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[Guest all8]

A7ii + Loxia 21mm @f4 ... now I start to understand the magic of a wide angle lens. Full size on 500px.

 

 

[Guest all8]

Another one, its using an Ektar film simulation which makes these pastel colours look wonderful!

 

[Golem]

Thought you might enjoy this one.

'51 Chevy. 14mm@f/2.8 [APSC] :

 

   

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For fans of Alternative Lighting : I'm sitting in the

opened rear hatch of the vehicle 3 feet ahead of

the subject. I switched on the red tail lights and

the white reversing lights of my vehicle, plus the

dusk sky contributes some cooler tones. Altho it

appears the headlamps are lit, they are off, but

they reflect my white [non-LED] reversing lights. 

[Golem]

@timde: 

 

Is the Ektar simulation in-camera, or post ?

 

Using what camera, or what image editor ?  

[Guest all8]

Its an A7ii, RAW, processed in C1 with film simulation "017 Kodak Ektar 100" and other adjustments. The film sim comes from captureonestyles "Film Styles Extended Set".

[Guest all8]

FWIW - This is the image with only exposure and white balance corrections (i.e. not including -clarity, -HDR, -Film sim). The film sim is responsible for the wonderfully vivid and strong colours.

 

 

[Golem]

FWIW - This is the image with only exposure and white balance

corrections (i.e. not including -clarity, -HDR, -Film sim). The film

sim is responsible for the wonderfully vivid and strong colours.

  

Result is certainly impressive. I'm not convinced that's

the only way to get there, but I don't know of any way

that works any better. And using a film sim should be

faster and more consistent than just winging it by eye,  

which is pretty much how I do 'color/tonality-to-taste'.

[Guest all8]

The sims are only adjusting color sliders, which you can do yourself. The use of a film sim is a PP shortcut, and a bit of fun. Sometimes, just trying them, gives you some good ideas.

[Golem]

Yeah. Like I will activate various auto-correction

options, and then undo/revert back out of them,

just to watch the change come and go, back and

forth a few times, just see the image in various

states. Except for occasional miracles, I always

undo the auto-corrections. But they are, visually,  

food for thought. Then I proceed manually. 

  

The Chevy, above ? That was just cuz I thought

you'd dig it. But it also suits this later discourse

of this moment. A shot like that has no "wrong"

interpretations, no "correct" adjustments. Mixed

lighting, interaction of rust and paint, etc, tend to    

offer 20 zillion equally appealing interpretations.
Any shortcuts, like sims, auto-corrections, etc,

that let you quickly see the image undergo lots

of changes is really helpful, or even "inspiring". 

  

Cheers  and thanks !

[Golem]

Behind the green VW van, I notice a red car   

that appears to be a three-wheeler ? Did you

happen to get a shot of that ?

[Guest all8]

The three wheeler, no shots ... you can still buy them new. However this one is rather special and was in great condition :

 

 

[Golem]

Issetta. You know it actually has 4-wheels, don't you ? 

   

The rear wheels are so close together as to function

as on wheel. I doubt it needs a differential ... but don't

really know for sure about that. 

  

I've always assumed that the dual rear wheel was to

classify it as a car rather than a motorcycle. Not that

I'm aware of regulations in any country outside other

than USA ... but thaz what I think is the reason for a

dual rear wheel when a single woulda been cheaper,

and cheaper is what the Issetta is ALL about :-)  

  

Here stateside, years ago a friend had the next step

up [i guess]. It had a standard 4-wheeler body that

looked sorta like a miniature 1600 or 2002, but was

"driven" [that word is a bit to muscular] by a 2 cyl air  

cooled rear mounted engine. IIRC it was 600cc and

the model name maybe was also "600". 

 

One detail was that the breaker points were on the

crankshaft pulley and you access them thru a hole

thaz hidden by the rear license plate.