khanosu Posted January 18, 2007 Share #1 Posted January 18, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Here are some pictures where I have somewhat pushed the M8 files to their limits. All pictures are at ISO 1250. Hope you enjoy them. Furrukh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jaapv Posted January 18, 2007 Share #2 Posted January 18, 2007 These seem a good argument to treat digital noise as a creative tool in its own right, the same way photographers learnt to use grain in the 1920íes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khanosu Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted January 18, 2007 Hi Jaap, you are right. The digital grain I am getting from the M8 as well as the saturated colors at high ISOs makes it fun to make pictures of this type. Here I have really pushed the limits and got what I was after. Furrukh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted January 18, 2007 Share #4 Posted January 18, 2007 The first and the fourth shot - my favourites in the series. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wparsonsgisnet Posted January 18, 2007 Share #5 Posted January 18, 2007 I believe we all need a prescription from you, Furrukh. In every picture you post your family is laughing. (Also beautiful) I would only add that I find 1250 perfectly acceptable from the M8. I use Neat Image for noise reduction on every digipic I work with. I don't currently use any sharpening, not having found a way to do this without creating artifacts that I don't like (LAB sharpening and Black sharpening seem to be the least harmful, but I find the edges unacceptable, anyway). Nice pictures. Keep 'em coming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khanosu Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share #6 Posted January 18, 2007 Thanks for your comments, Jaap. Thanks Bill, we are a laughing type of family, I guess For me the family is a perfect setting for making pictures. Also challenging since you have to approach the same subject form many different angles without having everything get repetitive. Here are some more family pictures made at our family reunion at my mother-in-law’s place (not made with an M8). Hope you enjoy them. Furrukh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
msr Posted January 19, 2007 Share #7 Posted January 19, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) That's a really great group of pictures. Malcolm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C. Posted January 19, 2007 Share #8 Posted January 19, 2007 Furrukh, Thanks for posting the photos. I agree with others that the laughter found in them reflects very well on your family. As to the 1250 ISO shots, I am very open to higher noise levels, but prefer the impressionist look in B&W. Best regards, Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khanosu Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share #9 Posted January 19, 2007 Thanks Malcolm, Tony and others for your kind remarks. While we are at the subject of laughter and family I am posting two more pictures I have recently posted in the digital forum. The first one is while singing Christmas carols (out of tune) this Christmas (made by an M8) and the second one is of our dog also taking part in the laughter (not made by an M8); I turned this one into a New Year card Furrukh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnwolf Posted January 19, 2007 Share #10 Posted January 19, 2007 Furrukh, So nice to see joy in pictures. We don't see that much in contemporary photography. Wouldn't this would make a wonderful photographic theme to explore? I mean beyond one's own family and friends, to the universal expression of joy? Your pictures are also wonderful technically. Thanks for sharing your family's loving spirit. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khanosu Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share #11 Posted January 19, 2007 Thanks John! Laughter is certainly an emotion I am interested in from a picture making point of view. I think it is a difficult emotion to capture successfully so I practice a lot on my family. Also by nature I am a happy person so it makes sense to be interested in capturing laughter since I can relate to it emotionally. Here are some pictures of laughing people who are not from my family (not M8 pictures); I think practice at home has paid off here Furrukh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Roberts Posted January 19, 2007 Share #12 Posted January 19, 2007 Farrukh... if you want to be pleasantly surprised about how you can push the M8, lower the ISO a bit and increase the shutter. I was astounded at the long-exposure goodness of the M8, up to dozens of seconds, even! Of course, you need to be stable and the subject shouldn't be moving much, but if you can manage that (table and a self-timer, even) you'll like what you see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khanosu Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share #13 Posted January 19, 2007 Thanks for the tip Jamie; I will certainly try it. Although I mainly use ACR, I love using your high saturation profile whenever I use C1 pro; more as a tool to push colors than to have realistic rendering. Looking forward to your profiles with the IR cut filters Furrukh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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