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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
1/1/2014 5:46:24 AM
Nice Bokeh abstract ... have nice 2014!
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| Photo By: Sylvia H.
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
4/24/2011 3:57:09 PM
Nearly perfect ... colours, composition and dynamic range.
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Photo By: Keith Saint
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
4/24/2011 3:49:05 PM
Top shot. What i find interesting is, that the area were it rains is so small.
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
4/24/2011 2:36:21 PM
Interesting artwork! Though the bird was nicely painted, I would prefer a photo layer, but that's a matter of personal taste.
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
4/24/2011 2:32:23 PM
Thanks for your nice comment. I was standing on the bridge to the castle and was a bit lucky with the shodows ... downside was, that the sun already got a bit weak for IR ... it was 6:45 P.M.
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| Photo By: Chris M.
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
5/3/2009 7:36:43 PM
Nice idea ... I like these Patagonian Conures.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
3/8/2007 8:09:26 PM
Hi again Jane!
> ...point me in the right direction
> on the photoshop stuff ...
Learn how to do a levels correction on photos ... there are many PS turorials in the web ... here's one of them:
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/levels.htm
Then you're ready for the next step ... the trick is, that you have to do the levels adjustment on every color channel (red, green, blue) separately instead on the whole image.
If you used in-camera custom white balance, the image will have a brownish sky and cyan or blueish plants after the post-processing. If you use the channel-mixer now to exchange red against blue and vise versa, you get the Channel-Shift-Style shown here ... in the red channel set the reds to -100 and blues to +100 and in the blue channel do the opposite.
> Also, have you ever tried the 10D or 350D
> with an IR filter and what do you think ?
Not myself, but I saw several nice IR shots taken with these cams. But the 350D seems to be the better choice of the two (for IR). But beware of a wrong lens choice ... many lenses are a bad choice for IR and show a light spot in the center of the image. The Canon 28-135IS is my favorite lens ... not only for IR ;-)
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
3/7/2007 6:29:12 PM
Hi Jane!
> ... images I could only hope to get !
You just need the right place, the right camera and a tripod ... and a R72 of course ;-)
> Do you use modified camera bodies ...
No, all my cameras are unmodified ... I just use a tripod and the R72. Manual white balance and the right post-processing is the key. You have to do a levels correction on every color channel separately.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
2/9/2007 6:16:34 PM
Hi Gustavo,
nice IR scene ... I like the lighting.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Gustavo RS
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
2/9/2007 6:10:47 PM
>I really liked this one.
Interesting, that you chose my personal favorite ;)
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
1/2/2006 10:07:52 AM
Hi Alyazia,
for IR photography you'll need a filter ... the Hoya R72 is the one I use.
To learn the basics of digital IR visit dpfwiw.com/ir.htm
With a Canon 20D it is possible, but it's very difficult and you'll need bright sunlight, because this cam is not very IR-sensitive. Have a look at my latest IR image "In Memoriam" ... it was taken with a 20D. If you should try it yourself, you'll have to know, that you have to overexpose about 5 f-stops with the filter attached ... and always shoot in RAW.
Greeting from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Chris M.
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
9/30/2005 10:51:50 PM
Have fun with IR, but keep in mind, that it's not easy with a 20D ... don't get frustrated, when the first tries don't come out as expected. You'll need an intensive sun without any wind, because exposure times are often around 20-30 seconds at ISO400-800.
Always shoot in RAW and do a levels adjustment for each color channel separately in Photoshop, but beware of banding and high noise in the blue channel.
Happy testing
Chris
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
9/30/2005 9:32:10 PM
Hi Carol,
great ... nice to see, that there are people out there, who don't use IR only for landscapes.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Carol Watson
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
9/30/2005 9:16:34 PM
Hi Guapo,
my 20D is not modified ... have a look at the exposure time ;-) But it is important to use in-camera custom white balance and to overexpose by 5-7 f-stops depending on the lighting conditions, which is needed, because the metering doesn't work correctly in IR. On the other hand the autofocus works fine.
