A Canon selection

Back out to the same hayfield this evening in an attempt to catch the really long shadows as the sun sets.
Unfortunately there are some trees on the very edge of the field that diffuse the shadows and then block them altogether.

Images all looked a bit flat when I took them off the 5D2. However a bit of tweaking in Lr with my usual preset resulted in some images I was pleased with.

Canon 5D2, Canon 100mm f2.8 USM

Canon 5D2, Canon 20mm f2.8 USM

Canon 5D2, Canon 20mm f2.8 USM

Canon 5D2, Canon 70-200mm f4 L

Fuji X-Pro1 - Poor man's Leica Mono?

Its pretty well acknowledged that the Fuji X cameras produce superb jpg files straight out the camera.

I normally shoot jpg and RAW, and usually end up processing the RAW file to my tastes, using the jpg as a proof.

It is also well known that the Fuji film simulations are also excellent.

This evening as a try out I shot some images with my Fuji X-Pro1, the Fuji 14mm, Fuji 35mm f1.4 and Fuji 56mm lenses, shooting jpg only in BW with Red filter film simulation mode, could this be an option for the dedicated BW shooter?

The images below are SOOC with just re-sizing for this blog.

SOOC BW+Red filter Fuji 14mm f2.8

SOOC BW+Red filter Fuji 35mm f1.4

SOOC BW+Red filter Fuji 56mm f1.2

I'm rather impressed with the tones and exposure.

Here is one processed in Lr with my usual preset.

SOOC BW+Red filter Fuji 14mm f2.8 with Lr preset

In my camera Billingham I also had my Canon G10 Powershot; this a camera that has greatly impressed me, up to 400ISO the images are very usable. I particularly like this camera for event photography of groups, set to Face Detection and sometimes with a Canon Speedlite attached in ETTL mode, it is less intimidating that a DSLR and people relax more. Today however, I tried it on some landscape using the Landscape Mode and in aperture priority mode (Av).

I shot jpg and RAW in Av mode the camera reverts to jpg only in its preset modes.

RAW processed in Lr with my usual preset.

Canon G10 80ISO Lr preset from RAW

Fujinon XF 56mm f1.2 R

MBP.com had a Bank Holiday sale, I knew I should have resisted the link but curiosity got the better of me and I ended up pushing the button on a mint Fujinon 56mm f1.2 R lens. Original box and and as usual from MBP like new.

Hopefully get to try it out properly over the weekend.

56 attached to X-Pro1, its a good looking lump of glass. The following images were all taken at f1.2 nice shallow DoF

Background melts away nicely

Saltaire Inspired Artists 2016 - Canon 5D2

Day one shoot at Saltaire Inspired 2016, I used my Canon 5D2 with Canon 24 - 70mm L USM. 
I had with me all the other lenses just in case they were needed, it did make for a rather heavy bag to lug around though!

Images processed in Lr CC

Saltaire Inspired 2016 Artists - Fujifilm X-Pro1

I shot two days at Saltaire Inspired 2016.
Day one was with my full Canon kit, 5D2 body, lenses and speedlites. Day two I used my Fuji X-Pro1 with the XF18 - 55mm.

I set the X-Pro1 to shoot RAW+ jpeg and to BW film emulation, giving me a full colour RAW file with a BW jpeg.

Below are images from day two and the Fuji kit. 

Processed in Lr CC.

Saltaire Insipired 2016

I was asked by the organisers of Saltaire Inspired to take some photos of the exhibiting artists.
Before things got underway I went for a stroll around Saltaire with my X-Pro1 and the 35mm f1.4 lens.

Processed in Lr CC.

Macro Photo Stacking with Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC

The light was nice this afternoon so I quickly positioned a vase of flowers by a window and used my Canon 5DII and Canon 100mm f2.8 macro to grab some shots to try some photo stacking.

I set the 5DII up on a tripod and used a remote release to take eight shots at different focal points. Aperture remained constant at f11.

In Lr I selected the three best images and then right clicking on them chose: Edit In > Open as Layers in Photoshop

Once open in Ps I selected the layers and chose Edit > Auto Align Layers. One that was compete with the layers still selected I chose Edit > Auto Blend Layers. In the pop up window I selected the Stacking option and let Ps do its stuff.

The resulting image was then processed in Nik suite.