Photos taken by Pentax cameras for tech. discussion - Season V

[detritus]

look for insects for macro. You will know tat those insects will freeze under those temperature. Hehe.. good for stitching as those will be still for you to capture many shots.

When I was in adelaide during winter last year, the spider was actually still and barely move when i tried taking many different angles. TAts the beauty of taking critters during winter
Coping well under those new environment?

marcus

macro lens, flash tripod and monopod are packed in cartons awaiting shipment :bsmilie: i only brought camera body, 17-50 and 10-20 with me.

and i wun even try to take pix of insects here in winter - its too cold

definitely need to get used to the weather here.

 

[tigershiok]

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the bouganvilla
by the love river, kaohsiung
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K30, 50,1.2

 

[oceanpriest]

Slow day today.
Brought the kids to the usual walkabout, but finally tried something that I've wanted to try for quite a while but never got down to doing.

Its a stitched pano, otherwise known as Brenizer technique (popularized by Ryan Brenizer).
Upon stitching my first trial shot, my thoughts immediately think of how the FA50 would actually look (almost like this) on FF.
"Well there are FF cameras already available from another brand" the cynic might say
Yes, but not at this size of a lens (smaller and there are lots of such smaller lenses on Pentax) and not the same rendering/contrast and richness of color that I'm seeing here.
I'm thinking of how the Ltds would look with this technique.....

If a Pentax FF does come out one fine day, I'm sure the existing lenses will be at least 1.5x better



Technical part, I've got lots to learn and improve on.
9 frames don't often cut it.
Some trials, I have gaps in the stitch.
The shots also end up being in square or portrait like format due to lack of shots taken on the left and right sides.


Those interested in this technique, why not try and post samples here and we can discuss?
(ie. lens used; aperture; shooting method; etc)

Thanks JK for sharing, it does look really nice :thumbsup:

what the focus distance when you take it? all shoot wide open? portrait/landscape?

square format is just perfect IMHO, make the subject really pop up like those pics taken with rolleiflex :bsmilie:

 

[pinholecam]

Thanks JK for sharing, it does look really nice :thumbsup:

what the focus distance when you take it? all shoot wide open? portrait/landscape?

square format is just perfect IMHO, make the subject really pop up like those pics taken with rolleiflex :bsmilie:

Thanks. Still lots to try out and refine.

I think it will work wonderfully for you since you do model shoots and have the lenses to pull off shallow DOF shots.


I shoot in portrait orientation.
The first frame will have to cover the whole person as my children keep moving about unlike adults.
I make sure that they are centered within the frame cause some of the sides will be stitched up in PP.
Focus distance maybe about 3m.
Aperture this time was f1.8, I like stopping down slightly as a habit since I find that it improves contrast/sharpness/CA/etc a bit better than just wide open while not giving up the shallow DOF that much.

Yeah, squarish format reminds me of 6x6 too.

I think perhaps a bit more DOF may not be a bad thing with this method to make the bkgnd more recognizable which can sometimes help to give more 'pop' to the subject.
So I've got a few more settings to try out for sure.

 

[edutilos-]

Recent shots with the K5 + Tamron 10-24mm

 

[oceanpriest]

Thanks. Still lots to try out and refine.

I think it will work wonderfully for you since you do model shoots and have the lenses to pull off shallow DOF shots.


I shoot in portrait orientation.
The first frame will have to cover the whole person as my children keep moving about unlike adults.
I make sure that they are centered within the frame cause some of the sides will be stitched up in PP.
Focus distance maybe about 3m.
Aperture this time was f1.8, I like stopping down slightly as a habit since I find that it improves contrast/sharpness/CA/etc a bit better than just wide open while not giving up the shallow DOF that much.

Yeah, squarish format reminds me of 6x6 too.

I think perhaps a bit more DOF may not be a bad thing with this method to make the bkgnd more recognizable which can sometimes help to give more 'pop' to the subject.
So I've got a few more settings to try out for sure.

thanks JK, will try your method

I guess with 85mm will need more than 9 frames to stitch

 

[Iittoo]

Barber's pole

 

[nitewalk]

Taken on Pentax K5+Sigma 10-20

 

[sobrietyanonymous]

Barber's pole

tbhis is really nice

 

[Supersimon27]

Still in Penang series Part 3

#- Penang Bridge close up


Penang Bridge by Simon Teo (supersimon27), on Flickr



# Penang Batu Ferringhi Small Rock Big Hill


Penang batu ferringhi Rock by Simon Teo (supersimon27), on Flickr

# I just never get tired with the paddy field - Butterworth Paddy field sunrise 2


Butterworth paddy field sunrise 2 by Simon Teo (supersimon27), on Flickr​

# Isolated - Alone at the beach

Penang batu ferringhi isolated by Simon Teo (supersimon27), on Flickr​

# Penang Jerejak Jetty


Penang Jerejak Jetty sunrise by Simon Teo (supersimon27), on Flickr​

 

[kengoh]

Recent sunset and night shots


Singapore Skyline (Mar 2013) by kengoh8888, on Flickr


(Explored) Skyline @Night 16:9 cropped by kengoh8888, on Flickr


Benjamin Sheare Bridge @Night by kengoh8888, on Flickr

Has removed the distracting platform on the left:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/gallery/photo-under-bridge-40225/

 

[Iittoo]

V-Lines

 

[oceanpriest]

K-x + DA 16-45mm

 

[pinholecam]

Tried out if cycling + photography today.
Lazy to bring a 'proper camera'

Pentax Q - 21 shot stitched with Hugin

 

[oceanpriest]

Went to hortpark to shoot some butterflies with doyle and ranchy, too bad butterfly garden was closed for maintenance, so headed to botanic garden. found more birds than insects, but too bad never bring long lens

K-x + FA100mm f2.8 macro​

 

[Greg0222]

Went to hortpark to shoot some butterflies with doyle and ranchy, too bad butterfly garden was closed for maintenance, so headed to botanic garden. found more birds than insects, but too bad never bring long lens



K-x + FA100mm f2.8 macro[/CENTER]

Nice shots! time to visit Botanic Garden again liao

 

[hope107fm]

Should have gone to the orchid garden to shoot the various orchids :-(

 

[nitewalk]

Taken this morning on Pentax K5+Sigma 10-20. Image is made from 3 exposures manually blended.

 

[edutilos-]

Here are more recent shots.

K5 with Tamron 10-24mm

K5 with Fisheye 10-17mm

 

[poseur]

My way of Pentax marketing. at least now over 21 photographers using other system will have a Pentax logo deeply imprint to their photos.

K30 DA*50135