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On 6/24/2017 9:26 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On Jun 24, 2017, Eric Stevens wrote (in ): On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:21:37 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On Jun 23, 2017, Tony Cooper wrote (in ): On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:58:43 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On Jun 23, 2017, Savageduck wrote (in iganews.com): On Jun 23, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): I sometimes play with infrared, on my converted Coolpix. Got this street shot in the rain. Yes, I know it's grainy, but the rain, plus the IR color add interest. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ue0v5o2oeniyu01/20170617_1923.jpg?dl=0 Taste is an odd thing. I like the concept of the image, the rain, the subject the pose, capturing the moment, all well done. However, when I look at the image I am disappointed with the execution, especially the noise, no matter how much you call it grain that isn’t grain. It could have been a great image with a different camera, rather than an old Coolpix 8800 with a 2/3 CCD with a max ISO of 400. That was a camera with questionable performance in 2004, and it remains so. The IR makes no real difference. A great opportunity wasted. It would have been so much better if you had made that capture with your FF Nikon, or even the old D300. In that light, with the E8800, at ISO 400 there was no way you were ever going to avoid noise (it isn’t grain.) BTW: Just dealing with the noise can make a big difference. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ptdjn8duazng4v8/20170617_1923DN.jpeg You actually feel that's an improvement? The original had interest, but your version adds nothing of interest. The noise doesn't detract, in my opinion. Actually the noise does detract for me. I am puzzled. I cannot see significant noise anywhere. Where do you see it and what do you have to do to see it? The noise is very conspicuous. Peter even adresses it in his OP when he says, “Yes, I know it’s grainy...”. Are you looking at Peters original image #1, or are you looking at one of my de-noised renditions? I did not remove any noise, because I did not want to. Here is an image from a nearby location taken on a different day. To me it's nothing but a picture postcard. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfnoczxji8vmryu/bow%20bridge.jpg?dl=0 The faux color image, was processed by warming the RAW and the doing a color channel switch. To my way of thinking one of the neat things about photography is that there is no need for all of us to agree. Having said that, when does photography end and digital art begin. Or are we going back to the f64 discussions. https://www.dropbox.com/s/esqa284w6tmxt7s/_DSC6534%20distorted%20and%20turned.jpg?dl=0 -- PeterN |
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On 6/24/2017 12:23 AM, Bill W wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:30:51 -0400, PeterN wrote: I sometimes play with infrared, on my converted Coolpix. Got this street shot in the rain. Yes, I know it's grainy, but the rain, plus the IR color add interest. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ue0v5o2oeniyu01/20170617_1923.jpg?dl=0 I like this photo. At the same time, I never would have known there was any IR involved. Thank you. -- PeterN |
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On Jun 24, 2017, PeterN wrote
(in article ): Snip I did not remove any noise, because I did not want to. That’s OK if you could pass the noise off for grain. However, with that image the noise does not have the quality or character of genuine grain, or pseudo grain digitally produced by apps such as NIK Silver Efex Pro2, or Exposure X2. Anyway, it is your image. It is a great capture of a perfect moment, which for me is spoilt by the noise issue. Here is an image from a nearby location taken on a different day. To me it's nothing but a picture postcard. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfnoczxji8vmryu/bow%20bridge.jpg?dl=0 Agreed. That is very much a postcard image. That said, sometimes postcard images can be quite good. The faux color image, was processed by warming the RAW and the doing a color channel switch. To my way of thinking one of the neat things about photography is that there is no need for all of us to agree. ....and my response just proves that point. Having said that, when does photography end and digital art begin. Or are we going back to the f64 discussions. https://www.dropbox.com/s/esqa284w6t...20and%20turned .jpg?dl=0 Personal taste is the overriding factor here. That sort of image is not in my photography wheelhouse, and is just way too gimmicky, and obviously heavily stepped on with process for me. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On 6/24/2017 1:58 AM, Tony Cooper wrote:
On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 22:14:34 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On Jun 23, 2017, Tony Cooper wrote (in ): On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:21:37 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On Jun 23, 2017, Tony Cooper wrote (in ): On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:58:43 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On Jun 23, 2017, Savageduck wrote (in iganews.com): On Jun 23, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): I sometimes play with infrared, on my converted Coolpix. Got this street shot in the rain. Yes, I know it's grainy, but the rain, plus the IR color add interest. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ue0v5o2oeniyu01/20170617_1923.jpg?dl=0 Taste is an odd thing. I like the concept of the image, the rain, the subject the pose, capturing the moment, all well done. However, when I look at the image I am disappointed with the execution, especially the noise, no matter how much you call it grain that isn’t grain. It could have been a great image with a different camera, rather than an old Coolpix 8800 with a 2/3 CCD with a max ISO of 400. That was a camera with questionable performance in 2004, and it remains so. The IR makes no real difference. A great opportunity wasted. It would have been so much better if you had made that capture with your FF Nikon, or even the old D300. In that light, with the E8800, at ISO 400 there was no way you were ever going to avoid noise (it isn’t grain.) BTW: Just dealing with the noise can make a big difference. