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Last Night's Sunset

DianaT - 1-30-2014 at 10:05 AM

At last, we are going to get some rain in the Owen's Valley! :bounce::bounce::biggrin::bounce:

Look west!


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Look East

Pacifico - 1-30-2014 at 10:08 AM

Love that 1st pic!!! Beautiful...

tripledigitken - 1-30-2014 at 10:37 AM

Nice shots Diane.

DianaT - 1-30-2014 at 10:44 AM

Thanks Pacifico and Ken.

Ken, those were quick handheld shots taken with the Nex6. No time to set up. The more and more I use the Nex6, the more and more I wonder about all that heavy equipment I have. The heavy stuff is becoming quite lonely. :biggrin:

tripledigitken - 1-30-2014 at 11:03 AM

Diane,

I know what you mean. The only Nikon piece getting any love is my 85mm1.8 with adapter on the Nex7.

Ken

wessongroup - 1-30-2014 at 11:16 AM

Good stuff ... :):) thanks

DianaT - 1-30-2014 at 06:50 PM

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Good stuff ... :):) thanks


Thank you. :saint:

Ken, I am having serious thoughts about selling some of the lonely equipment and buy some other things for the Nex like the Zeiss lens you talk about! In a way it is difficult to think of letting the equipment go, but right now, it all just sits there....

tripledigitken - 1-30-2014 at 07:45 PM

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Thank you. :saint:

Ken, I am having serious thoughts about selling some of the lonely equipment and buy some other things for the Nex like the Zeiss lens you talk about! In a way it is difficult to think of letting the equipment go, but right now, it all just sits there....


If you have any prime lenses consider keeping them and using on the nex. Adapters are reasonable.

Skipjack Joe - 1-31-2014 at 12:36 AM

Interesting post processing on that 2nd image Diane. I think I like it. Just need to be with it a bit longer.

PS I'll gladly relieve you of those heavy lenses. I can only imagine what a burden they must be. :saint::saint:

DianaT - 1-31-2014 at 11:19 AM

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Interesting post processing on that 2nd image Diane. I think I like it. Just need to be with it a bit longer.

PS I'll gladly relieve you of those heavy lenses. I can only imagine what a burden they must be. :saint::saint:


Thanks Igor,
Just for comparison, here is that image straight out of the camera --- mainly played with the contrast to bring out more detail. One of the things I really like about the Nex6 is that it has a setting that exposes for several different points so what might be totally black unless one used a ND filter, is exposed along with the bright areas.



And since you are a Nikon person, my Canon stuff would do you no good. :P :biggrin::biggrin:

TMW - 1-31-2014 at 12:09 PM

Excellent pictures, they almost look like paintings and I mean that in a good way.

DianaT - 1-31-2014 at 06:20 PM

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Excellent pictures, they almost look like paintings and I mean that in a good way.


Thanks TW, I appreciate that

Udo - 1-31-2014 at 07:02 PM

That first photo really looked like there was a fire on the west side of the hills, Diana.

DENNIS - 1-31-2014 at 07:10 PM

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The only Nikon piece getting any love is my 85mm1.8 with adapter on the Nex7.





Won't that adaptor cost you a stop? I think it will.

DENNIS - 1-31-2014 at 07:13 PM

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PS I'll gladly relieve you of those heavy lenses. I can only imagine what a burden they must be. :saint::saint:




I prefer heavy equipment for hand held shots. Less "shake, rattle and roll."

tripledigitken - 1-31-2014 at 07:33 PM

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The only Nikon piece getting any love is my 85mm1.8 with adapter on the Nex7.





Won't that adaptor cost you a stop? I think it will.


Not sure exactly what you're saying. The adapter will allow wide open and fully stopped, down side is the ring only has about 5 rachets so you have no exact reference to the actual setting. This isn't an issue with older lenses with aperature rings.

This was shot with that lens wide open.




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DianaT - 1-31-2014 at 08:16 PM

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That first photo really looked like there was a fire on the west side of the hills, Diana.


Glad there is no fire and after the snow last night, there is less fire danger a least for now! But in person, it did look like fire.

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PS I'll gladly relieve you of those heavy lenses. I can only imagine what a burden they must be. :saint::saint:




I prefer heavy equipment for hand held shots. Less "shake, rattle and roll."


Ah, but at this advanced age, after hiking, or even just walking a few miles, that equipment grows and grows in weight! :biggrin:

DENNIS - 1-31-2014 at 08:23 PM

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Won't that adaptor cost you a stop? I think it will.


