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Jun 16, 2018 14:57:55   #
TonyBot wrote:
What do *you* think? This is to settle a discussion. I hope.

(Please note: this is not about *signing* a print. It is assumed that to be a numbered edition, all prints will be signed.)

If I produce two sizes of the same print, say an 11x14 and a 16x20, and decide that they will be a "limited edition" print, wouldn't *all* of those prints, regardless of size, be numbered sequentially? For example: I make 2 - 11x14s and they would be numbers 1/xx and 2/xx, then I make 5 - 16x20s, then they should be 3/xx through 7/xx, and my next set of prints are 11x14s that would then be starting with 8/xx, etc. ALL prints in that case would add up to the "limited ... " total number. I could *not* have an uninterrupted run of 11x14s and a separate run of 16x20s - each with their own separate numbering sequence?

By extension, this would also include (for example), a paper print, a metal print, and then an acrylic print - all should then be numbered in their order of production in a sequential manner, not separately, and count towards the "#/xx" total?

(And a separate, but similar question: If there is an "artist proof", shouldn't they also be numbered? I have seen someone who would just label them as "AP" with no numbers. I was under the impression that artist proofs would be numbered like "(roman numeral)/x", and be limited to an absolute maximum total of ten, with five be preferable, and even less more desirable. ??? )

Wow! I hope you all understand my question.

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What do *you* think? This is to settle a discuss... (show quote)

No. Printing photographs may be compared to records (CDs or tapes) made of a specific song recorded by a specific artist at a specific place. Different artists may record the same song. If the place changes, or the medium changes, they would be different "editions" in the sense that each difference has its very own copyright. Approximately. Also, sometimes the Certificate of Authenticity which provides provenance of a physical photographic print may often contain language allowing for different sizes or medium formats to be printed from the same digital file as different (numbered) editions which may affect the value of this particular numbered edition.

A word of caution regarding numbered editions. I was watching the 8-part documentary, "The Toys that Made Us", and one of the Star Trek toy makers decided to issue a limited edition of the original Star Trek spaceship, the Enterprise, in order to make a lot of money. That decision killed the collectors market for all of their Star Trek toys because there were so many times that number of collectors who were trying to collect every single Star Trek toy ever made by that company, that when many of them could not buy that particular item, they stopped collecting all of the other Star Trek toys made by that company. But then, the market for those toys, at the time, was thousands or millions of items.

The morale to the story --- If the market for your prints is over the number in your edition, don't kill the market by withholding the buyer's ability to create a complete collection. [P.S. edit: But then, that is where the ability to create a new limited edition in a different size or medium comes in. If you quickly sell out your limited edition of 100, sell a 1000, or 10,000 edition in a different size or medium.]
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Jun 14, 2018 06:44:30   #
Logan1949 wrote:
Comparing Op-Tech double sling strap (holds 2 cameras) to Magpul MS4 dual QD sling (1 camera, 2 Quick Disconnect connectors).

I own both of these items. (For the following links, replace [dot] with a period.)
https://optechusa.com/double-sling.html
http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/QR-Strap-Swivel
(Yes, the link above does say 'QR' strap Swivel, not 'QD'. Is it a typo on their web page? Oh, QR is Quick Release, QD is Quick Disconnect --- the same thing.)
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The correct link is this: http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/Magpul-Gen-2-MS4-Dual-QD-Sling
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Jun 14, 2018 06:33:30   #
becky55 wrote:
I'm looking for a sling strap for my Fuji XT-20. Has anyone used either the BosStrap or Op/Tech sling straps where the connector strap attaches to one lug of the camera on one end and then the other end hangs off the main strap that goes around your shoulder? I tried another brand where the strap connected to the tripod mount, but the anchor plate covered up the battery chamber cover so I returned it. I'm wondering how much the camera moves when walking around and how secure it is. There's an option to buy a second connecting strap, would this be worth buying or does it just get in the way? Thanks.
I'm looking for a sling strap for my Fuji XT-20. H... (show quote)

I use the Magpul sling, purchased through RRS (Really Right Stuff). see http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-518636-1.html
And the correct link in that thread should have been http://www.reallyrightstuff.com/Magpul-Gen-2-MS4-Dual-QD-Sling
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Jun 11, 2018 06:32:30   #
Use the search function on this site and look for "sensor size chart". You can print the chart at the bottom of that page on 8.5x14 inch paper. I have a Sony HX400V camera that zooms the equivalent of 24-1200mm; not as good as your Canon SX60, but they both have the same 1/2.3" sensor size. And yes, the Sony HX400V is also not good in low light situations.

