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All this while it's been a habit for me to take photos in spurts, so I may do a few in a day and then nothing for a few days to come. I guess that hardly qualifies for 'A Picture A Day', but it becomes 'A Picture Every Now And Then'.

Well it does average out, doesn't it? ;D Have never done this before, but I'll try posting randoms in here whenever I get the chance to make photos. Hope to get some comments along the way and even start some chit-chat.

Let's start with this one:



Construction workers do the hard labour till after dark. The area was mostly very dark and lit by a spot light. This turned it into a scene of great contrast between light and darkness and I felt it would look best in monochrome.

[USM]

Bro, care to show us the color version?

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usm said:

Bro, care to show us the color version?

Hey man! Sorry but I am in camp at the moment and hence have no access to the computer and the images. However once I get back I'll try to post it up as soon as I can. It'll be quite a shock to you though, because noise levels are very high. The image was shot at ISO 3200. Underexposed 2 stops and pushed 1 stop in DPP.

Even in this B&W image the noise banding is quite evident. Also, notice that there is a difference in the noise pattern between two halves of the image and to a certain extent the brightness level also. That said, these niggles do not present themselves in a properly exposed image. They tend to show up noticeably when an image is pushed (ie. if underexposed and then brightened in DPP or equivalent RAW processing software).

I suppose these will be of interest to you particularly if you're interested in buying the 1D. Although its images are more noisy than those from newer cameras such as the 350D, the type of noise is actually more pleasing IMO, because it takes on a more grain-like appearence rather than mottling up like a watercolour painting. When noisy images are converted to B&W, the grain seems to add to the 1D's photos and gives it that old PJ look, rather like high-speed film.

Thanks again for taking the time to meet up today. Hope to receive the diagram for the wrist strap attachment soon. If you want, you can send it over to my email at [e-mail]

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As promised, here's the colour version. Note the grain and banding. However it is not as pronounced as that in the B&W version because I didn't 'push' the image as much. The colour version looked a little nicer when kept slightly darker, compared to the B&W version: