Pentaxians Aug 2011 Outing - pls share your photos here...

[darrrrrrrrrr]

Muscin: Your photos look really soft and flat. How are you PPing?

 

[muscin]

Muscin: Your photos look really soft and flat. How are you PPing?

Did not do much PP because I am not familiar, only some adjustment for level and contrast.
I shot -0.3EV
I don't mind if you PP mine and show me.

 

[muscin]

more contrast

 

[pinholecam]

Really a nice outing!
Here's some shots with my street lens! DA35macro.

Morning coffee.

2011-08-13_IMGP5893-1 by ghostcrabby, on Flickr

Dead cigarettes.

2011-08-13_IMGP5917-8 by ghostcrabby, on Flickr

I really like how you have an eye for the small objects and the tones.
Nice and contrasty.

 

[fengwei]

I must say FW's portraits are always Steve McCurry-like; he knows how to approach people, get the natural expressions, and catch the, eh, catchlights!

Thanks Alvin

This one doesn't have catchlight, but I kinda like it, especially after I fixed her eyelash

 

[Supersimon27]

And wow supersimon, your shots are great....so surreal. But please do leave the EXIF intact so we can learn from the shots too. Which wide angle lens did you use?

Which photo u referring to ? For Landscape photo , I usually use Av mode and perform Bracket 5 photo with +/- 1.3 Ev with F11

the infamous sigma 8-16.. i have the same lens but i still find it difficult to produce similar "feel" like his photos.

Thanks for the kind comment bro . Guess it just a Style of shooting . I Never achieve good result like you when U use 8-16mm to shoot model too .

ah...I know what you mean. The same setup in the hands of a master is so different. I always know its not my camera taking the bad pictures...its the cameraman..:sweat:

No master here . Still learning new stuff every now and then

 

[Supersimon27]

I think you have used this lens for so many shots that you have developed a natural eye for it. Wonderful shots with this lens. I'm really inspired to use my UWA for more than just landscapes.

Thanks Jk for yr encouragement once again

 

[hjbyeo]

The takumar rendering is really something... Makes me want to try!

 

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[istDeS]

Thanks Alvin

This one doesn't have catchlight, but I kinda like it, especially after I fixed her eyelash

the shop owner is too busy to even bother with you molesting her mannequin ...:bsmilie:

 

[ghostcrabby]

I really like how you have an eye for the small objects and the tones.
Nice and contrasty.

Thanks Jk! More to learn!

 

[otc]

Lovely shots, well composed and facinating above all, thru the eye of different pentaxians on the images here.


marcus

 

[darrrrrrrrrr]

(EDIT: Edited version of video posted on page 6 of thread)

Finally managed to get this video thing to work. This is my first time working with video so the results aren't too great. Nevertheless, I hope I managed to showcase the enthusiasm and the helpful spirit of the Pentaxian community and our monthly outings. I think you have to click through to Vimeo to watch it in HD, and make sure to put it on full screen too.

[video=vimeo;27689822]http://vimeo.com/27689822[/video]

 

[tigershiok]

darren,
the result is definitely two-thumps-up! in take-compositions, in clarity, in editing, music dubbing... etc.... i'm not in the position to comment in any professional capacity, just a video-layman giving his direct impression.

Finally managed to get this video thing to work. This is my first time working with video so the results aren't too great. Nevertheless, I hope I managed to showcase the enthusiasm and the helpful spirit of the Pentaxian community and our monthly outings. I think you have to click through to Vimeo to watch it in HD, and make sure to put it on full screen too.
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[tigershiok]

Nice ones with the 50/1.4 Takumar. Nice rendering.

thanks, Dennis.
need some pp'd though to deeped the contrast and sharped just a little.

yc

 

[creampuff]

Darren, that's just a great video. :thumbsup:
While many of us were busy capturing still images, you've provided a nice record of the easy going and friendly atmosphere of our Pentax monthly outings.
Many thanks for the great effort. :heart:

 

[teruranse]

nice video darren. very nice background music as well. give a kind of relaxing-by-the-beach type of music. must have taken lots of trouble to process i suppose. anyway hope to see more of such videos again. keep up the good work.

 

[art2d2]

Great photos guys and gals, and great video from Darren. Makes me miss you guys more.