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11-12-2010, 09:30 PM
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#10751 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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11-12-2010, 10:35 PM
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#10752 | | I am grateful grapefruit
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Originally Posted by N.V.M.  i need some info regarding black&white images. do you guys use B&W at all, and if you do,why? is it for the mood of the image? is there any real reason to do B&W anymore? | I definitely find that some images, colour is really not the focal point of the picture - rather it's the different tones, the different textures, the contrasts between light and dark... That's when B+W is best used. I find it very hard to look at a picture and try converting it to B+W though....
I've found I'm desaturating colours a lot, but not always to a point of B+W, but just to get a muted look.
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11-12-2010, 11:04 PM
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#10753 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Matsuda - What softbox did you get with that?
I like the first shot, but I would crop it a little closer, maybe a square crop to get rid of some of the right side?
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11-12-2010, 11:33 PM
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#10754 | | VLS Moderator
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Originally Posted by N.V.M. i need some info regarding black&white images. do you guys use B&W at all, and if you do,why? is it for the mood of the image? is there any real reason to do B&W anymore? | To understand B&W images, you really need to understand colour theory, or else the tones more often than not look weird. Just a straight desaturation in Photoshop looks terrible. B&W can have a certain timeless look that can be appealing. 
Just a straight desaturation: 
B&W conversion after playing with various colour tones: 
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11-13-2010, 06:30 AM
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#10755 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Originally Posted by 77civic1200 Matsuda - What softbox did you get with that?
I like the first shot, but I would crop it a little closer, maybe a square crop to get rid of some of the right side? | I used a Lightgear USA softbox to the left, I also have a huge ass Octobox but both these shots were done with just using one light.
I'll try it with a closer crop but I like having her offcenter. Can't wait to try these strobes more woo
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11-13-2010, 09:14 AM
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#10756 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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ok, thanks for the info regarding B&W.btw, just sold my 17-40, passed it on after a month of free use..lol. think i'll go for a prime short lens. was not entirely impressed by the 17-40.
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11-13-2010, 06:17 PM
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#10757 | | ...in the world.
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I have a 17-40...barely use it but can't bring myself to sell it because it's such a versatile lens.
Get that Sigma 50mm...someone get it so we know how it is!
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11-14-2010, 01:35 AM
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11-14-2010, 07:27 AM
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#10759 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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Senna is stalking other photographers again...
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11-14-2010, 04:16 PM
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#10760 | | フルコンボ
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My Ampelmännchen bottle opener. Forgot I had this thing'
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11-14-2010, 04:20 PM
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#10761 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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RCubed- clever shot!
Fishin' Buddha's... 
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11-14-2010, 07:00 PM
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#10762 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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^haha, what are the odds. I was out there today, just a couple hours before you!
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11-14-2010, 10:49 PM
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Where is that?
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11-14-2010, 11:06 PM
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#10764 | | My homepage has been set to RS
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Instead of taking the right turn onto the bridge to Westham island, keep going straight. Its about a block up on the left, really neat looking house beside it.
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11-14-2010, 11:09 PM
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#10765 | | VLS Moderator
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Oh, that huge monstrosity of a house with the weird amalgamation of different Asian themes near Brunswick Point? I never noticed the Buddhas though. Cool.
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11-14-2010, 11:17 PM
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11-14-2010, 11:25 PM
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#10767 | | Work hard, Play Hard - Wiz
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^^ Awesome shots! Love the colors.
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11-15-2010, 04:46 PM
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#10768 | | フルコンボ
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A few more toys for the NEX  | |
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11-15-2010, 04:57 PM
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#10769 | | Snapping away
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how many of these manual lenses did you get? they look really fun
is the MF assist on the NEX kind of like liveview+5x/10x on a canon?
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11-15-2010, 04:59 PM
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#10770 | | フルコンボ
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Originally Posted by ddr how many of these manual lenses did you get? they look really fun
is the MF assist on the NEX kind of like liveview+5x/10x on a canon? | I got these, and a Chinon 50/1.4 K-Mount on the way from eBay.
Yeah NEX has a MF assist 7x/14x and its so awesome.
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11-15-2010, 05:09 PM
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#10771 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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so why would you want 4x50mm f/1.4 lenses? To test them all out? and then decide which you like?
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11-15-2010, 05:10 PM
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#10772 | | フルコンボ
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Originally Posted by ColinK so why would you want 4x50mm f/1.4 lenses? To test them all out? and then decide which you like? | I want to collect them. These things are awesome. Haha
Each one has its own unique feel to it.
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11-15-2010, 09:50 PM
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#10773 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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Can't wait until winter break so I can finally start shooting more frequently. Haven't found the time to go out and shoot actual things | |
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11-15-2010, 11:03 PM
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#10774 | | Blood tests positive for LOL mod
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A few more toys for the NEX | Come out to the next meet up, I must try this camera  | |
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11-15-2010, 11:04 PM
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#10775 | | フルコンボ
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Originally Posted by Mananetwork Come out to the next meet up, I must try this camera | Will do!
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