Photo topic AMS 26-10-2007

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Photo topic AMS 26-10-2007

Post by cHabu »

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On my way to the AMC hospital, a short visit to Schiphol-east:

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N119AF, hurdling down runway 04...

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Post by Key »

Wow, you got some VERY cool shots in there. The landing JAL is too dark on my screen though, very hard to make out much of the wonderful detail. Great to see some off the beaten track-work here!

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Superb quality! :D
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Post by SpotterNL »

Key wrote:Wow, you got some VERY cool shots in there. The landing JAL is too dark on my screen though, very hard to make out much of the wonderful detail. Great to see some off the beaten track-work here!

Erik
most of the shots are a bit dark actually
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Post by Sowald »

Maybe that is because they are taken in the evening.
I think they are absolutely great!!!

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Post by Key »

Sowald, it's not about the night. It's about how these wonderful shots have been processed.

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Post by SpotterNL »

Exactly. Even tho it is nighttime you can still get a proper exposure (perhaps even more so because you don't have any 'hard' sunlight). The floodlights at AMS provide more than adequate light for most of these shots (some pushback shots excluded). What settings did you shoot the gateshots at?
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SpotterNL wrote:most of the shots are a bit dark actually
I think you are right. On the promenade terrace I checked my photos and I thought they were bright enough. When I checked them at home at my computer they were way too dark. I think the brightness-settings of my camera-lcd-screen have misled me. Bummer !
I also notice a big difference between my main monitor ( CRT ) and my secondary monitor ( LCD ) when I watch these photos. On the LCD the photos contain a lot more grain, are darker and got some yellow flood on it.
SpotterNL wrote:What settings did you shoot the gateshots at?
Most of the shots were taken at 5 or 6 secs F10 / F13 and ISO 50 !! Next time I'm going to use some brighter settings :roll: This was my first serious nightshoot-attempt ever.
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Post by Key »

Hi Nusty,
nustyR wrote:I think the brightness-settings of my camera-lcd-screen have misled me.
:arrow: Histogram! One of the most valuable features of a DSLR, imho (says a die-hard film photog :wink: ).
Your eyes adapt to the dark, so hardly any lighted display is suitable to make asessments from. On the bright side (no pun intended), since you saw enough detail even on that tiny screen, your originals must bear that detail and you can therefor reprocess them to make the pics even better.

About monitors, what you describe on your LCD is more like what my calibrated CRT shows, than your CRT. Apart from the grain that is, your photos look smooth to me.
In other words: your CRT probably needs some adjustment for photos, it is likely set too bright and blue (common 'problem' because it is very practical for daylight websurfing).

If this was your first attempt, I'm definitely looking forward to next ones!

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Post by nustyR »

I re-calibrated my CRT and processed all the photos from scratch. Changed the white-balance and made the photos brighter.
I hope they're less dark now.

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Post by Key »

A world of difference. And I would certainly not make them lighter than they are now. Like that Aer Lingus close-up!

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Key wrote:A world of difference. And I would certainly not make them lighter than they are now. Like that Aer Lingus close-up!

Erik
Got to agree, tho the grain is more visible now. Next year, try it in the camera ;). Got some shots myself, I think I'll post them later on in a new thread.
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Post by jaah »

Wow, what a big difference, but it looks great.
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Post by geert »

cHabu wrote:
On my way to the AMC hospital
I hope nothing serious????

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