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Playing with Storyboarder

yOOrek — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:46:11 +0000

Storyboarder is a nice Lightroom plug-in by Thimothy Ames that allows you to create ‘story boards’ like below from the selected photos.

Zürich circa 2010

yOOrek — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:21:04 +0000

Just trying out my 35mm. The title will make sense in about hundred years or so. I always wonder how people will perceive the photos taken in the first decade of the 21st century. Just think how you perceive the ones that are old. And then do some mental time traveling.

Zürich circa 2010 Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Zürich, Switzerland, May 2010

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View On Black | White

• NIKON D700 • 1/500 sec at f/3.5 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Aperture priority • no flash • 35mm f/2 @ 35 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode=Single-Frame • AF Nikkor 35mm f/2D • VR=Off • Focus Mode=AF-C • AF Area Mode=Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point=C6 (Center) • AF Points Used=C6 • Focus Distance=3.98 m • DOF=3.05 m (2.97 – 6.02) • FOV=54.0 deg (4.06 m) • Hyperfocal Distance=11.65 m • Light Source=Unknown • Flash=No Flash • Flash Mode=Did Not Fire • Flash Control Mode=Off • Flash Setting=Normal • Flash Type= • Flash Flags=(none) • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output)=(Off, 0, -) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output)=(Off, 0, -) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output)=(0, 0, -) • File Type=NEF • Bit Depth=14 •

2010-05-24-1947-4858

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Maya

yOOrek — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:39:47 +0000

And yet another from the 31st of December 2009. Post processed in Lightroom with Bleach Bypass preset.

Maya Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, December 2009

New Year’s Eve dresses are being tried out, makeup is being tested, new poses are exercised.

• NIKON D700 • 1/320 sec at f/10 (0 EV) • ISO 400 • Pattern metering • Manual • flash fired • 50 mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm •

• NIKON D700 • Shooting Mode?Single-Frame • AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D • VR?Off • Focus Mode?AF-C • AF Area Mode?Dynamic Area (9 points) • Primary AF Point?B2 • AF Points Used?B2 • Focus Distance?2.24 m • DOF?1.27 m (1.77 – 3.04) • FOV?38.8 deg (1.58 m) • Hyperfocal Distance?8.32 m • Light Source?Flash • Flash?On, Return not detected • Flash Mode?Fired, External • Flash Setting?Normal • Flash Type?3.01 (SU-800 Remote Commander) • Flash Flags?Fired, [1] • Group A (Mode, Compensation, Output)?(Manual, -, 50%) • Group B (Mode, Compensation, Output)?(Manual, -, 25%) • Group C (Mode, Compensation, Output)?(Off, 0, -) • File Type?NEF • Bit Depth?14 •

2009-12-31-2009-4699

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Looking back…

yOOrek — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:26:40 +0000

I opened my Lightroom and realized that I have a nice yearly overview of my photographic endeavors. Well, this is not entirely true. I knew that already but one has to start a post somehow. I thought that with today being 31st of December, the last day of the year, I will post the total of the photos I have managed to shoot over the years gone by. Last decade to be exact.

It all started in 1998 with one of the first digital cameras from Apple. In December 1999 I got my first P&S. In 2000 I bought a Canon PowerShot G1. In 2006 I’ve made a switch to DSLR (Nikon D50). 2009 saw an arrival of my Nikon D700. 2003 to 2005 were quite busy and difficult years for me. Isn’t it funny/strange how what people go through in life could be analysed by looking at the number of photographs one takes? Well, in my case anyway I can see a steady increase since the switch to DSLR.

Wishing you all a Very Happy New Year and let’s hope that this new coming decade will bring you more happiness and creativity.
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It was such a good session

yOOrek — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:27:05 +0000

Another one from my last photo session. Most if not all of the shots are keepers. Like this one. And there is not that much that I have to do in Lightroom. I set-up the camera to ‘Camera Neutral’ and selected the same camera profile in LR. Now when I import my photos I can see ever so slight change, when the thumbnails are regenerated. Before the observed change was much bigger. I guess it means that I ended up with LR setting that match closely my D700

InnA AnnA Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, November 2009

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View On Black | White

• NIKON D700 • 1/250 sec at f/10 (0 EV) • ISO 400 • Spot metering • Manual • flash fired • 105 mm f/2.8 @ 105 mm •

