Folies bourgeois tripod
February 4th, 2008
It's been a while almost one month I have not posted news of a number of 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 produces little images which I think is an interest to be shared.
The picture is more present in my day job (webmachin for a financial institution) I'm now more and more 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 people smiling in an artificial light, as 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 the early evening, the clear lens is not suitable for such use but when the evening was put in place that can take pictures of one or two topics rather graphic has provided care for his background.
The full aperture bokeh is lovely! well of course you must explain to the group of 6 people that "no it will not be possible to take a picture right away that we must first change lenses and compact so they had them it allows him 6 people take a photo without changing the lens'
I also made some slow exposures with my new tripod, I finally decided to buy a real tripod (my tripod hama is nice for a compact but not at all suited to the D200 with a purpose and a grip) my dealer Photo 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.
For using a Gitzo the Digipod for me as good and the price is halved, the warranty is still two years. For the head I invested in a spherical ball / joystick with manfrotto who had already convinced on loan, the principle is simple: you move the clip one frame, releasing the head is blocked
Some pictures taken at night with the D200 mounted Digipod
February 4th, 2008 at 2:28
Yeaaapa! Photos
Cool as usual.
I susi impressed by the "no" noise of your photos. When I go out conditions "ideal" I sound not possible with my D200 ..
the last 2 nights m'épattent great!
February 4th, 2008 at 7:29
Hi Ben,
it must be nice to see a passion for his hobbies to take up a non-negligible in his work
In terms of time, I think we all pretty much the same problem ...
However you have not made a mistake on your number of visitors per month (1200? Miss a zero? ...)
The pictures are very nice and as you said the bokeh is fabulous, and I do not know how much you turn ISO but these colors have high sensitivity is still very strong.
In the photos at night, I had already seen, is something that shocks me in the water, it looks like there some kind of limit before which there is no flowage, and after which it there is ... I need to stop the Granadian is not it?
Go soon and good luck
February 4th, 2008 at 8:31
hello Ben,
I am still a fan. What light, what colors! Bravo.
Well, you still have to find something. I start:
2 to 1 shall have NTEP lightning flash could erase the shadows on the face qulques
3 - I'm less a fan of this type of tight framing (but personal)
4 - the scenery: I think the 2nd stands out compared to two other
... Thank you for these photos. Vivements BenB the next!
Fred
PS: Let me advise you as a flash diffuser? I saw your article on the shooting nightclub. You alluded 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 ISO lower, right?!
Beautiful images, 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
Great photos of nights. I still love to see the light, however small it may be, is répendre 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 that I can not understand people that compare 200% crops in photoshop for me if it goes well on a 20X30 or a web format it's all good, I do not look at my pictures in photoshop
ksh: Yes, clearly it's good and it allows me to learn a lot. Actually I was wrong for the number of visitors, 1200 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 patches of ice!
Fred: Yes, absolutely! One thing to know, for laying a period of time long past the heating of the sensor will create noise and 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 have chosen to Manfrotto?
Great pictures in any case! Bravo
February 4th, 2008 at 11:30
I recently learned that the absence of noise on the D3 and D200 RAW files in an algorithm is due to noise 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!
So it's a little marketing scam to say, you see, the D3/D300 bcp 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: For your comments I'm pretty okay, now it's image over reporting on the moment of lights raised and worked
As flash diffuser I am 100% satisfied with the results of the diffuser Lambency but in this case it is too bulky so I simply classic SB800 diffuser
Phil: The head is a Manfrotto 322RC2 ball joystick for the Digipod I can not find the reference for the time
Iznogoud: It's very possible, but having seen samples of D3 in very high ISO noise that the work is done upstream I do not have 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 am 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 might be interesting to know where you are provided subject picture in 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 on these photos
Congratulations on your super blog in any case, we learn a lot and that in each sentence
February 22nd, 2008 at 24:49
Hello Benjamin,
Are you still there?
I sent a mail 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 just returned from Provence and I have not had a chance to answer you
So yes I am still!
To answer your question I have no dealer in brussels, I buy very little equipment so I usually contact the store to see if they stock what I need, tripod just in street photo gallery Celtic has bruxellles
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:16
No problem,
I was worried just no news anywhere ... I was wondering if it was not me ovh fesait of misery with my mail because I have recently had qqun tell me that he had sent a mail 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