The 20D is a bad choice for IR, but it can give nice results though ... but it's hard work.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
9/22/2005 4:59:03 PM
Hi Sam,
getting good IR results with a 20D is extremely difficult. First of all we need to shoot in RAW, because a lot of post procession is needed. Second we need custom white balance ... do it in-camera withg the filter attached on a white piece of paper or better with a 18% gray card, if available. Then we need to know, that though the 20D is able to use autofocus in IR, it's not able to meter corrctly through an IR filter ... use M-Mode and overexpose by 5-7 f-stops depending on the lighting conditions.
Regarding the post processing it's important to do a levels correction for every color channel separately ... but beware of banding in the blue channel.
Happy testing
Chris
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
9/13/2005 6:52:52 PM
Hi Javed,
it's a pet ... we have a couple of aymara parakeets (also known as sierra parakeets) and a couple of budgies. BTW ... both races have the same size.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
9/10/2005 5:21:46 PM
Hi Giorgio,
very good work ... if the mouth would be as sharp as the eyes, it would be perfect.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Giorgio Mesghetz
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
9/10/2005 4:50:07 PM
Hi Javed,
very creative ... I'm not shure which version I should prefer, this one or the sepia version.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Javed Rassi
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
9/10/2005 4:44:37 PM
Merci Javed,
it's a pet ... we have a couple of budgies and a couple of Aymara parakeets, a south american parakeet race, also known as sierra parakeets.
If you're interested, you can learn more about this phantastic birds here:
http://www.arndt-verlag.com/projekt/birds_3.cgi?Desc=E266.h tm&Pic=266_1.JPG
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Chris M.
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
7/9/2005 8:19:44 AM
Hi Bobby,
very interesting scenery ... perfect IR technique.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Bobby Mun
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
7/9/2005 8:17:04 AM
Hi Adam,
very nice ... as it has been said before ... great background color.
I wonder, if it might have been better to use fill in flash on the plant ... I'm not shure.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Adam C.
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
7/4/2005 5:36:17 PM
Thank you, Caporilli!
Too bad, that I don't understand, what Google translated: "a good effect even if you have not used one disc of a valve much luminous one"
"one disc of a valve" doesn't make any sense to me ... funny translation :-)
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
3/3/2005 7:57:06 PM
Merci Bobby,
regarding the Channel Shift ... you have to exchange the red and the blue channel against each other.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Chris M.
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
3/2/2005 6:55:18 PM
Merci Bobby,
the answer is in my profile ;-)
Photoshop's Channel Mixer does the trick.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Chris M.
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
2/19/2005 6:16:33 PM
Hi,
too bad, that the "fireball" is cropped, but it's a great shot though. I like, that it has a 3D touch ... it lookes like the middle fire spikes are coiming out of the image towards the viewer.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Turki AL Jaber
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
2/17/2005 10:24:09 PM
Wow, that's psychodelic ... great idea ... but for my taste the white balance is too way off ... angels have white wings, not yellow casted ones ;-) Don't you think so?
Greetings from the German Neighbourhood
Chris
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| Photo By: ann!e
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
2/17/2005 10:14:38 PM
Would be a nice idea for a CD cover.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: David Mongeau-Petitpas
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
2/17/2005 10:02:46 PM
Very interesting idea.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Ayse Telci
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
2/15/2005 7:31:37 PM
Hi Claudia,
great composition and color, but it's underexposed. The cam's exposure meter got fooled by the white wall and thought, it would be middle gray (18%) ... you would get a similar effect, when shooting in snow.
But it can be easily corrected, if you shot RAW or in Photoshop, as Paulo already demonstrated.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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| Photo By: Claudia Sachs
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Critique By:
Chris M. (K:2073)
2/15/2005 7:19:21 PM
Thanks Claudia!
You like IR and have a D30? Well, then it's time to order a Hoya R72 IR filter ;-)
But maybe the Cokin 007 is a better alternative, cause you can use that filter with all your lenses, you only need the adapter for each lens.
Greetings from Germany
Chris
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