SUNFLOWERS: DVX & Brevis
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Wow, now that was shot proper! Love the detail you got in the flowers and the filmic colors - not going overboard on saturation, but still vivid. Could you share with us what lenses you shot with? Also, when you say NDs, do you mean in-camera, or ND grads in front of the lens? I assume that's how you held so much detail in the sky in some of the shots (although it also looked somewhat overcast at certain points which always helps). Any details you could share about the process would be much appreciated.
The shots at :04 and :07 are really jaw-dropping! My only real criticism is I'm not a fan of the rapid fire cutting at the end, but it's probably my own bias towards longer shot durations. Especially when the images have been so carefully composed, I hate to see them going by so quickly.
The shots at :04 and :07 are really jaw-dropping! My only real criticism is I'm not a fan of the rapid fire cutting at the end, but it's probably my own bias towards longer shot durations. Especially when the images have been so carefully composed, I hate to see them going by so quickly.
Thanks, Oedipax!
The neutral density filters were mostly external (Cokin A-Series). During the bright day shots, I needed to augment them with the camera's internal 1/8 ND, just to get the DVX's iris down to F4-5.6. Need one more .9 for my collection, I guess!
In the really bright shots, to get the colors as saturated as I did, I used a bounce board to light the shaded areas of the flowers. This seemed to allow the DVX to use it's entire gamut for the image, and the shots came out pretty nice - saturated, low noise, good detail. (Bounce boards are terrific - I remember a long time ago seeing a clip on this forum from an HVX, it was just a girl's close-up booty walking away from camera, and they used a bounce board and the colors were incredibly vivid. Blue sky, bright detailed clouds, and the subject was perfectly lit. Nice to know the DVX responds in a similar way when given the proper exposure.
Lenses used were just a 35mm (overcast shots) and a 28mm for the sunny shots. Some color correction has been applied after editing to approximate the sunrise, from blue early on to the warmer colors you see later. The really bright shots have no CC at all - they just came out swell, but they too could probably use some work.
As to the rapid fire shots at the end - laziness on my part - I agree with you, but some folks seem to like that part.
Thanks again for your comments.
The neutral density filters were mostly external (Cokin A-Series). During the bright day shots, I needed to augment them with the camera's internal 1/8 ND, just to get the DVX's iris down to F4-5.6. Need one more .9 for my collection, I guess!
In the really bright shots, to get the colors as saturated as I did, I used a bounce board to light the shaded areas of the flowers. This seemed to allow the DVX to use it's entire gamut for the image, and the shots came out pretty nice - saturated, low noise, good detail. (Bounce boards are terrific - I remember a long time ago seeing a clip on this forum from an HVX, it was just a girl's close-up booty walking away from camera, and they used a bounce board and the colors were incredibly vivid. Blue sky, bright detailed clouds, and the subject was perfectly lit. Nice to know the DVX responds in a similar way when given the proper exposure.
Lenses used were just a 35mm (overcast shots) and a 28mm for the sunny shots. Some color correction has been applied after editing to approximate the sunrise, from blue early on to the warmer colors you see later. The really bright shots have no CC at all - they just came out swell, but they too could probably use some work.
As to the rapid fire shots at the end - laziness on my part - I agree with you, but some folks seem to like that part.
Thanks again for your comments.
You know, in most of my testing I have just kept it to 1/48th or 1/60th.
Depending on the situation, I think you could get away with some higher shutters as long as your scene is properly lit, and ND'd externally. Around 1/250th or higher, you may start to see issues, but the oscillation speed is adjustable (I am not gonna mess with that right now) and so it really comes down to how much time you have to set up your shot - nothing new.
Also, I am shooting in SD, and don't notice issues, but in HD it may require more vigilence.
The Brevis has been a real joy, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. (Dennis is a real stand-up Canuck!)
Depending on the situation, I think you could get away with some higher shutters as long as your scene is properly lit, and ND'd externally. Around 1/250th or higher, you may start to see issues, but the oscillation speed is adjustable (I am not gonna mess with that right now) and so it really comes down to how much time you have to set up your shot - nothing new.
Also, I am shooting in SD, and don't notice issues, but in HD it may require more vigilence.
The Brevis has been a real joy, and I cannot recommend it highly enough. (Dennis is a real stand-up Canuck!)