These cameras are in the superzoom or bridge-camera category, which have only one non-interchangeable lens. The sensor converts incoming light into the picture elements (pixels, or megapixels). Because the sensor is so small the camera can use smaller, lighter (weighing less) lenses to zoom in to fantastically close distances.

I "upgraded" the Sony HX400V to a Sony RX10iii which has a 1" sensor. The lens is 3 times larger and it will only zoom to an equivalent 24-600mm, but it is moderately good in low light situations. But the price was 3 times as much (less than $1500). This is the problem with larger sensors: The lenses are also much larger, and do not reach very far in terms of millimeters of zooming. Also, these lenses cost many times the price of the superzooms.

Those sensors with fewer megapixels in the same sized sensor will work better in lower-light situations. For example: the Sony A7S series has a full-frame (36x24mm) sensor, but with only 13 megapixels it works much better in low light than the A7R with 42 megapixels. Instead of a larger sensor (with larger lens), you may want to look for a superzoom camera with the same sized sensor (and same zoom lens), but only 8 megapixels (instead of the 16 megapixels in the SX60)?

Or check out this year-old link: https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-superzoom-camera/
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Jun 9, 2018 10:42:34   #
Or you could just order the metal print in semi-gloss or matte?
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Jun 9, 2018 10:37:44   #
The Sony FE 24-240 f/3.5-6.3 has the reach you are looking for; it is only as sharp as what you already have, but I have enlarged 24mm prints taken with this lens on an A7Rii up to 24x36 inches that were good. You will lose f-stops at longer zooms. It retails about $1000. [edit] The thumbnail above was taken with this lens at 24mm.

On the short end, the Sony FE 28-70mm F/3.5-5.6 OSS is only $500 but you lose f-stops with the zoom.
On the long and heavy end, The Sony FE 70-200mm f/4 G OSS is sharper than what you have, at $1498.
And the Sony FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM OSS is slightly sharper than the f/4 at $2600, but if you need the f/2.8 it is available.
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Jun 6, 2018 11:20:31   #
jerryc41 wrote:
I was in Walgreen's yesterday, and I noticed all the prints waiting to be picked up. There were at least two hundred envelops of prints in the containers. With business like that, I think Walgreen's will continue to develop film. Good to know.

I had Walgreen's print a 24x36 poster from a digital JPEG yesterday, $30. Then I had the same poster printed at Costco, $15, in both auto-corrected and not auto-corrected. The Costco Auto-corrected version looked identical to the Walgreen's version in color tint, paper weight, and quality. The 'auto-corrected OFF' version by Costco had slightly less red to the color, but the color difference was only slightly noticeable. I preferred the 'auto-corrected OFF' version by Costco.
Note: I prefer the heavier weight paper and the semi-gloss finish from either Costco and Walgreen's to the matte finish and lighter weight paper of shortrunposters.com, $14 plus shipping, plus $5 if shipped flat. Both Walgreen's and Costco roll up the poster to about 4 inches for pickup.
Note: I have had a bad print from Walgreen's before (dark areas streaked with lighter lines, and I refused the print), so it depends on when they last cleaned the print heads, and maybe on who is running the print as to the quality you will get. With Walgreen's I pay after reviewing the print; with Costco you pay before they print it.
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Jun 4, 2018 06:23:48   #
folkus wrote:
Is there any place for luck and being in the right place at the right time?

Absolutely. The guy walking through the scene in my thumbnail (above) was pure luck. The reflection of the lamp in the puddle, in the picture below was pure luck (But would have been looked for by a more experienced photographer).
Post Edit: The vignetting is from using a crop-sensor sized 20mm lens on the full frame A7ii camera.


