This was taken in the water park next to the River Meu on the outskirts of the small Breton town of Gaël - you can see the church spire through the background trees.
This image is SOOC and is part of my ongoing OCOLOY project - you can read more about it in my post for 1 January and in my profile. I'm also posting for B&W February.
Beautifully done, and if no processing, I presume there isn't, it is even more impressive. Finished off beautifully. Fav.
Another subject, the Sony a6300 just announced, and even more important I think are the three new zoom lenses FE lenses which will significantly beef up the "a" line, this one and especially the a7R II. I'll have to see the a6300 in action versus the D500, both still not in the market and I suspect I will fall in love with the a6300. So the next Nikon will probably be the D750 successor not the DX 500.
@frankhymus Thanks Frank - yes this is the untouched Jpeg straight from the X100T. I'm not in the market for another camera at the moment but as I already have 5 Nikon bodies and two Sony (Nex) with a full range of lenses, if I were in the market, it would be a difficult decision!
@yrhenwr Hmmm! It was a bit tricky this one as the grass and the seat were in shadow and the rest of this scene was sunlit - easy to deal with if you're processing but not when you're not! I ended up exposing somewhere in the middle.
@yrhenwr I could give you all sorts of plausible reasons, but the real one is that I would feel terribly guilty if I failed to complete what I said I was going to do... how sad is that?
Having just watched this video on realistic HDR, I can really appreciate your lighting. The natural look of the darker foreground makes sense given where the light is shining. I know I'd have been likely to raise the shadows if not doing SOOC, but give the reality, why?!
@taffy The same thing crossed my mind Taffy - if I was processing I'd have had every blade of that grass sharply delineated and a uniform mid-grey and the grain on the seat would have been practically palpable! I think I'm (very) slowly coming to appreciate a more restrained approach!
February 5th, 2016
Leave a Comment
Sign up for a free account or Sign in to post a comment.
Another subject, the Sony a6300 just announced, and even more important I think are the three new zoom lenses FE lenses which will significantly beef up the "a" line, this one and especially the a7R II. I'll have to see the a6300 in action versus the D500, both still not in the market and I suspect I will fall in love with the a6300. So the next Nikon will probably be the D750 successor not the DX 500.
Don't worry, you got a great deal I am sure. Body only for the 6300 is US$998, probably twice what you paid for the 6000.