After a while without any photographs (shame on me) I start this thread for the 3rd quarter.
After a while without any photographs (shame on me) I start this thread for the 3rd quarter.
It really is a shame that I have done one photograph for so long now... I do not go out often but that is no excuse as one may find many other motives if feeling like to.
Today I went out as the weather is great and even a bit hot. High temperatures are expected this week...
Herewith I photograph from the old town.
Nicely balanced street scene.
Thank you Geoff.
A very simple photograph, indeed.
Cheers ! Take care !
Last edited by Antonio Correia; 14th July 2020 at 06:52 PM.
That looks good, Antonio.
Let me say something about one photograph to begin with.
The f/1.8 was intentional. I had just shot another photograph in another location which was a none interest and I erased it as soon as I imported it.
I made an exposure compensation as I was afraid of the white areas of the motorcycle while viewing through the EVF.
In fact that was the reason why I shot this ! To get the best result under a photograph with a little more difficulty as usual.
In location and at the moment I could't remember to turn the zebras warning on. Silly me !
This is the original RAW file with just the Lens Corrections in LR
Nice work on the processing Antonio
Antonio, did you mean "f/1.8 was not intentional"?
What worked against you in this shot was mainly the choice of 'matrix' exposure metering. It might have been more effective to spot-meter those white parts and then decide how much EC to apply in order to get their desired brightness in the output image.I made an exposure compensation as I was afraid of the white areas of the motorcycle while viewing through the EVF.
In fact that was the reason why I shot this ! To get the best result under a photograph with a little more difficulty as usual.
In location and at the moment I could't remember to turn the zebras warning on. Silly me !
This is the original RAW file with just the Lens Corrections in LR
Or, spot-meter those shaded cobblestones at lower left and take a chance with no EC at all.
I am not a great lover of letting the camera do anything automatically ...
Last edited by xpatUSA; 19th July 2020 at 10:53 PM.
Thank you Bill for your comment !
Ted, I wanted really to use the f/1.8
I am a lover of letting the camera decide many things for me. However, I always choose the point of focus and most of the times I do use the "matrix" exposure metering.
I do have customized a button for the spot metering which follows the focus point. I agree with you that the way you describe would have been a good or better option.
Much appreciated your comment ! Thank you !
Please, don't ! My native language is not English...
Cheers !
Excellent; yet i would like to clone wipe out the distant opuntia on the right side, which makes a visual continuation with the main one.
Thank you Nandakumar for your excellent comment and pointing that obvious issue.
You are absolutely right.
I have seen myself when working on the photo and I thought it would be rather difficult to clone the area without noticing it
I was lazy not even trying it !
In location I searched for the right angle all the other captures being worst than this one !
Cheers ! Take care !
But... here is a better version ! Not perfect, I know
it looks even better now; from where did you take the last image? I like that very much