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Posted by malcolmsowdon: Sat Jul 30th, 2016 15:43

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Just been photographing steam punks, Giving the D3s a run with 24-120mm f4 lens. have attached a couple of images.

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Posted by malcolmsowdon: Sat Jul 30th, 2016 15:47

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settings for this one was iso4000; f4.5; 1/40sec; and focal length of 24.0mm

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Posted by Graham Whistler: Sun Jul 31st, 2016 06:56

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Super pixs from you as always Malcolm, well done!

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Posted by Eric: Sun Jul 31st, 2016 07:11

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I have obviously led a sheltered life...I needed to look up what steam punks were.

Lovely images Malcolm...can I ask what if any processing the first image (with the lady) had? There seems to be an almost HD sheen to the image.

I don't know if it was deliberate making the eyes moody and shaded but (for me) the eye highlights are perhaps not strong enough. They are sort of at odds with the overall high contrast of the image. Just an observation.

I've never used that lens but the D3s is (still) a lovely camera.

Thanks for sharing.

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Posted by jk: Sun Jul 31st, 2016 10:18

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Love the second image.
Is it shot with a blink of flash?

Like Eric says the first image looks like it has a touch of HDR going on!
I like the 24-120 f4 and even though it is quitea large lens I use it as my standard carry around lens.

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Posted by Robert: Sun Jul 31st, 2016 10:24

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Interesting pictures, I wonder if it's a filter (or two) from the Nik collection, I have just used the detail extractor Nik filter on a flower pic and it has a similar 3D effect, I think the Bleach Bypass filter can do something similar in combination.

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Posted by malcolmsowdon: Sun Jul 31st, 2016 13:21

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All comments welcome good or bad personnel choice. Here are both start images. A fair bit of processing took place, I wanted to add a gritty feel to image, & I agree eyes are a bit dark & will correct when final final image is ready. Also added fire X 2 & smoke, oh yes & I have a smoke M/C !!!

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Posted by malcolmsowdon: Sun Jul 31st, 2016 13:23

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Both images as taken.

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Posted by malcolmsowdon: Sun Jul 31st, 2016 13:26

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Final Final Image. maybe? I always leave it for a week or so, then if I still like it will print, or carry out further adjustments. Will probably replace reflection in glasses.

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Posted by malcolmsowdon: Sun Jul 31st, 2016 15:27

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Hi I might have found the final,final,final pic.

Interested in any comments, will try to respond with process techniques if I can remember.

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Posted by Robert: Sun Jul 31st, 2016 17:15

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malcolmsowdon wrote:
Hi I might have found the final,final,final pic.

Interested in any comments, will try to respond with process techniques if I can remember.
Looks good to me Malcolm, I would be very interested in an outline of the process, I am always keen to widen my knowledge of processing images.

If I may say so, it doesn't seem to have a visible signature of any process in the image, which suggests there is something subtle going on.

I mentioned the Nik filters, they can be used very subtly or in an outrageous way if that floats your boat. All depends on the image and what you are trying to achieve.

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Posted by malcolmsowdon: Mon Aug 1st, 2016 02:40

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I used topaz to cut girl out of background, & a mixture of photoshop, onone, & topaz to add a look I visualize how I want finished image to look. I dont use any actions as every image will always be unique to me. The finished image was a combination of 8 different photographs. This image is with a more natural look on her face I used frequency separation to even out skin tones, and keep texture of the skin.

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Posted by Graham Whistler: Mon Aug 1st, 2016 18:15

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Looks like another of your winning images is on the way! Looks good to me and interesting to see how you developed the final image.

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Posted by amazing50: Mon Aug 1st, 2016 22:48

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Don't mind this level of manipulation as long as it is indicated

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Posted by Robert: Tue Aug 2nd, 2016 04:51

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Have just looked steampunk up myself, frankly I don't do these 'punk' things myself but that's irrelevant. Very interesting, I took a look at google images and although there are many good pics among them for me none had the appearance of quality and depth that these images have.

I came across this link:

http://petapixel.com/2014/09/13/camerapunk-wants-help-steampunk-ify-camera-gear/

Thought the camera D3S was topical.

Have discussed the first image with my son Chris(12) and he wasn't taken in, I asked him if he felt it was authentic, he said the fire didn't look right (the top part doesn't match with the lower part) and from that the whole image fell into question for him. I noticed that myself but overrode it in my mind because on the whole the composite is very convincing and it appears theatrical, so leeway is given.

A slight concern for me is the lack of ash under the fire...

An aside, when I was about 7 we had a very similar range in our kitchen, complete with kettle which was always on the hob, I made a pot of tea for my mother but didn't put the kettle back on the hob properly and it fell off, the boiling water badly scalded my foot, so I am very aware of kettles on open fire hobs, even in photographs!

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Posted by malcolmsowdon: Thu Aug 4th, 2016 08:05

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Have taken onboard critique of last post and agree with wholeheartedly so replaced fire & Created ash in hearth.More critiqe please !!!

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Posted by Graham Whistler: Thu Aug 4th, 2016 10:12

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Fire looks much better, picture should be a winner at the Camera Club? Interesting seeing how you developed the image through the stages and layers in Photoshop.

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Posted by Robert: Thu Aug 4th, 2016 13:09

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malcolmsowdon wrote:
Have taken onboard critique of last post and agree with wholeheartedly so replaced fire & Created ash in hearth.More critiqe please !!!
Now we are cooking!

Perhaps the only other thing I might suggest is that, as the saying goes... There is no smoke without fire, usually the reverse is also true. The area behind the kettle seems to be fully saturated, no signs of heat shimmer or loss of saturation of the background behind the kettle, as there probably would be if wood was burning on the fire.

Good luck with the competition!

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Posted by malcolmsowdon: Thu Aug 4th, 2016 13:15

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Thanks Ill see what I can come up with.

Posted by Robert: Thu Aug 4th, 2016 14:08

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When I did that composite of the Tornado from Great Gable I used a light de-saturation brush to create the illusion of the exhaust gasses.

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Posted by malcolmsowdon: Tue Aug 9th, 2016 09:16

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Hi another image of steam punk convivial at new malden,

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Posted by jk: Tue Aug 9th, 2016 09:37

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The Baron lands!

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Posted by Graham Whistler: Tue Aug 9th, 2016 09:58

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Another interesting and creative image, thanks for sharing it with us Malcolm!

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Posted by Robert: Tue Aug 9th, 2016 16:02

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Brilliant! :bowing:

I won't ask how you got the aircraft bit... Except branches of a tree seem to be growing through the wing?

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Posted by Graham Whistler: Tue Aug 9th, 2016 18:37

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Saw the print this evening at the camera club it looks great! Malcolm will no doubt tell us how he did the pix,

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Posted by malcolmsowdon: Wed Aug 10th, 2016 04:28

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Hi The images used to create the end result.
1 The background was taken in August 2014 East Ashling W.Sussex,on Nikon D800; iso500; f13.0; 1/1000.
2 The plane/foreground was taken at Manor Farm (where they filmed the wartime land army series for BBC) taken in June 2015, on Nikon D810; iso400; f8.0; 1/1000.
3 The smoke was created by making a brush from the cloud,taken in Oct 2012 on Nikon D2x; iso100; f11.0; 1/500.
4 The steampunk taken at New Malden Surrey in July 2016, on Nikon D3s; iso200; f4.5; 1/500. (the guys name is Montague Jacques Fromage)

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