Paragon Autumn Magic-30th Sept (Image Intensive)

[Zerstorer]

Some shots taken yesterday night. Images compressed to <80KB to facilitate loading.

[Zerstorer]

[Spectrum]

Is that Fandi's wife (Wendi Jacobs) in the 1st & a following pic?

[Zerstorer]

Originally Posted by Spectrum Is that Fandi's wife (Wendi Jacobs) in the 1st & a following pic?

Yes, I believe she is.

[ComB]

Zerstore
May i know wat lens u use? SHARP

[Kongo]

Guess he's using the 70-200 f2.8 VR.. right?

As usual, solid pics from Zerstorer !!

[Zerstorer]

Thanks for the compliments.

Kongo:I was using my 85 f1.4 AF-D as my 70-200 has been sent in for servicing.

[nyxx88]

Did you do any PP on the pictures? The colors are fantastic!!

[Zerstorer]

If you are referring to saturation, nope they are untouched. Basically its a matter of getting the WB and exposure/levels correct and the colours will come naturally. Color casts often rob images of the life they would otherwise have.

[nyxx88]

Thanx for replying .

Seems like you got more vibrant colors than what I captured . Not too sure what would be the best WB under such conditions. Btw, did you load your own curves too?

[Kongo]

No wonder, I was a bit hesitant as I noticed that the perspective of all shots are quite similar, so you r stuck with a prime in this incident (which might not be a bad thing as u still seems to be able to make the most out of it ).

Pics quality aside, your sense of colour, gamma & contrast balancing are always very "right".. I still have a long way to go man, think I have to train up my eyes & brain harder..

Originally Posted by Zerstorer Thanks for the compliments. Kongo:I was using my 85 f1.4 AF-D as my 70-200 has been sent in for servicing.

[Zerstorer]

Originally Posted by nyxx88 Thanx for replying . Seems like you got more vibrant colors than what I captured . Not too sure what would be the best WB under such conditions. Btw, did you load your own curves too?

These were batch converted in C1 with the WB set to 5300K and everything else on default, primarily just for webposting. The default curve in C1 is quite is pretty similar in contrast to the default nikon curve.(A bit too much for my taste usually).

Using nikon capture on with my incamera as shot settings(custom curve, flash WB(0)) will actually give me better(smoother) skintones than what was shown here, just that it takes a longer time to output. My default working curve is either oldskool's Astia curve or fotogenetic's WW3.x. I can't remember which was loaded as I've not touched the curve for almost a year since I loaded it.

Here's the same image straight out of NC without any adjustment. Some may actually prefer this, but I think it may benefit from a slightly cooler rendition.


Kongo: It helps to read up on color management issues and have a good calibrated moniter. Everything else just falls into place with experience.

[Oxygen]

Sharp and nicely exposed..... up for you

[mpenza]

Nice series of pictures

[vbs1979]

Excellent pics... like those for magazine

[Zerstorer]

mpenza & vbs1979: Thanks for the kind words.