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Jewelry photography, day five.

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Carl Rytterfalk
on August 26, 2010
in 105mm, Adobe Lightroom, Flash, Full size, How to, ISO50, Sigma SD15 and Studio
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Diamond ring..
Now I moved so much away from my initial setup that I feel that I will show you a picture or two of what my current setup actually looks like. Woohoo! I will post some in the comments section.  The above shot is slightly cleaned up – the gold surface was slightly scratched and some dents so I repainted the middle reflection and the bottom left - but other than that it’s the original photo – I’m now very satisfied with how reflections works – and if I change ring reflections still look beautiful. I must say that the pure IQ that the Sigma SD15 gives is extremely high. I’ve been looking at other photographers works with jewelry and once you go closer it just doesn’t look good. This shot is available in full size as well. A bit too full really. :)

This time I didn’t use anything else than LR3 and PS5. The only thing left now is to continue with OOF – and see where I should stop before text is readable. This shot is ISO50, 105mm, f11, 1/160s.

Playing with OOF

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Carl Rytterfalk
on August 26, 2010
in 105mm, Adobe Lightroom, Flash, ISO50, Sigma SD15 and Studio
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Lightroom conversion test

I noticed that it’s more or less impossible to get correct focus at more then one ring at a time (at f7.1) – so I took three shots and combined them in PS.. :)  It’s really late too, I should go to bed. hmm.. This is a Lightroom 3 conversion of SD15 file, not bad – but not as good as from SPP.

I’m pretty much set now with my setup – this last shot had no changes, no painting except taking away a little dust – although getting the background WHITE is time consuming when there is so much blur to deal with. The foremost black corners will also be a little bit less black – one white foam infront of camera is missing.

Jewelry photography, day four. (Updated)

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Carl Rytterfalk
on August 25, 2010
in 105mm, Adobe Lightroom, Flash, Full size, How to, ISO50, Sigma Photo Pro, Sigma SD15 and Studio
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Final capture for day four: We had a long talk today, me and the jewelry guy. He wanted the text within each ring to be unreadable so we decided that taking each text away using PS would take way to long, but using a wider aperture could work instead. I had to move the light quite a bit (I used lowest power at f20 on those last shots) and now I had to use  a semitransparent white circular reflector in-between the softbox and the “set” . I finally got a working F8. I could go all the way down to f5.6 but then it was hard to see anything exept one or two diamonds in focus.

I also wrapped the whole sets bottom in golden reflective material – and it seams to work pretty nicely. There is a 3000px version of the below image.

Four diamond rings

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Jewelry photography, Day three.. (Update)

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Carl Rytterfalk
on August 24, 2010
in 70mm, Adobe Lightroom, Flash, Sigma Photo Pro, Sigma SD15 and Studio
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EDIT. Late Evening, day three. Last edit for tonight.
This last one has very strong colors because I selected “vivid” color mode in SPP. No added saturation - actually I pulled it back a bit in PS. The full size shot, with all it’s flaws.

Alright, day three is over.. Last shot.

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Jewelry photography day 2.

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Carl Rytterfalk
on August 23, 2010
in 70mm, Adobe Lightroom, Flash, ISO50, Sigma SD15 and Studio
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ringtest1

Alright, it’s not really day two, but at least it’s first shot! I dealed a little with it in Photoshop and will play more with reflections to get the right feel (but not in Photoshop, but on the set). What do you think? It’s ISO50. I think I will get more black in the corners of the ring, like a black frame somehow. Also it’s a little too tilted. :) But that’s not the important part right now.

Right now, I only play with fake rings – will get the real stuff when it’s time for the real deal. About 200 of them.

Light from above, two paper reflectors on the side. Elinchrom Quadra. Sigma SD15, Sigma 70mm.

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.

DP2 in the mirror..

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Carl Rytterfalk
on August 5, 2010
in Adobe Lightroom, Full size and Sigma DP2
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Dali countryside <a onclick=DP2" width="500" height="333" />Dali countryside DP2 (crop)

Crop from first shot. not 100%.

