School has been crazy for me, so this weekend was the first time in a while that I've really been able to take out my Pentax K1 (my first DSLR) with a couple 1990's F & FA lenses to play with. I've slowly been getting accustomed to it and the DSLR functionality, and really enjoying it!
These are a handful of images that I've taken over the last 48 hours for critiques, commentary and criticism! :D
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Camera-Specific Properties: Equipment Make RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. Camera Model PENTAX K-1 Camera Software Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.8 (Macintosh) Sensing Method One-Chip Color Area Focal Length (35mm Equiv) 35 mm Image-Specific Properties: Image Orientation Top, Left-Hand Horizontal Resolution 240 dpi Vertical Resolution 240 dpi Image Created 2017:02:11 22:23:33 Exposure Time 1/30 sec F-Number f/8.0 Exposure Program Aperture Priority ISO Speed Rating 400 Lens Aperture f/8.0 Exposure Bias -0.7 EV Metering Mode Pattern Flash No Flash, Compulsory Focal Length 35.00 mm Color Space Information sRGB Image Width 684 Image Height 1024 Rendering Normal Exposure Mode Manual White Balance Auto Scene Capture Type Standard Contrast Normal Saturation Normal Sharpness Normal Subject Distance Range Macro
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Camera-Specific Properties: Equipment Make RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. Camera Model PENTAX K-1 Camera Software Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.8 (Macintosh) Sensing Method One-Chip Color Area Focal Length (35mm Equiv) 70 mm Image-Specific Properties: Image Orientation Top, Left-Hand Horizontal Resolution 240 dpi Vertical Resolution 240 dpi Image Created 2017:02:11 22:28:58 Exposure Time 1/800 sec F-Number f/8.0 Exposure Program Aperture Priority ISO Speed Rating 400 Lens Aperture f/8.0 Exposure Bias -0.7 EV Metering Mode Pattern Flash No Flash, Compulsory Focal Length 70.00 mm Color Space Information sRGB Image Width 1024 Image Height 613 Rendering Normal Exposure Mode Manual White Balance Auto Scene Capture Type Standard Contrast Normal Saturation Normal Sharpness Normal Subject Distance Range Distant View
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Camera-Specific Properties: Equipment Make RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. Camera Model PENTAX K-1 Camera Software Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.8 (Macintosh) Sensing Method One-Chip Color Area Focal Length (35mm Equiv) 55 mm Image-Specific Properties: Image Orientation Top, Left-Hand Horizontal Resolution 240 dpi Vertical Resolution 240 dpi Image Created 2017:02:11 22:14:20 Exposure Time 1/8000 sec F-Number f/8.0 Exposure Program Aperture Priority ISO Speed Rating 1600 Lens Aperture f/8.0 Exposure Bias -0.7 EV Metering Mode Pattern Flash No Flash, Compulsory Focal Length 55.00 mm Color Space Information sRGB Image Width 1024 Image Height 633 Rendering Normal Exposure Mode Manual White Balance Auto Scene Capture Type Standard Contrast Normal Saturation Normal Sharpness Normal Subject Distance Range Distant View
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Camera-Specific Properties: Equipment Make RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. Camera Model PENTAX K-1 Camera Software Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.8 (Macintosh) Sensing Method One-Chip Color Area Focal Length (35mm Equiv) 55 mm Image-Specific Properties: Image Orientation Top, Left-Hand Horizontal Resolution 240 dpi Vertical Resolution 240 dpi Image Created 2017:02:11 22:35:49 Exposure Time 1/500 sec F-Number f/8.0 Exposure Program Aperture Priority ISO Speed Rating 400 Lens Aperture f/8.0 Exposure Bias -0.7 EV Metering Mode Pattern Flash No Flash, Compulsory Focal Length 55.00 mm Color Space Information sRGB Image Width 1024 Image Height 436 Rendering Normal Exposure Mode Manual White Balance Auto Scene Capture Type Standard Contrast Normal Saturation Normal Sharpness Normal Subject Distance Range Distant View
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Camera-Specific Properties: Equipment Make RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. Camera Model PENTAX K-1 Camera Software Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.8 (Macintosh) Sensing Method One-Chip Color Area Focal Length (35mm Equiv) 50 mm Image-Specific Properties: Image Orientation Top, Left-Hand Horizontal Resolution 240 dpi Vertical Resolution 240 dpi Image Created 2017:02:11 22:47:15 Exposure Time 0.8 sec F-Number f/22.0 Exposure Program Aperture Priority ISO Speed Rating 1600 Lens Aperture f/22.0 Exposure Bias -0.7 EV Metering Mode Pattern Flash No Flash, Compulsory Focal Length 50.00 mm Color Space Information sRGB Image Width 1024 Image Height 684 Rendering Normal Exposure Mode Manual White Balance Auto Scene Capture Type Standard Contrast Normal Saturation Normal Sharpness Normal Subject Distance Range Distant View
