Author Topic: Some shots from Las Vegas (Read 1553 times)

Centauri27 · « **on:** November 16, 2010, 02:30:20 PM »

We went to Vegas last month--it was my first trip with my E-P1. Since I don't gamble, I just looked around for interesting photo subjects. I haven't shot B&W in years and am now just rediscovering the joy of monochrome photography. The E-P1 does a great job in black and white.

On the people mover heading into the Bellagio.

Outside the Venetian Hotel

Inside the Venetian Hotel

voyager · « **Reply #1 on:** November 16, 2010, 02:51:58 PM »

You've had a lot more success with the E-P1 at night than I have, these are really exceptional photos!

Centauri27 · « **Reply #2 on:** November 16, 2010, 04:22:22 PM »

Thanks. I credit my excellent 20mm lens and the various utilities that I have to tweak my photos. Most notably, I didn't use a tripod for any of my low light shots!

n2hhr · « **Reply #3 on:** November 16, 2010, 04:53:33 PM »

Stunning work, sharp and clear. Black and white conversion is perfect!

mikmas101 · « **Reply #4 on:** November 16, 2010, 05:08:30 PM »

At last - a naked lady!

Excellent!

Centauri27 · « **Reply #5 on:** November 16, 2010, 05:30:39 PM »

Quote from: mikmas101 on November 16, 2010, 05:08:30 PM

At last - a naked lady!

Excellent!

There you go--my gambit worked! Sneak in the naked lady under the pretense of art and it won't get it banned from the forum!

mikmas101 · « **Reply #6 on:** November 16, 2010, 05:35:17 PM »

Good thinking!

I like your style young man

corgifan · « **Reply #7 on:** November 16, 2010, 07:30:24 PM »

Very nice, especially the second shot.

Doug

alxcoghe · « **Reply #8 on:** November 20, 2010, 07:27:30 PM »

Great shots on this. Very good the black & White. Whose are your utilities?

Centauri27 · « **Reply #9 on:** November 24, 2010, 11:42:39 AM »

Quote from: alxcoghe on November 20, 2010, 07:27:30 PM

Great shots on this. Very good the black & White. Whose are your utilities?

Depending on how much time and effort I want to put into massaging the images, I use one or more of these utilities:

RAW conversion, contrast tweaks: Olympus Viewer 2
Noise reduction: Noiseware Standard Edition
Sharpening: Focus Magic
Distortion/Perspective correction: Turbo Photo
Other B&W tweaks (i.e., warmer, colder, etc.): Turbo Photo

The first image was just a straight B&W JPG out of the camera. The last image was RAW converted with some sharpening. The second image I threw everything I had at it and I'm quite pleased with the results.

lisandra · « **Reply #10 on:** November 24, 2010, 10:21:18 PM »

all those are amazing. And it's probably the first time I've seen vegas in BW

rogerml · « **Reply #11 on:** November 24, 2010, 10:58:58 PM »

I like! Very much so #'s 2 & 3. These b&w's looks somewhat Â´clean&surgicalÂ´, - very Â´digitalÂ´, - Â´metallicÂ´ in a way. Post editing with a lot of character!

Centauri27 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 25, 2010, 10:58:30 AM »

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone. Here are a few more B&W snaps from my trip that I'm rather fond of. All these are basically straight out of the camera, except the last one where I used the "warm" B&W setting and enhanced its focus a bit.

Another stunning view of the Venetian from across the street

Can't quite remember this hotel--is it the Paluzzo?

The Forum Shops have so much character

The "guardians" of the Forum Shops (processed as "warm" B&W)

voyager · « **Reply #13 on:** November 27, 2010, 11:35:20 PM »

Oh the banding! Just kidding nice photos!

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Some shots from Las Vegas