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ptdjn8duazng4v8/20170617_1923DN.jpeg You actually feel that's an improvement? The original had interest, but your version adds nothing of interest. The noise doesn't detract, in my opinion. Actually the noise does detract for me. It’s that taste, and opinion thing again. Why would I have to add something? A change in what was done adds a new view of the original. Not an object. The subject, and the capture of the moment speak for themselves, all that is needed is some denoising. A little - just a little - dodging of the face might have improved the shot since her face seems to be a hidden asset in the shot. I'd like to see more of her expression. I suppose a few tweaks would be in order. You would prefer something such as this? https://www.dropbox.com/s/e8urdthvbsgr3tm/20170617_1923LE.jpeg No, that's over-done, it shows what there but makes it too noticeable. Maybe that's because I knew what was there before. I might not have noticed it as much if this had been the first version. Oh well... Personally, I prefer letting the photographer present *his* image as he sees it. I've never viewed photography as a group effort. That’s Tony. However, if I see an image which to my eye is wrong, I try to understand what it is about the image that I can’t accept, and how to go about preventing that problem in the first place, or to adjust correct to my taste. As I have said somewhere above, this image was an opportunity lost, mostly due to a poor choice in camera. It seems that what you are saying is that any image that does not meet with your approval is a "problem" image. I think there's a word for that. I don't know what Peter was up to that day, but I can understand going out with one camera and seeing what can be done with that camera that day. That's a rather good self-imposed challenge to any photographer. Years ago I went on a field trip with a pro photographer who made us use only a 50mm lens or, if we had only a zoom lens, we had to tape the lens at that setting. His instructions were to get the best photos possible with that lens. We probably had some lost opportunities because of lack of lens choice, but it was a good exercise in finding what would work under those conditions. I think Peter did exactly that. Peter could have carried the Coolpix, his Nikon, three lenses, his extension set, and still have "lost opportunities" in street shooting. The subjects don't tend to wait around in good poses while the photographer changes lenses or switches cameras. You hit the nail on the head. The plan that day was to shoot nothing but IR, and seeing what we would get. From a personal shooting point, I am thinking of converting my D300 to IR, and if so which near IR do I like best. When i put up the original image, I of course knew what the Duck's comment would be. -- PeterN |
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On 6/24/2017 10:46 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On Jun 24, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): Snip I did not remove any noise, because I did not want to. That’s OK if you could pass the noise off for grain. However, with that image the noise does not have the quality or character of genuine grain, or pseudo grain digitally produced by apps such as NIK Silver Efex Pro2, or Exposure X2. Anyway, it is your image. It is a great capture of a perfect moment, which for me is spoilt by the noise issue. Here is an image from a nearby location taken on a different day. To me it's nothing but a picture postcard. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfnoczxji8vmryu/bow%20bridge.jpg?dl=0 Agreed. That is very much a postcard image. That said, sometimes postcard images can be quite good. The faux color image, was processed by warming the RAW and the doing a color channel switch. To my way of thinking one of the neat things about photography is that there is no need for all of us to agree. ...and my response just proves that point. Having said that, when does photography end and digital art begin. Or are we going back to the f64 discussions. https://www.dropbox.com/s/esqa284w6t...20and%20turned .jpg?dl=0 Personal taste is the overriding factor here. That sort of image is not in my photography wheelhouse, and is just way too gimmicky, and obviously heavily stepped on with process for me. Different personal tastes makes life far more interesting. When we first moved into our co-op management wanted everybody to have exactly the same flowers in front on the house. (Begonias.) I fully complied and planted Rieger, Picotee and Rose Begonias, even though everybody else planted ordinary wax begonias. Our idiot board didn't know they were begonias, and the sent me a nasty letter of non-compliance. I simply sent a catalog page. That was the end of uniform planting. -- PeterN |
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On 6/24/2017 1:14 AM, Savageduck wrote:
snip That’s Tony. However, if I see an image which to my eye is wrong, I try to understand what it is about the image that I can’t accept, and how to go about preventing that problem in the first place, or to adjust correct to my taste. As I have said somewhere above, this image was an opportunity lost, mostly due to a poor choice in camera. As I stated earlier, the object of the shoot, which had ben planned a few weeks earlier, was to shoot IR. I used what I have. Whatever happened, we would shoot it. Yes we did have a model, but I was not at all happy with our model shoots. -- PeterN |
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On Jun 24, 2017, PeterN wrote
