DonPilou Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Good afternoon, I come back here with a new ultraviolet project in an urban environment. The main interest of ultraviolet photography here is to standardize the colours and create a warm and soft feeling. I did not work a lot on the colours, I simply swapped the green channel between the blue and the red ones. About the gear, I used the Kolari UV bandpass filter with the Super Takumar 35mm F/3.5 to replace my Soligor 35mm F/3.5. The Super Takumar is really good and sharp, offering a better UV transmission than the Soligor. For long distance shots, I used the Nikon EL 80mm F/5.6 and the Nikon EL 105mm F/5.6. Here are the results : Feel free to give me your technical and artistic feelings. Link to comment
Daryll Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Love the pictures , my I ask what your white balance was. Cheers Daryll Link to comment
Alaun Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 WOW! Very good framing. I like it, to have people in these kind of pictures (architecture, landscape) and your model seems perfectly placed. Are these selfies? My favourite from the series is #2, as his/yours looking guides you through the picture.You managed to get a very "clear" view, often UV-pictures are more hazy. Link to comment
DonPilou Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Thanks to both of you.Daryll : I adjusted the white balance with a grey chart on the camera to assure a good exposition of each shot, then I managed to align the red and blue histograms on computer before the channel swap.Alaun : the human subject is a model I use to work with, this way it is easier to place him the right way ;). Link to comment
OlDoinyo Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Well seen; beautifully precise perspective correction. I like the narrative element and intrigue introduced by the human figure. Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I'm intrigued as to how you were able to shoot the scenes with no other people except for your model. It gives such a strange feeling of the world being abandoned. In the last photo the last remaining person in the world has collapsed. (Later he picks himself up and flees to the countryside to live with the abandoned animals and plants. He makes friends with a fox.) Link to comment
Andy Perrin Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 I love the colors in these! The last photo is my favorite. Link to comment
DonPilou Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 Thanks to all of you. To be sure there was no one else than the model in the pictures, the shooting day was fixed on Sunday. And the minimum 4s exposure of each shot helps to "dissolve" the other people ;). Link to comment
BruceG Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Very nice shots, is it a red-green swap? Link to comment
otoien Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 The highly UV reflective clothing really makes the images stand out. Interesting comment about "dissolving" other people, I would have thought they would appear as ghosts after such a treatment. Link to comment
Bill De Jager Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Very nice soft colors yet a sharp rendition (not hazy). I'd say this approach produces very appealing results. Link to comment
DonPilou Posted April 1, 2018 Author Share Posted April 1, 2018 Thanks for the new comments. Concerning the channel swap, it consists in a distribution of 50% red and 50% blue from the green channel. Link to comment
bobfriedman Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 sweet set of shots!.. nice Link to comment
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