Marcel's 2016 occasional photos

[Marcel]

For those of you who are too young to have known and lived in a darkroom, I took these pictures in a hunting lodge that has been transformed into a museum. The owner was, I guess what we'd call today, from the upper class and had his darkroom. Nicely done and it brought back many memories.

 

[Marcel]

I'm still post processing my last weekend's images and found a gem. I'll post the before and after in the post processing section.

 

[hark]

I don't tend to use the oil paint filter myself because a little goes a long way with me, but these are fantastic! :encouragement:

 

[cwgrizz]

What ( @hark ) Cindy said ^^^^

Just getting caught up with your series here, @Marcel. Very nice.

 

[Marcel]

A friend of mine was having an exhibit opening yesterday. He lived a few years in Senegal and captured quite astonishing images with his D800. Here are a few of my pics of the exhibit launch with my Df and old 35mm f2 Ais.

 

[Marcel]

Saturday morning in the garden.

Our blueberries are getting ripe and we are trying to eat them one by one before the birds do. So so good. Ain't life wonderful...

 

[hark]

Very nice, Marcel. You had me fooled...without looking at the EXIF, I thought for sure the first two images were taken with your 150mm because of the bokeh.

 

[Marcel]

Garage door visitor this morning just as I was leaving for Costco. I thought it was worth it to go back in the house to grab the Df and Sigma 105.

 

[nikonpup]

i'm still post processing my last weekend's images and found a gem. I'll post the before and after in the post processing section.

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#1, love it. DO YOU PROCESS BEFORE YOU RESIZE OR AFTER?

 

[Marcel]

#1, love it. DO YOU PROCESS BEFORE YOU RESIZE OR AFTER?

It depends, sometimes before and sometimes after. I'm not even sure I could reproduce my results if I had to. For the roses, I probably resized after the filter. The two others I resized first and then applied the filter. The results are different depending.

 

[nikonpup]

it depends, sometimes before and sometimes after. I'm not even sure i could reproduce my results if i had to. For the roses, i probably resized after the filter. The two others i resized first and then applied the filter. The results are different depending.

i apply the filter after resize. Before resize it is very hard for me to see the changes on screen (preview to small area). After resize any changes i make are faster and easier to see the effect of the change.

 

[Marcel]

i apply the filter after resize. Before resize it is very hard for me to see the changes on screen (preview to small area). After resize any changes i make are faster and easier to see the effect of the change.

I agree with your view but sometimes the brush size is too big (for some shots). But when I'm working on pics for web, I always apply the filter after resizing.

 

[Marcel]

Title says it all.

 

[Marcel]

My first attempt at focus stacking. Hand held shots with the D700 and Sigma 105 macro. I worked with the out of camera jpegs to cut on processing time.

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3 shots

 

[Marcel]

Morning shots in the garden.

 

[Marcel]

Good Morning Nikonites. My daily flowers.

 

[Marcel]

Wild raspberries from the backyard.

 

[Marcel]

Japanese beatles learning scuba diving in a man made soapy solution just for them.

 

[Marcel]

Now these are my today's shots.

The great escape

 

[RON_RIP]

Now these are my today's shots.

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The great escape
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No. 3 is awesome!!!!!!!!