I found this cool mirror when passing a beauty shop. Btw, all these shops are located in something that looks very similar to a garage – both by design and size. And it’s not uncommon that the owner sleeps in the back or above. So, when the shop opens the whole door is pulled away and it’s like one wall is gone, no door no nothing. Like opening a garage. That also brings the possibility to fast find mirrors and stuff that you can shoot at like this one directly from the bright, sunlit street.
And yes. I had to take this shot like four times to get the correct exposure. It’s really a tricky situation. It’s also tilted slightly but I wanted you to have the full size original without any corrections made.
Dali countryside DP2
Or like this one, it’s not easy to hide when there is no wall.. (would have been great if I looked at shutter speed before pressing that trigger. Hoping for Sigma to add full auto ISO too.. :) Would really help me in situations like this one. I do use auto ISO, but would use it MUCH more if it gave me a better reach.
I remember that I shot a kid with some cool t-shirt some time ago, someone thought it was cool and I found another one  - if anyone seen the movie, then you know what the text refers to. :D Often when I see one it’s either on a person that I feel bad shooting or inside some dark shop OR no camera at reach.
Dali countryside DP2
Sometimes the owner has this problem of what to do, cut hair or sell toys?
Dali countryside DP2
Sigma DP2. Developed using Lightroom 3. I know, shots would most likely be nicer if at least first processed using SPP but I developed lots of shots and I really don’t have much time for SPP..
Extra: And just came home from the fire festival which I wanted to visit last year but couldn’t and now, finally I had a go.. so crazy. I did bring cameras too, but it was pitch black except for the fire – will post some images. But it’s sleep time now.

Lucky little Bee

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Carl Rytterfalk
on July 29, 2010
in Adobe Lightroom, Full size, High ISO/ASA (400+), ISO50, Portraits, Sigma DP2 and Sigma Photo Pro
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Now, I had a some days together with only DP2 – the strange thing is that when I bring the DP2, then all situations are begging for wider – and when bringing the DP1 the opposite. But these below worked perfectly well using the DP2′s 42mm lens. Also, a reminder. Edited on nothing calibrated but I think they should look ok.

Lucky Bee
This little girl  stood outside the window of a restaurant and she looked at me constantly – the guy sitting there is the restaurant owner and he tried several times to scare her away by banking on the window and by by looking at her with angry face.. But she remained with the same face, looking at me.. This is perhaps the only time I been thinking about adoption. :P

Also notice that some have a cropped version as well.. it’s not me taking two shots. :)

Trying to hideCrop of hidden manCorn and stuffCrop of cornModern Dali

StrangerCrop of strangerIn DaliLinn awaiting drinkCrop of Linn awaiting drinkAt dentistTesting wedding make-upfarmwilleDesaturatedLinn at market BananamanCrop of BananamanPosition Fishing pigscrop of pigat hospital 2at hospitalStreetMy chinese dad

Some new wedding shots!

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Carl Rytterfalk
on July 12, 2010
in Adobe Lightroom, Link, Portraits and Wedding sessions
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Bob and Olga did a amazing job, I never thought I would fit properly inside any of those images but they managed to squeeze me in! :D They used three cameras, the Sigma SD15, the Nikon D700 and a Sony 850. Nice setup, uhu? :) Click here to see the rest over at Bob and Olgas place!

There will be some really amazing shots made by the SD15 posted later as well.

Let there be light!

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Carl Rytterfalk
on May 19, 2010
in Adobe Lightroom, Flash, Full size, How to, ISO50, Portraits, Sigma DP1, Sigma DP2 and Sigma Photo Pro
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Decided that I wanted some practice using my Sigma 530DG Super and my Elinchrom Quadra. Today was a bright sunny day and I was hiding together with my students in the shadows trying to get optimum conditions for photography. I used both Sigma DP1 and DP2 and as soon as you see strong colors around the flash, that’s the DP1 used and It’s me forcing it by placing the light inside the frame (I enjoy those colors tremendously) . All shots processed using Sigma SPP4 and Lightroom 3 Beta 2. (from TIFF)

Before After

These above where the very first shots, I noticed that I had to turn on something in order to make it work. :) And as you might notice it has a very strong “flashy” feeling and by increasing shutter speed and lower the quadras power I got a more natural looking light. See below. Also notice that there is no “color” problems as long as light is outside frame.