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Jun 4, 2018 05:48:00   #
I agree with SonyA580 that laptop screens are not good for post processing work. Look at a color photograph on a laptop screen; calibrated or not, the brightness and color changes when you move your head just a few inches, left, right, up, down, or if you tilt the screen as little as 10 degrees forward or back. I plug my laptop into my mostly calibrated Toshiba television through the HDMI port, so I can see the colors which match the output of my P400 Epson printer; colors which do not change as I cross the room from one side to the other.
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Jun 4, 2018 05:23:39   #
At 30 to 50 feet "at the closest" the flash might be useless. But for special effects, I can see imitating an electronic fireplace --- the kind with blowing plastic flames and a light from the bottom --- by using a puff of air (fan?) to lift aluminized mylar "flames" just before an actual flash bounces off of the mylar reflection (and trigger a whoosh sound effect from a hidden speaker); all set on the platform on a pole. But you may want to take the actual photo in an ambient floodlight 1/2 second before the special effect "flash".
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Jun 1, 2018 22:20:27   #
Thank you all very much for your work on this. Your results are amazing. Even B&W looks better than the original. It looks like color correction is not a simple process. The lady who owns this is now 98 years old, and the original was the only picture she had of her grandchildren (as children).
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Jun 1, 2018 21:51:44   #
Logan1949 wrote:
But then (whine - whine -) I have to export the 54MB file to a less-than 20MB file if I want to post it on UHH. So you cannot get all the detail. The following was stacked from seven quick-shot originals. It is a picture of Multnomah Creek downstream from Multnomah Falls, between the Railroad and the freeway, in late March. The resolution stacking brightened the green colors significantly, and added little ripple lines from the circular lines moving away down the stream.

The first original, a 10MB file. (And yes, I did use the .ARW files to merge these.)


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Jun 1, 2018 21:45:33   #
blackest wrote:
I was reading watching and learning about a few different techniques this week, Super resolution stacking focus stacking stacking for noise reduction. ect.

Hopefully someone can post links for detailed information. Most of these techniques require a stationary subject but a handheld camera.

Super resolution is kind of similar to a technique used by Hasselblad Olympus and Pentax. where they take several pictures shifted by a pixel and combine them.

Essentially take a burst say 5 images import as a stack but don't align the images scale the images by 200% and then align natural hand movement will move each photo slightly and once aligned you should have finer detail. You can rescale back down to original if you like.

Another thing which can be used in stacking is underexposing with 5 shots you can under expose by 5 stops. Which can help raise shutter speed and lower iso. When you stack you set the base image as normal and the other 4 as screen this should give you the properly exposed image but gives a cancelation of noise (since its random).

There are lots of other stacking methods but hopefully this is enough to start with. It is pretty much limited to stationary subjects. The super resolution option can cancel out moire quite well. Affinity Photo is a pretty good tool for these kinds of images.
I was reading watching and learning about a few di... (show quote)

But then (whine - whine -) I have to export the 54MB file to a less-than 20MB file if I want to post it on UHH. So you cannot get all the detail. The following was stacked from seven quick-shot originals. It is a picture of Multnomah Creek downstream from Multnomah Falls, between the Railroad and the freeway, in late March. The resolution stacking brightened the green colors significantly, and added little ripple lines from the circular lines moving away down the stream.


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Jun 1, 2018 12:03:49   #
I used the 2x teleconverter on the Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM lens to reach 400mm and it worked well. I later tried the 100-400mm f5.6-6.5 GM lens and had to increase my ISO from 1600 to 3200 (shooting indoors with medium light). But when I use the 2x teleconverter on the 100-400mm lens my maximum (widest) f-stop is now f/9. This means I can only shoot 200-800mm in very strong light or else use very high ISO, greater than 6400, which adds digital noise to the picture. Since I am only using the teleconverter on really-sharp lenses, I have not noticed any degradation in the level of sharpness, just in half the amount of light reaching the sensor due to narrowing the aperture. This also sharpens the background, so using it for portraits is not advised.
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May 28, 2018 18:08:16   #
Raptor wrote:
When I get my LR issue resolved I will send pics. External drive issue. . . . Do all telephoto lenses have this weakness? [softness at long zoom] Maybe I need to experiment more with it. There is lots of subject matter in my yard.

Many, but not all, telephoto zoom lenses are softer on the long end. The Sony 100-400mm GM lens is sharpest at 400mm --- go figure. One of Canons 300mm prime lenses is almost perfect at any distance. But the cost of these lenses is in thousands of dollars.
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