marc_dufour Posted April 22, 2012 Share #1 Posted April 22, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Canon 5D MkII, Leica Vario-Elmar-R 3.5/35-70 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted April 22, 2012 Posted April 22, 2012 Hi marc_dufour, Take a look here More from the North. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
pauledell Posted April 22, 2012 Share #2 Posted April 22, 2012 Marc, Lovely subtle colors, fine composition. Very atmospheric. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_dufour Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share #3 Posted April 22, 2012 Thank you, Paul. Every fjord has its particular character. This one was specially impressive, with high mountains and glacier so near from the coast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hiles Posted April 22, 2012 Share #4 Posted April 22, 2012 Very lovely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicamann Posted April 22, 2012 Share #5 Posted April 22, 2012 Very beautiful photo, but there is a strong "blue shift" in this one, you lost all the rich greens and yellows and beautiful details..some colour balance work needs to be done in order to bring it its full glory. Thanks for sharing Cheers, JRM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_dufour Posted April 22, 2012 Author Share #6 Posted April 22, 2012 Michael, Than you so much; I'm glad you like it. John, Thanks for looking, comment and suggestion. Though I generally agree with your criticism (always very welcome), I've to disagree with you on that point. BTW, I corrected the middle tones to get a warmer general one, especially in the greens, inicially with an excessive "blue shift". Even so, I'll try to improve it. If he result works, You'll see it soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicamann Posted April 22, 2012 Share #7 Posted April 22, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) Michael,Than you so much; I'm glad you like it. John, Thanks for looking, comment and suggestion. Though I generally agree with your criticism (always very welcome), I've to disagree with you on that point. BTW, I corrected the middle tones to get a warmer general one, especially in the greens, inicially with an excessive "blue shift". Even so, I'll try to improve it. If he result works, You'll see it soon Marc , you were there and would know what you were looking for, as results.. Myself, I always memorize the image first then take it, later when i go back to processing them , hey thats not what it looks like or hey thats not what I wanted... and go from there, some pictures require nothing, some can be next to impossible.. The nice thing about the Digilux 3 is that you can customize your WB on the fly, so if it looks wrong or weird in the preview, then you can make the adjustments right there, I am sure Canon has the same, thats part of the beauty of digital. Cheers, JRM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_dufour Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share #8 Posted April 23, 2012 John, Along this trip (from Spain to North Cape, with a campervan) I hadn't any possibility to come back to a same site another day, looking for a better light. This day was so cloudy as you an see in the picture, and the light was thise one. The landscape was awesome and I simply preferred catch it as it was was. No tools, nor with Digilux 3, nor 5D MkII, nor PS CS5 I use now, to change it without falling in an excess of artificiality... Thanks for you interest and comments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 23, 2012 Share #9 Posted April 23, 2012 Marc - Lovely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicamann Posted April 23, 2012 Share #10 Posted April 23, 2012 John, Along this trip (from Spain to North Cape, with a campervan) I hadn't any possibility to come back to a same site another day, looking for a better light. This day was so cloudy as you an see in the picture, and the light was thise one. The landscape was awesome and I simply preferred catch it as it was was. No tools, nor with Digilux 3, nor 5D MkII, nor PS CS5 I use now, to change it without falling in an excess of artificiality... Thanks for you interest and comments. Marc, I know there is a strain of people, of purists that think that if you do anything other than resize and post the image, you have contaminated the "pure image" with your Photoshop shenanigans and a corrupt manipulator artist not worth the light of day. I think thats pure BS, its coming from the "notion" that whatever the camera takes is perfect and pure, nonsense!!! From years and years of scanning I am very familiar with digital sensors and all the ridiculous errors the made on my film and Kodachromes, especially the colour errors and jpeg distortions. So the same applies with the digital camera, it is not by any stretch of the imagination "perfect", not even the M9 or S2. It makes the same predictable errors under certain light conditions that ALL digital cameras make. Having said that, knowing that these cameras make these