Sony A7x lounge

digital_AM wrote in post #17607120
Awesome shots and car, Nadim!

Here is one from my archives of my baby boy. My lens had fogged up after exiting our car when we arrived at this location. It was early in the morning. I held off on deleting the original photo as I thought I could salvage it one day. Well, it turns out today is the day!

I used the new dehaze feature in LR CC. I think it did a nice job recovering the photo.

a7R + FE 55

Before:

IMAGE LINK: http://alfredomora.smu​gmug.com …i-JSNbZhw-XL.jpg&lb=1&s=A on Smugmug


After:

IMAGE LINK: http://alfredomora.smu​gmug.com …i-jXxnHXQ-XL.jpg&lb=1&s=A on Smugmug

Now that is what I call a nice recovery!

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #17607355
Dehaze only in CC or in LR6 ??
Great job you both did on that image.

In YT search "dehaze acr" and should should see a nice tutorial by Terry White pop up.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #17607031
Yes Better BEAMER works with my bigger EOS flashes, I'm tire of their weight and size too.

Yeah I'm not a fan of lugging speed lights around when shooting casually. The i40 is a nice compromise.

The DR of Sony sensors goes a long way in negating the need for a speedlight too, Provided you have flattering light on your subject, you can easily reduce the contrast in post. Brought my 5DIII to the beach this weekend and tried to do the same. Tried to salvage these shots in post but no dice!

At the very least, having more DR puts less strain on your speedlight, as you dont need as strong of a fill when you can recover so much in post. That was the case in the sample shot of my wife in front of the Disney castle.

My print arrived! Im not able to see it in person till this evening but looks good so far. My first image that i printed, yaay

digital_AM wrote in post #17607120
Awesome shots and car, Nadim!

Here is one from my archives of my baby boy. My lens had fogged up after exiting our car when we arrived at this location. It was early in the morning. I held off on deleting the original photo as I thought I could salvage it one day. Well, it turns out today is the day!

I used the new dehaze feature in LR CC. I think it did a nice job recovering the photo.

a7R + FE 55

Before:

IMAGE LINK: http://alfredomora.smu​gmug.com …i-JSNbZhw-XL.jpg&lb=1&s=A on Smugmug


After:

IMAGE LINK: http://alfredomora.smu​gmug.com …i-jXxnHXQ-XL.jpg&lb=1&s=A on Smugmug

Nice to know the feature is there, but you can achieve the same result by doing one levels adjustment in Photoshop. It's really simple too.

Regarding davidfarina's previous post about getting a large print: if you want to prepare your images yourself before sending them to the print company (or if you just want to print them yourself), you should watch these two video trainings. They have been really helpful to me. They teach you how printing works, which problems might arise and how these problems can be fixed before printing.

- Inkjet Printing for Photographers with Ben Long
- From Screen to Paper: Improving Your Inkjet Printing Skills with Ben Long

jocau wrote in post #17607521
Regarding davidfarina's previous post about getting a large print: if you want to prepare your images yourself before sending them to the print company (or if you just want to print them yourself), you should watch these two video trainings. They have been really helpful to me. They teach you how printing works, which problems might arise and how these problems can be fixed before printing.

- Inkjet Printing for Photographers with Ben Long
- From Screen to Paper: Improving Your Inkjet Printing Skills with Ben Long

Thank you! Actually i did an apprenticeship exactly for print-pre-production, so i quite know how it works, but nonetheless its surely interesting!

davidfarina wrote in post #17607506
My print arrived! Im not able to see it in person till this evening but looks good so far. My first image that i printed, yaay

That looks great!

Puckman wrote in post #17607657
That looks great!

Actually from the picture it looks quite desaturated, i got told it looks better than on the picture so soon ill know
But thank you, im excited to hang it on my wall

Thank you!

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #17607355
Dehaze only in CC or in LR6 ??
Great job you both did on that image.

Yes in the latest version of CC.

Puckman wrote in post #17607264
There's a dehaze feature in LR? I have the CC version, latest. Haven't noticed such a feature. Do tell!

Thank you David!

David Arbogast wrote in post #17607419
Now that is what I call a nice recovery!

I read that the dehaze feature is not just contrast and levels. Oh well, it's easy to use but probably easier to abuse.

jocau wrote in post #17607511
Nice to know the feature is there, but you can achieve the same result by doing one levels adjustment in Photoshop. It's really simple too.

Anyone order from White Wall? They offer custom size prints.

Wow it is bigger than i thought! And i have to say, with upsampling the A7S file to 120x90cm at 150ppi and then some sharpening i am pleased with the sharpness of this print. It looks plenty sharp from 1 meter away. I have to say that im still grabbing the A7R next time to save me that trouble ^^ but hey, the best camera is still the one you have with you, and had i grabbed the A7R instead i would have missed the rain.. Very satisfied!

As if it wasnt enough good news for today, i just got an email telling me that my FE 90mm macro is on the way to me! Should have it this week, yay again

that's a huge print, my cousin recently printed a photo for her home, probably only 75x50cm, and she likes it a lot:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/v64r​LM

Do you guys have to use adapters for the Rokinon lenses? Do they work with the MF Focus Drive & Focus Peaking?

Charlie wrote in post #17607874
that's a huge print, my cousin recently printed a photo for her home, probably only 75x50cm, and she likes it a lot:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/v64r​LM Printed by Charlie, on Flickr

I was really surprised that she picked out a portrait orientation photo. I've had other prints for family, and they typically shy away from portrait orientation stuff. Love viewing the large prints, the bigger the better.

120x90 is HUGE, I've had one done that big, and up close, the image does deteriorate somewhat. I am wanting to do a very large stitch one day, but it has to be an epic photo, not just aesthetically, but technically as well.

I'm not a fan of vertical shots but that frame with that image is just a killer combo! Really nice!!!!!!!!!!!