A few weeks ago I got to travel to Oregon for a business meeting and managed to get 24 hours of shooting in on the coast and left the Ebony at home to get used to this new-fangled thing. I travelled from Yaquina Head to Ecola Beach and the skies were amazing (thanks Todd). The shots from my trip can be found HERE . The first shot on the link is a 25 image stitch and is almost 3x9 feet (if printed). This shot is from Rockaway Beach and is shot on a Canon 5Dm2 with 17-40mm L.
Posted by Art Escobado on September 23, 2009 at 10:29 PM
This is a very nice series, great subdued lighting. I like #1 and #5 and the first lighthouse image.
Posted by Koveh Tavakkol on September 23, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Richie, some really great images in this series. Some of the ones on the beach and the lighthouse ones are amazing.
Posted by Brett Deacon on September 23, 2009 at 11:59 PM
Great pictures Richie! So, how was it ditching the 4x5 for the DSLR? Are you more of a "they each have their purpose" guy or are you heading in the direction of "the DSLR is so fun and the image quality is such that my 4x5 might be gatehring dust from now on" guy? I seem to be moving in the direction of the latter since getting a 20+ MP DSLR. I don't want to hijack this thread, but I'm curious about your experience as a 4x5 shooter with a great new DSLR.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on September 24, 2009 at 12:30 AM
That's a great set of images for 24 hrs of shooting!
I really enjoyed the gallery.
Posted by Kalin Wilson on September 24, 2009 at 1:21 AM
Great sample of digital shots, Ritchie! I love the pastels you captured, especially in Lonely Tree Sunset.
Posted by Paul Wegemann on September 24, 2009 at 2:24 AM
Man, you have a good eye. I really enjoyed your entire gallery.
Posted by Bret Edge on September 24, 2009 at 8:08 AM
That's a lot of great photos for such a short time on the coast, Richie. Nice work!
Posted by Paul Beiser on September 24, 2009 at 8:19 AM
A nice mix of images! My fav was the Oregon coastal forest.. thanks for sharing
Posted by Scott Bacon on September 24, 2009 at 8:23 AM
Thanks all. I am trying to get a feel for this camera before my upcoming trip.
Brett - While I really do like my DSLR I would still consider myself a 4x5 shooter for a few reasons.
(1) (as you personally know) I have the ultimate control over my images with tilts/shifts/swings or any other weird camera movement
(2) the process itself which forces you to think through your image in a methodical careful manner. I just have a hard time being able to take the same steps with my DSLR
(3) Composing on a big piece of ground glass needs no explanation
That said. I have considered my DSLR a critical piece of gear for me for the past few years. I abandoned all MF gear a long while ago since my 5D always produced better images than my drum scanned 120mm stuff (IMHO). New software like Autopano blow me away. I just purchased the latest version of Autopano and consider it phoenomenial. I am getting great results and I dont even know what I am doing with it yet. Raw processing - I would love to have that on my 4x5 scans. Aint going to happen anytime soon unfortunately. In general for most longer hikes I dont plan on bringing my 4x5 anymore. Milford Track in NZ is definitely in that category. That will be the first time I will be seeing really incredible stufff over a period of 5 days with no access to my 4x5.
Long story short. For me I still am in the camp of being really happy having both outfits and utilizing both sets of gear.
Posted by Brian Jackson on September 24, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Great stuff Richie!
"(2) the process itself which forces you to think through your image in a methodical careful manner. I just have a hard time being able to take the same steps with my DSLR"
I find this statement very valid. Many times I have to force myself to slowdown. It's very easy to have a 16GB card and just say I'll take a many as I can and either find the good shot later or fix it in photoshop. Problem is that I really don't like spending time on a computer looking through 1000's of photo's or fixing them either as I'm a IT consultant and on computers all day. I think it very important to slow down and treat a DSLR as if you were shooting to film.
Great stuff.
Posted by Jesse Speer on September 24, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Wow, do I LOVE that first shot! Exceptional.
