analog Posted June 22, 2009 Share #1 Posted June 22, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Guten abend and greetings! This is my first time posting here and I was hoping to get some feedback about these photographs I'm posting. There's no post work done on any of these images. Been too busy sorting through all the pictures I've taken and setting up Flickr. Anyways I hope you enjoy the images and I look forward to any tips as to how one can improve. On a quick note, I just want to thank Jim Radcliffe again for his review on the D-Lux 4. Dropping $900 cad on a camera wasn't easy until I read his review. Now I just need to keep myself from reading his M8 review otherwise I'll become a very poor man! And finally on to the pictures... Enjoy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 22, 2009 Posted June 22, 2009 Hi analog, Take a look here German trip pics... lookin for critiques. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted June 22, 2009 Share #2 Posted June 22, 2009 Welcome to the forum. You clearly have a talent here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertje Posted June 22, 2009 Share #3 Posted June 22, 2009 Welcome. If you post your work feedback will come up. According to Jim Radcliff, the Dynamic B/W is almost equal to the M8. I use most of the time the Dynamic B/W plus RAW. Your pictures are very good. The last one, on the station is "absolutes spitzenklasse". Lovely B/W. The "Gedächtenisskirche" I like too because the strange light you captured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted June 22, 2009 Share #4 Posted June 22, 2009 Welcoem to the Forum (well, to finally posting). You have quite a good eye and I look forward to seeing many more of your photos. I very much like your use of depth, detail and light, particularly phorto #2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffster Posted June 22, 2009 Share #5 Posted June 22, 2009 I'm a total amateur, but I like the photos. I guess it helps when you're surrounded by Berlin! That's one of the cities I still have to see and is at the top of my list. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
analog Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share #6 Posted June 22, 2009 Wow I wasn't expecting such kind remarks! To be honest, I was taking a lot of photographs, and at times I didn't think I knew what I was doing. But slowly I started to understand more and more what the camera was capable of. I must have read the manual a dozen times on the plane but it wasn't until you start shooting, do you really understand what the folks at Leica are talking about i.e. aperture settings etc... Anyways for those curious, in photo 2, I shot f/2.7 | 1/2000 | ISO 80 | 0 EV | Focal Length: 11.1mm or in 35 mm format: 52mm Photo 3 was really interesting because I wasn't sure how to capture the Gedächtniskirche. After seeing the results with the current lighting (sun was constantly being obstructed by the clouds and that light post) I kept running with it and produced this image. The settings I used for the church were I shot f/5.6 | 1/800 | ISO 125 | 0 EV | Focal Length: 5.1mm or in 35mm format: 24mm I'm really curious what further editing in Phase One will produce but somehow I feel like that's cheating. Honestly I'd still be just as happy, leaving my photos the way they are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffster Posted June 22, 2009 Share #7 Posted June 22, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Keep in mind also that some shots look way better on the camera's LCD screen than on your computer screen. Don't know how it will compare to actual prints though, I haven't gotten round to that yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Alfy Posted June 22, 2009 Share #8 Posted June 22, 2009 Welcome on board Fredrick, and thank you for showing this nice series. #2 has remarkable old bronze tones, but in BW I’m sure it would become intensely dramatic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 22, 2009 Share #9 Posted June 22, 2009 There is some critique possible, of course As the resident grumpy old man I must point out that you still have difficulty handling shadow detail. Especially shot # 1 and to a lesser extent #4 suffers of blocked-up shadows, due to the lighting conditions. The ideal solution would have been a bit of fill-flash, but I think you could save it partially in post-processing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
analog Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share #10 Posted June 22, 2009 There is some critique possible, of course As the resident grumpy old man I must point out that you still have difficulty handling shadow detail. Especially shot # 1 and to a lesser extent #4 suffers of blocked-up shadows, due to the lighting conditions. The ideal solution would have been a bit of fill-flash, but I think you could save it partially in post-processing. Thanks Jaap for the shadow tip! Flash is something I still need to understand more... i.e. when to use it but I see now I should be using it more often in occasions such as the one you mentioned. I have much experimenting to do. #2 has remarkable old bronze tones, but in BW I’m sure it would become intensely dramatic. This was a photo I took at the same time as #2 but without DOF. I don't think it turned out as well but it gives you an idea I guess as to how it would turn out. Alternatively I could always do some post-processing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Alfy Posted June 22, 2009 Share #11 Posted June 22, 2009 This is how I had processed #2 for my comment. The crop and DOF create the drama. [ATTACH]148432[/ATTACH] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted June 23, 2009 Share #12 Posted June 23, 2009 Very nice images and welcome aboard. DPP is not cheating at all, in fact it is nearly always necessary with digital capture, particularly if you capture in RAW. So, go at it:D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
epand56 Posted June 23, 2009 Share #13 Posted June 23, 2009 Very nice series. I find #2 an outstanding picture for composition, colours, crisp details and selective focus. I like it in B&W too, but prefer colours in this case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
analog Posted June 23, 2009 Author Share #14 Posted June 23, 2009 Very nice images and welcome aboard. DPP is not cheating at all, in fact it is nearly always necessary with digital capture, particularly if you capture in RAW. So, go at it:D Cool well this is good to know. I still have to familiarize myself with Phase One but if it's anything like Photoshop, then that shouldn't be a problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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