Random Photos : Part 4

[rich888]

big dub said:

Had a trip over to Chatsworth House yesterday, here are my pics.

Chatsworth House by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

Chatsworth House by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

Chatsworth Folly by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

River Derwent and Chatsworth Cricket Pitch by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

Chatsworth House by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

Chatsworth House by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

Chatsworth Old Bridge by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

River Derwent at Chatsworth by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

Hazy Chatsworth by Rob Joyce, on Flickr

Unusual set of photographs of Chatsworth House, might be worth your while going on one of their tractor tours across the estate, though not so sure about the colour balance of several of the pics, does your camera need calibrating

[big dub]

LongQ said:

Rob,

Scenic place isn't it!

On my screen the images are extremely yellow - less so when I go to your Flickr stream but I think that is mainly due to different compression.

Is the yellow an intentional style?

I'm assuming that they will appear the same way to others but if not I need to know so I can check at my end.

3 looks about right to my eyes.

5 is close as well and I could understand the last one for the effect. But the others just look a bit OTT.

I've seen similar effects with some of my Canon files when compressing some shades of green - seems to drop the blue and leave the yellow in some situations - bright relatively low sun for example.

I did up the temp with all the pics and the stone of the house is quite yellow anyway. If the yellow is ruining the pics, I'll go back and reduce it. Thanks for the comments

[big dub]

rich888 said:

Unusual set of photographs of Chatsworth House, might be worth your while going on one of their tractor tours across the estate, though not so sure about the colour balance of several of the pics, does your camera need calibrating

The colours were deliberate, at the time of processing, I thought they looked good, not so sure now.

My 7D has never been calibrated, so possibly....

[LongQ]

big dub said:

I did up the temp with all the pics and the stone of the house is quite yellow anyway. If the yellow is ruining the pics, I'll go back and reduce it. Thanks for the comments

Rob,

The shot with the rather pink sky ....

I can image a sky that would look something like that as the sun starts to go down - but not quite that way.

Now I have a 600D that I bought mainly to use with manual lenses that can't use fancy focus and stuff, and that body will sometimes to odd things with clouds in bright sunlight. When at or near the limit of exposure before blowing out the white, as interpreted from a RAW file, can come out pink. Oddly if I have the camera set to take multiple shots (normal for me) and get 2 or more image in the same second not all will present that result. So same manual settings, manual lens, yet somethign different about the files recorded.

Anyway, the point of the story is that your pink sky shot looks much like the ones I get sometimes so I am wondering whether it is "real" in your case or a peculiarity of Canon!

I rented a 7D (mk1) once and shot a few thousand mainly motorsport images over a couple of weekends.

I have to say I was not overly impressed with the results - but it could have been me. The main lens I used at the time was not incredibly fast nor a fast focusing device (although I did not see it that way at the time) and I suspect that that combination was the root cause of a large number of softer than expected shots - with the odd one or two that were spot on.

That said someone kindly lent me a 70-200 L f2.8 MkII IS for a few minutes and even then I was a bit dissappointed with the results. I did buy the lens but not that camera body! (Partly because at around that time I was offered a very little used 1D3 for about the same money.)

It all seems like a long time ago ....

[big dub]

Here's a comparison with the original shot.

When I upped the dehaze, it brought the purple out in the sky.

[DibblyDobbler]

big dub said:

Here's a comparison with the original shot.

When I upped the dehaze, it brought the purple out in the sky.

A wee desaturate on the colours and it'd be perfect. IMHO of course

[big dub]

Thanks Mike

[DibblyDobbler]

The new bridge is nearly there now


Queensferry Crossing by Mike Smith, on Flickr

[LongQ]

DibblyDobbler said:

The new bridge is nearly there now


Queensferry Crossing by Mike Smith, on Flickr

OOh, are they going to keep the Dukes of Hazard style jump in the middle?

No?


Shame, would have been fun ......

It was a year ago that I last saw it.

[DibblyDobbler]

LongQ said:

OOh, are they going to keep the Dukes of Hazard style jump in the middle?

No?


Shame, would have been fun ......

It was a year ago that I last saw it.

Be fine with me if they did

Come up next year and you'll be able to drive across

[noell35]

Got the Rokinon/Samyang 12mm for the XT10. Need to practice my manual focusing!

20160917-DSCF0236 by northernladgonesouth, on Flickr

20160917-DSCF0196 by northernladgonesouth, on Flickr

20160917-DSCF0208 by northernladgonesouth, on Flickr

and one trying out a vivitar 135mm f2.8 ebay bargain with an adaptor

Fuji X-T10 with Vivitar 135mm f2.8 by northernladgonesouth, on Flickr

loving the size vs image quality. Still lots to learn.

[Top Banana]

out and about with my K3 and manual focus 50mm f1.7 lens...

Catch a falling star (and put it in your pocket) by jon bawden, on Flickr

woodlands explore by jon bawden, on Flickr

[Craigwww]

big dub said:

Here's a comparison with the original shot.

When I upped the dehaze, it brought the purple out in the sky.

Drop the Vibrance way down, that's what's causing the "unnatural" feel to the image. Also I would press the reset button on that one and start again with a fresh approach. Avoid "Auto" tone and manually adjust instead, try and aim for a more realistic take on the shot with neutral tones, less colour and a more balanced contrast. Also I would be tempted to crop out much of the foreground, it's dead space and the fact it's in shadow makes it a little distracting.

Edited by Craigwww on Monday 19th September 09:02

[Speed addicted]

Top Banana said:

woodlands explore by jon bawden, on Flickr

This one is spot on (for me anyway) nice work.

[LongQ]

Craigwww said:

big dub said:

Here's a comparison with the original shot.

When I upped the dehaze, it brought the purple out in the sky.

Drop the Vibrance way down, that's what's causing the "unnatural" feel to the image. Also I would press the reset button on that one and start again with a fresh approach. Avoid "Auto" tone and manually adjust instead, try and aim for a more realistic take on the shot with neutral tones, less colour and a more balanced contrast. Also I would be tempted to crop out much of the foreground, it's dead space and the fact it's in shadow makes it a little distracting.

Edited by Craigwww on Monday 19th September 09:02

I'm not sure I would crop the foreground although "treating" the shadow might be an option.

I think part of the key to capturing Chatsworth at its best is the space and the setting in the landscape.

A fairly low sun angle in the afternoon or evening is likely to make the best of it so late summer and early autumn are ideal when the weather allows. But then you will get shadows and they become part of the scene adding to it rather than detracting.

IMO.

[Top Banana]

Speed addicted said:

This one is spot on (for me anyway) nice work.

Many thanks for the kind words, I do like the images some of these older lenses can bring..

Regards - Tb

[malks222]

Speed addicted said:

Top Banana said:

woodlands explore by jon bawden, on Flickr

This one is spot on (for me anyway) nice work.

agreed, really like the shot!

[nessiemac]

A few of my favourite photos from a fantastic day at the RedBull Hardline race in North Wales yesterday.

Just incredible course that really challenged all the riders who took part. Well, the ones that made it to the final that is!!

RedBull Hardline 2016 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

RedBull Hardline 2016 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

RedBull Hardline 2016 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

RedBull Hardline 2016 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

RedBull Hardline 2016 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

RedBull Hardline 2016 by nessiemac1, on Flickr

Edited by nessiemac on Monday 19th September 17:33

[DibblyDobbler]

3 + 6 are epic Nessie!

[nessiemac]

DibblyDobbler said:

3 + 6 are epic Nessie!

Cheers DD.