Posted by John Mumaw on September 24, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Yeah, I agree!
With some postprocessing, this would look even better IMO.
Setting the black/white points with Levels adds some pop right off the bat.
Also, the images don't have a color space tagged onto them...they look much better with a tagged color space.
Sorry to nitpick, but I think that this one is really worth optimizing!
Do you mind giving me a hand with this one. I can forward to you the file. I agree but I have some real problems with images and tagged spaces where for some reason as soon as I save my files in JPEG with a 'save as' (even if they are already in SRGB) the colors go super saturated and are completly different than what I see on the monitor. It is a real problem.
RichieV
Posted by Stan Rose on September 24, 2009 at 10:27 PM
Nice stuff, Ritchie! I like the one up top of the nature shots the best, i also really like the Yaquina stairs shot--ive been to all those lighthouses since i spent a couple winters on the coast for a grad shcool field project.
Posted by John Mumaw on September 24, 2009 at 10:51 PM
I agree but I have some real problems with images and tagged spaces where for some reason as soon as I save my files in JPEG with a 'save as' (even if they are already in SRGB) the colors go super saturated and are completely different than what I see on the monitor. It is a real problem.
None of that should be happening at all, Richie. I'd be glad to help you if I can.
None of the images you posted here or at your gallery look 'super saturated' at all to me.
BTW, I really like the additional images (lighthouse, architecture, etc.) that you posted at your gallery. Masterful work!
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I really enjoyed the gallery.
Brett - While I really do like my DSLR I would still consider myself a 4x5 shooter for a few reasons.
(1) (as you personally know) I have the ultimate control over my images with tilts/shifts/swings or any other weird camera movement
(2) the process itself which forces you to think through your image in a methodical careful manner. I just have a hard time being able to take the same steps with my DSLR
(3) Composing on a big piece of ground glass needs no explanation
That said. I have considered my DSLR a critical piece of gear for me for the past few years. I abandoned all MF gear a long while ago since my 5D always produced better images than my drum scanned 120mm stuff (IMHO). New software like Autopano blow me away. I just purchased the latest version of Autopano and consider it phoenomenial. I am getting great results and I dont even know what I am doing with it yet. Raw processing - I would love to have that on my 4x5 scans. Aint going to happen anytime soon unfortunately. In general for most longer hikes I dont plan on bringing my 4x5 anymore. Milford Track in NZ is definitely in that category. That will be the first time I will be seeing really incredible stufff over a period of 5 days with no access to my 4x5.
Long story short. For me I still am in the camp of being really happy having both outfits and utilizing both sets of gear.
RichieV
Thanks for sharing.
"(2) the process itself which forces you to think through your image in a methodical careful manner. I just have a hard time being able to take the same steps with my DSLR"
I find this statement very valid. Many times I have to force myself to slowdown. It's very easy to have a 16GB card and just say I'll take a many as I can and either find the good shot later or fix it in photoshop. Problem is that I really don't like spending time on a computer looking through 1000's of photo's or fixing them either as I'm a IT consultant and on computers all day. I think it very important to slow down and treat a DSLR as if you were shooting to film.
Great stuff.
With some postprocessing, this would look even better IMO.
Setting the black/white points with Levels adds some pop right off the bat.
Also, the images don't have a color space tagged onto them...they look much better with a tagged color space.
Sorry to nitpick, but I think that this one is really worth optimizing!
Do you mind giving me a hand with this one. I can forward to you the file. I agree but I have some real problems with images and tagged spaces where for some reason as soon as I save my files in JPEG with a 'save as' (even if they are already in SRGB) the colors go super saturated and are completly different than what I see on the monitor. It is a real problem.
RichieV
None of that should be happening at all, Richie. I'd be glad to help you if I can.
None of the images you posted here or at your gallery look 'super saturated' at all to me.
BTW, I really like the additional images (lighthouse, architecture, etc.) that you posted at your gallery. Masterful work!
RichieV