Helix sp on a rock. This is a good example of what can be done to rescue a somewhat badly lit photograph in Capture One. After adjusting the overall exposure, the snail was masked and the surrounding background significantly dimmed. This is the original image:
Helianthus annuus with bee, somewhat abstracted. Who needs depth of field anyway?
Bluish Aconitum napellus flowers.
Macro photograph of water droplets on a leaf. It rained a lot in August… Another image somewhat experimentally processed in Capture One. Still trying to figure out the best workflow and settings.
Slightly worn-out Rudbeckia flowers…
Continuing the digression, a short series of nature macro images. After almost exclusively using a range-finder with black-and-white film, it feels strange to be shooting both close-up and in colour – and also not needing to clone out a tonne (metric) of dust and fluff from the scanning. Back to black-and-white in a week’s time, when the next batch of films have been properly processed and scanned (and also when I have figured out the easiest batch conversion to work around the grayscale TIFF bug in CaptureOne…)
This is a review of Capture One Pro 8.3.2, specifically from the perspective of a long-time Lightroom user, running Apple’s Mac OS and using several different small cameras (the Canon 5D Mark II and III, Olympus E-M5, Ricoh GR, and various film systems). There is also a brief look at how well Capture One handles RAW compression artefacts from Sony’s new A7R II camera. This is a long post. If you prefer you can jump directly to the conclusion, or to the image processing comparisons with Lightroom. We will also be […]
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Banners on apartments, protesting against the all-night noise from tourists in Barceloneta. It is a problem pretty much everywhere now in Barcelona, making it very difficult to live in the city. And quite literally, the blog is going to sleep for a while as we recover from the heat and tourists…
Another motion-blurred image, taken in the rain. Even the priests are rushing around with mobile phones these days.
Illegal street sellers, moving in response to the arrival of some security guards. Rambla del Mar, Port Vell, Barcelona.
Fishing along the sea break near Port Olimpic, Barcelona.
A rather sparse sea-front, looking towards La Barceloneta.
At the beach in Barceloneta.
At the beach in Barceloneta.
Transient Eye 