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Postby KerryPierce on Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:33 pm

I tried to take these shots hand held, first with the 180, then with the 80-400vr, but the light levels were too low. :(

So, I dug out the manfrotto tripod and went at it again.

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1/50s f/29.0 at 185.0mm iso1600 on tripod

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Nikon D70 ,Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX APO Macro IF HSM
1/40s f/29.0 at 185.0mm iso1600 on tripod

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Nikon D70 ,Sigma 180mm f/3.5 EX APO Macro IF HSM
1/15s f/29.0 at 185.0mm iso1600 on tripod

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Postby marcotrov on Sun Nov 20, 2005 4:40 pm

Terrific abstracts Kerrie. The play of light, contrast, creativity and colour. Beautifully composed. :) SOme details on set up if you would? :)

I have ordered my Canon 500D closeup lens with Birdy can't wait for its arrival. :)
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Postby ozimax on Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:30 pm

Excellent abstract Kerry, love the first one especially, Max
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Postby Alpha_7 on Sun Nov 20, 2005 6:33 pm

I'd really like to know what the subject is, is it Ice ? or Glass ? Or something else ?
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Postby stubbsy on Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:13 pm

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I have no bloody idea what I'm looking at, but I like it. All three are good, but #1 shines for me.
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Postby stormygirl on Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:26 pm

:shock: Geez Kerry, these are amazing! Water? Glass? Perspex with bubbles? The first is beautiful, great colour and detail. Well done!
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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:06 am

Thanks all, for the kind remarks. :D

These were made from a sheet of ice, about 1" (2.5cm) thick, out of the dog's water bowl. I stood the ice on edge, with an edge tward the sun, to illuminate the interior. The colors came from shooting different POVs. I have no idea what caused the bubbles in the ice. :?

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Postby BBJ on Mon Nov 21, 2005 8:05 am

Hi Kerry, no doubt about it mate when you get into these things you can bet they gonna look great as all your pics do and this is amazing for what it is. Very creative mate and came up well.
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Postby moggy on Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:52 am

Great images Kerry, hard to believe it's just water. Magic stuff. :)

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Postby sirhc55 on Mon Nov 21, 2005 9:55 am

Excellent shots Kerry with #1 a standout.

A thought on the bubbles: possibly bacteria reaction in the water prior to snap freezing could have caused this effect :roll:
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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:00 am

Thanks again, guys. :D

Chris: Interesting thought on the cause of the bubbles, but I have no clue. I thought it was a little strange, but happy for the photo op. :)
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Postby johnd on Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:13 pm

G'day Kerry, welcome back, haven't seen much from you lately.

ISO 1600, wow. How do you get away with ISO 1600 without any noise. I've seen other shots of yours taken at high ISO before and I'm really interested to know what techniques you use to eliminate noise at such high ISOs. Could you please give a hint of your techniques?
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Postby Alpha_7 on Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:20 pm

John good pick up on the ISO...


ISO 1600 :shock: :shock: :shock: And still they look so great, with no noticeable noise issues...

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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:30 pm

johnd wrote:G'day Kerry, welcome back, haven't seen much from you lately.

ISO 1600, wow. How do you get away with ISO 1600 without any noise. I've seen other shots of yours taken at high ISO before and I'm really interested to know what techniques you use to eliminate noise at such high ISOs. Could you please give a hint of your techniques?


Hi John, Thanks for the kind remarks. :D

These shots all had some minor NR with Noiseware and Noise Ninja plugins for CS2. They weren't all that bad, though. As for reducing apparent noise, my experiences are that the better your exposure, the less intrusive the noise. IIRC, I was running about +.6EV on these shots. Of course, there's not much to be done about noise in the deep shadow areas of very high contrast shots, but if you can avoid that, you should be able to minimize the apparent noise by ensuring that your shots are properly or slightly overexposed.
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Postby KerryPierce on Mon Nov 21, 2005 1:31 pm

Alpha_7 wrote:John good pick up on the ISO...


ISO 1600 :shock: :shock: :shock: And still they look so great, with no noticeable noise issues...

Thumbs Up Kerry!


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