Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

tmalone893 wrote in post #18612841
That's not good

Google Conibear. I use them. My big one will snap the neck of a German Shepherd.

I was practicing some flash ambient earlier today. I'll post the ambient and then the final flash/ambient mix. I think the flambient (yep that's what the RE guys call it) looks pretty crisp. To me it looks a bit flashy still even though I mixed in some of the ambient. The positive is no color casts to deal with. Let me know what you think?

Not much editing in the ambient shot

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i know that darken mode technique from Rich Baum but i'm so lazy to use my strobe. lol. i should try it. very clean. great job brother.

vinmunoz wrote in post #18613003
i know that darken mode technique from Rich Baum but i'm so lazy to use my strobe. lol. i should try it. very clean. great job brother.

Thank you Vinz. Yep I have been watching his videos and also Nathan Cool. This was my first attempt and will continue to practice. I only have one Godox speedlight. I think the evolv 200 would be a nice addition. Not sure about using a strobe just yet in the field. I will continue to bracket and blend my shots as I am comfortable doing that but this flambient technique is good to learn.

my freinds dog at the beach over the weekend with the 24-240 and into the sun with a rokinon 14mmf2.8 manual,

7artisans f2.8fisheye and 24-240. the fish is a native e mount and works great on the a7iii.

digital_AM wrote in post #18613009
Thank you Vinz. Yep I have been watching his videos and also Nathan Cool. This was my first attempt and will continue to practice. I only have one Godox speedlight. I think the evolv 200 would be a nice addition. Not sure about using a strobe just yet in the field. I will continue to bracket and blend my shots as I am comfortable doing that but this flambient technique is good to learn.

i think the AD200 must be good enough for window pull. for interior flash shot, just add a bit of ISO if you feel you you need more juice from it.

I should try it. I have bought the AD200 and AD600.

digital_AM wrote in post #18613000
I was practicing some flash ambient earlier today. I'll post the ambient and then the final flash/ambient mix. I think the flambient (yep that's what the RE guys call it) looks pretty crisp. To me it looks a bit flashy still even though I mixed in some of the ambient. The positive is no color casts to deal with. Let me know what you think?

Not much editing in the ambient shot

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/GRLh​cV Ambient Shot by Alfredo Mora, on Flickr


Flambient mix with a window pull (really like this for clean window masks). You basically flash the windows (no that kind of flash you perv . Then you change the mode on that layer to darken. Simple and effective without any luminosity masking.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/26s8​FoC Flash Ambient Mix by Alfredo Mora, on Flickr

Of the two, I think I prefer the ambient only version. I like the high key look. I would just suggest adding a hue/saturation adjustment layer and then reducing the saturation on cyan. It's especially noticeable towards the lower left of the bed on my monitor.

digital_AM wrote in post #18613000
I was practicing some flash ambient earlier today. I'll post the ambient and then the final flash/ambient mix. I think the flambient (yep that's what the RE guys call it) looks pretty crisp. To me it looks a bit flashy still even though I mixed in some of the ambient. The positive is no color casts to deal with. Let me know what you think?

Not much editing in the ambient shot

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/GRLh​cV Ambient Shot by Alfredo Mora, on Flickr


Flambient mix with a window pull (really like this for clean window masks). You basically flash the windows (no that kind of flash you perv . Then you change the mode on that layer to darken. Simple and effective without any luminosity masking.

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/26s8​FoC Flash Ambient Mix by Alfredo Mora, on Flickr

The first shot has a more pleasing aesthetic, but if it's a real estate shot and the intention is to highlight the room, the windows become a distraction as your eyes are pulled towards the brightest part of the frame. The light from those windows really dominate that first photo and it's all I see.

Second shot seems to focus more attention on the room itself.

I agree with Carlo. The blown out windows tends to become like eye magnet to me.

the first 3 were from the Laowa and the last one was from the FE35.

Here's my first really thought out twilights shots. All single raw. Just shot at the right time.

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I was using silent shooting on those because.... too high and may wobble in mechanical shutter.

i added a couple of tripod extension. I controlled the camera using playmemories on my wife's mini ipad.

navydoc wrote in post #18613141
Of the two, I think I prefer the ambient only version. I like the high key look. I would just suggest adding a hue/saturation adjustment layer and then reducing the saturation on cyan. It's especially noticeable towards the lower left of the bed on my monitor.

Thanks Gene. This was just a test to compare ambient with flash/ambient. I didn't do much editing to the ambient but I agree with your adjustment recommendations. I don't plan to do real estate. This was to prepare for an upcoming shoot at a hotel on a military base. The client said the rooms were very dark so I wanted to have some options.

mystik610 wrote in post #18613144
The first shot has a more pleasing aesthetic, but if it's a real estate shot and the intention is to highlight the room, the windows become a distraction as your eyes are pulled towards the brightest part of the frame. The light from those windows really dominate that first photo and it's all I see.

Second shot seems to focus more attention on the room itself.

Thanks Carlo. Agree that the overblown windows draw the eye in. I also prefer the natural shot but see the benefit of using flash too. I should take some brackets and process it using my normal workflow to compare. It may be a good balance between the ambient shot and the flash shot.

MedicineMan4040 wrote in post #18613129

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/23LF​6tU Bluebird and lingering snow by MedicineMan4040, on Flickr

my blue birds that have been staked out in our yard for months...abandoned the house and built elsewhere...have not seen them in weeks...