Folies bourgeois tripod
February 4th, 2008
It's been a while almost one month I have not posted news of several reasons, a time of shit for someone who enjoys working in natural light, a lot of work in my job official brief for now I continue to I learn a lot but produced few images that I think it has an interest to be shared.
The picture is becoming more present in my day job (webmachin for a financial institution) I take care now increasingly portraits, covers lectures, images "corporate" experience is very rewarding, but for copyright reasons I can not currently publish these images on my blog (which is understandable).
I want to thank everyone who contributed to the site through their comments, encouragement by mail or via the comments, site level stats now generates about 1200 visitors a day.
Saturday night I went to the follies of middle-class to make the picture a little "people" so basically happy people in artificial light, since this kind of picture is quite decided I will not post a series on the subject I first tried the 85 1.4 to make some portraits of early evening, the focus clearly is not suitable for such use but when the evening was put in place that can take pictures of one or two subjects rather graphic has provided care for his background.
The bokeh is fully open is really superb! well of course you must explain to the group of six people that "no it will not be possible to take a picture right away that we must first change lenses and compact so they have them it helps him 6 people take a photo without changing lenses "
I also did some poses slow with my new tripod, I finally decided to buy a real tripod (my tripod hama is better for a compact but not at all suited to a D200 with a grip and lens) my camera dealer I have long praised the Gitzo carbon, and then explain a little against a heart that he had some great Chinese copies of the brand Digipod.
Having used a Gitzo is the Digipod for me as good and the price is halved, the warranty is still two years. For the head I invested in a ball ball / joystick at manfrotto had already convinced me that loan, the principle is simple; you pinch it move its frame, releasing the head is blocked
Some pictures taken at night with the D200 mounted on the Digipod
February 4th, 2008 at 2:28
Yeaaapa! Pictures
Cool as usual.
I susi impressed by the "no" sound of your photos. When I go out conditions "ideal" I have a sound not possible with my D200 ..
the last 2 nights of me épattent greatly!
February 4th, 2008 at 7:29
Hi Ben,
it should be enjoyable for an enthusiast to see his hobbies take up a non-negligible in his work
In terms of time, I think we all pretty much the same problem ...
However you did not make a mistake on your number of visitors every month (1200? Miss a zero? ...)
The pictures are very nice and as you said the bokeh is fabulous, and I do not know how you turned to ISO but these colors have high sensitivity is still very strong.
On the night shots, I had already seen, is something that shocks me in the water, it looks like there some sort of limit prior to which there is no flowage, and after which it there is ... I have the Granadian keeps spreading is not it?
Go soon and good luck
February 4th, 2008 at 8:31
hello Ben,
I also still a fan. What light, what colors! Bravo.
Well, you still have to find something. I start:
2 to 1 peiti flash light will have erased the shadows on the face qulques
3 - I'm less a fan of this type of tight framing (but personal)
4 - landscapes: I think the 2 ° stands out compared to two other
Thank you ... for these photos. Vivements BenB the next!
Fred
PS: Let me advise you as flash diffuser? I saw your article about the shooting in a night club. You allude to three types of diffusers. After the experiment, which guards you? Thank you
Fred
February 4th, 2008 at 9:18
If you work with a tripod, you can afford to work with lower ISO, is not it?
Beautiful pictures as always. I especially like the bright colors in the first.
The photos of night landscapes are fantastic. Well done!
February 4th, 2008 at 9:21
But I do not think the portraits are done by asking the tripod models not move or breathe for the installation of 1s in ISO 100
February 4th, 2008 at 9:30
Beautiful pictures of nights. I always love seeing the light, however small it is, beyond redemption in the dark. It's magic!
February 4th, 2008 at 10:59
dephine: I wonder quite often "blame" in terms of noise on the D200, it is true that the D300 and D3 especially made leaps and bounds in the management of noise but for me the noise of the D200 is was acceptable.
Now I must say I have a hard time understanding people that compare crops at 200% in photoshop, for me if it goes well on a 20X30 or on a web format it's all good, I do not look at my pictures in photoshop
ksh: Yes clearly it's nice and it allows me to learn a lot. Actually I was mistaken for the number of visitors, 1,200 is the average number per day
For images are the EXIF in photos but I am generally quite low between 100 and 400 isos isos for night shots, it's just sheets of ice!
Fred: Yes quite! One thing to know, for laying a period of time long past the heating of the sensor will create noise and this even at 100 iso.
Oli: Thanks!
February 4th, 2008 at 11:21
Could you tell us which model of the foot ball Digipod and what you chose in Manfrotto?
Great photos anyway! Bravo
February 4th, 2008 at 11:30
I recently learned that the absence of noise on the D3 and D200 in RAW files is due to a noise-canceling algorithm applied upstream of the RAW file.
Basically, the RAW file created by the device is not a true RAW file, but a RAW file filtered!
This is a small marketing scam to say: You see, the bcp D3/D300 is less noisy than the D200!
February 4th, 2008 at 11:45
Your portraits are superb! What you'd like lighting? Is that of the ambient lighting?
February 4th, 2008 at 11:56
Fred: In your remarks I quite agree, it is now more pictures of that story about the time of lights raised and worked
As flash diffuser I am 100% satisfied with the outcome of the diffuser Lambency but in this case it is too bulky so I settled for the classic SB800 diffuser
Phil: The head is a Manfrotto 322RC2 ball joystick, for Digipod I can not find the reference for the time
Iznogoud: It is very possible, but having seen samples of D3 in very high sensitivity of the work is done upstream noise I have no problem, what matters to me (and I do not think the only ) is to have images for use and not very noisy, which still retain a good level of detail.
Spica: just the ambient light for the background and a flash for the subject
February 4th, 2008 at 8:12
Hello,
I'm also a little less personal fan photos in "close-up" for photos of the evening, but it's still a good job
The night shots are very nice and I had already seen but I also know where
Otherwise it could be interesting to know where you issue photo provided Brussels. Finally, without wanting to make pub of course ...
Otherwise mail
Thank you to you and all these images
Dati
February 6th, 2008 at 7:22
Personally I find the tight framing well in this situation.
Congratulations for these photos
Congratulations for your great blog anyway, we learn a lot and in each sentence
February 22nd, 2008 at 24:49
Hello Benjamin,
Are you still there?
I sent you an email regarding my post above, but no answer and here either ...
Still with us?
see you
Dati
February 22nd, 2008 at 12:51
Good evening Dati,
Sorry I return to Provence and I have not had the opportunity to meet you
So yes I am still!
To answer your question I do not have a dealer in brussels, I buy very little equipment so I usually contact the store to see if they stock what I need, tripod comes from street photo gallery Celtic has bruxellles
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:16
No problems,
I worried not just new nowhere ... I was wondering if it was not me who ovh fesait miseries with my mail because I still had that recently qqun me say that I had sent an email which I have never seen color.
In any case, welcome back and I hope you got good use
Thank you for the answer anyway.
Good continuationnage
October 13th, 2008 at 24:18
Mercia you for these images