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[tegan]

Could I get the same shot with the Pentax K-100? a Nikon FM2 or a Canon AE-1? (all old film cameras)

Well, I would not bet on the Pentax K-100 but the Canon AE 1 or Nikon FM2 with a Singh Ray polarizer, a spot meter, and Kodak Gold Print film at ASA 200 would certainly do the job.

Tegan

[Travis]

This shot appears tone mapped/cartoonish... whatever the in camera process it certainly doesn't like natural by any means. Does the Sony have high pass sharpening?

[tegan]

This shot appears tone mapped/cartoonish... whatever the in camera process it certainly doesn't like natural by any means. Does the Sony have high pass sharpening?

At 14.2 megapixels, high pass sharpening would be somewhat in the nature of overkill.

Tegan

[JoeMezz]

[QUOTE=tegan;4790]As I indicated elsewhere here, HDR on buildings is most often unnecessary.
This photo was AS SHOT, from a fast moving car with NO postprocessing.

Tegan
[QUOTE]

Tegan...

GREAT work. I really love it... thanks for posting

[tegan]

This shot appears tone mapped/cartoonish... whatever the in camera process it certainly doesn't like natural by any means. Does the Sony have high pass sharpening?

Hey, a newly sandblasted building that no longer has the deep grey dirty look, along with 90 degree angle light which allows for maximum polarizing plus the metering calculations that provide for better dynamic range before shooting results in more tones. Skilled use of a spot meter, a graduated ND filter or Nikon's dynamic light in camera postprocessing would produce the same or nearly the same effect.

Increased detail or dynamic range is what you see with your eyes live, versus what you see in most photos afterward. That does make it natural, despite resulting in a different looking photo.

Tegan

[tegan]

[QUOTE=JoeMezz;4859][QUOTE=tegan;4790]As I indicated elsewhere here, HDR on buildings is most often unnecessary.
This photo was AS SHOT, from a fast moving car with NO postprocessing.

Tegan

Tegan...

GREAT work. I really love it... thanks for posting

Thanks, Joe.

Tegan

[tomorrowstreasures]

Tegan, I did not take the time to read all of the other CC...
I love this shot! It is so sharp and steady! And to have it positioned so well in the frame w/o cropping, etc. Nice job!!!

[tegan]

Tegan, I did not take the time to read all of the other CC...
I love this shot! It is so sharp and steady! And to have it positioned so well in the frame w/o cropping, etc. Nice job!!!

Thanks, TT, considering it was taken from a fast moving car, I was happy that I had not forgotten my skills learned in photojournalist style shooting.

Tegan

[PaulaLynn]

Thanks, TT, considering it was taken from a fast moving car, I was happy that I had not forgotten my skills learned in photojournalist style shooting.

Tegan

Would you care to share some of those skills?

[tegan]

Would you care to share some of those skills?

The main basic is planning. Shooting out of a car with a wide angle means focus is at infinity, so I manually set it at infinity. Good sharpness, no picture noise, and contrast mean that an ISO of 100 is ideal, so I set that. A polarizing filter preset improves the sky, detail and colour. In shutter priority I stick the camera out the window and take a reading on another building.
It comes out at about 1/325 at f.5. I set that manually as well.

With everything preset, any DSLR will shoot very quickly. If in doubt about lighting, then the answer is continuous shooting in aperture bracketting mode.

In taking the shot, my concentration is on framing and a smooth panning motion as the car goes by the building. Making sure the horizon is straight is of course also important.

If it is planned well, then the unexpected is the only problem such as a distracting element entering the frame at the last moment such as a car or person in the wrong place compositionally. Can't do much about that.

Tegan