By candle light

[LocalHero1953]

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Chapel warden, preparing for Evensong, Trinity College Chapel

SL2-S +24-90SL

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[M11 for me]

Most beautiful image. Gorgeous light.

Is that the camera or Lightroom? 😇

[LocalHero1953]

2 minutes ago, M11 for me said:

Most beautiful image. Gorgeous light.

Is that the camera or Lightroom? 😇

I'm not sure quite what you mean: tongue in cheek or serious? Perhaps I'm a bit slow! Anyway, I checked the original file: it is flatter, a bit lighter, and a lot warmer (in white balance) than this one. A steep contrast curve accounts for much of the effect, but it shows the scene more or less as I saw it. Another one taken at the same time was similar in final colours but a weaker composition, and was initially underexposed.

[M11 for me]

Thank you very much. I find the colors and that light in the face absolutely beautiful. I was very serious. But with my remark then you might be right when you call it cheaky. I did not want to be bold. With the M11I have rarely such beautiful colors and lights in that difficult environment. But I have no SL2. That is why I wondered if the SL2 can really be that much better in rendering colors and contrasts than my M11. Or else it must be LR.

To me a very nice photograph.

Edited January 2, 2024 by M11 for me

[LocalHero1953]

14 minutes ago, M11 for me said:

Thank you very much. I find the colors and that light in the face absolutely beautiful. I was very serious. But with my remark then you might be right when you call it cheaky. I did not want to be bold. With the M11I have rarely such beautiful colors and lights in that difficult environment. But I have no SL2. That is why I wondered if the SL2 can really be that much better in rendering colors and contrasts than my M11. Or else it must be LR.

To me a very nice photograph.

Oh, no, it wasn't cheeky! I was just unsure what you were asking. That was shot at ISO 25,000, 1/80s, f/5.6. I used Lightroom's AI Denoise, but the colours are genuine. At that ISO I think the camera's performance is exceptionally good for both noise and colour.

Another time I took this shot from one end of the chapel to the other with the 90-280SL at 280mm, ISO 25,000 and 1/8s handheld (but with my elbow on a railing). I couldn't really see the singer with my eye, and the EVF was very laggy. A combined credit to the Apo lens, OIS, IBIS, the low light performance of the body, and Lightroom's AI Denoise! (and a bit of AI masking on the figure). 

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[M11 for me]

Amazing. Thank you for showing. Another beautiful picture.

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Quite lovely.  Very well done.