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Pentax K10D, SMC Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, ISO 320,  f/1.4, 1/60 sec, +.3 EV, IS on

This photo was taken while waiting in line at Moe’s in Auburn, AL. It was shot from the hip without being composed in the viewfinder. The composition turned out OK but I had to apply a fair amount of post processing in Lightroom to get to this point. Here’s the original unmodified as-shot image:

As you can see, it was a bit underexposed and the white balance was a little out of whack due to the mixed lighting conditions. After playing around with various white balance settings I settled on “Auto” as the best choice. Next all I really did to fix the exposure was jack the Exposure up to +1.42. While I was at it I also dropped the Blacks level to 0 and dialed in more contrast to darken things back up a bit without loosing shadow detail. Finally, I added in a touch of saturation to bring back up the color that was lost when I cranked the exposure.

April 17th, 2009 | Tags: Adobe Lightroom, bokeh, dining, DoF, eating out, food, handles, lunch, mexican, Moe's, Pentax K10D, red, reflection, restaurant, Robert S. Donovan, SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4, Southwest, steam table, yellow | Category: photos | Comments Off

Pentax K10D, SMC Pentax-FA 35mm f/2, ISO 640,  f/4, 1/50 sec, +2.0 EV, IS on

This is my 1999 Porsche Boxster sitting in the garage. I opened the door to grab a beer out of the fridge and thought “man that looks nice.” I grabbed my K10D with my new FA 35mm f/2 lens and snapped this shot. Despite the darkness of the garage and the black color of the car, I still had to dial in +2.0 EV to get any detail in the car to show up. The light coming through the garage door windows was just that bright! In Lightroom I simply converted the image to grayscale, cropped and exported this JPEG file.

April 3rd, 2009 | Tags: 1999, Adobe Lightroom, black and white, Boxster, car, FA 35mm f/2 AL, garage, Pentax K10D, Porsche, reflection, Robert S. Donovan | Category: photos | Comments Off