Three-thousand-and-something kilometres ...

[westfrogger]

Hey Bernard, that was just too much awesomeness! Well done, Sir!
What mix of lenses did you use?
Was this with that monster Nikon of yours, or did you steal a MF camera?

My usual bag of tricks:
D300, D800, 14-24 2.8, 24-70 2.8, 80-200 2.8 and a 1.4x converter. All of it Nikon, including the batteries  ;D
Couple that with some fast memory cards (the D800 insists on them) and a bit of luck.

I still want my 300 2.8 and that ever-elusive D4s ...

 

[wooly bugger]

:thumleft:

 

[Chrisl]

don't expect anything between Keetmanshoop and Marienthal. There. Is. Nothing

You lie sir, there is Tses, Asab and Gibeon. :deal:
Tses and Gibeon just off the B1 and the mighty Asab just next to it.

If one drives that road regularly you need a strong mind :deal:

On the plus side I'd like to see that stretch in summer after some rain. When the rivers have more to show than sand. Would hate to be a courier on that route ... or worse, a cyclist.

I used to do that road sometimes four times in a week. :deal: :eek7:

 

[DirtRebell]

Wow. Beyond stunning.
You sure know your way around a mik&druk :thumleft:

 

[wooly bugger]

Wow. Beyond stunning.
You sure know your way around a mik&druk :thumleft:

:imaposer:

 

[wooly bugger]

Hey Bernard, that was just too much awesomeness! Well done, Sir!
What mix of lenses did you use?
Was this with that monster Nikon of yours, or did you steal a MF camera?

My usual bag of tricks:
D300, D800, 14-24 2.8, 24-70 2.8, 80-200 2.8 and a 1.4x converter. All of it Nikon, including the batteries  ;D
Couple that with some fast memory cards (the D800 insists on them) and a bit of luck.

I still want my 300 2.8 and that ever-elusive D4s ...

any of the shots taken with the D300?

 

[westfrogger]

Wow. Beyond stunning.
You sure know your way around a mik&druk :thumleft:

:lol8:

 

[wooly bugger]

and how much work in post?

 

[westfrogger]

Hey Bernard, that was just too much awesomeness! Well done, Sir!
What mix of lenses did you use?
Was this with that monster Nikon of yours, or did you steal a MF camera?

My usual bag of tricks:
D300, D800, 14-24 2.8, 24-70 2.8, 80-200 2.8 and a 1.4x converter. All of it Nikon, including the batteries  ;D
Couple that with some fast memory cards (the D800 insists on them) and a bit of luck.

I still want my 300 2.8 and that ever-elusive D4s ...

any of the shots taken with the D300?

All the morning and midday long shots were taken with the D300.

 

[wooly bugger]

OK, thanks. Any particular reason for that seeing as you had a D800 in your bag?

 

[westfrogger]

and how much work in post?

Post: revisit white balance and adjust to suit the image, then tweak exposure before denoising where needed and sharpening before saving. Of course the saved images are heavily compressed to keep file sizes okay. Exposure and composition aside there is not much you can do with aircraft shots in post.

Most of my time is spent deleting the kak shots.  :lol8:

 

[wooly bugger]

Thanks. Talk to me about de-noising?

 

[westfrogger]

OK, thanks. Any particular reason for that seeing as you had a D800 in your bag?

I can only (sensibly) use the 14-24 with full-frame.
As I said I need that D4s ... so that this crop rubbish can live on the shelf with the other old photographic relics. Actually in an ideal world I'd shoot 3 FF bodies, each with a slightly different focal length. And a trolley to push everything around plus a bikinied chiropractor on standby.

 

[wooly bugger]

OK so for the long shots you took advantage of the 1.5 CF. Did you also use the 1.4TC?

 

[westfrogger]

Thanks. Talk to me about de-noising?

Turn the volume down a little.
It's a catch-22. Too much and the image detail goes 2006. Many forms of post-processing will increase image noise (in its various forms). I only apply it where I have to, otherwise just live with it. Needless to say it's not a concern on the D800 ... even at ISO 2000 (have shots events at higher ISOs, but always prefer to avoid it as it starts to narrow your colour range).

I admire people who (successfully) shot aircraft with MF lenses and film. Not. Easy.

 

[westfrogger]

OK so for the long shots you took advantage of the 1.5 CF. Did you also use the 1.4TC?

Er ... what's the 1.5 CF? DX Mode on FX? Sometimes. All long shots were taken with the 1.4 TC in place ... far too dusty to unnecessarily change lens combinations. The lenses and lens combinations are carefully calibrated to each body, so the results are very good (for a zoom lens).

 

[wooly bugger]

No, the D300 obviously has a cropped sensor hence the reference to the 1.5 magnification factor.
What do you mean by volume?
How do you calibrate your lens combo's to the bodies?

Eish, too many questions from the noob? Shall I just go away?

 

[westfrogger]

No, the D300 obviously has a cropped sensor hence the reference to the 1.5 magnification factor.
What do you mean by volume?
How do you calibrate your lens combo's to the bodies?

Eish, too many questions from the noob? Shall I just go away?

Noise = volume! Turn the volume down and it goes quiet. You live amongst monks?

Calibration: with software ... far, far better than manually with old eyes.

 

[wooly bugger]

No, the D300 obviously has a cropped sensor hence the reference to the 1.5 magnification factor.
What do you mean by volume?
How do you calibrate your lens combo's to the bodies?

Eish, too many questions from the noob? Shall I just go away?

Noise = volume! Turn the volume down and it goes quiet. You live amongst monks?

Calibration: with software ... far, far better than manually with old eyes.

:imaposer:
I am the main monk!
Volume as in ISO? What do you shoot on?

 

[westfrogger]

No, the D300 obviously has a cropped sensor hence the reference to the 1.5 magnification factor.
What do you mean by volume?
How do you calibrate your lens combo's to the bodies?

Eish, too many questions from the noob? Shall I just go away?

Noise = volume! Turn the volume down and it goes quiet. You live amongst monks?

Calibration: with software ... far, far better than manually with old eyes.

:imaposer:
I am the main monk!
Volume as in ISO? What do you shoot on?

Yay! The penny dropped!
Varies ... anything between 100 (200 on D300) to 2000. I adjust to suit the light and ideal shutter speed/aperture combinations. Avoid auto-ISO unless I shoot things on a stage with highly varying lighting conditions.