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I'm really loving these church interiors Simon. They are beautifully executed.
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*** February 2025 Image and Video Thread ***
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Thank-you!
CharlesH
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Very nice, I like it. I love Paris, and you captured it well. The short clip lengths and the pace are just right.
Travis Butler
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20250227-SDIM3094 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, Konica Hexanon 40/1.8
Not exactly artistic and probably just something done by utility crews... but does anyone else remember the late-80s CD-ROM game The Manhole? This reminded me of that...
Travis Butler
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Oh, and speaking of graffiti, one more from that building facing the Plaza, earlier this week:
20250223-SDIM3058 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
20250223-SDIM3058 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Jonathan-Mac
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Many thanks. I didn't keep count of the number of videos I made, I just kept going anywhere that looked like it might be interesting. I have far more video clips than I used in the final video so I might do a longer one (if I find an appropriate app) although it might be a bit dull for anyone except my wife and I.
CharlesH
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The free version of DaVinci Resolve will do everything you need, and it runs on Windows or Mac.
Nevyn72
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Or even Linux
DaVinci Resolve 19 | Blackmagic Design
Professional video editing, color correction, visual effects and audio post production all in a single application. Free and paid versions for Mac, Windows and Linux.
www.blackmagicdesign.com
Travis Butler
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Now you're making me wonder what software and equipment the Danish National Symphony Orchestra uses to create their videos? They do some of the most amazing concert videos, with The Good, The Bad, the Ugly being my favorite.
Nevyn72
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Davinci Resolved is used from the hobby filmmaker till the top notch blockbuster movies. Examples are Avatar 2, Dune (1/2) and many others....
You can start decently simple and go as deep as you want to go...
Travis Butler
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Another one pulled out for the Flickr21 challenge...
Gateway to the Future by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, Konica Hexanon 35-70/3.5-4.5 Macro
And a comparison photo, taken about 5 minutes earlier, which maybe gets a little bit at my dissatisfaction with the Sigma 45 Contemporary:
20220530-SDIM1008v1.dng by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, Sigma 45/2.8 Contemporary
I shot the Sigma 45 in Program mode, while the Hexanon was in Program but effectively Aperture priority; so I let the fp pick f/11 for the 45, but manually set the Hexanon to... I forget the exact f-stop, but I was trying to blur the trees some so I think it would have been around f/5.6, and I had exposure compensation cranked down to compensate. So the shooting settings were fairly different.
All that said... I did the same editing settings in On1 to bring it as close to the Hexanon as I could. The Hexanon isn't even one of my favorites; I like the color (as with most Hexanons) and thought it did well for being a mostly-plastic kit lens; the plastic build certainly makes it handle better on the fp than my favorite Minolta 35-70. But it's not up to the IQ of the Minolta.
The 45 Contemporary did a pleasing enough picture. Taken by itself, I'd say it's fine. But the Hexanon has more life to it, for me. Look at the upper-right corner of the Arch; with the 45 you can just see a bit of a lighter spot, but in the Hexanon pic you can see the glint of light reflecting from the Arch's stainless steel, despite it being further out of focus. The color's richer and more vivid with the Hexanon. The 45's sharper on the statues (although I do wonder how much of that's the wider aperture and not being manually focused to best advantage with the Hexanon).
That's an example of the kind of thing I mean when I talk about tonality. I dunno. Maybe it's all in my head. What do you think?
Gateway to the Future by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, Konica Hexanon 35-70/3.5-4.5 Macro
And a comparison photo, taken about 5 minutes earlier, which maybe gets a little bit at my dissatisfaction with the Sigma 45 Contemporary:
20220530-SDIM1008v1.dng by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, Sigma 45/2.8 Contemporary
I shot the Sigma 45 in Program mode, while the Hexanon was in Program but effectively Aperture priority; so I let the fp pick f/11 for the 45, but manually set the Hexanon to... I forget the exact f-stop, but I was trying to blur the trees some so I think it would have been around f/5.6, and I had exposure compensation cranked down to compensate. So the shooting settings were fairly different.
All that said... I did the same editing settings in On1 to bring it as close to the Hexanon as I could. The Hexanon isn't even one of my favorites; I like the color (as with most Hexanons) and thought it did well for being a mostly-plastic kit lens; the plastic build certainly makes it handle better on the fp than my favorite Minolta 35-70. But it's not up to the IQ of the Minolta.
The 45 Contemporary did a pleasing enough picture. Taken by itself, I'd say it's fine. But the Hexanon has more life to it, for me. Look at the upper-right corner of the Arch; with the 45 you can just see a bit of a lighter spot, but in the Hexanon pic you can see the glint of light reflecting from the Arch's stainless steel, despite it being further out of focus. The color's richer and more vivid with the Hexanon. The 45's sharper on the statues (although I do wonder how much of that's the wider aperture and not being manually focused to best advantage with the Hexanon).
That's an example of the kind of thing I mean when I talk about tonality. I dunno. Maybe it's all in my head. What do you think?
Pete_W
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I can't explain why, but I just like the photo from the Sigma 45mm better.
Travis Butler
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...huh. I admit, I don't understand it; I know you said you couldn't explain, but are there any impressions one gives over the other?
PJD
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I've previously photographed this railroad bridge across the Willamette River near Lake Oswego, Oregon, but yesterday I captured it with my S5iiX using its 96MP Hi-Res mode.
- Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
- LUMIX S 20-60/F3.5-5.6
- 20.0 mm
- ƒ/8
- 1/400 sec
- Center-Weighted Average
- Manual exposure
- ISO 100
The Rigger
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One of my absolute favo(u)rite YouTube videographers, Lost Lakes, uses Da Vinci Resolve... And shoots his canoe & winter camping trips on an S5 and an S5ii, coincidentally. The results are stunning, more often than not. Jon has said there's a somewhat steep learning curve with Resolve, but it's apparently not as difficult as, say, some of the tools I've had to learn for my astro stuff (cough-cough-PixInsight-cough). Worth checking out the free version, at any rate, and if it does what you like, the full version is cheaper by far than the alternatives.
CharlesH
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Forgetting about which lens is best, that image, "Gateway to the Future", is breathtaking.
Travis Butler
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Yeah... it's even better when you know who the statues are: Dred Scott and his wife. (They're in front of the courthouse where the original case was brought.)