mythical creatures without the use of extended editing
by lei_73

Comment:
Dreadful title but a very nice aerial landscape.

1
by mitalapo

Comment:
Hugely enjoyable essay. It has a lovely '3D', immersive, feel to it. Perfect black and white as well. Thanks for posting it!

Olching 5
by primabarbara

Comment:
Again here. That wide f1.4 aperture is good but a faster shutter speed at the expense of ISO would give a sharper image. So, f1.4 at 1/160 and ISO1600 maybe.

Olching 4
by primabarbara

Comment:
This is an example where the slow shutter speed is causing blur. It may be because of the lens on the X-M1 but I'd suggest something like f/2.8 - ISO 3200 and 1/125.

Olching 2
by primabarbara

Comment:
This sharp image is spot on.

Message edited by author 2017-03-17 12:30:55.

Olching 1
by primabarbara

Comment:
I really enjoyed this little essay. It really gives a good feel for the event and the structure of the essay - starting with a wide framing image then going into more detail in the following images - is really good. I really love the final shot of the empty dishes. Thanks for posting!

I'll go into a few technical issues. It's very difficult to photograph events like this when the lighting is so tricky. There is quite a bit of motion blur affecting the sharpness of some of the photos. Sometimes that works well such as in the image with the waitress carrying the food - the motion blur is a nice touch. Other times it looks unintentional and I think it's down to too slow a shutter speed. Any image stabilisation in the lenses are not much help when people are moving.

When photographing events such as this Auto ISO with a set minimum shorter speed is your friend. I think both your Fuji cameras have this. What I would do is set the top ISO at 6400 and set the *minimum* at 1/125 or even 1/160. Basically, there is always going to be a trade off here but I think it's better to have a faster shutter speed and higher ISO than a slower shutter speed and lower ISO. I'll post some examples on specific images.

Apart from that, thanks for a really interesting essay.

Work in Stone
by HUETH

Comment:
This is great. What the hell is it?? The weirdness of the whole thing put's it far above most landscape images. 9

salty conversation
by tvsometime

Comment:
Salty indeed! Love it. 8.

Untitled
by 2mccs

Comment:
Great deep memory. 9 from me.

nothello
by bvy

Comment:
Yep. Just my sort of thing. In my top three. 9.