mistakes, its important to have the tools like ' Camera RAW" or Photoshop to "bring back" the image to what you think is closer to the results you want or closer to what you are seeing . In the old days, it was true that with Kodachrome, you had to get the photograph perfect, there was no way around this, but that had its own rewards, Later issues like dust or fingerprints could ruin a nice Kodachrome, so when scanning came around, you could fix that..thanks again to digital and Photoshop. Lastly I think you misunderstood me, I am saying that with both the Canon and Digilux 3 you have the option of doing a manual WB on the fly, this is very important again, because its better to get the photo perfect , there, on the spot. So the discipline of using film helped me get the image correct before I get to Photoshop, the less time I spend sitting in front of the computer doing boring photo editing for hours and hours. I will post some examples later of what a digital camera does and how with the power of camera RAW , you can bring it back to what you saw, this is especially true for bright red tulips, which ALWAYS fools the camera, even the $ 25,000 S2. The beauty of digital , especially in the field, is that you get immediate feedback and can quickly correct wrong assumptions, but digital also has its Achilles heal, which is colour balance, thats where Photoshop and Camera RAW can compensate for that weakness. Together the make a strong set of tools for your photography. Cheers, JRM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim-St Posted April 23, 2012 Share #11 Posted April 23, 2012 This is simply stunning in the subtlety and strength both of tones and of colours. For me, this is the finest of your Norwegian shots so far. Thanks for posting Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iduna Posted April 23, 2012 Share #12 Posted April 23, 2012 Marc, most subtle composition and matching colors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_dufour Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share #13 Posted April 24, 2012 John, Though my English is poorer than I should like, I think I understand the essential of your comments. In the 70’s, I bought my first reflex, a Praktika LTL3. I just used Kodachrome 64 and, sometimes, Kodachrome 25. In the 80’s, a Nikon 501 were a gift from my wife, and I bought a Nikon Coolscan II. Only for Kodachrome. In the 90’s, I bought a Leica R 6.2, and began to use Extachrome 100. Some years ago, I finally got a Nikon Coolscan 5000 ED. The results were closed to the ones I waited for. And for the first time I didn’t envy my friends who used B&W and could improve it in their amateur labs! When I bought the Digilux 3, I first was disappointed, the JPG wasn’t what I expected, and didn’t know anything about the RAW file. So, the camera 3 coexisted with the R6.2 almost a couple of years. Until I finally could read something about the RAW file, and the R6.2 disappeared in a drawer. With the 5D, Leica R lenses and PS CS5, I’m sure I got now great tools and the matter is to learn and take advantage of it. My problem is the time. In the morning I work as graphic designer and, in the evening, as TaiChi instructor. I have only a little time for photography. But I’m learning, thanks to this and other forums buddies. Thank you so much. And be patient Cheers, Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_dufour Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share #14 Posted April 24, 2012 Jim, Iduna, Thank you so much for your kind words. They're very encouraging. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedi996sps Posted April 24, 2012 Share #15 Posted April 24, 2012 You feel like you could just fall/walk into those wonderful images... very nice indeed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_dufour Posted April 24, 2012 Author Share #16 Posted April 24, 2012 So, the next step would be a laaaaaaaaaaaaaaarge print and get lost inside Thanks you so much, Ali. I'm glad you enjoy it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andkeen Posted April 24, 2012 Share #17 Posted April 24, 2012 Beautiful shot Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamey Posted April 25, 2012 Share #18 Posted April 25, 2012 Lovely shot Marc. Well done I wish I could couple up my 21-35 and the 28-90mm R lenses to the Canon 5D mk 2 or 3 without a major operation. Ken. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_dufour Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share #19 Posted April 25, 2012 Andkeen, Thank you so much! Ken, Thanks a lot; I'm glad you like it. About the lens, I just use a CameraQuest adapter, and before, a Leitax one. I didn't shave the mirror, nor other major operation. Simply, I just open the lens until 21,5, not until 21. It's a negligible loss, I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpsawin Posted April 25, 2012 Share #20 Posted April 25, 2012 Beautiful! Makes me wish I was there. Best regards, Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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