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Camera-Specific Properties: Equipment Make RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. Camera Model PENTAX K-1 Camera Software Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.8 (Macintosh) Sensing Method One-Chip Color Area Focal Length (35mm Equiv) 35 mm Image-Specific Properties: Image Orientation Top, Left-Hand Horizontal Resolution 240 dpi Vertical Resolution 240 dpi Image Created 2017:02:12 18:31:28 Exposure Time 1/500 sec F-Number f/8.0 Exposure Program Aperture Priority ISO Speed Rating 400 Lens Aperture f/8.0 Exposure Bias -0.7 EV Metering Mode Pattern Flash No Flash, Compulsory Focal Length 35.00 mm Color Space Information sRGB Image Width 684 Image Height 1024 Rendering Normal Exposure Mode Manual White Balance Auto Scene Capture Type Standard Contrast Normal Saturation Normal Sharpness Normal Subject Distance Range Distant View
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Camera-Specific Properties: Equipment Make RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. Camera Model PENTAX K-1 Camera Software Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6.8 (Macintosh) Sensing Method One-Chip Color Area Focal Length (35mm Equiv) 55 mm Image-Specific Properties: Image Orientation Top, Left-Hand Horizontal Resolution 240 dpi Vertical Resolution 240 dpi Image Created 2017:02:12 18:42:04 Exposure Time 1/1600 sec F-Number f/8.0 Exposure Program Aperture Priority ISO Speed Rating 400 Lens Aperture f/8.0 Exposure Bias -0.7 EV Metering Mode Pattern Flash No Flash, Compulsory Focal Length 55.00 mm Color Space Information sRGB Image Width 716 Image Height 1024 Rendering Normal Exposure Mode Manual White Balance Auto Scene Capture Type Standard Contrast Normal Saturation Normal Sharpness Normal Subject Distance Range Distant View
>>3020807
>Asheville
>>3020829
Yup.
Your b&w pp is really cool
>>3020832
Thanks. :)
These are pretty sweet. My favorite is
>>3020807. Good job OP. Got an IG I can follow?
>>3020854
Only a personal one. Nothing professional. I also don't like how Instagram claims rights and use to anything you upload. I'm currently working on building my website and eventually I'll try and host a collection of works there. http://johnben.net/
>>3020807
Do you use a standard b&w preset or do you edit each image individually?
>>3020807
>(my first DSLR)
>Pentacks
>fool frame
>vintage lenses
>digital black and white
NOW THIS IS FUNPOSTING :D
>digital b&w HDR
wew, pal.
>>3020878
It is. Before I'd been shooting film and a Fuji X-E2. Sold those to invest in a full drame DSLR system. Pentax had rave reviews on their K1 and it's half the cost of Canon/Nikon competition. The lenses aren't really “vintage”, they're F/FA. Pretty good stuff, just not with “digitally optimized” coating. Black and white is my favorite, and yes, it's digital.
Anyway, I'm being spergy. lol
>>3020877
I use a Neopan 1600 preset to get an initial black and white base to build on and then I modify the levels on each individual image to how I like it.
>>3020884
These aren't HDR? Some were long exposures, but none are HDR. Maybe I went a little hard on my shadow recovery?
>>3020887
>Maybe I went a little hard on my shadow recovery?
i think so. i get the impression im looking at a shiny polish applied to different images, like a demo for a preset, images dont seem important, get it? the grossly outlined finish sort of distracts you from the actual -supposed- subjects.
>>3020893
I can definitely see that on 3/11. But I'm trying to identify it well on others. Maybe 2/11. I believe the culprit on those would be the dehaze tool.
>>3020894
most of them look distractingly unnatural to me. fake. maybe its my special snowflake eyes, but its what i see, thats the feedback i can give.
>>3020814
Strongest in set. But like the other guy said, shadow recovery is a bit heavy on this one given that your whites are nowhere near as bright as they should be. This flattens the image out, which is the wrong tradeoff because there's nothing much interesting about the stones compared to the flow of water (since it's a waterfall picture, we're looking at the water).
Shame about the branches on the right, and the trunk in the right bottom corner. A cleaner composition that didn't interrupt the topmost flows would've made this better.