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wicca

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Oct 19, 2008
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That first photo is not sea defences, it's a lost generation, deprived of their computers, prematurely grey, stooped and faceless marching into the icy waters, like Lemmings.

All excellent photos though. :35:
 
It's like 10,000 naked people sitting on the beach waiting to jump in the water (at least the top part of the structure).

More morbidly, the first word that popped in to my head was 'holocaust', as in mass graves. :(

I will book an appointment with a shrink in the morning. :nana:
 

Imagedude

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Feb 24, 2011
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Gwynedd
I'll be driving past on Wednesday, I'll have a look. Have you put your camera in for repair yet?
 

bikething

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May 31, 2005
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It's an infrared filter on an unconverted Canon 5D. It works well but the exposures are long, about 10 minutes for that one.
missed this comment the first time around... interesting..

From what I remember reading on the POTN forums, the earlier Canon DSLRs couldn't do IR as there was an optical low-pass filter fitted in front of the CCD. Back then the options were 1) have the LP filter removed (and void the warranty) or 2) take a normal shot and manipulate it in software to mimic a similar effect.. Have they got rid of the LP filter on the newer models? or is it still there and thus the reason for the long exposure times?
 

bikething

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From what I've read on the subject, the long exposue times will lead to a lot of pixel noise on the 10D... the newer cameras (bearing in mind the 10D is something like 8 years old now) have better noise reduction capability
 

bikething

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Well I was very impressed with the noise handling for the Aurora shots...
Really? I was a bit concerned that the noise handling might not have been up to the job with it being an older camera..

Would be interesting to know what software you use to convert from (I assume) Raw, and what techniques you use to deal with noise... but that's probably a thread in itself...:eek:
 

Wayland

Hárbarðr
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Shot at f4 15 seconds on iso.800 Processed through Lightroom 2

Yes there is noise but it's not unsightly. In fact it's more like film grain than some of the noise I see on underexposed shots from my 5D
 

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