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February 15, 2010 at 10:23 pm #26445
nobigdeal
ParticipantTotally fine with me.
For you HDR n00bs, the easiest program I have found is Photomatix. I certainly haven’t done an exhaustive search, but I like it. It can do artoon-y HDR or pretty realistic. Downside –> it costs $100.
Unless they have revised their software, it used to be that you could use the full program, but it left a watermark that can be removed only with purchase. With some careful editing you can get around the photomatix watermark, and use the software for free. the easiest way is to take the photos with the placement of the watermark in mind, and crop it out. Of course, at some point I think they will realize this, so I would download the software now.
/not that I am recommending this course of action.
The latest Photomatix trial version watermarks all over the image, so it would not be feasible to try and remove it.
February 15, 2010 at 10:44 pm #26446
orionidParticipantheh. I know. I started talking about medium-format cameras to Kat yesterday, and she started talking about cars :/
My left brain and right brain have that debate all the time.
As far as the mirror shots, I did something similar in high school with a broken cd and found better luck with a small aperture p&s than my slr at 35mm, even cranked to f/22. Either way, the negatives have been long since lost, so I can’t show examples.
I do know that DOF tends to be proportional to f/stop number (bigger number/smaller hole = bigger DOF) and inversely proportional to focal length, so you really have two variables to play with.
With a relatively long T/S like Elsinore‘s, it also stands to reason that the camera can be further away and less off-axis than with shorter focal lengths, so the amount of distortion could be minimized. Oh, God, this is making my head hurt.
February 15, 2010 at 11:18 pm #26447olavf
Participantyeah, I know, but in my experience focal length has been somewhat inversely proportional to the lighting (the farther away I am the harder time I have getting the exposure happy) in that type of setting. It may just be me and my rig though :/
I’ve zero experience with T/S lenses, so I really have no idea there.
February 15, 2010 at 11:32 pm #26448U-Man
ParticipantOne thing that Olavf’s example has that my attempts didn’t is distance from the camera. Here is a version of my daughter that I don’t think that I will use.
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/E_3974.jpg
That broken mirror is 5 inches on a side. I used my 100 mm macro, f/2.8. I might try it with a different lens and tighter aperture.
I have a similar self portrait that I might use.
February 15, 2010 at 11:45 pm #26449sleeping
ParticipantThe mirror thing is one of the situations where an old school lens with DOF markings can be really useful, and autofocus is a problem. If you AF on one subject or the other, you’re throwing out a whole bunch of your usable DOF. You really need to split the difference between them.
The other thing that’s going to help a lot is a powerful off-camera flash, so you can pummel them with light and stop down plenty.
February 16, 2010 at 12:29 am #26450Elsinore
Keymasterorionid: It actually stands to reason that you’d have better luck with a p&s because the sensor is so small that it has a much deeper inherent DOF. This is why I tend to do my bug porn with the macro mode on my p&s. f/5.6 or f/8 has a loooooot more DOF than f/5.6 or f/8 on my 30D with any lens.
U-Man: That shot you posted actually reminds me of Through the Viewfinder stuff I’ve shot. In those cases, I’m looking down through a glass (ground glass or bubble glass) to the mirror which is reflecting the light coming in through the viewing lens. Particularly with my smaller TtV set up with the Brownie Reflex Synchro, I sometimes end up with the viewfinder out of focus while the image from the mirror is in focus. Usually it’s close, though, but thinking it through, I’m not sure the edges are ever fully in focus. I’m generally shooting a longer lens at near-macro, though, so that lessens DOF, though…
February 16, 2010 at 12:30 am #26451Participantyeah the mirror shots are a lot of finding a balance in the mess. I don’t own an off-camera flash yet, so I use the studio lighting to attain my ends. It’s difficult to match the amount of lighting and not wash out the subject to get the DOF I want though.
http://65.78.140.207/TF/farktography/100217.reflections/cassie-mirror_3936_sm_web.JPG
/not a shot I’m planning on using – my younger daughter was being jealous because her sister got to play ‘dress-up’ so I had to oblige her
February 16, 2010 at 1:40 am #26452ParticipantIt actually stands to reason that you’d have better luck with a p&s because the sensor is so small that it has a much deeper inherent DOF. This is why I tend to do my bug porn with the macro mode on my p&s. f/5.6 or f/8 has a loooooot more DOF than f/5.6 or f/8 on my 30D with any lens.
Ahhhh. You so sneaky.
February 18, 2010 at 1:14 am #26453KeymasterContest linky: http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=5035051
February 18, 2010 at 1:21 am #26454ParticipantAAAAACK! I had a little chest pain trying to decide which ones to use tonight.
What do I like best?
What do I think you will like best?
Which of the above carries more weight?B-sides…
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/LU_0379.jpg (Museum of Science and Industry. Bendy mirror. My wife likes her looong legs)
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/Reeds_1209.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/U_3936a.jpg (creepy self portrait in broken mirror)
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/Ulle-Reflect_3841aa.jpg
February 18, 2010 at 1:32 am #26455orionidParticipantAAAAACK! I had a little chest pain trying to decide which ones to use tonight.
What do I like best?
What do I think you will like best?
Which of the above carries more weight?B-sides…
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/LU_0379.jpg (Museum of Science and Industry. Bendy mirror. My wife likes her looong legs)
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/Reeds_1209.jpg
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/U_3936a.jpg (creepy self portrait in broken mirror)
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/Ulle-Reflect_3841aa.jpg
Nice work, Escher. So, what did you figure out about the extreme dof? Manual focus with tight aperture?
February 18, 2010 at 2:17 am #26456ParticipantNice work, Escher. So, what did you figure out about the extreme dof? Manual focus with tight aperture?
Thanks. I didn’t figure anything out. Life got in the way. I have the broken mirror set aside though. I’ll try it sometime.
I have a few photo ideas I really, really want to try. I have all the parts and pieces – now I just need to carve the time out….
February 18, 2010 at 2:20 am #26457ParticipantI just got the Escher remark. *slaps forehead*
http://spot.colorado.edu/~mcmorran/Hand_with_reflecting_globe.jpg
February 18, 2010 at 4:53 am #26458ParticipantI suspect I’m going to be doing a lot of clicking when it comes time to vote this week.
February 18, 2010 at 4:21 pm #26459lokisbong
ParticipantI suspect I’m going to be doing a lot of clicking when it comes time to vote this week.
Me too. Lots of great shots this week
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