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S21FOLGORE
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Re: How to be happy when there’s nothing really to be happy about (playing w/ camera
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August 13, 2024, 11:08:13 AM »
More about “shooting without messing around white balance”, and “fix in the post” and “Fujifilm film simulations”.
So, for someone like me, “setting the camera’s white balance at one fixed value and don’t change it” works really well.
It cuts down preparation time (I can shoot quickly), less prone to make mistakes, and, perhaps most importantly, it frees my mind (one less thing to think about).
These photos were taken yesterday morning.
I saw deer through the kitchen window while I was making coffee.
I turned off the stove, run to the bedroom and grabbed X-H2, and walked outside as quickly as I can without making sound.
What that means is I had no time to make any adjustment in camera setting.
(BTW, when I turn off the camera, I always turn aperture ring to wide open, and turn the focus ring to infinity. (I don’t use zoom lenses, I don’t use auto focus lenses) So that when I pick up the camera next time and turn it on, remove the lens cap, focus ring and aperture ring turn to ONLY ONE DIRECTION. (With Canon FD lenses, that means I rotate focus ring to CW, aperture ring to CCW.)
JPEG image the camera generated
XH2C4680
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T K
, on Flickr
Edit RAW file, but only the brightness and aperture
Clueless_1
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T K
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LUT applied, then some filters applied in PS.
Clueless_1_1
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T K
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JPEG generated by the camera
XH2C4683
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T K
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After editing with LUT and filters
Clueless_2_2
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T K
, on Flickr
Original photo (Camera generated JPEG)
XH2C4691
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T K
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After the edit
The Deer Hunter_1
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T K
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Original photo (camera generated JPEG)
XH2C4695
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T K
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Cropped, brightness and aperture adjusted
The Deer Hunter_2
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T K
, on Flickr
LUT and filters applied
The Deer Hunter_2_2
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T K
, on Flickr
Some people may think they would be perfectly okay with camera generated JPEG image, after seeing “before and after” images.
So far, I like the idea of shoot everything with 5500 Kelvin white balance.
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Re: How to be happy when there’s nothing really to be happy about (playing w/ camera
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August 17, 2024, 07:25:34 PM »
August 17th. Photos
So I went to my “Secret Base” today.
(every superhero needs secret hideout. Mine is located right behind San Rafael PD. Not as nice as Porco Rosso’s hideout. But, it works for me.)
Prco’s hideout
Mine
The main reason was to do quick sight-in of newly acquired Weihrauch HW45.
But, I also took some pictures.
I guess you can tell which one is the original and which one is edited.
Deer_1_2
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Deer_1
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Deer_2_2
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Deer_2
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Deer_3_2
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Deer_3
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Deer_4_2
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Deer_4
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These two images are straight out of the camera. (X-H2 with vintage Canon FD50mm f1.4)
No edit, at all.
Summer of 1983
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Summer of 1983_2
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Kinda off topic. But, YAMAHA motorcycles’ advertisement phots were more artistic than the others (back in the early 1980s) …
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Re: How to be happy when there’s nothing really to be happy about (playing w/ camera
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August 21, 2024, 09:41:34 AM »
I originally wrote this for another motorcycle forum.
But, I thought this might be useful to some of you, or at least entertaining.
Now, I am not good at editing photos, at all. But I do color grading on video regularly.(Again, I don’t claim myself any sort of expert…)
Anyhow, here’s one example how I do. (Creating B&W image)
After the edit
Deer_4_Noir
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T K
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Before the edit
(Adjusted brightness / exposure and contrast in RAW file, then exported as JPEG. If you are going to print, I guess you want to export as TIFF?)
Deer_4
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Starting point
Screen Shot 2024-08-21 at 8.34.25 AM
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Load 3D LUT (to make it B&W image)
Screen Shot 2024-08-21 at 8.34.42 AM
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T K
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Bring the opacity down to 70%[/b][/i]
Screen Shot 2024-08-21 at 8.37.05 AM
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T K
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Create background copy layer
, go
Filter>Gaussian blur, change blend mode to “soft light”, bring opacity down to 50%
Screen Shot 2024-08-21 at 8.37.53 AM
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T K
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Now, it looks like this
(This layer needs to be above Background layer and below LUT layer)
Screen Shot 2024-08-21 at 8.38.16 AM
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T K
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Create new visible layer above Gaussian blur layer, below LUT layer
Shift + Command + U (Desaturate)
, go
Filter>Other>High Pass, change blend mode to “over lay”
Screen Shot 2024-08-21 at 8.39.30 AM
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T K
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Go back to “Background copy” layer(Gaussian blur layer), adjust opacity
Opacity increased to 75%
Screen Shot 2024-08-21 at 8.41.14 AM
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Opacity decreased to 20%
Screen Shot 2024-08-21 at 8.40.51 AM
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I settled down at 36%
Screen Shot 2024-08-21 at 8.40.51 AM
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T K
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Go to LUT layer and adjust opacity
Opacity increased to 82%
Screen Shot 2024-08-21 at 8.42.33 AM
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Crop
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Re: How to be happy when there’s nothing really to be happy about (playing w/ camera
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August 22, 2024, 11:59:30 AM »
“Dirty Harry (1971)” last scene filming location
These photos were taken Aug. 19th.
