Petzval Week episode 4: not for landscapes*
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Petzval, part 3
Petzval Week episode 3: painting with Petzval d7000. Lomography X Zenit Petzval 85mm f/2.2. ISO400, AP mode, f/2.2. I arrived to work one morning a bit earlier than normal, and while sitting in the car and listening to NPR, the windshield fogged up. 5 minutes later, I walked into work with some shots on the card. …
Petzval, part 2
Happy Tax Day! I hope you’ve all happily paid your share to (theoretically) run the country!* Petzval Week episode 2: the carpark in the dark. Insofar as I shot these at f/2.2 before dawn, these shots are not any any way meant to be a test of sharpness or focus, but look at that color! …
Petzval, part 1: unboxing
We interrupt our usually-scheduled programming to bring you a special event… Petzval Week episode one: the unboxing in which the author unboxes his new Lomography X Zenit Petzval 85mm f/2.2, serial number 131. Note: this will not be a review, really, nor will I get into the history of the Petzval lens or Lomography Corp.’s stunning Kickstarter …
Photography workflow in Linux: darktable (part 4: the Zone System module)
The Zone System module is not quite as modular as the color correction module, and the precision is equally imprecise, but it’s a great deal of fun, nonetheless. I trust you have some idea about the Zone System. If not, go read up on it. The scroll wheel defines the number of zones, and you …
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Photography workflow in Linux: darktable (part 3: the Color Correction module)
Every time I play with darktable, I find something else worth playing with… This time, it’s the Color Correction module.
Photography workflow in Linux: darktable (part 2: b/w conversion)
There’s really not much to say here… after finding my way around with the first two images, it was relatively easy to convert this shot to black & white for this Black & Wednesday. darktable has a monochrome module unlike any black/white conversion modules I’ve seen before. Essentially, you drag the circle around and change …
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