I like your tip about shooting in RAW and setting the display for B&W to get a sense of what it'll look like. However, personally I'd shoot a stop down instead of overexpose -- you're going to have 14+ bit depth in dng so you can always pull more detail out of the shadows, but if you overexpose the highlights you're s# out of luck, and I hate blown out highlights. As you say, the lack of color has been pretty depressing for shooting outdoors lately, and you're video has me motivated to try so B&W for a change. Thanks for posting!! Looking forward to seeing some from this shoot on Flickr.
Lee I used the settings you used on your wildlife video on your K70 on my K3-11 with the 55-300 PLM lens for wildlife bird photography on the beach got great bird photos using your settings . Thank You Lee
I still love my K5 but I've decided when it's time to buy another DSLR I want the K70. It's all I could ever need. I shoot a lot of film too so my K5 doesn't get a huge workout.
We have so many sea gulls around the coast of New Zealand (probably because we are a small island. I find it interesting that you're using a DSLR for monochrome, while I usually shoot most of my images with mirrorless. I'm feeling more inspired to get an action camera again so I can take videos of my events and adventures, but mount it on top of whatever camera I shoot with for the day.
Very nice images. Good publicity for Melton Lake in Oak Ridge. The same artist worked on the Dolly mural in Knoxville.
I like your tip about shooting in RAW and setting the display for B&W to get a sense of what it'll look like. However, personally I'd shoot a stop down instead of overexpose -- you're going to have 14+ bit depth in dng so you can always pull more detail out of the shadows, but if you overexpose the highlights you're s# out of luck, and I hate blown out highlights. As you say, the lack of color has been pretty depressing for shooting outdoors lately, and you're video has me motivated to try so B&W for a change. Thanks for posting!! Looking forward to seeing some from this shoot on Flickr.
Great pics
Thank you!
Lee
I used the settings you used on your wildlife video on your K70 on my K3-11 with the 55-300 PLM lens for wildlife bird photography on the beach got great bird photos using your settings . Thank You Lee
Great! glad to hear.
I still love my K5 but I've decided when it's time to buy another DSLR I want the K70. It's all I could ever need. I shoot a lot of film too so my K5 doesn't get a huge workout.
with digital cameras I tend to take exposure compensation down as opposed to up as it tends to overexpose already. but I am not an expert lol
We have so many sea gulls around the coast of New Zealand (probably because we are a small island.
I find it interesting that you're using a DSLR for monochrome, while I usually shoot most of my images with mirrorless.
I'm feeling more inspired to get an action camera again so I can take videos of my events and adventures, but mount it on top of whatever camera I shoot with for the day.
When I shoot black and white (camera setting) my pc converts to colour as soon as the shot loads.
Very nice shots Lee. Did you use ND or polarizer filters for your black and White shots?
no usually probably because I always forget them at home. lol
Hi! is sigma 10-20mm sharp in the corners?
Really nice shots. What's your opinion on that 10-20?
Lee did a video on the 20-40 saying it was one of the best lenses for pentax. It's the 20-40 that's making me want to get a pentax
as a fellow Vol (class of 67) I was interested in your B&W settings but the jerky motion caused by walking and talking made me dizzy.