Sony Lounge Thread MKIII (All Sony cameras welcome)

Working through images from last weekend's Senior Session. Part of what she needed was a more casual headshot image, they will be on her applications to Theater Departments for college.

Lighting was from the AD400 in the 38" Glow Parapop.

TRhoads wrote in post #19098719
I agree...the Surface really is a nice way to edit, because it operates just like a computer...not a tablet.

Wouldn't any touch based laptop be the same way? Personally I like the surface studio model. But with MS shutting down stores, never know if this product survives. Hardware is very hard business to be in. Unless you are like Apple.

David Arbogast wrote in post #19098779
Rather than posting these individually, here's a smattering of pictures from this week (first three with Loxia 21mm, last one with Loxia 35mm):

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2joU​JUb Rainstorm Incoming by David Arbogast, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jpc​GAs I'll Make a Path to the Rainbow's End by David Arbogast, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jpL​NzG Stormy and Sunny by David Arbogast, on Flickr

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jpG​LyM Tranquility Lake by David Arbogast, on Flickr

I like the first one. The cloud, water movement with slower ss gives it a better look.

TRhoads wrote in post #19098829
Working through images from last weekend's Senior Session. Part of what she needed was a more casual headshot image, they will be on her applications to Theater Departments for college.

Lighting was from the AD400 in the 38" Glow Parapop.

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nice. my go to modifier, 38" Glow Parapop

David Arbogast wrote in post #19098767
This is what my Adobe CC looks like. I just don't understand why it's listing two photoshops and two bridges and letting me know that both are up to date. It looks like it's maintaining an older version of each app on my PC, but I'm not sure and it's confusing me. Do I just need to manually uninstall the older versions?

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2jpG​n6e Untitled-1 by David Arbogast, on Flickr

It looks like you have both PS CC 2019 and PS CC 2020 installed like I do. For some reason, PS CC 2019 is v20.xx and PS CC 2020 is v21.xx. I haven't uninstalled PS CC 2019 for fear of somehow messing up the plugins in PS CC 2020.

After jacking around with adobe creative cloud and Lightroom on the iPad for a couple days, I got curious and opened LR for Android on my S20. Turns out LR for Android works exactly the same way it does on PadOS. smart previews synced over and whatever changes I make here sync back to LR classic on my desktop and iPad. Pretty cool.

Still the with the Tammy 28-75 at 75mm F2.8

navydoc wrote in post #19098872
It looks like you have both PS CC 2019 and PS CC 2020 installed like I do. For some reason, PS CC 2019 is v20.xx and PS CC 2020 is v21.xx. I haven't uninstalled PS CC 2019 for fear of somehow messing up the plugins in PS CC 2020.

I had that same fear but ended up doing it and everything in 2020 worked fine.

My best shots at Neowise. Same Tammy lens. I wish i have a longer lens.

Bill in Texas wrote in post #19099031
I had that same fear but ended up doing it and everything in 2020 worked fine.

Good to know, thanks Bill.

Another from the Senior Session, one of the two murals in downtown.

I tried to shoot the Milkyway with lots of light pollution. not bad i think but it's far from a good one.

vinmunoz wrote in post #19099135
I tried to shoot the Milkyway with lots of light pollution. not bad i think but it's far from a good one.

It is a start, but, if you don't mind some pointers for the next time out...you need to up your ISO, 640 is too low, the sensor is not picking up enough light, especially at f/2.8 and 15 seconds. IMO, start at 1600. Your stars also look a bit out of focus, they are rendering more round and not pinpoint, it looks like the focus is on the foreground foliage since it looks sharp.

TRhoads wrote in post #19099144
It is a start, but, if you don't mind some pointers for the next time out...you need to up your ISO, 640 is too low, the sensor is not picking up enough light, especially at f/2.8 and 15 seconds. IMO, start at 1600. Your stars also look a bit out of focus, they are rendering more round and not pinpoint, it looks like the focus is on the foreground foliage since it looks sharp.

Thanks for the pointers. The light pollution kept my ISO low. I should go to a better location. I tried the focus peaking on the stars. I thought i was in focus. Any tips on manual focusing?

vinmunoz wrote in post #19099145
Thanks for the pointers. The light pollution kept my ISO low. I should go to a better location. I tried the focus peaking on the stars. I thought i was in focus. Any tips on manual focusing?

Magnify is your friend

You could still over expose in light polluted areas & then drag the sky back down. Probably better than going the other way.

I usually go something like 13-15 seconds, f/1.8, ISO 800-1600 - that's at 21/24mm