So nice! Those happy lighting accidents are the best. Well captured!

nice lighting and colors on these. :+1:

as for the format, I could go either way. I’m also fine with 3 separate posts–it wouldn’t be spam imo :)

Damn. That sounds really good.

Very cool! Thanks for the details. It’s fun to hear about others’ workflows. Good call to underexpose it. A lot of the videos I’ve watched, they will bracket exposures and treat them separately… but honestly I’ve found if I shoot raw I don’t need to most of the time. Is LR pretty good at masking? I left the Adobe suite a few years ago and have been on Affinity Photo (basically the same as PS). I use a lot of luminosity masks, which I don’t remember if LR has some “smart” way to do that (e.g. “select all the bright stuff”). Anyway… nice work!

Nice!! What kind of processing did you do on it?

Agreed, it’s very comforting! Cool pic.

beautiful!

LOL I came in to post similar.

Interesting points. First, yes about the F-mount lenses! I don’t often use random old lenses, but, probably my most “successful” photo (big air quotes there) was when I needed a longer lens, which none of my “nice” ones are, so I slapped on an MF 135mm that someone had given me, and boom.

As for facial recognition, sports stuff, focus tracking, etc. – I basically do most of my (non-casual/family/etc.) shooting on a tripod, at things that ain’t moving (or if they are, like clouds or water, I’m using an ND filter to get that motion); so, a lot of those newer bells and whistles I don’t really consider. I like lots of megapixels, low noise, a good lens, solid tripod, etc.

Ooh that size tool is cool! Dang, my D800 is a beast.

And yeah I agree, phones are no match for the real thing. Even in good light, especially if you’re going to do any raw/post work on it.

So sorry for the reply delay! But, that is nice to know that the more recent upgrades boil down to quieter/mechanical shutters etc. I guess I am not too worried!

But it sure would be nice to have something midway between a) the bulky D800 with very heavy sigma 12-24 or nikon 24-70, and b) my phone. :-D

Thanks again.

“how bout a round of Gwent” answer to everything

Cool writeup! I myself haven’t recovered from young kids yet, so I’m still rocking a nikon d800, which is great for going out shooting nature/architecture by myself (which never happens), but less so for candid family stuff. Anyway it’s nice to read your experiences.

Totally! Thanks 😊

and inspired C#, which is pretty rad! (humble opinion… preparing for downvotes because I don’t get the feeling lemmy is where M$ devs hang out)

awesome! thanks for the deets. Really nice shot~!

Very nice. What did you use (lens + post processing etc.)?

I love it. It looks like it was shot in the 1970s, except for all those modern skyscrapers…

It’s like that old episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, where Larry finally gets with the dream girl (the one his wife gave him a “free pass” for if he could somehow manage to woo her)… and she invites him into her room… and on her bedside table is a framed photo of Dubya.

BSOD