#Canon 5D MK IV

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Brooks Falls Katmai Alaska by dean jones Via Flickr: Brown Bears in Alaska

[cpleblow]

the adriatic

(as shot from Rovinj harbor)

©cpleblow photography (2024)

[the-man-in-the-wind]

I’ve been asked to explain my kit and my workflow by @savage-daughter-of-nikitie.

I use either a Canon 80D, Canon 5D Mk IV or a Sony A7Riv with a sigma MC-11 mount converter. I also have a Canon 300D and a Canon 70D from both of which I have removed the internal infrared filter, so that I can shoot in the Infrared.

I have a number of tripods and LED light panels which I sometimes use, but for most general things I prefer to use natural light with perhaps a small reflector.

Lens-wise, my aviation photography is done using either a Sigma 60-600mm f/4.5-6.3 OS DG Sports or a Canon 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L MkI.

For other general photography such as landscapes and when I do portraits, (which I don’t post here). I have a range of lenses but my favourites are:

* Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8l USM

* Canon 50mm f/1.8

* Lensbaby Velvet 56mm f/1.6

* Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 (this won’t fit on the Sony / MC-11 combo)

For macro photography I generally use either a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM macro or, very occasionally, a Canon MP-E 65mm 1-5x Macro with a lot of light and a macro rail.

I occasionally use a Newer variable ND e.g to slow flowing water and I have various intervalometers, and all of the Pluto Trigger and Dripper kit for water droplets or complex triggering.

I also use my phone camera more and more and then achieve effects in Lightroom, Photoshop or Topaz AI

My workflow varies depending upon the type of photography. By way of an example, for the flower studies my workflow is:

1. Photos were taken on a variety of kit, mainly my phone.

2. Import into Lightroom

3. Square crop the flower and rotate to get the best light/symmetry/arrangement.

4. Use Lightroom’s Subject Mask to initially mask the flower and refine using brush addition/subtraction

5. Duplicate and invert the mask to effectively mask the background

6. Set exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, whites, blacks and saturation to zero. This removes the background allowing the flower to stand alone but gives me the option to recover the background should I wish to later.

7. At this point any issues with masking become very noticeable so I will often refine both flower and background masks once more.

8. Return to the flower mask and set the exposure, contrast, white balance, response curves, saturation and sharpness as required, to make the flower pop.

9. I often apply radial masks to even the exposure or highlight the inner or outer sections at this point.

10. Use the heal tools to remove pollen specs, imperfections or other issues. Lightroom’s content aware AI healing is extremely good these days.

11. I then catalogue, add metadata, and export to a number of private and public storage and distribution services.

I have two projects I want to start as we move into winter, life permitting.

Firstly, I want to try to do some star trails. Near where I live there is a park on an escarpment running east west, with a couple of stone crosses that can be photographed from the south with the Polaris (the North Star, which is the centre or rotation in the night sky) just above the top of one of them.

I also want to play more with my 70D and do some more IR photography. This makes warmer parts of the scene brighter and cooler darker and can lead to some eerie effects. I have a long standing desire to visit a certain chateau in France and photograph it in IR.

This is probably way more than you were asking for and I’m not sure is this is what you wanted to know, but I hope it helps.

[tesrteck]

Canon 5d Mk 4 Summary

AI Collaboration Summary of Full article The Canon 5D Mark IV is a full-frame DSLR camera that can handle various photography genres, including landscapes, portraits, wildlife, and weddings. It boasts a 30.4-megapixel CMOS sensor with dual-pixel AF technology, a DIGIC 6+ image processor, 61-point AF system, 4K video recording, and built-in Wi-Fi, GPS, and NFC. The camera has superb image…

[delightfuldigitals]

Snapped these in Atlanta 🏁

Canon 5D mk IV

[aradxan]

Dylann by J Kilgo Senior portrait of Dylann captured with my Canon 5D mk IV in the West Bottoms district of Kansas City Missouri https://flic.kr/p/2ofMhbu

[annamarialy3]

My porcelain sink and bathroom tiles finally came out of the kiln and I am quite pleased with how they look. This is just a test seeing how the porcelain reflects off the light. Also this is the first time I'm trying the Canon RP, which is a camera recommended by Dragonframe for professional stop motion productions. It was a hustle to set up as it's a very new. mirrorless digital camera and I found some parts uneccessarilly automated/digital. I'm not sure if I prefer the RP over the 5D Mk IV, I think I will have to do a same shot comparison in order to make a choice. The good thing about the RP is that it's a very light and small camera and quite easy to get into tighter spaces.

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Artic Wolf by Bill Paige Via Flickr: Right place, Right time

[just-wanna-travel]

Lapland, Finland

[alluneedissunshine]

Under the Stars by Mert Docdor Via Flickr: “The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature, and God.” Anne Frank

[cpleblow]

Plitvice Lakes • Croatia

(high vantage point)

©cpleblow photography (2024)

[bruceofbruce]

Buck Wild! I’ve had this knife for at least 20+ years. I remember the day my father gave it too me like it was yesterday. Yes I cut myself with it. that was a valuable lesson.

[featherstonefotography]

do I have something on my face?

[hammytotherescue]

I could watch this Radiometer thingy for hours!