Originally posted by tim60 These guys seem embarrassed by their choice of brand of equipment! They should learn to buy stuff they feel proud of when using it in front of others.
Haha yeh the taping of the Apple logo I presume? I have no idea, or maybe it's a glowing off putting logo like Alienware's laptops do... i have no idea why its taped.
Originally posted by teiki arii Hi BruceBanner, both excellent B&W process and set. Bravo!
PS: Which lens, what Iso and which software please? Thanks
Iso really varied a lot, sometimes I used the 100mm DFA WR Macro at it's widest (f2.8) I mighta had an ok ISO if the lighting was good at that exact moment, other times I shot at lower apertures and had worse lighting so ISO coulda been 100,000+ etc.
The
first pic of Richard singing for example was originally ISO 3200. Whereas the last pic in the series had an iso of 25,600.
Where possible I used Topaz's Black & White software to convert, their adaptive exposure is pretty good. I did run into some problems where there was a loss of information in some pics, like complete blank spots (I think too much ETTL on my part), so instead I just opted for DIY with LightRoom black and white and manually changed settings. I used Reference photo in Lightroom to try and match the general feel and tone of the next shot I was editing so that all the B&W images had a feel to them that they were of the same likeness and give it that 'set' feeling.
I have Topaz Simplify and Clarity plugins, but I really like their
B&W plugin in the most.
Oh and yeah I mainly used the 100mm F2.8 DFA WR and teh FA50mm 1.4.
EDIT: Oh and thanks for the comment jabobby