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A day at Marstrand. Strobist.

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Carl Rytterfalk
on August 23, 2010
in 10-20, 50mm 1.4, Adobe Lightroom, Full size, ISO50, Portraits, Sigma Photo Pro, Sigma SD14 and Studio
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The knife maker. Shot on Marstrand using SD14 + Sigma 50mm 1.4 and using sun as main light and Sigma 530 DG and back shape light.  ISO50. Now, ISO50 is such a compressed format that you really need to expose with great care. His shoulder is totally white and if it was shot at ISo100 it would still be information there. There is, if I convert to Monochrome but because it’s only info from one or two channels (Showing strange colors if still shown) Sigma has decided to erase everything in those areas.. I had lots of overexposed ISO50 shots yesterday and I regret shooting at ISO50. Stupid me.

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If you look closer you’ll see a light shadow in his glasses, that’s where the round shape of a tiny beauty dish were before I erased it using LR3. Strong sun from the back and the Sigma 530 DG from slight above using a beauty dish making the sharp light disappear. SD14 + 50mm 1.4 + ISO50 (or more ISO25). Too much light entered the 50mm so I had to emphasizes those shadows and the hat quite a lot.

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The oldish couple. Shot using 10-20 with sun as main and 530 DG as side light. Slight green color on the left shows where 530 is placed. SD14 and ISO50.  This came out slightly dark, best viewed at full size.

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The above shot was slightly overexposed ISO50 shot, skin was overexposed in the color version – this version is equal to ISO25.  These two guys are well known over at www.99.se Goflorp (handle) and Rei Trulsson.. Nice to talk a bit with to of my readers in real life. :)

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Childhood friends passing by, had to take their picture. The 530 from the far right. I should have used one more flash on their legs, that would probably make this shot a lot better. And yes, the 530 was a little too powerful this time. SD14 10-20mm ISO50

And finally, three shots of Linn. I’m so happy to have her around so I can play!! :D

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These last two could have been more worked on in SPP or LR but.. I didn’t. In the last shot the flash was slightly to close to her and skin is a little overexposed. Could work better as monochrome. All three  shot using SD14 and 10-20mm. ISO50 on all.

All above images available as full size on flickr. Handle with care.

Playing with two YN460-II

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Carl Rytterfalk
on August 22, 2010
in Flash, Full size, ISO50, Sigma Photo Pro and Sigma SD14
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Today I had a wedding photo session – used Sigma 10-20 and Sigma 70mm together with my beloved SD14. Linn assisted (I LOOOOVE when she assists!) and on he way home we had a car full of gear, far away from home. What to do? Of course, we stopped and took some shots of each other. Sky was rapidly changing which made everything so much more interesting. :) And just for fun I used my new Chinese equipment. Two speed lights, stand and some transmitting equipment. Shot of me was way overexposed (ISO50) but in monochrome WB there was lots of information in blown areas so I turned it BW. Shot of me is also cropped some.

Btw, the cheap chinese equipment that brought works perfectly well together with the Sigma, (including DP’s) which is really nice! I had my Elinchrom Quadra in the car but – the Yongnuo YN460-II worked great, especially when two put together.

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Everything developed using SPP 4.1 and post edited using LR3 (darkening sky some etc). Full size available at my Fall 2010 set at Flickr.

You might ask why I don’t use my Sigma 530 DG Super instead of some cheap chinese ones – well, as you see the light is on a pretty light stand and it’s windy, I don’t dare having my beloved and TTL working 530 on that one without someone being able to save it of it falls. The two in the background DID fall – and one broke but was easy to fix. :)

One saved moment..

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Carl Rytterfalk
on May 10, 2010
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I took photos of candidates of confirmation the last week and I’m dealing with those shots right now. I saw this more or less black shot a moment ago – always keen on seeing if something cool could be saved I opened it up using SPP and found these priceless expressions. :D +2 exposure, +0.7 lightness and finally a big push of X3 Fill light +0,7. I used SPP 3.3 as monochrome looks better that way.

Behind the saved / BeforeBehind the saved / After

Schillerska and Lars

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Carl Rytterfalk
on May 9, 2010
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A session from the other day at Schillerska Gymnasium in Göteborg. The shot of Lars has been manipulated with the black and white tool in CS5. Btw, Photoshop CS5 rocks! :D In case you didn’t know.

PS. It’s been a hectic week and I have LOADS of images to process from weddings and groups etc.. And as I am who I am I have this obsession that some images just HAVE to be processed using ALL developers available before deciding on what to give my customer. (SPP3.3, 4, Silkypix, Raw Developer, PS CS5 and LR3). That’s pretty stupid really. Oh, and did I mention that CS5 has some really cool features that I just have to play with, on almost every single shot I open? Stupid stupid Adobe. I hate “content aware” anything..

