Pics from during my banination! haha (lots of pics)

***Verdugo*** · 02-14-2006 08:44 AM

Some things I've been itching to post up...first set from around my work:

***Verdugo*** · 02-14-2006 08:46 AM

These are from the Jose Rizal Bridge, using my cable release, mirror lock-up, 3-min shutter speed, f/16, and ISO 100. Last pic is a 100% crop of the 2nd photo with no sharpening or noise reduction.

***Verdugo*** · 02-14-2006 08:47 AM

And finally, some GOOD pics of the M-Thrizzle...

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**mykedude** · 02-14-2006 08:53 AM

Great shots as usual Armin!

I looove the B&W shots as I like the difference in tones that b&w offers.

Nice pics of the M too

how are you liking it?

~myke

***Verdugo*** · 02-14-2006 08:58 AM

The M is awesome

I'm trying sooooo hard not to mod it right now.

**wrx wagone** · 02-14-2006 09:01 AM

All of the shots are very good. Always impressed.

I wondering what the goofy blue light is on the cropped city shot. You can see it in the orginal too. Maybe it's the blue light of the aliens??

***Verdugo*** · 02-14-2006 09:06 AM

There's a bunch of weird lights on the buildings...that's my only explanation. It could be aliens though too

**chanwahyaoh** · 02-14-2006 09:10 AM

nice work as usual!

The B&Ws - were they shot like that in-camera (I'm not familar enough yet with the D200, or did you convert them in PS?

If PS, which method did you use? They are really nice & sharp and contrasty (though in some spots it looks like it was at the cost of some blown out highlight areas unfortunately).

***Verdugo*** · 02-14-2006 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by chanwahyaoh

nice work as usual!

The B&Ws - were they shot like that in-camera (I'm not familar enough yet with the D200, or did you convert them in PS?

If PS, which method did you use? They are really nice & sharp and contrasty (though in some spots it looks like it was at the cost of some blown out highlight areas unfortunately).

Thanks! I actually converted them in PS. The blown out highlights were my fault...haha...weird weather + no tripod = no chance for bracketing. I actually used an action that I downloaded by Mike Spotts on the dpreview forums. I normally do the lab color => greyscale method but I've had good luck with Mike's actions (which use the channel mixer and curves) so I just stuck with it.

**chanwahyaoh** · 02-14-2006 09:38 AM

Originally Posted by Verdugo

Thanks! I actually converted them in PS. The blown out highlights were my fault...haha...weird weather + no tripod = no chance for bracketing. I actually used an action that I downloaded by Mike Spotts on the dpreview forums. I normally do the lab color => greyscale method but I've had good luck with Mike's actions (which use the channel mixer and curves) so I just stuck with it.

Sweet, I will have to check that one out. Is it pretty intuitive? I've always done my conversions manually with channel mixer, and that ends up taking me quite a while to get a conversion that I'm happy with. I love finding useful free actions. There's quite a few I use from thelightsright.com that are bodacious.

***Verdugo*** · 02-14-2006 09:41 AM

Originally Posted by chanwahyaoh

Sweet, I will have to check that one out. Is it pretty intuitive? I've always done my conversions manually with channel mixer, and that ends up taking me quite a while to get a conversion that I'm happy with. I love finding useful free actions. There's quite a few I use from thelightsright.com that are bodacious.

Hmmm I wouldn't say intuitive. It was pretty much hit play and it worked right. I didn't bother trying to tweak them. His set also comes with a really good Velvia Film replicator, and a really interesting alternate sharpening method.

**chanwahyaoh** · 02-14-2006 09:55 AM

Originally Posted by Verdugo

Hmmm I wouldn't say intuitive. It was pretty much hit play and it worked right. I didn't bother trying to tweak them. His set also comes with a really good Velvia Film replicator, and a really interesting alternate sharpening method.

is that the sharpening with layer masks & high pass filters? Thelightsright.com has those actions, and Kelby describes doing them manually in his PS book, but MAN - does it take up a lot of memory & storage...

**racerWRX** · 02-14-2006 10:00 AM

put in some good time duing thre ban-nation !!!!!

nice pics !

i dont think ne one else put their time to good use !

***Verdugo*** · 02-14-2006 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by chanwahyaoh

is that the sharpening with layer masks & high pass filters? Thelightsright.com has those actions, and Kelby describes doing them manually in his PS book, but MAN - does it take up a lot of memory & storage...

No I do believe it's much more simpler than that. I haven't really used it though...USM does the trick 99% of the time for me.

Originally Posted by racerWRX

put in some good time duing thre ban-nation !!!!!

nice pics !

i dont think ne one else put their time to good use !

Hahaha I had to do something to pass the time!