[Rondec]

Beautiful shots, Rondec.

Thank you.

[Kayaker-J]

You captured a very beautiful photo-realist, painterly effect in these bridge pictures, Pablo. It really suits the subject... AND the background details, as well. So nice. Are there any "secret sauce" tricks to getting this effect you'd care to divulge? I'm quite curious; I haven't gotten out there with my own newly acquired DA 15 Limited yet, but I am raring to go.

[MartinDK]

Pablom, thumbs up. Really nice shots and post-processing!

[dngr]

Went a vintage bike show at the local Harley dealer with the K-50 and SMC DA 15. This is probably my fav photo of the day, which also happens to be my classmate's bike

[Pablom]

Pablom, thumbs up. Really nice shots and post-processing!

Thank you very much.

Cool tower, but what is it supposed to be?

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You captured a very beautiful photo-realist, painterly effect in these bridge pictures, Pablo. It really suits the subject... AND the background details, as well. So nice. Are there any "secret sauce" tricks to getting this effect you'd care to divulge? I'm quite curious; I haven't gotten out there with my own newly acquired DA 15 Limited yet, but I am raring to go.

Thank you, I appreciate your complements.

Nothing I'd call a secret sauce. Both photos are similarly processed, nothing out of the ordinary, I underexposed (of exposed on the background) so as not to lose detail from the sky and later boosted the visible dynamic range in lightroom using the basic sliders (-highlights, +shadows, +whites), no curve adjustments. What you call the "painterly effect" comes, I think, from the boost in clarity that I applied as well. Another thing that had a certain effect is a minimal decrease in luminance of the blue colors to give a little 'pop' to the sky. On the second photo I also applied quite a serious vertical shift of the frame because of the angle the photo was taken from.
The last ingredient is, of course, the DA15 that adds a special something to the photo. It is certainly a unique lens.

[Rondec]

Some random DA 15 shots.

[riseform]

After 473 pages, I had to give the 15 a try

[Deimos]

Great work all!

[Outis]

So I've finally gotten around to posting some of the photos from the maiden voyage of my 15mm-- one of my favorite shooting locations, the Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier!

[dagaetch]

from a recent sunrise shoot. My inaugural 15mm excursion...oh I am so very happy with my new lens .

PS - yes the first image is incredibly over-HDR'ed. I just ran the default settings to see what it looked like, need to spend more time toning it down.

[Kayaker-J]

That first image is kind of evocative as it is -- it would make a nice post card. 😇 I'm confident you'll get the touch up right with respect to the nuances; but really, it does have its appeal as it stands. Where is this, BTW? It looks like you'll have some great opportunities to wring out the capabilities of the new lens. Thanks for the post!

[dagaetch]

That first image is kind of evocative as it is -- it would make a nice post card. 😇 I'm confident you'll get the touch up right with respect to the nuances; but really, it does have its appeal as it stands. Where is this, BTW? It looks like you'll have some great opportunities to wring out the capabilities of the new lens. Thanks for the post!

Thanks! It definitely has it's appeal...I just want to play with it some and see what comes out.

This is in Scituate, MA. Would love to get back there soon for another sunrise, but it's an hours drive and and there's only so many days I can handle getting up at 3am I put a few more pics up.

[Rondec]

Some shots of Model As.

[waterfall]

There is an elegance about the Model A suggesting the days of horse drawn cabriolets. Wonderful captures!

[Richard & Sheila]

Enjoying the late evening sun and DA 15mm Ltd.



Late evening sun by Richard & Sheila, on Flickr