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A 5D duck.. Full size. (updated with RAW)

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Carl Rytterfalk
on April 20, 2010
in Adobe Lightroom, Canon, Full size and RAW
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A 5D mark 2 Duck!
Developed using Lightroom 3 Beta 2 – Original size – Original RAW

5d duck v2
Developed using Capture One 5.1.1 (noise red, off)  - Original size – Original RAW

Canon 5D Mark 2 shot taken with the very good 100-400 IS and now, after some debating with myself, I tried more developers to see what would give the very best feeling for this shot. I used two developers that I think people use and you have them above. The RAW is also available if you want to try your way. Please leave your result as a comment. Now, Sigma. Please bring that SD15, or perhaps even that SD16 too? Look how bored I am. :)

320mm f5,6 ISO100 1/320s

Sigma 50-500 OS vs Canon 100-400 IS

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Carl Rytterfalk
on April 19, 2010
in 50-500 OS, Adobe Lightroom, Review, Sigma Photo Pro and Sigma SD14
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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.

SD14 vs 5D. <a onclick=50-500 OS vs 100-400 IS" width="500" height="313" />
Original Canon 100-400 IS has a VERY sweet bokeh! Yummy! (right shot)

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some DP2 and SD14 from today..

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Carl Rytterfalk
on February 25, 2010
in 120-300, 50mm 1.4, Adobe Lightroom, Full size, High ISO/ASA (400+), ISO50, Polarizer / Filter, Portraits, Sigma DP2, Sigma Photo Pro and Sigma SD14
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First some DP2 shots.. (all images, mixed ISO between 50-400)
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the other day..

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Carl Rytterfalk
on February 18, 2010
in Adobe Lightroom, High ISO/ASA (400+), Sigma Photo Pro and Sigma SD14
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I visited Church the other day, was there on a photo session and just wanted to share one of the shots. Above is taken using the SD14 using ISO400 plus a lens at 31mm.

What’s interesting about this picture is that white balance I selected was fluorescent – and that gave me very good colors in Sigma photo pro. Shutter speed was 1/10th of a second. Pretty alive if you ask me! :) The blue came out too strong (from outside light) so blue has been desaturated some. If I selected auto white balance or any other more “correct” white balance then colors became more muted and perhaps a bit more correct too. boring.

A very cold morning, a thousand angles.

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Carl Rytterfalk
on January 8, 2010
in 12-24, Adobe Lightroom, Full size, Sigma Photo Pro and Sigma SD14
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SPP, Another lens. (slightly tilted?)

How many photos can one take of a bridge, I asked myself. It was freezing, some time after 8:00 and the strong snowy wind never took a breather. Lucky me I had lots of clothes and a warm car to return to in case I had a near death experience. Oh, and Martin was there too, another photographer using the little DP1, the PEN and a Canon 5D M2. My bag was filled with three lenses and a trusty SD14. Oh, four lenses.. The fourth being the one I’ve used most of the time. A very nice zoom lens that I will get back to later.

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Above shot only to demonstrate what things looked like for us. Shot taken with the new lens using ISO800 to get a fast(er) shutter speed. (1/60s)

We had decided to go out this morning a couple of days earlier we saw on the weather report that it would be very cold. Maybe down to below -20C we had hoped to get frosty trees in morning sunlight but instead we got cloudy, windy and around -12C (10,4 F). And the beautiful frost was nowhere to be found except in it’s more boring form. Oh, yes. We got real star shaped snow flakes on the lens, over and over and over again! :D

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