On 1/14/2015 7:43 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
Yesterday was free entry day at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden, so I
ventured there to give my newly acquired Samyang 28-200mm lens a workout. Very
few of the plants were in flower, but there were a couple of interesting
specimens.
We normally think of aloes as being short plants with thick, narrow
leaves and flowers at the end of long stalks. This one, however, a Quiver Tree
(Aloe dichotoma), native to Namibia and South Africa, is in the form of a small
tree:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/16093371879/
This is simply out of focus quite badly. at 100%, I at first thought it was camera movement. But while the tree is fuzzy
and the labels seem almost multi imaged, the wire fence in the background doesn't have those artifacts. On further
observation, I conclude that focus was missed by many feet, behind the subject. The OOF qualities of this lens aren't
attractive.
and was in full bloom:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/16091955108/
This one is properly focused, although the quality of the focus isn't impressive. If this camera is sharp and clear with
other lenses, this one may not be a keeper.
On 1/15/2015 2:02 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
I did apply an 81A and then 81B warming filter by way of FilterSim, but
it did not help matters much. I maybe should have encroached on overexposing
the image and later correcting back. ... I'm going to see if I have a set of
62mm metal stacking caps so I can take a short set of warming and cooling
filters in addition to the polariser.
Color looks way off to me. Might you be shooting yourself in the foot with all
the filters?
I tried a couple of things, but PS's Auto Color was as good as fancier stuff, and looks quite correct to me - like taken
in overcast. Trying to make such a shot look like it was taken in sun is really, really difficult, unless one uses ICC
profiles.
This makes color, contrast, etc. much more palatable to me, and uses FocusMagic after downsampling to approximate a
sharp lens. <http://www.moosemystic.net/Gallery/Others/Trask/Quiver_Tree_Flowers.htm>
Color Right Moose
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