I finally invested in a tripod, and I chose Benro C-297. I´t a carbon fiber tripod, so the weight is not that bad, and the build is very good. I also bought a Manfrotto 804RC2 pan / tilt head, but I´m not all that impressed with that. Continue Reading →
Norway´s prime election is only a month a way, and Norwegian politicians are getting hang of social networking, like twitter. I added Norway´s prime minister Jens Stoltenberg on my list yesterday, just to see what he was up to. I was rather surprised when he added me as well. He probably have people doing the job for him, but still. Maybe this is my chance to speak up. Like; the bread i bought today at “Gutta på Haugen” was way overpriced. The consumer price index in Norway is way to high Jens!
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I get confused each time I read an article about color space, so I´ve decided to get even more confused. Find out by taking pictures with both and compare. What do I think look best and what does my friend think. So what the Hell is Colorspace? Wikipedia writes
A color model is an abstract mathematical model describing the way colors can be represented as tuples of numbers, typically as three or four values or color components (e.g. RGB and CMYK are color models). However, a color model with no associated mapping function to an absolute color space is a more or less arbitrary color system with no connection to any globally-understood system of color interpretation. Adding a certain mapping function between the color model and a certain reference color space results in a definite
Too techno? I totally agree, and I consider my self pretty technical.
So the two contestants are Adobe RBG and sRGB, which are the available options on my camera, Canon EOS 5D mark II . Adobe RGB color space is 16 bits, while sRGB is only 8 bits. More bits, more fun you might think, that at least what I think. Well, not all browsers supports (IE might be one of them you might think, which is off course correct) other color spaces than sRGB , so the preferred option for web is sRGB. So why not just stick to sRGB? Well, at some point I might want to print my pictures and hang them on my wall or my friends. Last time I tried that I got extremely disappointed. I´m not saying that the soul reason for that was the color space, but if I´m able to capture a higher quality image just by switching a button, then yes I´ll do that. Very NICE!
All images should be identical in terms all other camera settings that…Color Space.
Full resolution on my camera 5616×3744 saved to JPG and RAW. So, is color space written to the file when saved as RAW. I´m soon to find out.. All images are imported to Lightroom, and exported (untouched) with sRGB and resized to 1024 x 768 3000 pix pr inch. Sharpen for screen, standard amount. So why exported with sRGB? To match your browser (please use something else that Microsoft Internet Explorer!), and screen.
Day 1
First picture up is from Bygdø, outside Oslo. I wanted more colors in my first shoot, but the clouds haunted me this day and gave me this. Anyway, the blue sky is there and the black sculptured rock in the foreground challenge the contrast and black levels. In my opinion using Adobe RBG looks better, since it has deeper blue color and much better contrast.
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sRGB
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What do you think? If you do add a comment, please also include what Operating System, browser and screen you use. Tomorrow I´ll add more pictures!
Edit – Day 2
Next up is Christian, my kite buddy from Sweden. This picture is taken outside Åpent Bakeri, Hegdehaugsveien in Oslo. Since I did this without a tripod, and Christian is not in the exact same time position in both frames it´s not 100% identical. But it close enough. Again I think Adobe RBG looks best. The red sign at the left looks more red, Christians skin color looks more natural, he´s goldfishes more colorful and the contrast is better.
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More pictures tomorrow, stay tuned!
Edit – Day 3
3.1 Yesterday I had a great day at my friend Bendik, at he´s roof terrace eating sushi and drinking beer. Due to lack of enthusiasm among my friends and been shoot at, I ended up taking pictures of my self (“he does not have friends..” you think). The picture is takes with my camera on a tripod, with a remote trigger. The background is a bit overexposed, but fair enough. Again I think Adobe RGB in general looks better. Contrast is better, skin color looks more natural and my white shirt actually looks white were it´s suppose to be and not grayish.?
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3.2 Next picture is from the same rooftop. This picture is a bit dark, and do not challenge colors in general I think, but it was a cool shot, so I included it;) Contrast looks much better with Adobe RGB in my opinion. What do you think?
sRGB
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I see now that the majority of these pictures are dark, so next time I need to include pictures that are brighter.
There is a discussion on this topic on foto.no(in Norwegian)
190 days of holiday is over, it´s been a blast. I´m at Philadelphia international, after I flew in from Santo Domingo. Now I have to wait for 7 hours (not NICE) before i fly to Oslo. This last week has been hectic. Working for my friend Hege, taking photos and writing has been a lot of fun though.
Yesterday I took photos of dominican skateboarders and bikers, they were really good. Check out the bikers superman trick!
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More pictures from Cabarete Summer Fest
Next week is dedicated to seeing friend and family, and start looking for work.
190 days of leave, 4 continents, a lot kiting (and soar muscles) amazing places, a lot of new friends, some 7000 pictures, and rich on life; the party is over and I´m soon on my way back to Oslo, Norway. I´m really looking forward to get back home to see my friends and family.
This last week I´ve been working for my friend Hege and helping here out with Cabarete Summer Fest. During the event I´ll take pictures and write festival reports. Hege also want´s to display some my pictures at the festivals photo exhibition. Pretty cool! If they get sold, the money goes to www.wishspring.org
I took some pictures of Alex Soto, which will be competing during the festival. He is one of the local professional riders from Cabarete
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Dominican Republic is great, and I´ve had 4 days of wind so far here in Cabarete. I´m staying with a friend from Norway, Hege. Continue Reading →
Antigua is warm and sunny, but yet no wind. Yesterday i drove around and explored the island.
Here are some expressions. Continue Reading →
It has not been a lot of wind the last days in Cape Hatteras, but yesterday John and I got some wind at Windmills point it was however very light. On our way back to Waves we drove past a couch that someone had left on the side of the road, so we stopped for pictures. Continue Reading →
After 2 weeks in San Francisco, I´m now in North Carolina – Cape Hatteras. The town that I staying at is called Waves. It a kiteboarding mecca with very good riding conditions, both flat water and waves and so far I have had wind the hole time. I´m sharing apartment with a very nice guy from Seattle, John.
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After 10 days in San Francisco, I´m now on a quick detour in Seattle. My singing friend Ted, or Bobby among friends, invited me to stay at his house and meet his family and friends. Ted took me kayaking yesterday at Lake Union, which is right downtown and has a view of the Seattle skyline. He also took me mountain biking at Lake Sawyer, together with his friend Jimmy. The day was finished with beers and burgers, where I also got to meet Jimmy and Ted´s hero, Trevor.
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