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12/05/11
Monochrome Images

Monochrome Images

What impresses me about this image is the amount of detail in the castle walls. Many criticize this lens as pretty mediocre but I like it. If the details in this image doesn't impress thos the I don't know what will. Ok, it's not a Leica but it doesn't cost as much as those lenses either.

1296
E-PL1
Focal Length: 14 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/125 sec
ISO: 200
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• Monochrome • Olympus • m4/3 • mZD 14-150 • E-PL1 • Nik • SFX 

12/04/11
Monochrome Images

Monochrome Images

Taken at the same location as the previous image and converted to B&W via Nik SFX.

1352
E-PL1
Focal Length: 20 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/160 sec
ISO: 200
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• Monochrome • Olympus • m4/3 • mZD 14-150 • E-PL1 • Nik • SFX 

12/03/11
Monochrome Images

Monochrome Images

This is Château du Haut-Koenigsbourg located in the Alsace region of France, just west of the Rhine river. Very impressive indeed. A lot of the castle has been reconstructed over the years (as is still in progress) but still impressive. 
The image taken on an E-PL1 and Olympus mZD 14-150 lens (I just like pairing the two and has been up to now my travel combination). Conversion to monochrome done in Nik SFX which gives you endless control over how you want the image to appear. The next couple of images will also be in monochrome, developed in exactly the same way as this one.
1400
E-PL1
Focal Length: 20 mm
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec
ISO: 200
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• Monochrome • Olympus • m4/3 • mZD 14-150 • E-PL1 • Nik • SFX 

12/02/11
Monochrome Images

Monochrome Images

Monochrome images do have that special something that I find hard to define. This one from the Olympus E-PL1 and the mZD 14-150 was put through Nik SFX which is about the best converter out there today.

1421
E-PL1
Focal Length: 47 mm
Aperture: f/11.0
Exposure Time: 1/100 sec
ISO: 320
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 Viewed 1421
• Olympus • E-PL1 • SFX • mzd 14-150 • m4/3 

10/04/11
Lightroom 3.5

Lightroom 3.5

I decided to test the latest version of Lighroom with the Nokton images I took the other day. I've been using Silkypix for a number of years and I've quite happy with the output it gives me with my Pasasonic camera. I wasn't very impressed with the earlier versions of Lightroom but I did keep it up-to-date thinking that Adobe would get it';s act together sooner or later. Well, I had quite a surprise. The output is simply superb. It's still quite fast on my old machine (maybe an excuse to upgrade?) and Silkypix keeps getting slower and slower with each update. Could be my imagination though.
My normal workflow if to develop my raw files in Silkypix and do the rest of the work in Photoshop. What I experienced was that the files from Lightroom required a LOT less work in Photoshop, actually very little work needed doing. The image in this post had no work done at all in Photoshop apart from reducing for web use and a little sharpening. I'm amazed. I think I'm going to have to some more work with Lightroom. The learning curve is quite steep coming from Silkypix but I think it's going to be worth it.
2813
E-P2
Focal Length: unknown
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec
ISO: 100
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• Adobe • Lightroom • Voigtlaender • Nokton 40 f1.4 • Silkypix • Olympus • E-P2 • m4/3 

08/17/11
Another conversion with SFX2

Another conversion with SFX2

This is another conversion with SFX2 of an image I posted a few days ago.It's not bad but I think I prefer the original colour version. Some images work in B&W and some don't.
Comments welcome.
3096
E-PL1
Focal Length: 0 mm
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/800 sec
ISO: 200
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 Viewed 3096
• Nik • SFX • Olympus • Nokton • Voigtlaender • 40 f1.4 • m4/3 

08/16/11
B&W Conversion with Silver Efex Pro 2

B&W Conversion with Silver Efex Pro 2

This is an image taken with the Pentax-M 35 f3.5 lens on an Olympus E-PL1 and converted with Silver Efex Pro 2.
 
1697
E-PL1
Focal Length: 0 mm
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/80 sec
ISO: 800
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• Nik • SIlver Efex Pro 2 • Pentax • 35 f3.5 • m4/3 • Olympus • E-PL1 

08/15/11
Converting to B&W

Converting to B&W

Just bought Nik Silver Efex Pro 2. Excellent piece of software. I believe it's the best conversion package out there right now for B&W. Mind you I haven't tried them all, but I don't need to go any further than this package. Presets and control over what effect you want.
Simply great.
This shot was taken using a Pentax SMC 35 f3.5 lens on an E-PL1. I can get some nice results but there are better lenses out there. There should be a gallery up soon with some more images from this lens.

1731
E-PL1
Focal Length: 0 mm
Aperture: f/1.0
Exposure Time: 1/2000 sec
ISO: 125
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• Nik • Silver Efex Pro 2 • Pentax • 35 f3.5 • Olympus • E-PL1 • B&W 


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