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Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

01/10/2008 01:05:17 PM · #1

Urm - just came to mind... those 640 or 720 pixels have to be a crop direct from camera - ie no resizing...

That would be fun... wouldnt it? And i dont think "those with better camera's will get a better shot" is truely applicable here, true you might get a clearer picture, but how about adding the word "abstract" to the title or something if you dont think it is a fair challenge :)

Yo_Spiff

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

01/10/2008 01:12:30 PM · #2

I recall reading about some trial rules for minimal editing that basically was the same thing. about the only thing allowed would be resize and some sharpening to compensate for the resize. I have not seen a challenge using those rules yet.

KarenNfld

01/10/2008 01:17:17 PM · #3

Edited because I think I misunderstood.

Message edited by author 2008-01-10 13:21:20.

xianart

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

01/10/2008 01:19:25 PM · #4

or did the OP mean taking a 640x480 selection of pixels from an image?

Canon RF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS USM

01/10/2008 01:29:56 PM · #5

What i mean is that those 640 pixels must be the exact same pixels which came from the camera. Cropped, not resized to the challenge size rules.

So you have a 3504x2336 pixel image which comes from a camera. You can NOT then resize (using the resize tool) the image as it is so it appears as 720 or 640 images, you HAVE to use a selection of the original pixels in the image to construct your image via cropping to the right size...

ETA - that would be the only restriction - normal editing rules apply so sharpening, curves etc would be allowed depending on the ruleset.

Message edited by author 2008-01-10 13:30:55.

Venom

Canon EOS R

01/10/2008 01:41:17 PM · #6

Originally posted by xianart:

or did the OP mean taking a 640x480 selection of pixels from an image?

Yes, I think that is what

inshaala ment. If I read that right, here is an example of how I interpret that.

My original photo:

My 100% crop of the same (no editing, at all):

The crop was actually taken from the original unedited version. This type of challenge could be a little tricky but fun. My $.02 worth!

zarniwoop

Nikon D50

Nikon AF Nikkor 35mm f/2.0D

01/10/2008 01:43:18 PM · #7

Surely that increases the advantage for better cameras? Particularly in terms of noise characteristics.

xianart

Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM

01/10/2008 01:44:16 PM · #8

[thumb]631251[/thumb] a 640x480 crop of a pic from a shoot i did last week. this could be kinda cool... i never shoot to crop, only for full frame, so it would be a neat exercise.

Yo_Spiff

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III

Olympus 12-100mm f/4.0 M.Zuiko ED IS PRO

01/10/2008 01:53:55 PM · #9

I see I misunderstood. Some scenes would lend themselves well to this. framing would essentially have to be done in your minds eye prior to taking the shot. You could shoot at a lower resolution of course, but the idea would limit what was possible.

Art Roflmao

Canon EOS-6D Mark II

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/10/2008 03:25:45 PM · #10

Originally posted by zarniwoop:

Surely that increases the advantage for better cameras? Particularly in terms of noise characteristics.

Someone always has some advantage - no challenge is ever technically an even playing field, all things considered.

LN13

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

01/10/2008 04:17:27 PM · #11

I like your suggestion. Here's my one entry at 100% crop:

Nikon AF Nikkor 35mm f/2.0D

01/10/2008 04:47:01 PM · #12

One benefit of this that i just thought of is that it favours portraits over sweeping hdr landscapes taken at 10mm (crop sensor). Infact it might level the playing field as the high end SLR's cant take shots at below a certain pixel count, but some of the point and shoots can. Meaning that those maniac long exposure sunset on a beach crowd with a 5D will be supplanted by the guy with a point and shoot in being able to take a wider angle shot for the effect.

zarniwoop

Nikon D50

01/10/2008 04:52:07 PM · #13

edit. I tried to say something, but it was wrong so I didn't.

edit 2 - well it's too late for that now.

Message edited by author 2008-01-10 16:56:11.