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PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:43 pm    Post subject: Autumn Dawn Reply with quote
I took these pictures today early morning.
I had with me the following lenses: Zenitar 2.8/16, Planar 2/100, MC Jupiter-9, MIR-1 and MC MIR-24M.

I will submit of course some of these to the Autumn contest but before I present the series, It was a quick session so no special works, just a handful of snapshots.
You will find the lens indication below the picture.
Only remark I want to make: the colours in the MC MIR-24M's vine photos are absolutely UNRETOUCHED, what you see is what came out of the lens.

http://www.orio.ws/temp/autumndawn/autumndawn/album/index.html

Last edited by Orio on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:48 pm; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have no idea why the link is not active!
Attila any guess?
Anyway you can copy it and paste on browser, it will work.


PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
http://www.orio.ws/temp/alba-autunno/Alba_d'autunno.html

apostrophe in file name cause the problem, pls remove ' from file name and fix link here it will works. Nice set!

EDIT: (Orio's note): LINK FIXED

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Attila wrote:
http://www.orio.ws/temp/alba-autunno/Alba_d'autunno.html

apostrophe in file name cause the problem.


AH, I see... well, I can not correct 47 pages Sad
Please copy-paste if interested.

EDIT: LINK FIXED

Last edited by Orio on Wed Nov 28, 2007 11:49 pm; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Great stuff...
Small plant (4) is my favourite...
Really beautiful.


PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow.. no more words... the series is one of your best...

One thing, have you ever thought of entering cine industry as cinematographer.


PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks guys!
I admit, although I shot quite in a hurry (at least compared to my usual habit), I'm happy too with this series.

I think that Dawn (#34) is one of the best photos I ever took, I only regret not having had an assistant with a golden panel to fill up the grass blades in the foreground.

The MIR-24M is an amazing lens, it gets close to the results of my Distagon 1.4/35 for plasticity, look at the 3D effect in pic#38, the reduced size does not give it justice, and the f/4 shot which I did not include was even more 3D. And it renders colours even better than the Distagon.
No, wait: it renders colours better than any lens I know. And the Nikkor mount version (different manufacturer) gives the same colours. Try to get the colours of photos 42-46 with any Canon EF lens of your choice without boosting up the saturation knob Twisted Evil (and without loosing a mass of detail in the process).

The MIR-1 aluminium lens, almost as old as me, turned out to be an incredibly sharp lens. Look at the photo of my bag(#25): if you don't guess the sharpness from there, I will post a 100% crop to make you a believer.
And I think there's something to be said about the bokeh in #27-28
Michael was right when he said that this lens can be very sharp too.

And speaking of bokeh, what about the one in pic#22? I normally dislike the J-9 bokeh but this time, in some parts, it looks like a Franz Marc painting. Amazing (and totally casual result, I must admit).

Oh, did I mention that I love to photograph at dawn?
And this time I was also late, I usually leave home when it's still dark and wait for sunrise already on location.

Quote:
have you ever thought of entering cine industry as cinematographer.


Not often, just 1.849.259.664 times. Razz
(but I wouldn't mind being a director either! Wink )


PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Absolutely speechless over that series Orio. I too love dawn and you show exactly why we should love the light at that time of the day. I am just about to embark on a journey into Russo-European lenses and these make me quite eager to try some out.


patrickh


PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Agree, great series, the dawn shots are superb, but also liked other
shots in the portfolio. Wink

Bill


PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
great portfolio I liked all of them
You have at least 2 great qualities
You wake up before sun and you are a master of photoshop
If I had those photos I would have destroy them with autolevel and lost all the great atmosphere
I prefer #17. At first I thought it need boost of black level. After a while I understand it's you way that work.


PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hello and congratulations for the photos.

I like the all but mostly those which shows the early autumn's colour and the landscapes of course.


PostPosted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks guys.

Quote:
You have at least 2 great qualities
You wake up before sun and you are a master of photoshop


Very Happy I love to wake up early. My problem is that I work with a boss that lives in Los Angeles, so often I have to work late. Rolling Eyes
As for Photoshop, if you saw me, you would be surprised of how little I use it.
In the case of these dawn/sunset pictures, I do this very simple thing:

1- I develop the raw twice, one for the sky the other for the ground (just a little brighter).

2- I rack the sky image as a layer on top of the ground image

3- with the Eraser tool and a soft edge brush, I erase the ground from the top picture, revealing the lower layer. When I get close to the sky-ground edge, I lower the percentage of the Eraser, to ensure a smooth fade.

That's all. And that's also the most work I do with Photoshop. Most of the time, I use it only to place my copyright on the images.


PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 1:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have tried a different design (not made by me), please let me know if you like it better or worse:

http://www.orio.ws/temp/autumndawn/autumndawn/album/index.html

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 3:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio,
It looks absolutely splendid! JAlbum was discussed at APF last year,
great setup. I also like SimpleViewer, which I've been dabbling with
recently. BTW, what an idyllic rural setting you live in!


PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
nice set Orio I love those Planar 2/100 and Mir 1 shot of the tree. For the display of the web page I like the interface of the second one better bur maybe a more neutra gray backround the black seems to drop the brightnedd on all the shots. I like to have whole set to view in thumbnail on one page too rather than scrolling through the large pictures


PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Excellent series, Orio, with some exceptional shots!
The colours are wonderful.
(And I like the second site design better...)


PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The chameleon template is a wonderful framework for your images. And I like the black background. By the way - I'm very impressed about them. Thank's for sharing this, Orio!

Michael


PostPosted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thank you guys. You feedback is important for me.
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