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Samurai · 6th May 2010, 08:07

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Originally Posted by cruiser@0523

Nice one Samurai, i like the purple fringes.

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Originally Posted by HellwratH

Haha, you must have maxed out the zoom on your lens to get the artistic purple fringing.

HellwratH, it is not purple fringing, but a purple grass flower.

If it was affected by CA and purple fringing, it should have been out-of-focus giving ghostly image. Instead, even the fully focused parts are in purple. Besides, it was shot using a lens (Zuiko 50-200mm) which is known to control CA very well. In addition, it is shot at a higher focal length of 169mm (338mm EFL), where CA is rare.

See the lens review here(especially CA): Olympus Digital Zuiko 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED SWD - Analysis

Chances for this amount of CA are non-existent in this excellent quality lens.

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Originally Posted by HellwratH

BTW, Samurai, I am contemplating buying the PEN camera for street work. I have been doing some "research" on olympus system and damn, the lenses are wonderful and light. With a 2x crop factor, they are very very tempting for street and bird photographers. Anyways, more on that later.

Of course, Zuiko lenses are wonderful.

It may be a news to Indian photographers, but it is wellknown fact worldwide for 4 decades now. I know people keep wondering why I use Olympus, they don't know that the lenses are to die for.

Olympus OM system - Camerapedia.org
Olympus OM lenses - Camerapedia.org

Current E-Series Zuiko lenses are descendants of the legendary OM lenses.

mohang_j · 6th May 2010, 08:48

One of last few photos from my old D50,

jacs · 6th May 2010, 09:36

Wow! lots of breath taking snaps here.

to all!

One of my home production

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v&v · 6th May 2010, 10:08

Golden shower tree (also known as kani konna in mallu) in full bloom. View from my apartment balcony.

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harmon_bro · 6th May 2010, 10:37

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Originally Posted by Torqueguru

@Hellwrath
Awesome image of the boy and water!

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Cheers,
TG.

HOw in the freaking world did you manage to shoot this one. Its a great shot.

Samurai · 6th May 2010, 10:42

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Originally Posted by Torqueguru

@Hellwrath
Awesome image of the boy and water!

Cheers,
TG.

This is a wonderfully strange shot. I am not sure how this was done, but I see one flaw. Although he appears to be a foot higher from the water surface, his reflection in the water starts off right away.

sukiwa · 6th May 2010, 11:54

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Originally Posted by v&v

Golden shower tree (also known as kani konna in mallu) in full bloom. View from my apartment balcony.

few more from my side.

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shajufx · 6th May 2010, 12:07

HW, amazing shots there, I love that boy & water !
TG, please share the magic !

Now what about a fish, pelican & water ?

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The guy is holding a big fish, fresh catch.

kpzen · 6th May 2010, 12:08

Wall hanging seen in Shimla.

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HellwratH · 6th May 2010, 12:10

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Originally Posted by Torqueguru

@Hellwrath
Awesome image of the boy and water!

Attachment 343618

Cheers,
TG.

TG,
Thanks buddy. Your image is just WOW! Awesome work there. Same question as others, how did you shoot it? I find the legs (the shoe part) to be somewhat different. And the reflection is kind of giving it away that he was actually standing on the railing and eventually the legs were modified in the PP. Am I right?

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Originally Posted by Samurai

HellwratH, it is not purple fringing, but a purple grass flower.

If it was affected by CA and purple fringing, it should have been out-of-focus giving ghostly image. Instead, even the fully focused parts are in purple. Besides, it was shot using a lens (Zuiko 50-200mm) which is known to control CA very well. In addition, it is shot at a higher focal length of 169mm (338mm EFL), where CA is rare.

See the lens review here(especially CA): Olympus Digital Zuiko 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED SWD - Analysis

Chances for this amount of CA are non-existent in this excellent quality lens.

Of course, Zuiko lenses are wonderful.