I also dislike people writing comments using the iPad. I would start liking it though if someone would send me one. :D

Lars och hans eleverLars och hans elever

Maria and Magnus..

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Carl Rytterfalk
on May 3, 2010
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Had another wedding session this friday and just started to develop the first images and thought I could share some.. It was a pretty cold day that ended in heavy rain! :D (grain is fake, yes)

Magnus, Maria, Emil och Anni..Magnus, Maria, Emil och Anni..Magnus, Maria, Emil och Anni..

Chinese artist XuYun, late session..

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Carl Rytterfalk
on April 23, 2010
in 10-20, 30mm 1.4, 50-500 OS, 70mm, Full size, Portraits, Sigma Photo Pro and Sigma SD14
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My friend and artist, XuYun has been artist in residents at the Nordic Watercolour Museum on Tjörn. She’s just leaving and I rushed out to her little island to take some last minutes pictures of her. Here’s some of them. All taken with SD14 and lenses used 10-20, 30mm, 70mm and 50-500 OS. Can you see what lens took what photo? edit: Some images has a warm light coming in from the side, my doing. Some of these shots has been lit by light from reflecting windows.

XuYun - Chinese artist #3XuYun - Chinese artist #2 (Double size output)

above: Double size output

XuYun - Chinese artist - village overview

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Reflections..

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Carl Rytterfalk
on April 23, 2010
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Was visiting a friend out on the islands today and saw these beautiful reflections from red barn type of house in the water. The blue sky, the partly lit wall and some white paint made these incredibly nice reflections. The 50-500 OS used. I kind of looks like I faked something to make it look cool, but I didn’t. It’s all SPP (plus border).. pretty cool!

Reflections 420mm
Above: @ 420mm Below: @ 200mm
Reflections 200mm

A kids portrait.

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Carl Rytterfalk
on April 22, 2010
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This is Joakim and I shot him today with my SD14 + my good old 30mm.
And yes, it was really cold when I took this shot, and bit of warm reflector comes in from the right.

Joakim

It’s really an amazing picture, not because of the lens or camera per se, but because I one hour earlier dropped both my camera and lens onto the asphalt from chest level. It’s my first time like that, and I didn’t just trop it, I almost threw it away doing some stupid move when moving it from hand to shoulder. I can still hear that heavy sound..

Everything works and it now have this beautiful dent on top that likely will make it more valuable the day I decide to sell. :D

Double size output original..

Sigma 50-500 OS vs Canon 100-400 IS

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Carl Rytterfalk
on April 19, 2010
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[Update: There is a second test in the comments section in this article]

Alright, let me put it like this, today I was going to test how the Canon 100-400 4,5-5,6 IS compared to Sigma 50-500 4,5-6,3 OS and I was a bit afraid of testing these two cameras against each other because the 5D has 21MP and I got 4.6MP. There’s a slight difference. :)

First image has been shot using ISO200 on both cameras, Sigma at F7,1 and Canon at F6,3 .

I used Lightroom 3 beta 2 for Canon and Sigma Photo Pro 4 for the Sigma.

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Original Canon 100-400 IS has a VERY sweet bokeh! Yummy! (right shot)

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Sigma 120-300 shot Linn @ 2.8!!

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Carl Rytterfalk
on April 17, 2010
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Liu Dong yun
Sigma SD14, 120-300 @ 2.8  1/500  ISO50 (hand held)

The 120-300 is a classy lens, here I’m trying hard (especially the second shot) to shoot it against the 50-500 and I might add it was a bit tricky as the wind was blowing and I could feel how much movement I was making. Now, these shots are both ISO50 and both wide open at 2,8! Quite a bit faster than the 50-500 can do. Also, colors came out quite different compared to the 50-500 shot. Now, I used two different SD14s and they have a little bit different coloristic, and I’m not sure how much is down to the lens, camera or work in SPP.

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50-500 OS @ 300mm – hand held 1/60s

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Carl Rytterfalk
on April 16, 2010
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Liu Dong Yun

I really do enjoy the Stabilizer, I feel like I could take those impossible shots such as this one. :)  Camera used: SD14, at ISO200. Lens set at f7.1 and a shutter speed of 1/60s. Pretty amazing really. No extra sharpness added. Full size available as well.

And when I think about it, this lens has such incredible bokeh and really really nice color characteristics and also a very functional OS  and it’s a SUPER ZOOM! 10x!!

