Re: Another GFM snap
Very nice, loved that lens. On Thu, 13 Jun 2019 at 11:49, Postmaster wrote: > > On Saturday morning we did the annual hike to Shanty Spring Branch to > practice some stream photography. Lighting was suboptimal: Clear skies > meant we kept getting hot spots that threatened to ruin most photos. I > got around it by taking 5 shots (around 20 seconds exposure each) and > combining them using the "mean" function in Photoshop. Worked out > pretty well. > > https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301109-13mean.jpg > K-1 and FA 20mm f/2.8 > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > 617-522-0174 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another GFM snap
I understand, I try to spend as little time in Photoshop as possible myself, I usually succeed in avoiding it entirely. On June 15, 2019 6:26:50 PM PDT, Mark Roberts wrote: >Larry Colen wrote: > >>Postmaster wrote on 6/13/19 6:41 AM: >>> l...@red4est.com wrote: >>> Very nice. Were each of the shots underexposed and you stacked them to reduce >the noise? >>> >>> No, noise wasn't an issue (shooting at ISO 100). It's just that the >>> strong sunlight coming through openings in the trees above created >hot >>> spots that would otherwise have spoiled the shot. By combining 5 >>> photos (each of which had hot spots in different locations due to >>> movement of sun and clouds) I was able to even out the exposure. >> >>Ah, thanks. I meant that noise would be an issue if you underexposed >by >>a bunch of stops so as not to blow out the highlights, but if the >>highlights move around, that would also solve the problem. > >I probably could have achieved the same result or better by stacking >the photos and then manually masking out the hot spots. But my goal >for nature photography is to spend as little time in Photoshop as >possible. The stack and statistics/mean technique is much faster and >easier. > >-- >Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >www.robertstech.com > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another GFM snap
Larry Colen wrote: >Postmaster wrote on 6/13/19 6:41 AM: >> l...@red4est.com wrote: >> >>> Very nice. >>> >>> Were each of the shots underexposed and you stacked them to reduce the >>> noise? >> >> No, noise wasn't an issue (shooting at ISO 100). It's just that the >> strong sunlight coming through openings in the trees above created hot >> spots that would otherwise have spoiled the shot. By combining 5 >> photos (each of which had hot spots in different locations due to >> movement of sun and clouds) I was able to even out the exposure. > >Ah, thanks. I meant that noise would be an issue if you underexposed by >a bunch of stops so as not to blow out the highlights, but if the >highlights move around, that would also solve the problem. I probably could have achieved the same result or better by stacking the photos and then manually masking out the hot spots. But my goal for nature photography is to spend as little time in Photoshop as possible. The stack and statistics/mean technique is much faster and easier. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another GFM snap
Postmaster wrote on 6/13/19 6:41 AM: l...@red4est.com wrote: Very nice. Were each of the shots underexposed and you stacked them to reduce the noise? No, noise wasn't an issue (shooting at ISO 100). It's just that the strong sunlight coming through openings in the trees above created hot spots that would otherwise have spoiled the shot. By combining 5 photos (each of which had hot spots in different locations due to movement of sun and clouds) I was able to even out the exposure. Ah, thanks. I meant that noise would be an issue if you underexposed by a bunch of stops so as not to blow out the highlights, but if the highlights move around, that would also solve the problem. https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301109-13mean.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another GFM snap
l...@red4est.com wrote: >Very nice. > >Were each of the shots underexposed and you stacked them to reduce the noise? No, noise wasn't an issue (shooting at ISO 100). It's just that the strong sunlight coming through openings in the trees above created hot spots that would otherwise have spoiled the shot. By combining 5 photos (each of which had hot spots in different locations due to movement of sun and clouds) I was able to even out the exposure. >>https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301109-13mean.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another GFM snap
lovely shot Dave On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 9:49 PM Postmaster wrote: > On Saturday morning we did the annual hike to Shanty Spring Branch to > practice some stream photography. Lighting was suboptimal: Clear skies > meant we kept getting hot spots that threatened to ruin most photos. I > got around it by taking 5 shots (around 20 seconds exposure each) and > combining them using the "mean" function in Photoshop. Worked out > pretty well. > > https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301109-13mean.jpg > K-1 and FA 20mm f/2.8 > > -- > Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia > www.robertstech.com > 617-522-0174 > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another GFM snap
On 12/6/19, Postmaster, discombobulated, unleashed: >On Saturday morning we did the annual hike to Shanty Spring Branch to >practice some stream photography. Lighting was suboptimal: Clear skies >meant we kept getting hot spots that threatened to ruin most photos. I >got around it by taking 5 shots (around 20 seconds exposure each) and >combining them using the "mean" function in Photoshop. Worked out >pretty well. > >https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301109-13mean.jpg >K-1 and FA 20mm f/2.8 Really like that. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Another GFM snap
Very nice. We're each of the shots underexposed and you stacked them to reduce the noise? On June 12, 2019 6:48:28 PM PDT, Postmaster wrote: >On Saturday morning we did the annual hike to Shanty Spring Branch to >practice some stream photography. Lighting was suboptimal: Clear skies >meant we kept getting hot spots that threatened to ruin most photos. I >got around it by taking 5 shots (around 20 seconds exposure each) and >combining them using the "mean" function in Photoshop. Worked out >pretty well. > >https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301109-13mean.jpg >K-1 and FA 20mm f/2.8 > >-- >Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia >www.robertstech.com >617-522-0174 > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Another GFM snap
On Saturday morning we did the annual hike to Shanty Spring Branch to practice some stream photography. Lighting was suboptimal: Clear skies meant we kept getting hot spots that threatened to ruin most photos. I got around it by taking 5 shots (around 20 seconds exposure each) and combining them using the "mean" function in Photoshop. Worked out pretty well. https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301109-13mean.jpg K-1 and FA 20mm f/2.8 -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-522-0174 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
