Azuremen's photos - Spring and Summer vibes

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Was time to update this first post to be a bit more accurate, seeing how it is ancient in terms of my work and equipment.

Gear List

Fuji 2020 Update
Traded my Fuji 50/2 WR to a friend for his Fuji 35/1.4, sold my 23/1.4 and Samyang 12/2, picked up the Laowa 9mm and another 18mm F/2.

I borrowed the 35/1.4 and realized how much more I preferred it to the 23/1.4 for portrait work, and the 16/1.4 had completely replaced the 23/1.4 for documentary work and wide angle portrait work. I'm very much a wide angle and normal lens user, and adding the 18mm back in gives me a very compact option for casual documentary work and a lighweight 2 lens kit with the 35/1.4 and X-E3.


Digital Bodies
Fujifilm X-Pro2 (need to repair)
Fujifilm X-T2
Fujifilm X-E3
Fujifilm X-E1
Canon 5D Mark II

Film Bodies
Canon Canonet QL-17
Minolta X-700 (x2)
Minolta SRT 101 (x2 - one black, one silver)
Minolta XG1
Nikon EM
Nikon Nikkormat
Pentax Spotmatic
Ricoh 500G black

Fuji X Mount
Laowa 9mm F/2.8
Samyang 12mm F/2 NCS
Fuji 16mm F/1.4 R WR
Fuji 18mm F/2 R
Fuji 23mm F/1.4 R
7artisans 25mm F/1.8
Fuji 35mm F/1.4 R
Fuji 35mm F/2 WR
7artisans 35mm F/1.2
Fuji 50mm F/2 WR
Samyang 85mm F/1.8 NCS
Mitakon Lens Turbo II EF
Meike 10mm Extension Tube
Meike 16mm Extension Tube

Nikon F Mount
Nikon 28mm F/2.8 Series E
Nikon 50mm F/1.8 Series E
Nikkor-SC 55mm F/1.2
Rokinon 85mm F/1.4
Nikon 100mm F/2.8 Series E
Vivitar 75-205 F/3.8 Macro

M42 Mount
Enna Munchen 35mm F/3.5
Yashica 50mm F/1.7
Super Takumar 50mm F/1.4 (8 Element)
Fujinon 50mm F/1.4
Super Takumar 55mm F/2
Argus Auto-Cintar 55mm F/2
Takumar 85mm F/1.9
Takumar 100mm F/4 bellows
Takumar 135mm F/2.5
Isco-Gottingen 135mm F/3.5
Noritar 250mm F/4.5
Sun Auto 85-210mm F/4.8
2x extender, M42
3x extender, M42

Minolta MD
Minolta Celtic 28mm F/2.8 MC
Minolta 45mm F/2 MD
Minolta 50mm F/1.7 MD
Minolta 50mm F/1.4 MD
Rokkor 58mm F/1.4 MC (2x - one has stripped coatings)
Noname 135mm F/2.8 MC
2x Extender

Light
Godox TT350F
Godox XT1-F
Yongnuo YN560 III (2x)
Yongnuo RT


Original Post
Well, since I now am back into photography, might as well share some of my work.

Gear -
Canon 400D
4GB Lexar CF card (needed it on short notice, Wal-Mart crew)
18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Canon IS lens
35-80mm f/4-5.6 Canon lens
Opteka Grip

Some random snap shots I cleaned up from today...

Claw machine...
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How to burn down a building...
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Why cleaning is handy...
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For the girl, dunno yet though...
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And from a couple days back, MR-S Vent
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One
Observe-1-BW3.jpg


Two
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And an HDR fiddle type deal.
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EDIT: And one more to add on there I guess...
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I'm really liking the 3rd one on your first post, the tones and the depth of field all flow very well.

The b/w one would look better (imo) if you hadn't left colour on the part of the shot that's out of focus, feels a bit weird having your attention pulled to the part that's not focused. Other than that, I like it.

2nd one could use a bit of photoshop to remove that half-light from there, but I quite like the overall feeling.

On this update, the first shot feels the best to me. b/w was a great choice, and the contrast is spot on.
What was the exposure time on that one, if you don't mind me asking?
 
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On this update, the first shot feels the best to me. b/w was a great choice, and the contrast is spot on.
What was the exposure time on that one, if you don't mind me asking?
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Dual exposure. 30 seconds at F/8 and 100 seconds at f/8, ISO 200 for both. I did the white balance in Photoshop with the raws, then just copied one exposure and made it a layer in the second, one of the layer blending filters, merged down, small tweak of curves, and then converted to black and white using a maximum black preset with some tweaks. In theory, stuff I could do using film, but would be a lot of work.

The star trials are the cheater indicator that I did a dual exposure. No HDR though, just wanted a little more exposure of the stacks but still wanted the airplane in there too.

EDIT: Here it is in color before I converted it to black and white.
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So, went back out to the same spot, different lighting though - earlier at night so the stadium lights were still on, which is a lot more ambient light up there. And light pollution (to the point of problem on longer exposures)

Anyhow, was shooting something else when I realized a jet was getting ready to take off. So in my rush, I moved the tripod and took a shot. Sadly, I also bumped it, so I took another exposure after the jet and have attempted to combine them to remove the focus issues on the building... only problem is I can't get it how I'd like due to light pollution and a small lens flare. So, these two are what I've produced so far...

I prefer the values in this first one more, and the contrast
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But this one has the red and green strobe light showing... so yeah.
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And here is a sunset I took.
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long exposures are something I really REALLY want to try soon. After I move to the new apartment I will try to get some night stuff done.

Azure, I think you might like this (clickety click) (: if you dont know his work alredy.
 
All right kids, I now have a Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/azuremen/

Cano, long exposures are fun, but you've got to be patient with them. And careful with how to do lighting as you take the shot. Nothing sucks more to take a long exposure and find out you have a bit of lens flare.

That gallery is awesome by the way. Me like.

And here are some random shots over the past few days.

Trip down to the river.
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Playing with F/1.8
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The winter plant shots are great. Especially together. 👍
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Thanks, I quite like how they turned out. Though, there about 100 other pictures I haven't really bothered with - most just don't turn out quite right.

Latest bits from my camera.

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Death to the cones!! Nice action shots, especially the first two. I'd be tempted to clone stamp out the person in the first shot.
 
I just left the person there because it helps to give a since of speed with blur.

One of the more interesting long exposure shots from the other night...

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Recent hike and drive (the same one for my sideways photos) produced this, among some others I may post up...

Click to jump to my Flickr, which has a handy 1280 by 1024 size...
 

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