This is my first post. I’ve enjoyed playing with and learning from other people’s images and edits, so I figured I should give back.
I have seen recent posts in the Hardware and Lounge forums regarding M43 cameras, so I figured I’d share an older photo from my 13-year-old Olympus PEN E-PL5. I keep this body, 4 lenses, filters, etc. in my car at all times, so I probably end up shooting more with it than any other camera.
If anyone has questions about picking up an inexpensive M43 system, feel free to ask me what I think of mine (do know that 99% of my shooting are landscapes with a tripod, and 0% shooting moving objects—other than wind and water—so I can’t really comment on speed of AF, low light shooting, etc.). The largest print I have made from this camera is 18" x 33" (does not include border width).
M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R (would love the pancake version to get into street photography)
f/5.6
1.3"
320 ISO
42mm
ND filter (I’m pretty sure I did at that aperture, speed and light).
Location: Santa Cruz County, California.
I’ve included two dt 5.2 edits, color and black and white. I’d love to see what your creative choices are. (I prefer dark and moody B&W, so both of these are a bit different for me.)
@Popanz Since most of my final images end up B&W, I always appreciate seeing other’s B&W work. I noticed that the B&W XMP file appears to be the same color edit. Any chance of including the actual B&W XMP if you have the chance? Thanks!
@Tim I like that you coaxed a little sky from the image. The marine layer along the coast there is either inland or just lurking along the horizon ready to creep back in over night, so any hints of blue nice to see.
@Terry I rarely compose my landscapes vertically, so it’s nice to see my shots re-imagined that way.
@s7habo A man after my own heart - the dark, brooding edit! This would generally be the direction I lean, but I really like focusing on the center rock as the way the light was coming past the cliff on the left and striking the water around is what originally caught my eye when I took the shot. Since I frequently deal with this when printing my contrasty work from that camera, if you were to print this, how would you deal with the haloing where the top left cliff face and sky meet? The chromatic aberrations module is auto applied to every import I make from this camera, but do you have other ways of dealing with the haloing? Thanks!
The reason I like GIMP is that it does not use someone else’s pre-made formulae. The downside is that it often requires more thought and planning, and I frequently fail to achieve the result I want.
Also I am too old and too lazy to learn a new software!
I’ve used the latest build 5.3.0+51~g6bbdf10d5f-dirty with agx even if I don’t really know how to use it :P.
This version is a bit more dreamy if you will, to enhance the long exposure. I’ve decided to make the sky white for a more graphical effect. I hope you like it.
@Antonio_Piepoli I do love a good soft image (I have several soft ‘watercolor’ and ‘sumi-e’ pen and ink styles for quick, soft effects). Thanks for taking the time to make and share an edit!
