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Blackvault · 15 Oct 2006 at 19:11

Hi

These where all shot with a 70-200 F4 L on a 30D. All the exif information should still be embedded in the images. All the images where shot in RAW. Converted using RSE. Using the Normal contrast preset and 50+ on the saturation. Leveled, and USMed in CS2 and then saved to jpeg.
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Comments welcome

Sleepyd · 15 Oct 2006 at 19:33

A bit too oversaturrated for my tastes - the green in the first one is quite unnatural in appearance and distracts me from the main subject.

In my experience L lenses generally give a good/pleasing level of saturation straight out of the camera and rarely require a boost.

The composition is a bit too centre focus point orientated - in some of those (i'm thinking of #1 and #3) you could should fill more of the frame with the subject

cyKey · 15 Oct 2006 at 19:34

Hmm. Somethings not right. They're really quite soft for the 70-200.

Sleepyd · 15 Oct 2006 at 19:49

cyKey said:
Hmm. Somethings not right. They're really quite soft for the 70-200.

1-4 are all wide open so depth of field is quite small at 200mm..

cyKey · 15 Oct 2006 at 19:55

Sleepyd said:
1-4 are all wide open so depth of field is quite small at 200mm..

Still, for L glass they're really soft.

howell80 · 15 Oct 2006 at 19:56

I like to picture of the dog but its too green for me need to tone it down a touch. The coffee image is also nice but could do with correcting as it doesnt appear to be very level and very sharp.

cyKey · 15 Oct 2006 at 19:57

Compare them to DRZ's Liverpool shots and you'll see what I mean.

Blackvault · 15 Oct 2006 at 20:03

Do you want to see the raw files and have a look at the sharpness there?

Blackvault

Sleepyd · 15 Oct 2006 at 20:06

Blackvault said:
Do you want to see the raw files and have a look at the sharpness there?

Blackvault

Yeah post a 100% crop of the focal area. I own a 70-200 L and you can cut yourself on the images

xolotl · 15 Oct 2006 at 20:07

Some one call the IAEA, there seems to be a large amount of radioactive waste near that dog!

I think the coffee shot has potential, but the composition needs changing the the lighting needs to be more controlled.

Blackvault · 15 Oct 2006 at 20:11

xolotl said:
Some one call the IAEA, there seems to be a large amount of radioactive waste near that dog!

I think the coffee shot has potential, but the composition needs changing the the lighting needs to be more controlled.

The coffee shot was just a quick snapshot as my mum was making coffee.

Blackvault

Blackvault · 15 Oct 2006 at 20:12

There is a 100% crop of the dog picture.

Blackvault

Blackvault · 15 Oct 2006 at 20:15

Another 100% crop

Blackvault

ranarama · 15 Oct 2006 at 22:33

I'd say somewhere in your processing you've lost your sharpness as those 100% crops put my non L glass 100% crops to shame.

nomore · 16 Oct 2006 at 00:04

The full size crops, although they are sharp, are not as sharp as I would expect from that lens. I think the problem here is that maybe you've used it handheld. Try upping the shutter speed.

BrenOS · 16 Oct 2006 at 02:52

Nothing wrong with those 100% crops imo. It's deffo been lost with poor processing. I also think they're very over-saturated.

Blackvault · 16 Oct 2006 at 07:42

nomore said:
The full size crops, although they are sharp, are not as sharp as I would expect from that lens. I think the problem here is that maybe you've used it handheld. Try upping the shutter speed.

The one of my mum was shot at 1/640 sec at 70mm. Thats more than plenty for that focal lenght. Although it was shot at F4.

Blackvault

JonnyGLC · 16 Oct 2006 at 17:00

I suspect that you've ruined your shots with stupid amounts of JPEG compression... Simple as.

divine` · 16 Oct 2006 at 17:12

A random name said:
I suspect that you've ruined your shots with stupid amounts of JPEG compression... Simple as.

800x533 at 64KB would suggest that could be the case. I think adding +50 saturation could have knackered them a bit too...

Blackvault · 16 Oct 2006 at 17:17

A random name said:
I suspect that you've ruined your shots with stupid amounts of JPEG compression... Simple as.

I did resize them using the Windows resizer, I think. I'll recovert the Raw files and then post those up for you.

Blackvault

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