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Postby cc@t on Thu Oct 06, 2005 3:54 pm

Just trying a new Kenko 2x TC - I found all the shots a bit soft - but this might have been to me shaking a bit when taking them. Will have to use a monopod next time.


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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:03 pm

cc@t, please excuse me for being honest, but I don't really like this shot.
As you said it's a bit soft, but being handheld and with a 2xTC fair enough... however I don't think the PP you've done on this works.. I think for starters a slower gradient between colour and B&W may have helped..but I'm not sure.. I guess I'm just a little lost as to what you were trying to achieve...

I do apologise if this comes off badly - (I just got some bad news so am not in a good mood,but yeah this doesn't work for me). :(
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Postby sirhc55 on Thu Oct 06, 2005 5:09 pm

I have obtained some very good handheld shots with a 2x converter but you do have to use shutter priority to maintain a high shutter speed. I would also like to ask if this was shot in jpeg mode as there are a lot of artefacts towards the bottom of the pic.

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Postby cc@t on Thu Oct 06, 2005 7:47 pm

Thanks for the comments guys - it was shot in raw but as I said when i was looking at it, it seemed too soft, so I played around in PS and found an action I had never used that gives you a coloured centre and B & W edges.........guess it didn't work though. The artefacts seem to be from that action tho - they weren't in the original...hmmmmm. The truth might be out there....
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Postby Alpha_7 on Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:04 pm

cc@t, please don't take my earlier comments to heart, been a crappy day and I was in a bad mood. It never hurts to try new things, it might not have worked this time maybe next time it will.

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Postby cc@t on Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:27 am

Alpha - no offence taken at all - the reason I submit pics is to get others point of view - sometimes it's hard to tell if something works or not being your own...
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Postby ozimax on Mon Oct 10, 2005 4:19 pm

Yes, have to agree on the post processing here, not that good, BUT, the image has promise as it looks like he's about to fall from the top of a large swell!

IMHO, a shot doesn't have to be tack sharp to be good, it's more a case of capturing the decisive moment. There has been no swell up here on the north coast for months, I think my camera has been eaten by moths it's seen such little use of late!

Keep on with the surf shots. I usually use the following settings for surf shots:

Manual mode
Spot metering
F5.6- F6
1/1000 and up shutter speed
Auto WB
Keep an eye on ISO for cloud cover/light changes etc. If it's getting late, don't be afraid to bump up the ISO to 400 or more.

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