Sony A7x lounge

Puckman wrote in post #18146371
A couple of panos from that spot in Elysian Park that I found last weekend.

Need to redo the panos with a little more attention to detail...But I'm fairly happy with the results.

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The first one looks incredible! Have you used a long lens for shooting it?

Edit: just saw both in fullsize and they are both fantastic!

I was out the last two nights shooting the Haunted Houses scene at the West Bottoms District in KC. A couple of interesting observations:

1. I accidentally had my exposure comp dialed to minus 3. Naturally the results were very dark SOOC. But, adding back the exposure in LR revealed some very clean results, since I was in AutoISO and the ISO was 3-stops lower. So, that's got me really intrigued to do a lot more experimenting.

2. I can't get LR to give me a proper WB - I think it's below 2000 K due to the sodium vapor street lights. However, the auto WB technique I shared here a week or two ago does an amazing job. No matter what I do, I can't get LR to match that. So, it looks like I'll be doing a lot of batch processing via Bridge and Photoshop.

3. Towards the end of last night's shooting I finally dusted off my Expodisc - which I should have been using all along - and it did very nicely. Got me a lot closer than trying get it right in LR. Either way, the PS method produces the nicest results.

davidfarina wrote in post #18146392
Wow! Looks like a hyperrealistic drawing!

Thanks David! I used a the "Sketch" plugin by AKVIS to render the strokes. For years I did a lot of 3d architectural visualization with 3ds Max (modeling) and Vray (rendering), but often times a photorealistic rendering was inappropriate during the early schematic design phases of the project, so I always used a dose of "Sketch" to make the rendering feel more, well, sketchy. Anyway, I haven't used it much on my photography, but thought I'd give it a try on this Wes Anderson inspired composition (my effort is not nearly as cool as the The Grand Budapest Hotel by a long shot though).

David Arbogast wrote in post #18146447
I was out the last two nights shooting the Haunted Houses scene at the West Bottoms District in KC. A couple of interesting observations:

1. I accidentally had my exposure comp dialed to minus 3. Naturally the results were very dark SOOC. But, adding back the exposure in LR revealed some very clean results, since I was in AutoISO and the ISO was 3-stops lower. So, that's got me really intrigued to do a lot more experimenting.

2. I can't get LR to give me a proper WB - I think it's below 2000 K due to the sodium vapor street lights. However, the auto WB technique I shared here a week or two ago does an amazing job. No matter what I do, I can't get LR to match that. So, it looks like I'll be doing a lot of batch processing via Bridge and Photoshop.

3. Towards the end of last night's shooting I finally dusted off my Expodisc - which I should have been using all along - and it did very nicely. Got me a lot closer than trying get it right in LR. Either way, the PS method produces the nicest results.

Thanks David! I used a the "Sketch" plugin by AKVIS to render the strokes. For years I did a lot of 3d architectural visualization with 3ds Max (modeling) and Vray (rendering), but often times a photorealistic rendering was inappropriate during the early schematic design phases of the project, so I always used a dose of "Sketch" to make the rendering feel more, well, sketchy. Anyway, I haven't used it much on my photography, but thought I'd give it a try on this Wes Anderson inspired composition (my effort is not nearly as cool as the Budapest Hotel by a long shot though).

When i went on to read your observations i expected it to be like "when you raised your shadows of the underexposed shots it showed people on the pictures, but there was no one there beside me". Stuff of nightmares :P

davidfarina wrote in post #18146453
When i went on to read your observations i expected it to be like "when you raised your shadows of the underexposed shots it showed people on the pictures, but there was no one there beside me". Stuff of nightmares :P

Haha....Who needs a Ghost Detector when we have these amazingly revealing Sony sensors?!

davidfarina wrote in post #18146393
The first one looks incredible! Have you used a long lens for shooting it?

Edit: just saw both in fullsize and they are both fantastic!

Both were shot with the Canon 70-200/4, I think at about 100mm or so.

David Arbogast wrote in post #18146447
I was out the last two nights shooting the Haunted Houses scene at the West Bottoms District in KC. A couple of interesting observations:

1. I accidentally had my exposure comp dialed to minus 3. Naturally the results were very dark SOOC. But, adding back the exposure in LR revealed some very clean results, since I was in AutoISO and the ISO was 3-stops lower. So, that's got me really intrigued to do a lot more experimenting.

2. I can't get LR to give me a proper WB - I think it's below 2000 K due to the sodium vapor street lights. However, the auto WB technique I shared here a week or two ago does an amazing job. No matter what I do, I can't get LR to match that. So, it looks like I'll be doing a lot of batch processing via Bridge and Photoshop.

3. Towards the end of last night's shooting I finally dusted off my Expodisc - which I should have been using all along - and it did very nicely. Got me a lot closer than trying get it right in LR. Either way, the PS method produces the nicest results.

Thanks David! I used a the "Sketch" plugin by AKVIS to render the strokes. For years I did a lot of 3d architectural visualization with 3ds Max (modeling) and Vray (rendering), but often times a photorealistic rendering was inappropriate during the early schematic design phases of the project, so I always used a dose of "Sketch" to make the rendering feel more, well, sketchy. Anyway, I haven't used it much on my photography, but thought I'd give it a try on this Wes Anderson inspired composition (my effort is not nearly as cool as the The Grand Budapest Hotel by a long shot though).

I always fight with WB (with the Sony. Never had issues with Canon. One of my pet peeves).
I must have missed it, but what's this WB technique you speak of?

Speaking of being at -3. I tend to shoot at -1 for most of my night time photography. This way the highlights stay within range, and it's very easy to bring up the dark shadows with this sensor. That's one of the things I DO like about the Sony.
The night time LA shots (including the pano above) were shot at -1, if memory serves.

Puckman wrote in post #18146491
I always fight with WB (with the Sony. Never had issues with Canon. One of my pet peeves).
I must have missed it, but what's this WB technique you speak of?

I made a PS action for it, so now it's a one-click fix. Here is the link again: https://youtu.be/LGbIR​d5q4ps

Hiked the mountains around Flagstaff AZ.... trailhead is at 8500 feet hiked up to 9800 feet. Altitude and climb killed me ..... dog hasnt moved all day either lol

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David Arbogast wrote in post #18146507
I made a PS action for it, so now it's a one-click fix. Here is the link again: https://youtu.be/LGbIR​d5q4ps

wow thanks for sharing man. i know how to do it manually before using curves. easy to find the highlights and shadows using threshold but finding mid gray is hard.

thanks again. i will try it and make an action as well.

There needs to be a lightroom solution, do way too much bulk to use Photoshop. Maybe capture 1?

Charlie wrote in post #18146553
There needs to be a lightroom solution, do way too much bulk to use Photoshop. Maybe capture 1?

I can just batch-process everything overnight. That is even easier than trying to correct in LR or C1 because in LR or C1 it can be a lot of manual work since the WB is always in flux due to different street light conditions.

The main bad thing is basically being stuck with hundreds of TIF files (after batch-processing) instead of working straight from raw, but I can always trash the TIFs later since they're just batch-processed (easily replicated at any time).

You can batch process in photoshop. Create the action then go to File>automate select source folder and output folder. Boom.

Urban Engagement Shoot

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