Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 14, 2015 at 2:35 PM
Mark - After a long time, I am seeing a completely different style and what an amazing style this is. This one and the previous one from you both made my jaw drop.
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Comment posted by Wayne Jones on September 14, 2015 at 11:15 PM
This lovely artistic treatment creates much more than a flower portrait; it makes a statement like a poem.
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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on September 15, 2015 at 7:31 AM
Another wonderful result. From someone who has no idea how you get these results, may I suggest that you tone down the specular highlights a little. They really overpower the subject, which I believe is the ladyslipper.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 15, 2015 at 11:40 PM
Good shot, tells a story of a lovely flower simply facing the sun. Everything is there that needs to be there. I wouldn't change a thing.
I am glad to see Sigma stretching its IQ. I am hearing good things about the camera with good glass in front of it.
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Comment posted by Mark James Ford on September 16, 2015 at 3:59 PM
Hi, many thanks to all for the compliments!
@Phil: the Foveon Merrill sensor in the camera is a dream - if you treat it with 'respect' - a bit like working with film - ISO 100 or 200 is the limit and not for taking beach scenes with the setting sun still in the sky (unless you have some pretty extensive filter work in place ) And if you put good glass in front then, yes, you will be rewarded - in combination with the Sigma 180mm Macro it produces some fantistic results. I also have a converted SD1M which I can use with a CZ 21mm Distagon and that is also pretty amazing. Actually I came to the sensor via the DP3 Merrill which has a fixed 50mm (75mm equiv.) and this is a wonderfull sensor/glass combination - take a shot of a rose with that and look at it at 100% on the screen and ... it will blow you away. The SD1M camera itself is however a bit of a 'Diva' and really is not so easy to work with. This shot was taken with a MG Primotar (180mm) (see article HERE) via a M42 adapter which is very soft wide open (though not quite as soft as the 135mm) and manual focus with such a 'soft' lens is not easy, with the SD1M the camera gving vírtually no help in terms of focus confirmation in such low light. The RAW conversion software is also pretty slow ... but in the end the results are really worth it!
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on September 16, 2015 at 11:12 PM
Mark: Just marvelous and a wonderful addition to the gallery. Good vision, exceptional photography. >=))>
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Comment posted by Nathan Buck on September 17, 2015 at 12:48 PM
From the couple of images that I have seen, Mark, I am sensing quite a personal style that you have. I really like this. The way that the subject emerges from the foliage on the bottom, the lens flare/sun on the right...Very intriguing.
Nathan
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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on September 18, 2015 at 5:45 AM
The larger version is beautiful. I love this creative, original floral photo full of heat and emotion. I like your style very much. Really splendid image!
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8 commentsMark - After a long time, I am seeing a completely different style and what an amazing style this is. This one and the previous one from you both made my jaw drop.
This lovely artistic treatment creates much more than a flower portrait; it makes a statement like a poem.
Another wonderful result. From someone who has no idea how you get these results, may I suggest that you tone down the specular highlights a little. They really overpower the subject, which I believe is the ladyslipper.
Good shot, tells a story of a lovely flower simply facing the sun. Everything is there that needs to be there. I wouldn't change a thing.
I am glad to see Sigma stretching its IQ. I am hearing good things about the camera with good glass in front of it.
Hi, many thanks to all for the compliments!
@Phil: the Foveon Merrill sensor in the camera is a dream - if you treat it with 'respect' - a bit like working with film - ISO 100 or 200 is the limit and not for taking beach scenes with the setting sun still in the sky (unless you have some pretty extensive filter work in place
) And if you put good glass in front then, yes, you will be rewarded - in combination with the Sigma 180mm Macro it produces some fantistic results. I also have a converted SD1M which I can use with a CZ 21mm Distagon and that is also pretty amazing. Actually I came to the sensor via the DP3 Merrill which has a fixed 50mm (75mm equiv.) and this is a wonderfull sensor/glass combination - take a shot of a rose with that and look at it at 100% on the screen and ... it will blow you away. The SD1M camera itself is however a bit of a 'Diva' and really is not so easy to work with. This shot was taken with a MG Primotar (180mm) (see article HERE) via a M42 adapter which is very soft wide open (though not quite as soft as the 135mm) and manual focus with such a 'soft' lens is not easy, with the SD1M the camera gving vírtually no help in terms of focus confirmation in such low light. The RAW conversion software is also pretty slow ... but in the end the results are really worth it!
Cheers, Mark
The Foveon Sigma Sensor - A Perspective
Mark: Just marvelous and a wonderful addition to the gallery. Good vision, exceptional photography. >=))>
From the couple of images that I have seen, Mark, I am sensing quite a personal style that you have. I really like this. The way that the subject emerges from the foliage on the bottom, the lens flare/sun on the right...Very intriguing.
Nathan
The larger version is beautiful. I love this creative, original floral photo full of heat and emotion. I like your style very much. Really splendid image!