*OFFICIAL* Snapshot of the Day (one image per post please) #1

[The1]

Originally Posted by The1

that's ever so slightly noisier then the original because i bumped up exposure a tad, left of her face was a little dark... But DxO does pull some noise out too...

But that's the reason why we use the 5D mkIIs i can get higher ISO then that and still print a nice 8x10 wouldn't want to go much larger then that though.

that being said.... here's roughly about 100% crop of the image, as you can tell, i shook a tiny bit, it was pretty dark in the living room and i snapped it quickly at 1/125th but you can see the noise a little closer in too.

so high ISO definitely isn't as clean, but you avoid hot spots a lot better with the 5DII

[M_Six]

Originally Posted by The1

that being said.... here's roughly about 100% crop of the image, as you can tell, i shook a tiny bit, it was pretty dark in the living room and i snapped it quickly at 1/125th but you can see the noise a little closer in too.

so high ISO definitely isn't as clean, but you avoid hot spots a lot better with the 5DII

Yeah, you can see the noise there, but hell, my pics look like that at 400 ISO.

[The1]

Originally Posted by M_Six

Yeah, you can see the noise there, but hell, my pics look like that at 400 ISO.

haha, well just remember, what you see on the monitor isn't what a picture looks like printed. If i printed this, it would be really clean.

400 ISO on the T1i still prints really well, and i've printed a few from when i had that body. It's just the modern age of pixel peeping has made us greedy.

I forced my buddy with his 60D to take a shot at 1600ISO (which he was mad at me for) then i printed it as a 5x7 and he loved how it turned out. You're never going to see the noise on most of these cameras below 400ISO when printed at a normal photo album size. You might even be able to do a really clean looking 4x6 at 800ISO on the T1i. I never tried to go that high with it. It always scared me.

[dcstep]

Originally Posted by The1

further testing of 135 F2L lens

shot at 2000ISO and F2

What was shutter speed? ISO seems high unless SS was high.

I'd shoot Av (aperture preferred) and dial the ISO to get the SS that I needed.

Anyway, nice bokeh and shallow DOF.

Dave

[The1]

Originally Posted by dcstep

What was shutter speed? ISO seems high unless SS was high.

I'd shoot Av (aperture preferred) and dial the ISO to get the SS that I needed.

Anyway, nice bokeh and shallow DOF.

Dave

SS was 1/125th on 135mm focal lenth at F2, so i was a little stretched for the ISO, i could have gone up a stop and gotten a better shutter speed, but i didn't want to sacrifice any more quality, sadly i moved a little and it blurred slightly.

it was a 1 shot deal unfortunately she had to get back to school.

and thanks, I'm liking how the 135 F2 is handling the bokeh i think it's going to help out a lot on photoshoots with brick walls around and such.

[slavik]

Originally Posted by The1

very nice are all these cars in NJ?

you're making me want to go for a drive and visit

this recent picture was taken last year down in the everglades during a mile event...

[Chewy734]

Originally Posted by dcstep

What was shutter speed? ISO seems high unless SS was high.

I'd shoot Av (aperture preferred) and dial the ISO to get the SS that I needed.

Anyway, nice bokeh and shallow DOF.

Dave

Dave, have you gone through the videos from Zack's workshop? It's kinda interesting how he slams Av mode a ton. I use Av mode a lot too, but I guess it depends on what you're shooting.

[The1]

Originally Posted by Chewy734

Dave, have you gone through the videos from Zack's workshop? It's kinda interesting how he slams Av mode a ton. I use Av mode a lot too, but I guess it depends on what you're shooting.

I started with AV mode for a bit, then switched primarily to M as i got tired of accidentally blowing out the background and stuff if i wasn't watching the meter.

And since watching the Zack stuff, i've toyed around with setting my exposure and just leaving it unless i had to move it because i moved into different lighting, it's definitely worth while.

[ShopVac]

This would have been an excellent picture if the damn boats didn't rock in the water. I've tried to sharpen it some (which helped a little) and Topaz DeBlur (which I can't get to really work at all)...but it's the best I could get it.



I should see if I can take that boat out all together.

[The1]

boat on the right looks like it's moving fast just sitting still...

any way to take down the exposure in the foreground a little? maybe do like Mark does and do a soft light layer that you paint over...

[MATT0404]

IMG_3228 by mkrepp, on Flickr

[The1]

Originally Posted by MATT0404

IMG_3228 by mkrepp, on Flickr

that's kind of a sexy shot.... it's like a girl wearing a low cut top, it lets you see a little, but not too much

[M_Six]

^^^^Agreed. Nice shot, Matt. Simple and elegant. Nice.

[The1]

couldn't save the blown out area on the right sadly, but i managed to equalize a few of the exposures around the picture other then that.

[MATT0404]

Originally Posted by The1

that's kind of a sexy shot.... it's like a girl wearing a low cut top, it lets you see a little, but not too much

Originally Posted by M_Six

^^^^Agreed. Nice shot, Matt. Simple and elegant. Nice.

Thanks, guys!

[The1]

glad you shared, I've been running out of things to shoot in my apartment with all the rain we've been having, so i'm going a bit stir crazy... so maybe i'll start shooting all my lenses in different scenarios...

[UdubBadger]

cool shot matt

[ShopVac]

Originally Posted by The1

couldn't save the blown out area on the right sadly, but i managed to equalize a few of the exposures around the picture other then that.

The soft light at the end definitely helps...

[The1]

i should have tryed a hard light over the blown out bit.... may have helped.... oh well.

It's a neat shot.

[M_Six]

I tightened up the boats a bit and toned down the exposure in the foreground. There might be more you can do with the RAW files. Blur usually manifests itself as a ghost image just past the edge of the actual object. Sometimes, as in the case of the boat, you can zoom in really close and paint out the ghost lines using the surrounding colors. Doesn't work with faces, but it can save solid objects like the boat.

[Chewy734]

nice shot Matt. One thing that bothered me is the black vertical line in your bokeh. Perhaps that's the corner of a wall? Either way, maybe it'll look better if you clone it out.

[The1]

i've been painting..... maybe a little overkill.... i could probably bring the exposier up a tad, but i'm done for now