MAM - Sometimes, I find stuff on old drives (2012 K-5 + Sigma 8-16mm)

[Mike_Bing]

Milwauke Art Museum

While re-ordering my backup drives and setting up a new NAS I came across these old shots from way back when. Shot on my K-5 (the first, legacy model) with the fantastic Sigma 8-16mm lens which I still use today on my KP.

I decide to take a look what a difference new(er) software and more than 13 years of added post-editing experience would do. Some of the old images are still on my web albums in their original versions in this album.

Back then I worked with UFRaw for raw conversions, today I use Darktable which allows me way much more control over the finished image. I still use Digikam and Gimp, as I did back then but today’s versions of those software packages have also undergone drastic changes and gigantic updates/upgrades. Added to my arsenal these days is NeatImage (Linux native version) which takes care of noise reduction and sharpening just before thumbnailing the final image.

[paperdigits (Mica)]

Great captures! You’ve shown us a very fine sense of blue hour and balance between artificial and ambient light. Any plans of going there again?

[Mike_Bing]

No, not in the foreseeable future.

[Photoniker]

Haven’t seen this place before. Thanks for sharing - and great pictures, especially the first one.
Incidentally, I also have a Linux version of Neat Image around, but the noise reduction tools in dt work quite well (and e.g. the contrast equalizer also utilizes wavelets), so I find myself using NI less and less these days.

[Terry (Terry Pinfold)]

Inspiring images. Great camera craft complemented with excellent editing.