Wednesday, August 11, 2010

The Majestic Cinema- Milwaukee

An old HDR I took back in 2007, reprocessed.


Technical information:
Shot at 10mm, ISO400 f5.0 and 1/30s +/- 2
Processed in Photomatix.
In lightroom, corrected a few details.
I'm learning and want to improve. Don't hesitate to post constructive criticism!

The Majestic Cinema- Milwaukee


Un vieux HDR pris en 2007. Le processing est tout chaud!

Information Technique:
Prise a 10mm, ISO400 f5.0 et 1/30s +/- 2
HDR fait dans photomatix.
Corrigé quelques détails dans lightroom.
Je veux m'améliorer. N'hésitez pas à me donner des critiques constructives!

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Youville RAW Equirectangular - Panorama in Quebec City

As I was beginning doing panos, I did a lot of trial and error. Many time over I was asking myself why I was having so much problems and not getting any results. I read all the tutorials and everything seemed nice looking on their image, but this didn't explain why I was failing. I wished that I could get rid of some of the unknown; have them process my images (and know if they were ok and my process was the problem) or process their images (knowing what result they got, I could practice the process on better foundations).

I've therefore decided to release all the images used to generate this pano as Creative Common Attribution - Derivative (obviously) - Non Commercial - Share Alike license.

I'm hoping that it may help some people try out hugin (or other pano software) and get their hands a little dirty. Then, go out and shoot some.

Interactive View.

Youville RAW Equirectangular - Panorama in Quebec City

Technical information:
Shot with a 10-22 at 10mm on a nodal ninja 3. The lens\head has been calibrated and is under 1mm from it's NPP
Shot in 3 rows + nadir in this order (i.e. file order) 8 horizontal, 4 aiming up slightly, 4 aiming down slightly and one nadir
Everything was taken with 3 exposures: 0 -2 and +2
The equirectangular was done in Hugin with no retouching\masking\manual blending. It's straight out from hugin to panomatix. Then, from panomatix to flickr.
Apart from panomatix for the HDR part, there was no post processing at all.

Raw images can be found here.
I'm learning and want to improve. Don't hesitate to post constructive criticism!

Quand j'ai commencé à faire des panoramiques, j'ai beaucoup avancé par essai-erreur. Je me suis posé beaucoup de fois des questions à savoir si mes difficultés venaient de mes images ou de mon processus. J'avais beau regarder sur internet les différents tutorials, mais ca n'expliquait pas mes problemes. J'aurais aimé avois quelqu'un d'expérimenter essayer mes photos (pour savoir si elles étaient le probleme) ou prendre les photos exemple du tutorial pour les essayer (et tester mon processus sur des fondations plus solides)

J'ai donc décidé de relacher les images sources de ce pano sous une license Creative Common Attribution - Derivative (obviously) - Non Commercial - Share Alike license.

J'espere que ca peut aider quelques personnes à essayer hugin (ou autre logiciels) et s'amuser un peu. Et ensuite photographier leur propre pano.

Vue Interactive.

Youvilloid RAW Stereographic - Panorama in Quebec City

Information Technique:
Pris avec une 10-22 a 10mm sur un nodal ninja 3. La tete\lentille ont été calibrées et sont à moins de 1mm du NPP
Pris en 3 rangées + nadir dans cet order (selon les noms de fichiers). 8 Horizontaux, 4 pointant vers le haut, 4 pointant vers le bas et le nadir completement vertical.
Le tout avec 3 expositions: 0 -2 and +2
Le pano equirectangulaire a été fait avec Hugin sans aucune retouche. Directement de Hugin à Panomatix, et ensuite à flickr.
Outre photomatix pour le HDR, il n'y aucun post processing.

Les images pour le pano sont ici.
Je veux m'améliorer. N'hésitez pas à me donner des critiques constructives!

Saturday, August 7, 2010

Smile!

Smile!

Nothing more to add!

Smile!

Souriez!

Rien de plus à ajouter!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Rémy Water Mill - Moulin de la Rémy

From last year in Baie St-Paul. One of the last water mills in Canada. Really liked the little lake... and their buttery brioches!

Technical information:
Shot at 22mm, ISO100 f8 and 1/100s +/- 2
Post process with photomatix.
Changed the curves, cropped...
I'm learning and want to improve. Don't hesitate to post constructive criticism!

Rémi Water Mill - Moulin de la Rémy


De notre voyage à Baie-St-Paul l'an dernier. Un des derniers moulin à eau du Canada. J'aimais bien le lake... ainsi que leur brioches au beurre!
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulin_de_la_Rémy

Information Technique:
Prise a 22mm, ISO100 f8 et 1/100
HDR et Tonemap dans Photomatix.
Changé les courbes, cadrage, etc!
Je veux m'améliorer. N'hésitez pas à me donner des critiques constructives!

