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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/02/2005 08:53:27 PM · #1

comments/critiques welcome...

edit: 100% crops, adjusted curves in both.

Message edited by author 2005-01-02 21:00:09.

gaurawa

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

01/02/2005 09:08:26 PM · #2

100% crop?
I thought 100% crop means the image is cropped to show the actual pixels, this doesn't seem to be the case here...

SummerBreeze

Canon EOS-30D

01/02/2005 09:09:21 PM · #3

Nice shots, great color in the city lights. Strangely enough, I like the light pollution you captured, makes it interesting.

Canon EF 600mm f/4.0L IS USM

01/02/2005 09:16:49 PM · #4

oh I guess that would be no crop just resized ;-) sorry

Sailingduck

Canon EOS-1D Mark IV

01/02/2005 09:20:23 PM · #5

Pittsburgh??

Very nice reflections and mood. I like it.

Edit: after a second look, I would have cropped the sky much closer to the skyscrapers. You'd lose that grey atmosphere and get a more balanced canvas. Just a thought.

Message edited by author 2005-01-02 21:29:28.

Samsung Galaxy S21, S21+, S21 Ultra

01/02/2005 09:25:47 PM · #6

thanks...yeah it's pittsburgh.

Bear_Music

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/02/2005 09:32:51 PM · #7

Be nice if they were sharper. These hand-held? Good "atmosphere" though.

Robt.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

01/02/2005 09:47:03 PM · #8

Originally posted by bear_music:

Be nice if they were sharper. These hand-held? Good "atmosphere" though.

Robt.

No, they weren't handheld, I used a tripod. I think maybe something was lost when I shrunk them down so small. Here's one that's 740 pixels...

//www.pbase.com/dpaull/image/38200562

It was windy though but honestly, I don't see any shake at all.

RHoldenSr

Canon EOS-5D

01/02/2005 10:13:18 PM · #9

I think they look very nice.

I would try the shoot again on a clear night so you do not get all the lights reflecting on the clouds.

01/02/2005 10:40:03 PM · #10

Yeah...and next time I think I'll go for a longer exposure and maybe 100 ISO. The noise is pretty close to non existant to be honest, but there is *some* there. I'm sure neat image would fix what is there, but I haven't given it a shot.

My new camera bag is kind of a pain...but I guess that's the price you pay to lug around a DSLR -- I can't imagine what it's going to be like once I have a couple lenses and an external flash, extra battery, and all those other things that I need.

scottwilson

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 28mm f/2.8

01/02/2005 10:40:12 PM · #11

I think they are very good. It is hard for this kind of photo to really look great at the scale we have to post here, I think your larger one on PBase looks much better.

Photos tend to loose a bit of sharpness when resized, you might try using the Unsharp Mask, after resizing, at something like 80% with a Rdius of .9, or there abouts, and see if you like what you see.

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

01/02/2005 10:41:34 PM · #12

Originally posted by scottwilson:

Thanks for the tips...you're right, it's definately a photo best viewed at least a bit bigger anyway.

pahl

Olympus C-740UZ

01/02/2005 10:59:17 PM · #13

Don't give up. Keep practicing and you will get the hang of it.

Just kidding ;)

They look great! Someday I hope to be able to take photo's as good as you do.

They both look great.
jp

LindaLee

Canon EOS-40D

01/02/2005 11:10:19 PM · #14

I really like both of these shots, the second one a little better because of the more dynamic composition. I think the "softness" really adds to the appeal of the shots for me, and the color is beautiful. Very, very nice photos.

alanfreed

Nikon D6

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

01/02/2005 11:29:48 PM · #15

Something you might want to try next time you're up there... do a few shots in a row and try making a panorama out of 'em. That's a really good spot to do it from that overhang on Mt. Washington -- you can get everything from The Point over into Oakland and so forth. Nearly impossible to get all in one shot, but something that would make a cool panorama!

brianlh

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/02/2005 11:41:59 PM · #16

i don't know enough about it to really comment and say if that's what's going on (esp. since i can't say i've personally noticed it yet) - but i've read that longer exposures can lead to more light diffraction and thus less sharp images. not sure how severe this may be, but i just remember reading about lens tests and how many lens peak in sharpness around f/8-f/11, because it lets just about the right amount of light in (but not necessarily the proper depth of field, which is why we sometimes would prefer to use f/32 or whatever else).. i assume this is related somehow to exposure time, but maybe i'm wrong and it's only related to aperture.. i slept too much through physics class to know! :p

scottwilson

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 28mm f/2.8

01/02/2005 11:47:26 PM · #17

Originally posted by brianlh:

It is in fact just the aperture that effect diffraction, not the time for the exposure. The optimum F number depends on the lens, larger cameras (film sensor) tend to use large F numbers when shooting.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR

01/02/2005 11:53:42 PM · #18

Thanks for all the comments and tips everyone.

Alan, I was just randomly shooting...then I got the idea to do like 3 shots in a row for a panorama...shot number one and looked at my camera to catch the quick preview -- and noticed it had started raining a little more than I felt comfortable with so I packed up.

As far as the sharpness issue, I didn't feel it needed sharpened, but I do see what you mean on the 640 pixel photos. I think it musta lost something when I downsized it right before I saved.

BADDBOYY21

Nikon D300

01/03/2005 05:18:17 PM · #19

I like the shots...I would definitely shoot again on a cold clear night. There won't be light reflecting off the clouds. I would also try shooting early moring during sunrise as you are facing east.

alanfreed

Nikon D6

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

01/03/2005 05:30:18 PM · #20

Originally posted by BADDBOYY21:

I like the shots...I would definitely shoot again on a cold clear night. There won't be light reflecting off the clouds. I would also try shooting early moring during sunrise as you are facing east.

I kinda like how the light reflects off the clouds, personally :)