(in article ): On 6/24/2017 1:14 AM, Savageduck wrote: snip That’s Tony. However, if I see an image which to my eye is wrong, I try to understand what it is about the image that I can’t accept, and how to go about preventing that problem in the first place, or to adjust correct to my taste. As I have said somewhere above, this image was an opportunity lost, mostly due to a poor choice in camera. As I stated earlier, the object of the shoot, which had ben planned a few weeks earlier, was to shoot IR. I used what I have. Whatever happened, we would shoot it. Yes we did have a model, but I was not at all happy with our model shoots. You had a model! So this wasn’t exactly street, or candid photography, but an arranged/planned club, or whatever outing. Now did you say you were not happy with the groups’ model shots, does that mean the girl in your image wasn’t a model? -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Sat, 24 Jun 2017 06:26:17 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On Jun 24, 2017, Eric Stevens wrote (in ): On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:21:37 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On Jun 23, 2017, Tony Cooper wrote (in ): On Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:58:43 -0700, Savageduck wrote: On Jun 23, 2017, Savageduck wrote (in iganews.com): On Jun 23, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): I sometimes play with infrared, on my converted Coolpix. Got this street shot in the rain. Yes, I know it's grainy, but the rain, plus the IR color add interest. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ue0v5o2oeniyu01/20170617_1923.jpg?dl=0 Taste is an odd thing. I like the concept of the image, the rain, the subject the pose, capturing the moment, all well done. However, when I look at the image I am disappointed with the execution, especially the noise, no matter how much you call it grain that isnt grain. It could have been a great image with a different camera, rather than an old Coolpix 8800 with a 2/3 CCD with a max ISO of 400. That was a camera with questionable performance in 2004, and it remains so. The IR makes no real difference. A great opportunity wasted. It would have been so much better if you had made that capture with your FF Nikon, or even the old D300. In that light, with the E8800, at ISO 400 there was no way you were ever going to avoid noise (it isnt grain.) BTW: Just dealing with the noise can make a big difference. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ptdjn8duazng4v8/20170617_1923DN.jpeg You actually feel that's an improvement? The original had interest, but your version adds nothing of interest. The noise doesn't detract, in my opinion. Actually the noise does detract for me. I am puzzled. I cannot see significant noise anywhere. Where do you see it and what do you have to do to see it? The noise is very conspicuous. Peter even adresses it in his OP when he says, Yes, I know its grainy.... He also said he anticipated your criticism. In fact, the noise only becomes conspicuous at 100% although if you peer you can see it at 66%. At 53% the image has a texture comparable with the output of a 35mm camera. Are you looking at Peters original image #1, or are you looking at one of my de-noised renditions? Looking at the original. I agree that de-noising is an improvement but then the same applies to many famous B&W shots from the past. Its that taste, and opinion thing again. Why would I have to add something? The subject, and the capture of the moment speak for themselves, all that is needed is some denoising. A little - just a little - dodging of the face might have improved the shot since her face seems to be a hidden asset in the shot. I'd like to see more of her expression. I suppose a few tweaks would be in order. You would prefer something such as this? https://www.dropbox.com/s/e8urdthvbsgr3tm/20170617_1923LE.jpeg -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On Sat, 24 Jun 2017 07:46:20 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On Jun 24, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): Snip I did not remove any noise, because I did not want to. Thats OK if you could pass the noise off for grain. However, with that image the noise does not have the quality or character of genuine grain, or pseudo grain digitally produced by apps such as NIK Silver Efex Pro2, or Exposure X2. Anyway, it is your image. It is a great capture of a perfect moment, which for me is spoilt by the noise issue. But grain is but another form of noise, inherent in the film technology. It has become so accepted that in many cases it is now regarded as an essential part of the image. Why should digital noise be considered unacceptable and chemical be considered desirable? Here is an image from a nearby location taken on a different day. To me it's nothing but a picture postcard. https://www.dropbox.com/s/zfnoczxji8vmryu/bow%20bridge.jpg?dl=0 Agreed. That is very much a postcard image. That said, sometimes postcard images can be quite good. The faux color image, was processed by warming the RAW and the doing a color channel switch. To my way of thinking one of the neat things about photography is that there is no need for all of us to agree. ...and my response just proves that point. ditto. :-) Having said that, when does photography end and digital art begin. Or are we going back to the f64 discussions. https://www.dropbox.com/s/esqa284w6tmxt7s/_DSC6534%20distorted%20and%20turned.jpg?dl=0 Personal taste is the overriding factor here. That sort of image is not in my photography wheelhouse, and is just way too gimmicky, and obviously heavily stepped on with process for me. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On 6/24/2017 4:33 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On Jun 24, 2017, PeterN wrote (in article ): On 6/24/2017 1:14 AM, Savageduck wrote: snip That’s Tony. However, if I see an image which to my eye is wrong, I try to understand what it is about the image that I can’t accept, and how to go about preventing that problem in the first place, or to adjust correct to my taste. As I have said somewhere above, this image was an opportunity lost, mostly due to a poor choice in camera. As I stated earlier, the object of the shoot, which had ben planned a few weeks earlier, was to shoot IR. I used what I have. Whatever happened, we would shoot it. Yes we did have a model, but I was not at all happy with our model shoots. You had a model! So this wasn’t exactly street, or candid photography, but an arranged/planned club, or whatever outing. Now did you say you were not happy with the groups’ model shots, does that mean the girl in your image wasn’t a model? The girls in my posted image shots were not models. Yes, We had a model, but few of us were happy with the results. No model shots have been posted, and most likely will be deleted,m at least by me. -- PeterN |
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