nidding's first year of shooting - 365 2014

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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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nidding said:
Day 33
Do you know that, when you take a picture and look at the LCD and think "Hmm. I think this looks NICE!", but then when when you come home and look at it on your computer you think "WHAT is this horror?!?" That's what happened today.
Oh well ;)...

DSC_2521 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr

I had some issues with some heavy purple fringing (is that what it's called?). I guess I should expect some when shooting at f/1.8 against bright light, but this does seem very heavy to me.

DSC_2521_1 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr
I managed to get it somewhat cleaned up by desaturating magenta in Aftershot. For this specific image it was a possibility, but is there any other way of removing this, that might actually work in a picture that actually was supposed to have magenta in it?
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That is a beautiful area and I can see why you would want to photograph it. High contrast areas like that deal me fits also
 
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Lawrence

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Good photos Jonas - enjoyed them all and as I ail be trying the club thing soon those were of great interest
 
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nidding

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Thanks a lot Lawrence. Shooting the club was good fun. I was able to get really close to the stage, which made it all a lot easier. I look forward to seeing your results :)
 
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nidding

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Day 35
Local theatre hall at night
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nidding

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Day 36
I had classes till eight today, so when I finally had come home and had had a little to eat, it was already past ten. And I had zero ideas for a photo. But desperate times calls for desperate means, which means I cheated and changed for the macro lens, though I have promised myself only to use my new 35 for a month.
But broken promises aside, I picked up a coffee bean from the grinder and played a little with the light. First I tried with the ambient light, which was pretty dim, but none the less gave a dramatic shadow. But then again, who wants dramatic coffee beans? Then I remembered a aquarium light I'm building for my daughters' betta tank. It's a 10 watt high power LED chip in 'neutral white' (around 4500 kelvin). On it's own it didn't work. But bounced off of a white paper dish, it gave a much nicer light, and thus gave me the following photo

DSC_2605 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr
For reference, here is the photo I got with ambient light. Please excuse the difference in WB

DSC_2597 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr
 
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nidding

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snaphappy said:
Great job with the light! I really struggle with indoor lighting
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Thank you very much! :)

It is one of the aspects that I find very very hard myself, and am really struggling with. So I'm happy if you think I did alright :)

I can recommend this lecture from Neil van Niekerk
Just Gimme the F-Stop - YouTube

Though it's specifically on flash photography, I think a lot of it can be applied to lights in general.

Also check out his blog :)
http://neilvn.com/tangents/directional-bounce-flash/
 
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nidding

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Day 37
Again today I played a little with lights. Today I worked with bouncing flash, and tried a few different positions. On all three photos there's a table lamp to the top left.
First is just bounced directly in front of the subject (the ceiling over the table). This was very flat

DSC_2634 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr
Then I tried bouncing the flash on the wall opposite the existing light. I screened the flash so that I only had the bounced light hitting the subject.

DSC_2628 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr
And finally to the same side as the existing light. I think this gives the most interesting and natural looking shadows.

DSC_2632 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr
 
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nidding

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Day 38
Lousy weather today. So I played a bit more inside :)
My wife would still like me to take photos of all of her knitwork to put on a blog sorta thing, so I tried a little different approach than the last sweater I photographed for her. I'd love to hear which one you guys prefer and if you have any comments on what can be improved :)


DSC_2644_1 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr
And some details

DSC_2641_1 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr

Versus this one that was my first go at it

DSC_1556 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr
 
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wud

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Good job on the knitwork! Green looks very good on tree (and what looks good, sells, right?).
 
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wud

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nidding said:
Day 33
Do you know that, when you take a picture and look at the LCD and think "Hmm. I think this looks NICE!", but then when when you come home and look at it on your computer you think "WHAT is this horror?!?" That's what happened today.
Oh well ;)...

DSC_2521 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr

I had some issues with some heavy purple fringing (is that what it's called?). I guess I should expect some when shooting at f/1.8 against bright light, but this does seem very heavy to me.

DSC_2521_1 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr
I managed to get it somewhat cleaned up by desaturating magenta in Aftershot. For this specific image it was a possibility, but is there any other way of removing this, that might actually work in a picture that actually was supposed to have magenta in it?
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I dont know Aftershot, but in programs like PS and LR, you can select the area you want to bring down the magenta. Its done with layers or a soft brush.
 
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snaphappy

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Your sweater shot on day 38 looks much better and the details shot is great. I'm going to be nit picky though and say that the dark spots/dents on the wood back ground pull your eye there. Can you remove spots or crop to remove them? Again sorry for being nit picky but you really want to show off the sweater and so background should be uninteresting :)
 
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nidding

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wud said:
I dont know Aftershot, but in programs like PS and LR, you can select the area you want to bring down the magenta. Its done with layers or a soft brush.
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Yes. That could do the trick :)
What I imagined was some sort of plugin that could analyse the margent a shadows and remove them. But that might be somewhat too complex to program, I don't know... But your method would certainly work :)

And thank you :) I do think the knitting turned out nicer than my first try. So it's nice to see some improvement.
She doesn't actually sell her work though. Most of it goes directly in a cupboard, waiting for a little baby girl that will come for a visit in April, and probably stay for 18 or so years ;)
 
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nidding

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snaphappy said:
Your sweater shot on day 38 looks much better and the details shot is great. I'm going to be nit picky though and say that the dark spots/dents on the wood back ground pull your eye there. Can you remove spots or crop to remove them? Again sorry for being nit picky but you really want to show off the sweater and so background should be uninteresting :)
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That is exactly the kind of comments I like to get in this thread. It's the nit picking that makes us better. So you should in no way be sorry. Thank you! :D
It's a good point, you make. I think I might be able to remove them in GIMP or Aftershot. Otherwise I'll just re-shoot. It's not like it's a big setup :)

Thanks again :)
 
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nidding

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snaphappy said:
Congrats on the impending arrival Nidding :)
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Thanks :)

Well, I warned you guys, all the way back on page 1, that this might very well turn into a storm of baby photos. But there's still time to run for cover, I guess :) However, I'm absolutely convinced that this specific baby will be the ONE cutest baby the world has ever, and will ever see. So you might wanna stay put after all :D
 
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nidding

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Don Kuykendall said:
nit picking about a sweater shot. Sorry, I found this funny.

A a new baby is a great reason to get into photography even more.
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Haha. I really had to focus not to throw in a pun as well. Glad you called it.

Well. The day we had our first ultra sound, was the day I bought my d3100. So for me the two are not without connection ;)
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

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I started photography seriously when my wife told me she was pregnant with our first child. That child is now 34


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nidding

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snaphappy said:
Your sweater shot on day 38 looks much better and the details shot is great. I'm going to be nit picky though and say that the dark spots/dents on the wood back ground pull your eye there. Can you remove spots or crop to remove them? Again sorry for being nit picky but you really want to show off the sweater and so background should be uninteresting :)
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It was a pretty easy fix in aftershot. I didn't remove the smallest spots, as I wanted to leave just a bit of a feel of wear on the table. But it was a good call to take away the big dents. It really leaves a lot cleaner image. Thanks again :)

DSC_2644_2 by jonas_sandager, on Flickr
I also adjusted the WB a little bit
 
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