Photography: More Of Bibble Pro 5
Manipulated, somewhat, in Bibble Pro 5
Sorry about this. The fact is though that I’m collaborating with Michael John Eldridge who taught me most that I know of making memorable images some thirty, it seems, or so, years ago.
With him I learned about solarization, toned images, and making Kodalith ansd screen prints. I even made my own pinhole camera.
So fuzzy images and strange colours are on my mind. Bibble Pro lends itself to such manipulations and none more than the latest from Bibble Labs, Bibble Pro 5.
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:03 am
I can appreciate fuzzy and strange after wrestling with this image.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theyeti/4151928604/sizes/l/
The gold leaf on the walls really gave the CCD on my E900 a run for its money. After some Photoshop work to clean up the golden washout of the image and to eliminate some nasty purple fringing, I think I have this image under control. There is some wideangle distortion but it seems to work for the image and I am not overly enthused about the idea of trying to correct it. What do you think?
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I think you’re right not to ‘correct’ the converging
verticals.
Normally I do because I was brought up in a world where
the laws of perspective stated that “verticals are always
vertical.”
But are they?
From our normal standpoint they are, but when you go
into a magnificent, and frequently a reverent building
such as a cathedral, or a grand mosque the scale and
symmetry is so breath taking that the normal rules of
perspective fall away as we seem to be uplifted into a
realm beyond the five senses.
Erwin Blumenfeld (1897 – 1969) is just one photographer
who makes use of this, [in his studies of Rouen Cathedral
1938 ~ echoed by a study of a wooded avenue ~
Meudon the same year].
Blumenfeld was using aview camera with a rise and fall
ability to correct verticals so the tension in his images
is calculated.
The same ability may be mimicked digitally in Photoshop
or whatever your favourite editor happens to be. In other
words you may create whatever tension you wish.
In your example I think you’ve got it about right.
Stephen
PS The E-900 is a fine camera for shots such as
these. Do you own the wide lens attachment?
It works well for architecture.
If you’re going to print large I also suggest
you take a look at PhotoAcute.
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:24 pm
Stephen
As ever, thanks for the insights!
>PS The E-900 is a fine camera for shots such as
>these. Do you own the wide lens attachment?
No but I am considering it. Essentially, I am considering picking up another E900 and accessories as well as an underwater housing for the units. Seems Fuji E line is going to end with the 900 and I don’t want to face a future in photography without one. The only special kit I used for this image was an inexpensive monopod I use for low-light situations in which flash is either futile or inappropriate. Two legs firmly planted, the rig on monopod and a good deep breath usually steady my shots at or under 1 second – and it only adds a few ounces to by gear.
>It works well for architecture.
I am intrigued. Does it work better, you think, than the native optics at their wide-angle extent?
>If you’re going to print large I also suggest
>you take a look at PhotoAcute.
You read my mind. I’ve got a couple of prints now in 13 X 19 format, considering the relative value of different adjustments I’ve made to the initial RAW file. Part of me, however, wants to take this out to a studio and have it printed at about 24″ by 54″ or larger. Bwahahaahaha.
Best,
Peter
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Peter,
The only advantage to the wide attachment is
that it means you can take in more height and
width if you’re restricted for space to move
about in.
PTLens will correct both the E900 standard zoom
and also the wide, and telephoto attachments.
PhotoAcute allows you to make very large
prints with ease, add dynamic range and
reduce noise.
You can output a .JPG, DNG, or TIF with
the paid version, there is however a
free trial that lets you play with JPGs.
Your monopod should be adequate
when you use PhotoAcute, the software
will identify the edges and movement.
Stephen
PS There a rumours that Fuji are going
to make a Micro four thirds camera soon.
Maybe this is why the E series seems to
have ended??
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Micro Four Thirds? Looks like a lens mount standard for small cameras more than anything. What concerns me is whether or not Fuji will use the same Super CCD that works so powerfully on the E900.
December 3rd, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Peter, I think if Fuji do indeed make a Micro
Four Thirds camera they will use a sensor
similar to that in the S3 and S5.
Social photographers love those cameras
and a Micro Four Thirds version should
be worth a look