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20 minutes ago, Archer911 said:

All sorts of stuff happening there-from straight lines to reflections, to amorphous shapes, etc. Pretty cool though.

Thanks for the feedback. And this raises a question I have had for awhile. An artist friend of mine says for a painting to be “good” it must be effective viewed close up or far away, in other words, large or small. With photographs I feel scale may actually play a part. Seeing this photo on my computer in full resolution all the little details fall into place place and, for me the  picture is a treat for the eyes. When I see it on my iPhone, not so much. So for a photograph to be “good” does it have to be appealing on whatever format it is being viewed? I invite anyone with an opinion on this to jump in!

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25 minutes ago, Danielnotnow said:

Thanks for the feedback. And this raises a question I have had for awhile. An artist friend of mine says for a painting to be “good” it must be effective viewed close up or far away, in other words, large or small. With photographs I feel scale may actually play a part. Seeing this photo on my computer in full resolution all the little details fall into place place and, for me the  picture is a treat for the eyes. When I see it on my iPhone, not so much. So for a photograph to be “good” does it have to be appealing on whatever format it is being viewed? I invite anyone with an opinion on this to jump in!

That's the lesson of Instagram. An image often needs to work in postage stamp size format, UNLESS there is another reason for the viewer to stop, study, zoom in, and perhaps discover some value in the details. At least that's my experience.

I am not sure an oil painting, watercolor, etc is the same as a photo. Maybe it depends on the style/school of the painting. This is a great topic to discuss over a few gallons of wine and some good food.

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14 minutes ago, Archer911 said:

That's the lesson of Instagram. An image often needs to work in postage stamp size format, UNLESS there is another reason for the viewer to stop, study, zoom in, and perhaps discover some value in the details. At least that's my experience.

I am not sure an oil painting, watercolor, etc is the same as a photo. Maybe it depends on the style/school of the painting. This is a great topic to discuss over a few gallons of wine and some good food.

Haha! I think that train has left the station for a few a months at least...

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I needed a drive today after two hours of pulling upholstery staples from some door cards on a restoration I am working on. Took this old girl out for a run. OBVIOUSLY I have done some moderate filtering here but bottom line the Noct .95 fully open and M10 made this image possible with little fuss.

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12 minutes ago, Archer911 said:

I needed a drive today after two hours of pulling upholstery staples from some door cards on a restoration I am working on. Took this old girl out for a run. OBVIOUSLY I have done some moderate filtering here but bottom line the Noct .95 fully open and M10 made this image possible with little fuss.

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I love the deep red against the almost monochrome surrounding.  Wonderful photo, and wonderful car.

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15 hours ago, Danielnotnow said:

I love the deep red against the almost monochrome surrounding.  Wonderful photo, and wonderful car.

Thanks Daniel. It was an easy edit by just moving some saturation sliders in the different color channels.

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2 hours ago, Archer911 said:

Thanks Daniel. It was an easy edit by just moving some saturation sliders in the different color channels.

It is always interesting to know how one achieves a certain look, but, at the end of the day, it is the “eye” which says “Yes! That is what it should look like”, that is important. And you, my friend, have a good “eye”.

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When getting stared down by the sax player was the biggest drama of the day.
 

M10 / Noctilux 0.95

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8 hours ago, Danielnotnow said:

It is always interesting to know how one achieves a certain look, but, at the end of the day, it is the “eye” which says “Yes! That is what it should look like”, that is important. And you, my friend, have a good “eye”.

Thanks very much!

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Watching the world roll on...

M10 / Noctilux 0.95

 

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A daydream...

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M10-P, Noctilux-M 1:1/50, v4, shot at f1.0 with ND filter

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Shot this yesterday at .95 attached to the M10. The resulting chroma/fringe was quite distracting so I applied the same filter I made for the Ferrari post a bit earlier.

 

 

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12 minutes ago, pattyfrank said:

A daydream...

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M10-P, Noctilux-M 1:1/50, v4, shot at f1.0 with ND filter

Wondering if you get chroma/fringe with your 1.0. Does your ND filter tame that? This image looks devoid of such...

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Wondering if you get chroma/fringe with your 1.0. Does your ND filter tame that? This image looks devoid of such...

Oh yes, it will show a fringe though mostly when shooting into the light. It is one of the first things I'm looking to correct with this lens. Here no fringe appeared. Perhaps someone else knows whether or not an ND filter "tames" fringes. I use the ND filter almost all the time shooting in daylight. It's a must. The lens is quirky in the way that it reads light, which is why I LOVE this lens. Keeps me picking it up regularly. Regards.

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Welcome ! by JM__, on Flickr

Noctilux 0.58 - Provia 100

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Cavalo timido by JM__, on Flickr

Noctilux 1.2 - M240

not sure it was shot fully wide open

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1 hour ago, pattyfrank said:

Oh yes, it will show a fringe though mostly when shooting into the light. It is one of the first things I'm looking to correct with this lens. Here no fringe appeared. Perhaps someone else knows whether or not an ND filter "tames" fringes. I use the ND filter almost all the time shooting in daylight. It's a must. The lens is quirky in the way that it reads light, which is why I LOVE this lens. Keeps me picking it up regularly. Regards.

Thanks for that information. I must order a ND filter—do you have a recommendation?. I always use a polarizing filter because of the reflections generated by glass and painted metallic surfaces on the cars I shoot. It's amazing how much variation there is in a shot when dialing through the range with a polarizer attached. The polarizer often turns an unacceptable image into gold.

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1 minute ago, Archer911 said:

Thanks for that information. I must order a ND filter—do you have a recommendation?. I always use a polarizing filter because of the reflections generated by glass and painted metallic surfaces on the cars I shoot. It's amazing how much variation there is in a shot when dialing through the range with a polarizer attached. The polarizer often turns an unacceptable image into gold.

Try find a slim filter to minimize vignetting !

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20 minutes ago, Archer911 said:

Thanks for that information. I must order a ND filter—do you have a recommendation?. I always use a polarizing filter because of the reflections generated by glass and painted metallic surfaces on the cars I shoot. It's amazing how much variation there is in a shot when dialing through the range with a polarizer attached. The polarizer often turns an unacceptable image into gold.

+1

Curious what ND filters people use with their Noctilux. I had a B+W but sold it because of these new brands that are supposedly better. Nice comparison here:

 

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