It may be a news to Indian photographers, but it is wellknown fact worldwide for 4 decades now. I know people keep wondering why I use Olympus, they don't know that the lenses are to die for.

Olympus OM system - Camerapedia.org
Olympus OM lenses - Camerapedia.org

Current E-Series Zuiko lenses are descendants of the legendary OM lenses.

Samurai, I was only kidding about the purple fringing. I have read a lot about the 50-200 lens. Many people get that with a 1.2 TC and use it for birding. But correct me if I am wrong, I thought purple fringing was more at the tele end and not at the wide end? The only reason I am still not jumping into that system is the unavailability of lenses here. But if I manage to land in the US of A, I wouldn't think twice about it. By the way, I am a sucker for old MF lenses and seems like the Four Thirds system do amazingly well with older canon FD lenses. Better than the Canon EF themselves.

Shaju,
Thanks bro. Next time, we should get on that small boat like thing to get close to the pelican, what say?

Samurai · 6th May 2010, 13:30

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Originally Posted by HellwratH

I have read a lot about the 50-200 lens. Many people get that with a 1.2 TC and use it for birding.

It is 1.4 TC, I have the exact combo. The following photo was shot using that combo.

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Originally Posted by HellwratH

But correct me if I am wrong, I thought purple fringing was more at the tele end and not at the wide end?

Depends on the lens design too. But if we are talking single lens, CA is less visible in higher FL.

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Originally Posted by HellwratH

The only reason I am still not jumping into that system is the unavailability of lenses here. But if I manage to land in the US of A, I wouldn't think twice about it.

Now there are Olympus only shops in Bangalore, I saw one in Mantri Mall other day.

amitk26 · 6th May 2010, 14:08

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Originally Posted by shajufx

HW, amazing shots there, I love that boy & water !
TG, please share the magic !

Now what about a fish, pelican & water ?

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The guy is holding a big fish, fresh catch.

Shaju Composition is fine but the green cover in the background show too much Photo shop work , Did you correct the exposure using Multiply as blending option for layer in Photoshop ?

PS: Gurus does T-BHP strip off the Exif data from the pictures ? I am using FxIF plug-in for Firefox and unable to see any EXIF metadata on this thread ?

Is there a way out ?

Torqueguru · 6th May 2010, 14:29

@Hellwrath
Ok, so you are wrong on both the observations

Here is the original with no pp at all

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he jumped off a platform in the middle of the water, i just cloned out the platform from the water. The reflection and the feetis real

@Samurai
As you can see, the reflection is real.

Regards,
TG.

theMAG · 6th May 2010, 14:42

HDR from my drive to a village (Mandikal) off Chikkaballapur last Sunday.

rjstyles69 · 6th May 2010, 14:49

shaju wonder why most of your pictures have an extra tinge of blue ?

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mohang_j BHPian Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 270 Thanked: 18 Times	One of last few photos from my old D50, Attached Thumbnails

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shajufx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: BLR & Singapore Posts: 1,806 Thanked: 831 Times View My Garage	HW, amazing shots there, I love that boy & water ! TG, please share the magic ! Now what about a fish, pelican & water ? The guy is holding a big fish, fresh catch.

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Torqueguru BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 277 Thanked: 165 Times View My Garage	@Hellwrath Ok, so you are wrong on both the observations Here is the original with no pp at all he jumped off a platform in the middle of the water, i just cloned out the platform from the water. The reflection and the feetis real @Samurai As you can see, the reflection is real. Regards, TG. Last edited by Torqueguru : 6th May 2010 at 14:36.

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jacs Senior - BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kochi Posts: 1,499 Thanked: 1,047 Times View My Garage	Wow! lots of breath taking snaps here. to all! One of my home production .

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kpzen Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Faridabad Posts: 5,610 Thanked: 1,876 Times View My Garage	Wall hanging seen in Shimla.

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rjstyles69 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bengalooru.. Posts: 4,343 Thanked: 842 Times View My Garage	shaju wonder why most of your pictures have an extra tinge of blue ?