• NIKON D700 • shooting mode:Single-Frame, Auto ISO • AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED • VR:On • focus mode:AF-C • AF area:Unknown (5) • primary AF point:E9 • AF points used: • focus distance:2.00 m • DOF:0.21 m (1.90 – 2.10) • FOV:18.4 deg (0.65 m) • hyperfocal distance:36.69 m • light source:Flash • flash:On, Return not detected • flash mode:Fired, External • flash setting:Normal • flash type:3.01 (SU-800 Remote Commander) • flash flags:[0] • group A mode:Manual • group A compensation:- • group B mode:Manual • group B compensation:- • group C mode:Off • group C compensation:0 • file type:NEF • bit depth:14 •

2009-11-14-0058-5792

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Silver Efex Pro

yOOrek — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:29:03 +0000

Downloaded a trial version of SilverEfex Pro from NikSoftware. This Lightroom plugin (there is also a version for Apple Aperture and Adobe Photoshop). It allows you to do B&W conversion and simulate various film stock from the days gone by. It also has control points like Nikon’s Capture NX. After all it’s been done by the same people.
Here is a photo I took the other day. Used remote flash, camera left, triggered by CLS. After importing it to Lightroom, I converted it to B&W using SilverEfex Pro. Here is the result. I have a feeling that this software will become my friend for a long time.

Ms. F. Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Wallhausen, Germany, July 2009

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• NIKON D50 • 1/60 sec at f/2.5 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Aperture priority • Remote flash • Nikkor AF 50mm f1.4D @ 50 mm •

2009-07-22-2119-2040-Edit-1

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Horse Flying

yOOrek — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:22:53 +0000

This was quite a difficult session. From the photographic point of view that is. It was getting late (8pm), it was getting dark and yet I had been asked to take some photos no matter what. I bumped ISO to 800, mounted my trusty Nikor AF 50mm f1.4D on my camera and off we went to capture some action. I measured the scene by setting my camera to manual. You can see the exposure details in the original comments displayed under the photo. For photographing jumping horses you have to ensure your shutter opens for the shortest time possible. Anything below 1/1000 should be sufficient.

Horse Flying Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Wallhausen, Germany, July 2009

Captured during a training session. Post processed in Lightroom 2.4

• NIKON D50 • 1/1250 sec at f/2.5 (0 EV) • ISO 800 • Pattern metering • Manual • no flash • 50 mm f/1.4 @ 50 mm •

2009-07-22-2013-1610

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An Alien Look

yOOrek — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:20:55 +0000

If a look could kill, then it probably will. Decided to change the watermarking. Tried to re-create the Hasselblad look. The cross-hairs pattern has been inspired by the moon landing photos.

An Alien Look Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Rapperswil, Switzerland, July 2009

If a look could only kill …

• NIKON D50 • 1/100 sec at f/3.3 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Aperture priority • no flash • 105 mm f/2.8 @ 105 mm •

2009-07-12-1605-3420

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Random post

yOOrek — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:00:38 +0000

Took these photos with my 70-300mm lens from my balcony. I’m rather happy the way they turned out. All post-processing done in Lightroom. Uploaded to my blog with LR2/Blog plugin by Timothy Ames.

NIKON D50 • 1/640 @ f/8 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • Flash Did not fire • 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 300 mm

NIKON D50 • 1/400 @ f/6.3 (-1/3 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Aperture priority • Flash Did not fire • 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 300 mm

NIKON D50 • 1/60 @ f/9 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • Flash Did not fire • 70.0-300.0 mm f/4.5-5.6 @ 70 mm

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FERN

yOOrek — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:33:26 +0000

My first attempt at multiplicity shots. I admit that you can hardly see the person behind letters but I think it is not too bad for a first attempt. After taking four exposures, with model hiding behind each letter, I adjusted the exposure and other vital parameters in Lightroom before opening the four images as layers in Photoshop CS4. Then it was a matter of creative masking, cutting and pasting to arrive at this result. I have to admit that I have not used the tripod for this shot even though I should have had.

FERN Originally uploaded by yOOrek

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Rapperswil, Switzerland, July 2009

Multiplicity shot

• NIKON D50 • 1/2000 sec at f/2.8 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Aperture priority • no flash • @ 50 mm •

2009-07-12-1643-4950-Edit-1

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