Posted by Jack Graham on November 18, 2006 at 10:52 PM
Can you all tell I'm getting caught up on last summers images. Thanks God for November.
This was taken last summer. The cutoff tree in the upper left bothers me but it sure documents something you don't see too often.
I was using my Velvia CF card. ( Green looks really good this time of year)
Nikon D200, Nikon 300mm F4 Tripod.
JG
Posted by Bernie Kasper on November 18, 2006 at 11:12 PM
Jack this is very nice, it really tells a story about another lifesyle far removed from our own
Posted by Richard Wong on November 19, 2006 at 3:50 AM
Aww yes, reminds me of my life as a child. yeah right. Nice shot. Where was this, Ohio? Seems to be heavy compression or low res issues going on.
Posted by Jack Graham on November 19, 2006 at 9:29 AM
Richard,
This was taken last June in Holmes County, Ohio right outside a little village called Charm and yes the compression is a bit off. I find certain images don't work well for the net. If you have any answers let me know Shoot me an email at jack@jackgrahamphoto. I'm still learning many things from you all regarding digital photography.
Thanks
Jack
Posted by Jason C. Doss on November 19, 2006 at 6:34 PM
I agree with Richard... great composition, but there's definitely some image quality issues going on. What kind of in-camera and post-processing procedures did you use?
Posted by Jack Graham on November 19, 2006 at 10:35 PM
Richard & JC---
Here is the original images re sized from 300 dpi ( about 12" x 9.9" or so) Since I wasn't really sold on this i I shot is only in fine JPEG Mode ( I will shoot raw when I am really sure of my images) This shot was really meant as a documentary shot. Anyhow in the image shown here there was no color, brightness, contrast, no layering etc. its right out of the camera with some sharpening to make up for the resizing and no cropping.
Here is the info from the camera.
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Nikon D200
2006/08/16 09:40:01.0
JPEG (8-bit) Fine
Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592)
Color
Lens: 80-200mm F/2.8 D
Focal Length: 185mm
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/20 sec - F/11
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Optimize Image: Custom
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: Manual
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Color Mode: Mode III (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Normal
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Enhanced
Sharpening: Medium high
Image Comment:
Long Exposure NR: Off
High ISO NR: Off
Thouhgts?
JG
Posted by Richard Wong on November 19, 2006 at 11:04 PM
The things that I'd change about the digital is shoot in Adobe RGB 1998 instead of sRGB. You'll probably find the colors to be more vibrant for certain shots. I turn all sharpening off incamera as I'd rather have control of it afterwards than damage the file irreparably to begin with.
Posted by Dan Borzynski on November 20, 2006 at 12:52 PM
Hmmm, the second image looks a lot "cleaner". Not sure why that is the case.
I saw in the camera information that you have in-camera sharpening as medium-high. Usually, I keep that as low or off on my camera, more because I better understand how an image will react to PS sharpening than with in-camera sharpening. I am wondering if you would be better off turning that off altogether - I think I have seen a similar effect for a number of your digital images posted here but never in your film images.
Compositionally, I like what you have done here. If you were staying in the Cuyahoga area, I would suggest adding it to your show stock. I have been asked on a couple of occasions for a similar type of image.
Discussion
7 repliesThis was taken last summer. The cutoff tree in the upper left bothers me but it sure documents something you don't see too often.
I was using my Velvia CF card. ( Green looks really good this time of year)
Nikon D200, Nikon 300mm F4 Tripod.
JG
This was taken last June in Holmes County, Ohio right outside a little village called Charm and yes the compression is a bit off. I find certain images don't work well for the net. If you have any answers let me know Shoot me an email at jack@jackgrahamphoto. I'm still learning many things from you all regarding digital photography.
Thanks
Jack
Here is the original images re sized from 300 dpi ( about 12" x 9.9" or so) Since I wasn't really sold on this i I shot is only in fine JPEG Mode ( I will shoot raw when I am really sure of my images) This shot was really meant as a documentary shot. Anyhow in the image shown here there was no color, brightness, contrast, no layering etc. its right out of the camera with some sharpening to make up for the resizing and no cropping.
Here is the info from the camera.
____________
Nikon D200
2006/08/16 09:40:01.0
JPEG (8-bit) Fine
Image Size: Large (3872 x 2592)
Color
Lens: 80-200mm F/2.8 D
Focal Length: 185mm
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
Metering Mode: Multi-Pattern
1/20 sec - F/11
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Sensitivity: ISO 100
Optimize Image: Custom
White Balance: Auto
AF Mode: Manual
Flash Sync Mode: Not Attached
Color Mode: Mode III (sRGB)
Tone Comp.: Normal
Hue Adjustment: 0°
Saturation: Enhanced
Sharpening: Medium high
Image Comment:
Long Exposure NR: Off
High ISO NR: Off
Thouhgts?
JG
I saw in the camera information that you have in-camera sharpening as medium-high. Usually, I keep that as low or off on my camera, more because I better understand how an image will react to PS sharpening than with in-camera sharpening. I am wondering if you would be better off turning that off altogether - I think I have seen a similar effect for a number of your digital images posted here but never in your film images.
Compositionally, I like what you have done here. If you were staying in the Cuyahoga area, I would suggest adding it to your show stock. I have been asked on a couple of occasions for a similar type of image.