B&W PP?
It's still somewhat of a mystery as to how the Fuji does AF during a Pan - clearly there are pans where the subject is the landscape and it's all miles away, so it's not issue.
Then you have shots like this where the subject is in the foreground - so how does it accomplish AF when you get to it during the pan, without messing with the DOF? I suspect it sets focal distance at frame 1 and then keeps it there - anyone know?
Davie Hudson
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that B&W one is superb!!
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