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Detail Man
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Tim,
I like your pic!
I see from you image's EXIF info that you used Lightroom (but the version is unclear to me). Lightroom 3 Final Release?
It's also unclear whether the original image-file was JPG or RW2. JPG or RW2?
Regardless of the above uncertainties, it looks quite "crisp" for 1/8 Second Shutter-Time. Did you use Optical Image Stabilization? Did you shoot it hand-held, or was there additional mechanical stabilization?
I like your pic!
I see from you image's EXIF info that you used Lightroom (but the version is unclear to me). Lightroom 3 Final Release?
It's also unclear whether the original image-file was JPG or RW2. JPG or RW2?
Regardless of the above uncertainties, it looks quite "crisp" for 1/8 Second Shutter-Time. Did you use Optical Image Stabilization? Did you shoot it hand-held, or was there additional mechanical stabilization?
thelps
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Detail Man":3ky7kukb said:
Thanks DM,
This was PP with LR 3 beta 2. The original was LX3 RW2 image - I tweaked it a fair bit to produced a much better image than the jpg. The OIS was on, probably mode 1 or auto. This was handheld and I recalled making a conscious effort to stabilise the camera and check my breathing during exposure - many times I think about doing this and at any shutter speed it yields better results - I must make more effort than just jabbing away at the shutter button - its a top tip for better IQ for me.
I really do think digital sensors suffer worse IQ from camera shake than film - film is more tolerant IMO. Probably an unfair (certainly unscientific) observation but my guess nonetheless.
Its an interesting floor - I liked it - I was a bit unhappy with the hot spots from the light above - from St Pauls Church in Melbourne, Victoria.
Detail Man
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Good job with the processing! Don't sweat the reflections - they give the image a realistic look that does not bother me as a viewer.
You have steady hands, I think (judging from this shot, and from that GRD III night shot that I also thought was quite steady for the Shutter-Time without any automatic image stabilization).
At not much over 8 Ounces or so (as is the DMC-LX3), I sometimes find it hard to keep from jarring the camera with my right-hand shutter press. Interesting, when I tried placing the camera on a solid piece of wood held held by my left hand, the results appeared to be worse. I concluded from that experience that the muscle-tremors of my left hand were actually propagated through the piece of wood itself (thus causing motion of the entire base and camera "assembly"). I don't feel comfortable (as I was able to do with my DMC-TZ4) of being able to (safely) hold the DMC-LX3 with my right hand only (thus eliminating and motion-blur caused by a second hand holding the camera). So I have tried various approaches. Using my left hand to (lightly) secure the left side of the DMC-LX3, I have tended to place the "ball" (soft portion below my thumb) of my right hand below the right side of the camera, pressing the shutter-button with my right fore-finger.
After (just now) holding the DMC-LX3 in my hands, it is occurring to me that perhaps I could do better by placing my right thumb under the right side of the camera (instead of the "ball" of my right hand). This feels like it may be a better way to ensure that my right fore-finger does not accelerate the camera downward when pressing the shutter. It also seems that it may tend to stabilize the camera more so using (only) my (single) right hand - allowing me to lighten my grasp of the camera with my left hand (which I know may well be potentially introducing an additional separate source of muscle-tremors that originate in my left hand) ...
It's funny how what "feels" right in practice (using the "ball" of my right hand under the right side of the camera) may not really be the best approach - and that (in this case, anyway), "thinking it through" (in an analytical sense) may yield superior results to what I tend to have done in the "field". The camera is certainly stable (without relying much on my left hand's contact with the camera) when I hold the camera this way (with my right thumb under the right side of the camera, instead). Perhaps a case of (now) using my "head" (more than the seeming inclinations of my hands) improving my technique! ...
You have steady hands, I think (judging from this shot, and from that GRD III night shot that I also thought was quite steady for the Shutter-Time without any automatic image stabilization).
At not much over 8 Ounces or so (as is the DMC-LX3), I sometimes find it hard to keep from jarring the camera with my right-hand shutter press. Interesting, when I tried placing the camera on a solid piece of wood held held by my left hand, the results appeared to be worse. I concluded from that experience that the muscle-tremors of my left hand were actually propagated through the piece of wood itself (thus causing motion of the entire base and camera "assembly"). I don't feel comfortable (as I was able to do with my DMC-TZ4) of being able to (safely) hold the DMC-LX3 with my right hand only (thus eliminating and motion-blur caused by a second hand holding the camera). So I have tried various approaches. Using my left hand to (lightly) secure the left side of the DMC-LX3, I have tended to place the "ball" (soft portion below my thumb) of my right hand below the right side of the camera, pressing the shutter-button with my right fore-finger.
After (just now) holding the DMC-LX3 in my hands, it is occurring to me that perhaps I could do better by placing my right thumb under the right side of the camera (instead of the "ball" of my right hand). This feels like it may be a better way to ensure that my right fore-finger does not accelerate the camera downward when pressing the shutter. It also seems that it may tend to stabilize the camera more so using (only) my (single) right hand - allowing me to lighten my grasp of the camera with my left hand (which I know may well be potentially introducing an additional separate source of muscle-tremors that originate in my left hand) ...
It's funny how what "feels" right in practice (using the "ball" of my right hand under the right side of the camera) may not really be the best approach - and that (in this case, anyway), "thinking it through" (in an analytical sense) may yield superior results to what I tend to have done in the "field". The camera is certainly stable (without relying much on my left hand's contact with the camera) when I hold the camera this way (with my right thumb under the right side of the camera, instead). Perhaps a case of (now) using my "head" (more than the seeming inclinations of my hands) improving my technique! ...