And thanks Bengt for assisting me with the reflector! :)

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Elke, Dennis, Niklas, Martina and Ester shot with 50-500 OS

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Carl Rytterfalk
on April 16, 2010
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Elke 50-500Some new <a onclick=50-500 OS shots" width="500" height="333" />Niklas <a onclick=50-500 OS" width="500" height="333" />Some new 50-500 OS shots

And at a full 500mm:

martina 50-500 @ 500mm

Below: And some more from the dog session, this time playing with F16 1/100s compared with F7,1 1/500s. Handheld of course. And you might notice a slight back focus which I think I need to correct when possible. Will wait for the SD15 before I do something though. Still, it’s not clear as I don’t see the ground below the dog. grrr. And if you look at the shot above, which is a full 500mm and perfectly in focus. hmm.. Perhaps it’s only visible on longer distances? Or perhaps it’s me? likely.

Ester 50-500 OS @ f16 handheldEster 50-500 OS @ f7,1 handheld

And another one at the full 500mm. Not bad.

Ester 50-500 OS @ 500mm

All images available as full resolution here.

A lonely seagull..

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Carl Rytterfalk
on April 15, 2010
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Some new <a onclick=50-500 OS shots" width="500" height="500" />

Was caught on tape yesterday from my balcony. 50-500 OS using continues AF.

The fabulous 70-200 revisited! (updated)

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Carl Rytterfalk
on April 15, 2010
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I almost forgot that I had the 70-200, and I decided to take it for a spin with my students - equipped with both the new 50-500 and the 70-200 we had an outdoor, long zoom, reflector class. Sun was setting and because I didn’t have any yellow toned filter / gel for my Quadra I used a circular golden reflector instead.

Sigma 70-200 EX shots
Original size

I was really amazed with how snappy my old 70-200 was and how precise it hit the eye – shot after shot after shot! I did calibrate it more than half a year ago and didn’t really use it since then (dark winter) but now I realize how well I did, and how friendly it have become! I didn’t remember the bokeh to be this beautiful! It’s really awesome!

Sigma 70-200 EX shots
Original size. Above shot might have been taken by Niklas, I don’t remember this to be my framing.

The above girl is one of my students, her name is Elke Knorr and she took the picture below of me. I was also surpriced to find that all her shots were all in focus as well. I will definitely use this lens more!. :) Perhaps I should make a 120-300 vs 70-200 thingi..

Also notice the light. Sun comes in from the left and a golden reflector from the right.

Sigma 70-200 EX shots
Niklas, here enjoying the 50-500. No reflector.

Sigma 70-200 EX shots
And this one shot by Martina. Look at those colors!

Sigma 70-200 EX shots
Click me and see what happens! :D

Oh, and yes. This is me with the 50-500. Look at that sweet bokeh – and those colors all came out so nice. And this is the old 70-200 2.8EX, (not the oldest oldest) without any macro – so it’s a bit irritating to have to go back in order to focus. I think 1.5m is the closest.

No extra sharpening on these images. Some PS levels but that’s more or less it. All shots at f3.5. SPP4. You can find them all as full size, plus some more here!

The mighty three processes a dog. Ingredients a 50-500 and some OS

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Carl Rytterfalk
on April 14, 2010
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Headlines! ahh..

I wanted to give you a little treat. Three shots each developed using one out of three great Sigma RAW developers. I took about a hundred shots of Ester, the dog and my little sister and most of them came home in very good condition. Focusing is fast and snaps into place, most of the time on the correct spot. But I’m looking forward to see how well the 50-500 works together with the SD15. Can I catch a running dog?

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First out. Silkypix! Shot was once more wide open (f6,3) and at 450mm. ISO 100. I turned off (more or less) noise reduction in silkypix to gain some natural noise but it did paint a little as you can see if you open up the full version. SPP version is softer but also very nice looking without smear.  Open original size.

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Sigma Photo Pro 4 does a very good job, and gives a slightly more warm tone – which fits this image very nicely. Also, details overall looks much better here then with Silkypix. But Silkypix often gives very “pleasing” colors and you have such nice control. mm. f7.1 This one is at a full 500mm. This one in original size. (I did not focus at the dog)

Raw Developer

And lastly Raw Developer. Raw developer has such nice controls over RGB curves, lightness, overexposure, sharpness, black and white and noise. BUT it’s trickier to get perfect white balance then most other developers. I was actually helped by having Silkypix open at the same time, showing the same image. You need to know your thing but once you do Raw Developer squeezes out slightly more detail than any other developer and can give very film-like images. This one has noise reduction completely turned off. 373mm. Full size.

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