For the first time on any of my Asian trips I tried shooting serious digital photos, OUCH no film! I wanted to see what I could do with my Canon 5D Mark II and 24mm F1.4 lens. This is what I got! Still have lots to learn with this tool.
It seems so weird to not have negs for these images, makes me feel a bit sad. Still it is nice not to have to clean up all the little hairs and dust spots you get with scanning negs, especially 35mm like these.
Note* Am very limited in what I can do in photoshop, much more comfortable in a darkroom. With these digi images this was the best work I could do, no cropping or collages allowed. Only converted them to b/w, pumped up the sharpness a dad, burned, dodged and adjust brightness/contrast (sort of like in a darkroom). If I do more digi work in the future with the Canon I will need to improve my photoshop technique. I need to find out the best way to handle blown out white highlights which is common on things like thousands of white bags in bright sunlight in the dump.
Note** The images in this blog are all low res versions, I have higher end RAW files on my hard drives. Not sure how big these could be printed if needed, but probably quite big.
Note** I would like to thank my friend Larry for teaching me about this camera lens combo and inspiring me with his world class photography.
Update* I think the digital stuff is going well enough to continue working with this camera system. I hate not having a negative thou! I wonder if I can get some kind of film recorder happening allowing me to print these type images in a real darkroom.
Update** Looking at these 10 first choices and how I worked with them in photoshop. I think in the future I need to tone down the contrast some and let the longer tonal scale of a digital negative come out. I tend to print heavier grain and contrast with my 35mm Tri-x neg shots, I am not sure that works best with these new 100% digital files.
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| Dump pigs, Mae Sot Thailand April 2016 |
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| Young boy in dump, Mae Sot Thailand April 2016 |
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| Groom with daughter in the dump, Mae Sot Thailand April 2016 |
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| Khune Anapon homeless man, Bangkok Thailand March 2016 |
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| Khune Ooh homeless lady cooking rice, Bangkok Thailand March 2016 |
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| 2 young boxers, Klong Toey slum gym, Bangkok Thailand April 2016 |
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| 75 year old sailor telling me tales of his amulets, Thailand April 2016 |
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| Young boxer Klong Toey slum gym, Bangkok Thailand March-April 2016 |
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| Bald man in Klong Toey slum, Bangkok Thailand March--April 2016 |
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| Young Burmese sailor bathing on his boat, Thailand April 2016 |
