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Title: three giants
Post by: Olivier on April 03, 2016, 19:38:42
As often, this was shot in the gardens of the "Chateau de Méry", near my house.
V1IR, 6 shots pano.

Title: Re: three giants
Post by: Gary on April 03, 2016, 19:45:11
Wow, ever nice, I absolutely love the processing.
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Post by: Airy on April 03, 2016, 19:55:45
Ditto. Did you indeed "convert" the camera to IR, or is it PP artistry ?
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: Olivier on April 03, 2016, 20:03:22
Gary, Airy, thank you!

I converted a V1 indeed, using the 720nm filter previously sitting in my dead D80IR. The conversion is reasonnably easy to perform if unlike me you start with the appropriate screwdriver, as usual the tricky part is to be able to insert a dust-free filter in a dust-free camera.

Gary, the processing is a combination of infrared self-magic (even hard sunlight can be good in IR) and Nik Silver Efex, the now free and always rich B&W convertor.

Olivier
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: Airy on April 03, 2016, 20:12:48
Technical tricks aside, the framing is great, and the three giants even more - plane trees, apparently.
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Post by: Tejpor on April 03, 2016, 21:33:00
Yes, this is a wonderful image! The composition, the glow just superb.
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Post by: Akira on April 03, 2016, 22:11:59
This is yet another lovely Olivier-esque IR image!
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Post by: simato73 on April 03, 2016, 22:24:45
Absolutely beautiful, I really like this image.
I would like to see it printed big and hanging off a wall; if it were mine I'd find in my home as big a space as possible for it.
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: golunvolo on April 03, 2016, 22:43:36
+1 to all the above.

  I like how the trees inside the frame creates 4 different paths with different destinations. I, as a viewer, had the time to see them all but felt compelled to make a choice at the end, so I did.

  Thanks for the experience.
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: JJChan on April 04, 2016, 08:54:15
Olivier
Beautiful and inspiring - thank you

JJ
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: Erik Lund on April 04, 2016, 11:46:29
Very nice framing and processing! ;)
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Post by: Frank Fremerey on April 04, 2016, 12:04:39
In IR you achieve a dreamy atmosphere like a fairy tale illustration. I love the bark of plane trees. My gandparents used to have lots of these in their garden.

I feel I have seen this garden before. Is that public?

With houses like that I ask myself if I'd like to own one or if that is a too large form for me.

For the time being I prefer to walk in the gardens of these houses if they are public or visit some relatives living in such places.

Sometimes I feel it is not good for the social fabric to distance oneself to much from other people.
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: Olivier on April 04, 2016, 14:36:05
Thanks for the many responses, I am honored.
Frank, this is a castle dating back to the middle age and that was rebuilt during the Renaissance period. it is quite large and the gardens and forest cover 27 hectares, at the center of the small city of Mery sur Oise near Paris.
The place is now the property of the city, they use it as a public parc and for many local festivities, and there is also a hotel next to it (hidden in the forest) which uses the castle as a seminar house.
I live at walking distance from the castle, we often pique-nique there, or simply walk in the gardens when the weather is nice. The park is also a part of one of my jogging routines.
It is also my "long term photographic project" as I keep returning there with my IR camera, and try to find new angles on this familiar (to me) place. You must all get bored of often seeing similar-looking pictures!
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Post by: elsa hoffmann on April 04, 2016, 14:42:30
should look great printed big
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Post by: Jacques Pochoy on April 04, 2016, 14:46:44
Superbe prise de vue avec le chateau au fond... :-) Cela donne envie d'essayer l'IR !
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: Olivier on April 04, 2016, 20:38:19
Thank you Elsa, merci Jacques...
Jacques, I am sure you have an old Nikon DSLR laying around, unused, begging for a second life! Some are really easy to convert. It is worth a thought, for sure...
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Post by: Mongo on April 05, 2016, 06:08:39
beautifully composed and processed. It has a strong but "dreamy" feel. Very nice work.
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: Olivier on April 05, 2016, 22:01:03
Thank you Mongo.
The dreamy feel was enhenced in Nik Silver Efex: I like the "soft contrast" slider, in both directions actually. It is difficult for me to find the right balance sometimes...
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: Jacques Pochoy on April 05, 2016, 22:11:52
Thank you Elsa, merci Jacques...
Jacques, I am sure you have an old Nikon DSLR laying around, unused, begging for a second life! Some are really easy to convert. It is worth a thought, for sure...

Ah... The trouble is that my three children (big now) are recycling my old DSLRs ! I now only have the D3x and the Df... So I'll wait a bit more for a conversion.... :-)
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: Olivier on April 05, 2016, 22:21:38
A used V1 goes for 200€ now!

Ah, grown up kids... Mine sometimes consider me like "le père Goriot" and I don't even complain...
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: Hugh_3170 on April 06, 2016, 15:38:42
I cannot add to what the others have already said, except to say that I have come back to view the Three Giants several times now.  I do hope that you print this one large and hang it in your home.

BTW, what lens did you use on the V1?
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: Olivier on April 06, 2016, 16:00:20
Hi Hugh,

thank you! I may print it indeed, or reshoot with a slightly different idea that has come to my mind... It will be hard to find a place for this in my home though.
I used the kit zoom (10-30mm) at 10mm f/10 if I am not mistaken. This is a panoramic picture made of 6 shots, the camera was in vertical position.

Title: Re: three giants
Post by: s.smith on April 23, 2016, 07:37:33
As often, this was shot in the gardens of the "Chateau de Méry", near my house.
V1IR, 6 shots pano.

Love the colors and the reflection. Beautiful shot my friend.
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: Jacques Pochoy on April 23, 2016, 09:41:18
A used V1 goes for 200€ now!

Ah, grown up kids... Mine sometimes consider me like "le père Goriot" and I don't even complain...

LOL... ;D
Title: Re: three giants
Post by: MFloyd on April 23, 2016, 11:33:00
Indeed, a very nice shot. For me, the one of ten pictures a year.