Not sure exactly what you're saying.


The adaptor adds distance between the lens and the film plane or sensors, whatever the case may be. That affects DOF.

tripledigitken - 1-31-2014 at 08:39 PM

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Won't that adaptor cost you a stop? I think it will.


Not sure exactly what you're saying.


The adaptor adds distance between the lens and the film plane or sensors, whatever the case may be. That affects DOF.


check you u2u. Sorry Diane for the highjack.

DianaT - 1-31-2014 at 08:46 PM

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Won't that adaptor cost you a stop? I think it will.


Not sure exactly what you're saying.


The adaptor adds distance between the lens and the film plane or sensors, whatever the case may be. That affects DOF.


check you u2u. Sorry Diane for the highjack.


Please continue --- I enjoy the conversation as I learn from it. Also, I like that photo!

acadist - 1-31-2014 at 08:49 PM

AWESOME!!!

Orange sunsets prove God is a Broncos fan ;);)

GO BRONCOS

tripledigitken - 1-31-2014 at 08:51 PM

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Won't that adaptor cost you a stop? I think it will.


Not sure exactly what you're saying.


The adaptor adds distance between the lens and the film plane or sensors, whatever the case may be. That affects DOF.


check you u2u. Sorry Diane for the highjack.


Please continue --- I enjoy the conversation as I learn from it. Also, I like that photo!


The adapter maintains the same distance the lens would have had on the DSLR. DSLR sensors are further back into the camera than mirrorless, because of the mirror. The adapter is designed to put the lens back to the same distance on the nex, thereby not having any effect on dof.

Diane, I'm sure you have noticed how close to the lens mount the sensor is in your nex 6.

Ken

Skipjack Joe - 1-31-2014 at 09:04 PM

I have an old nikon 105mm macro lens that's the best lens I have ever owned. I would like to use it on my canon dslr with an adaptor. These adaptors vary greatly in price. What brand and model would you guys suggest?

Diane, I am not clear about the adjusted processing nex7 does in the camera. You mean it will darken the light areas and lighten the shadows if you that is your intention?

PS I was a Nikon guy during the SLR days, I'm a Canon person during the DSLR era. I just think their sensors produce truer colors. Although everything can be changed in photoshop so it matters little.

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CortezBlue - 2-3-2014 at 02:36 PM

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Interesting post processing on that 2nd image Diane. I think I like it. Just need to be with it a bit longer.

PS I'll gladly relieve you of those heavy lenses. I can only imagine what a burden they must be. :saint::saint:


Thanks Igor,
Just for comparison, here is that image straight out of the camera --- mainly played with the contrast to bring out more detail. One of the things I really like about the Nex6 is that it has a setting that exposes for several different points so what might be totally black unless one used a ND filter, is exposed along with the bright areas.



And since you are a Nikon person, my Canon stuff would do you no good. :P :biggrin::biggrin:


Diana

Here is a challenge for you if you want to monkey around.

The latest craze is HDR photography.

If you search on the web there are some great software packages that will do this for you or you can play with photo stacking in Photoshop

HDR, takes 2 or 3 shots with under exposed, overeposed images and then layer them. It will give you the bright areas and the dark areas with plenty of detail.

I like:

www.stuckincustoms.com

This guy is a guru at HDR images.

wessongroup - 2-3-2014 at 02:51 PM

Thanks ... pretty interesting what one can do ... nowadays ... a long way from my first .. a "Brownie Hawkeye"



DianaT - 2-3-2014 at 06:57 PM

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Diana

Here is a challenge for you if you want to monkey around.

The latest craze is HDR photography.

If you search on the web there are some great software packages that will do this for you or you can play with photo stacking in Photoshop

HDR, takes 2 or 3 shots with under exposed, overeposed images and then layer them. It will give you the bright areas and the dark areas with plenty of detail.

I like:

www.stuckincustoms.com

This guy is a guru at HDR images.


Thanks for that website --- I will spend some time with it. I have an HDR program that I have played with--- too often with results that are quite overdone! I am learning.

Since I don't have more than one exposure, I might change the exposure on copies and see what I can do. However, I have found that it is never as good without the originals being at different exposures.

Here is one that I liked that I took earlier this year. It was done in the program I have, but in a setting called fused.



Again, after a quick look at that site, I need to spend more time with it and learn more---always so much to learn.

THANKS