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Making new friends!

Taken a little while ago but just realized it never made it here.

Our little girl since last year isn't scared of bugs anymore. Go back a little more and the sight of something smaller than a postage stamp, and she would shriek in horror!

Now, she's making new friends any time she can.

Technical information:
Shot at 55mm, ISO200 f4 and 1/160s
Changed the curves, saturation, cropped...
I'm learning and want to improve. Don't hesitate to post constructive criticism!

Making new friends!


Un photo de l'an dernier que je viens de rettrouver.

Notre petite n'a plus peur des insected depuis l'an dernier. Mais quelques mois plus tot, et tout le cartier savait lorsqu'un insecte avait frolé son champ de vision!

Maintenant, elle s'en fait des amis!

Information Technique:
Prise a 55mm, ISO200 f4 et 1/160
Changé les courbes, saturation, cadrage, etc!
Je veux m'améliorer. N'hésitez pas à me donner des critiques constructives!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Her little Planet - Fraisonoid 2010

We went to pick up strawberries with some friends and family. Again this year, made a pano. Taken from a "slightly" lower vantage point this time!

Interactive View.

Her little Planet - Fraisonoid 2010 in Equirectangular

Technical information:
24 images in 1 row + nadir + zenith * 3 exposures each.
Shot at 8mm, ISO200 f13 and 1/100s +/- 2.
Generated 3 equirectangular panorama (one per exposure) with hugin but only used the 0 EV to pseudo HDR in photomatix (alignment problems).
Merged the -2EV sky to get a minimum of contrast.
Post process to enhance the contrast and change the curves.
I'm learning and want to improve. Don't hesitate to post constructive criticism!

Tout comme l'an dernier, nous sommes allés cueuillir des fraises. Tout comme l'an dernier j'ai pris un pano. Pris legerement plus bas cette fois.

Vue Interactive.

Her little Planet - Fraisonoid 2010


Information Technique:
24 images en 1 rangée + nadir + zenith * 3 expositions chaque.
Pris à 8mm, ISO200 f13 et 1/100s +/- 2.
Généré 3 panorama equirectangular (un par exposition) avec hugin et "tonemappé" avec photomatix n'utilisant que la 0EV (probleme d'alignement.
Mergé le ciel de la -2EV pour avoir un minimum de contraste.
Recoupé et arrangé contraste et courbes.
Je veux m'améliorer. N'hésitez pas à me donner des critiques constructives!

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Park Bench in Infrared! - Quebec City!

My first picture in infrared. The first public at least... I'll spare you the failed ones. This one is far from perfect, but it's a good start. Feel like when I started panos; working on shaky grounds.

One important breakthrough came when I found comments about Lightroom being quite bad at managing any IR white balance. So I went back to Canons (some people say it's among the best raw converters...). It indeed did a good job, and the image was more potent to work with than earlier tries.

[Editorial Comment]
I hadn't installed any of the software that came with the camera since I used lightroom and other software to do all the work; nothing from Canon. In this case, I needed it. So, I did as with all the software I use, I went to the site and downloaded the software. All went well. Until I tried to install... The software required me to provide the original CD (from the camera box), or would only update an already installed version.

Why would you do that? So people with a nikon\pentax\sony cannot use it? Come on! They probably will never use any canon software. And if they really wanted to, this is not going to stop them. So who does it piss off? Me, the canon user who because of the renovations has some furniture blocking access to the place where the box is.

Do you make money on the software? No! Do you sell more cameras because of the software (and would loose those sales if it was already available)? No!

Then, stop pissing off your users, and let them download it.
[Editorial Comment End]

Technical information:
Shot at 17mm, ISO400 f6.3 and 30s
Converted to 16 bit using Canon Digital Photo Professional
Swapped channels, changed white balance, changed levels.
I'm learning and want to improve. Don't hesitate to post constructive criticism!

Park Bench in Infrared! - Quebec City!

Ma premiere photo en infrarouge! La premiere publique du moins... je vais vous épargner les essais manqués. Il reste du chemin a faire, mais ca commence à être intéressant. J'ai l'impression de travailler comme au début avec les panos, sur des fondations boiteuses.

Une des évolutions importante lors de mes essais vient d'un commentaire sur les limitations de lightroom à faire la balance des blancs sur une image infrarouge. Donc, je suis retourné à la recommendation soit le raw converter de Canon. La balance des blancs était meilleure; une meilleure fondation pour batir mes prochains IR.

Information Technique:
Prise a 17mm, ISO400 f6.3 et 30s
Converti en 16 bit avec Canon Digital Photo Professional
Changer les canneaux (?), changé le white balance, les niveaux.
Je veux m'améliorer. N'hésitez pas à me donner des critiques constructives!