Sunrise again...

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Sunrise again...

Postby glamy on Sat May 09, 2009 8:41 pm

I am always posting the same sort of pictures, I am afraid it is getting boring :oops: . Anyway here are some from this morning. I must say beaches are getting crowded at sunrise :!: and it is getting hard not to have someone in the frame.
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Re: Sunrise again...

Postby surenj on Sun May 10, 2009 8:59 pm

While I love these, it would be interesting to involve someone in the frame though... Might give it a slightly different feel and perspective...
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Re: Sunrise again...

Postby Geoff on Mon May 11, 2009 1:30 am

Hi Gerard,
Nice shots as usual.
Are you using any CPL or grad filters?
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Re: Sunrise again...

Postby biggerry on Mon May 11, 2009 9:37 am

getting crowded at sunrise


what on earth are they doing at that hour :?:

I like the first two, I find myelf wanting to know whats on each side of the image, maybe a landscape orietation in this may have also worked.

The last looks OOF, this could be a trick due to the shutter speed but how about freezing the water motion...

just my thoughts tho, grain of salt required.

I am always posting the same sort of pictures


nuttin' wrong with that imo. :D
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Re: Sunrise again...

Postby glamy on Sat May 16, 2009 5:03 pm

surenj wrote:While I love these, it would be interesting to involve someone in the frame though... Might give it a slightly different feel and perspective...

True, sometimes birds can help too.
Geoff wrote:Hi Gerard,
Nice shots as usual.
Are you using any CPL or grad filters?

Hi Geoff,
I do use CPL and grad filters to help with exposure.

biggerry wrote:The last looks OOF, this could be a trick due to the shutter speed but how about freezing the water motion...
just my thoughts tho, grain of salt required.

I think this one has lost a lot of sharpness in the reduction process as it is sharp before reduction. It is a merger of 3 images taken with the 24PC. I still have difficulties focusing with this lens though :roll: :roll:
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Re: Sunrise again...

Postby Matt. K on Sat May 16, 2009 5:07 pm

Hey Gerard....you can't sleep? :D :D :D

Nice pics anyway!
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Re: Sunrise again...

Postby big pix on Sat May 16, 2009 5:55 pm

glamy wrote:I think this one has lost a lot of sharpness in the reduction process as it is sharp before reduction. It is a merger of 3 images taken with the 24PC. I still have difficulties focusing with this lens though :roll: :roll:


....... the 24PC is one of Nikons Sharpest lens...... do you focus this lens wide open then press the button to stop down, or was it merging the 3 layers...... It took me a few outings to get my head around this beast. Now when I am on location and time and subject permits, I tend to use all my lens as manual, exposure as auto, except panos, I get better results working this way......

EDIT: nice set of images
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Re: Sunrise again...

Postby glamy on Sat May 16, 2009 8:39 pm

Matt. K wrote:Hey Gerard....you can't sleep? :D :D :D

Nice pics anyway!

Hi Matt,
I get up at 3 but it is very gratifying to enjoy the sunrise, to take some pictures and then enjoy a big breakfast :!: .
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glamy wrote:I think this one has lost a lot of sharpness in the reduction process as it is sharp before reduction. It is a merger of 3 images taken with the 24PC. I still have difficulties focusing with this lens though :roll: :roll:


....... the 24PC is one of Nikons Sharpest lens...... do you focus this lens wide open then press the button to stop down, or was it merging the 3 layers...... It took me a few outings to get my head around this beast. Now when I am on location and time and subject permits, I tend to use all my lens as manual, exposure as auto, except panos, I get better results working this way......

EDIT: nice set of images

Hi Big Pix,
I focus wide open then press the button. The PSD file looks much sharper than the reduced one. That said, I do struggle with the manual focus :evil: . I also need new glasses :roll: :roll: .Here is a cropImage
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Re: Sunrise again...

Postby big pix on Sat May 16, 2009 9:13 pm

this may be a silly queston, but when was the last time you ajusted the focus for your eye in the view finder...... I find that mine has to be reset every now and then as I do shoot as a manual camera including focus
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Re: Sunrise again...

Postby glamy on Sat May 16, 2009 9:26 pm

Good point, I'll check that.
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Re: Sunrise again...

Postby big pix on Sat May 16, 2009 9:49 pm

Cheers ....bp....
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