This is what happens on a lazy Sunday afternoon, with nothing to do. Watching Breaking Bad and playing with the camera!
This was taken with the Sigma 30mm f1.4 using an aperture of f2.0. A simple conversion to black & white in Lightroom was all that was required.
Excuse the socks, it was a bit chilly in my apartment.
Here is a shot taken with my lovely Tair-11a lens. As we were getting ready to head off some balloons launched and drifted across between the lookout and the city. The 135mm Tair-11a provided a “close up” (not very close at all really!) of the early morning light on the balloon.
If you like this shot, have a read of my Tair-11a Lens Review or have a look at my other Tair-11a shots
Was mucking around with the 50mm nice n wide during the day while camping at Queen Mary Falls, this is one of the better shots I managed to pull out
The shadow was a bit harsh, but i think ive overdone the fill light a little, seems to be lacking contrast now
Taken with Pentax K200D, Pentax SMC A 50mm f1.7 and processed in Lightroom 2.5
I took this shot to enter in my workplace monthly photo comp in Decemeber. The theme for the month was “Broken”. Being Christmas time I got into the spirit and broke some tree decorations.
I was trying to capture a decoration in the process of breaking, but unfortunately my timing was never quite good enough. This was the best of the lot though, which I took just after it had broken.
There was a LOT of work in Lightroom 2.5 to complete this photo. The key to doing large area Adjustment Brush work like I did in this photo is to use a LARGE brush, and the Auto Mask feature. Don’t be too tempted to use a small brush to get in between things. If you keep the centre of the brush in the right spot, the Auto Masking will take care of the rest!
A before/after comparison in Lightroom
Shooting and PP Details as follows:
- White Nylon backdrop
- Pentax K200D body, firing onboard flash
- Pentax SMC “A” 50mm f1.7 lens @ f22
- Tripod to mount the camera, and a cable remote to fire it
- Sunpak flash with optical trigger and home made diffuser, placed directly above, and slightly behind the subject
- Shot in Pentax RAW (PEF)
- Import into Lightroom 2.5
- Applied large area of adjustment brush to make background more white, area and settings shown below
- Minor basic edits to improve contrast and colour in the broken pieces, shown below
- Edit Detail settings
- Export to JPG For Web
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