This is where the last scene of “Dirty Harry” was filmed, although, there’s nothing resemble the movie scene anymore, except for one.
“The cottage”
Dirty Harry Cottage
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T K
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Screenshot
ScrrenShot Dirty Harry Cottage
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T K
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Painted in different color, but you can see, this cottage is still there, virtually unchanged.
Dirty Harry Cottage2
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T K
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In the movie, right after that screenshot (you can see Scorpio and Harry are trying to point their guns at each other, through windscreen of the school bus), Scorpio turns school bus abruptly to the left, right front of the pickup truck in oncoming lane, hitting the fence of Hutchinson Co. Quarry.
Final showdown
by
T K
, on Flickr
See the white building back there?
That’s where the last scene was filmed.
(Now it is Larkspur apartment. It IS a private property, although there’s no gate, no security guard or anything, (There might be security cameras, though), so it is possible to walk up there and take some photos and videos, but… there’s nothing, really. Just a modern, complex apartment and parking in Marin county. Nothing worth photographing.
Scorpio'sPOV1
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Scorpio'sPOV2
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I made a video, took some photos of “school bus scene” last year.
_DSF0055
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_DSF0067
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Re: How to be happy when there’s nothing really to be happy about (playing w/ camera
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August 23, 2024, 07:17:30 PM »
Hill People Gear CARGO kit bag mini update, using as sling bag (Pocket Sling)
(1st Video)
So, I’ve been using this as “sling bag” lately. I purchased this shoulder sling (HPG calls it “Pocket Sling”) with the kit bag, at the same time.
I am normally not a fan of one shoulder sling bag, messenger bag style bag, etc.
BUT, I really like this one.
Bag front
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T K
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I also changed para cord zipper pull on the main compartment. (Changed to bright orange. And the top zipper pull has “glow in the dark” skull bead, from Prometheus Design Werx.)
Renger bead & zipper pull
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T K
, on Flickr
“Ranger bead” is not for land navigation, it’s for “counting scene# and take#”.
(If you don’t shoot videos, alone, this is totally irrelevant.)
This is a simpler version of DIY Para cord pace counter. I like this version better, than the one with decorative knots. (which is more common. I’m moving away from decorative knots, knife lanyard, etc.)
Beads are made by simple cow hitch knot, and main part is just overhand knot, nothing fancy, anybody can do it.
Bag rear1
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Bag rear3
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Bag rear2
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And, I wrapped the top handle for X-H2 with leather strip.
leather wrapped top handle
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…just like my X-T4
X-T4 handle
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September 22, 2024, 01:44:15 PM »
For thumbnail picture of my next YouTube video, which one do you think has the most impact?
I just quickly edited RAW files in Capture One. I will (most probably add text, and do some tweaking in PS.
Just wanted to ask people’s opinion.
Thanks in advance.
(I’m off to work now.)
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Re: How to be happy when there’s nothing really to be happy about (playing w/ camera
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September 24, 2024, 03:34:39 PM »
Quote from: S21FOLGORE on September 22, 2024, 01:44:15 PM
For thumbnail picture of my next YouTube video, which one do you think has the most impact?
I just quickly edited RAW files in Capture One. I will (most probably add text, and do some tweaking in PS.
Just wanted to ask people’s opinion.
Thanks in advance.
(I’m off to work now.)
Youtube thumb
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Youtube thumb2
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Youtube thumb3
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Was a very good video, "rookie" ...
I wished I had the patience to actually learn how to correctly sharpen knives or aim correctly with short sight glasses[I can only see the 3 dots, no more]
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What is this?
1-The Box
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T K
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It just came in Tuesday.
3-Inside
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T K
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A new belt…
4-The Belt_1
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Why do I spend so much money on just a “belt”?
8-The Blet-Smoke_2
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BTW, I used the “fog machine” for the first time…
(The photo above is “the right amount of effect”, I think.)
6-The Belt-toomuch smoke
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T K
, on Flickr
…too much smoke, obviously…
7-The Belt-still too much smoke
by
T K
, on Flickr
,,,still too much (overall image looks too hazy)…
5-The Belt_No_Smoke
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T K
, on Flickr
No smoke effect. This picture is the cleanest, of course.
But I’m not after the “spotlessly clean image”.
The subject is backlit intentionally, and I shoot from the "shadow side".
And, why I can’t buy my belts at Banana Republic or Nordstrom, Amazon?
Look at the size… the belt that fits properly on 27-inch waist is not easy to come by.
(Also, can you see how thick it is?)
9-The Belt_size reference
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Yup. My waist is that skinny…
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