Digital Imaging

This is a panoramic image from the Seattle Skyline looking over the Elliott Bay.

Starting from the left are the snow covered cascade mountains with the Key-Arena in the front and the Space Needle to the right. The highest building in Seattle (black tower to the right) is owned by a large financial institution in Seattle. The right most small white tower, the Smith Tower, is one of the oldest buildings in Seattle.

Shooting data: 1/400s f/8,0 ISO 200/24° 50-150mm f/2,8G f=85,0mm/127,0mm

Taken with 4 pictures in landscape orientation from this park bench:

Tipps&Tricks mit cPicture

Immer schon mal gewundert, ob es bei wer-kennt-wen noch mehr Bilder zu einer Person gibt?
Die Website http://www.wer-kennt-wen.de/ ist ein soziales Verbindungsnetzwerk, auf der man sich eintragen kann.
Bei jeder Bildaktualisierung wird das alte Bild auf dem Server gespeichert und mit der Suchfunktion werden alle diese Bilder angezeigt.

1. Einfach die aktuelle URL einer Person vom Webbrowser in das Suchfeld übernehmen und auf Suchen klicken:
   
   
   
2. Nach kurzer Zeit werden alle Bilder der Person im aktuellen Bildordner gespeichert:
   
   

cPicture is updated to version 1.8.1 to include a fast directory search (F6).
This new feature is for finding folders on your computer without any database.

For example: Enter a search text like a date / name (separated by a space) to find
the matching folder. Double click on the folder to open the content immediately.
Like a google search, you can exclude text by adding a minus symbol in front of the text
or use quotes for exact match.

Using the new JPEG features to set Luminanz and Chrominance separately,
you can adjust the output quality with visual feedback and check the resulting file size:

Added background transparency for picture data.
This new setting controls the appearance of the EXIF data displayed in the upper left corner in the display area.

• improved GPS tagging
• new option to remove GPS data
• improved filtering for lens data

cPicture is updated to version 1.7.2.7 to include a reordering of the items for the selected action.
Simply drag with the mouse the items in the list to set the order. This is useful for actions where the order is
important, for example web pages or picture index pages:

My pictures of the moon eclipse from Feb 20th 2008:

58mm, 5s, f/2.8, ISO200

500mm, 1.6s, f/8, ISO800

Update: The plugin http://cpicture.net/en/cpp_hdr.zip is updated with the latest enfuse program from http://panospace.wordpress.com/

The free function plugin "HDR" for cPicture can combine several pictures taking at different exposure levels using the "enfuse" program.
No complicated settings and fully automated. Unlike different complicated HDR software, you only select the pictures and the plugin is doing the rest.

Example:
In the following example the first picture is correctly exposed for the interior, but leaves the bright window areas over exposed.
The second picture is correctly exposed for the window area but leaves the interior under exposed.

The function plugin "HDR" combines the two pictures to create a single picture with correctly exposed areas: 

 +     =   

To create a combined picture:

1. Select the individual pictures with the different exposure levels:
   
   
   
   
2. Select the function plugin "HDR" from the menu in cPicture:
   
   
   
   
3. Confirm the settings and click "OK":
   
   
   
   
4. The output of "enfuse" is displayed in the console window:
   
   
   
   
   Click "OK" to close the window.
   The combined picture is created and will be displayed in cPicture as a new picture.

Installation:

Download the plugin from http://cpicture.net/en/cpp_hdr.zip
and unpack the cpp_hdr.dll and the enfuse.exe in the same folder where you copied cPicture.exe.

cPicture is updated to include a re-date function with different time stamps.
Set a start date and an optional time step (time difference between the pictures) to set new file dates for the pictures:

This is useful for devices reading and sorting files by file date instead of the file name.

The lens is all metal with manual focus and feels very solid.

The Nokton is a CPU lens and meters on all Nikon DSLR.
The aperture ring needs to be set to f/16 (orange).

All samples are shot with f/1.4:

Unlike the Nikkor f/1.4 50mm, at f/1.4 the Nokton delivers excellent results.
The depth of field is then very shallow of course and can be difficult to set.
In the viewfinder, a green dot is displayed for subjects in focus in the center frame
(The AF mode is set to Single Area [.]).

f/1.6 1/40s (handheld)

1:1 crop lower-left corner

f/1.4 1/10s (tripod)

1:1 crop

f/2.0 1/60s

1:1 crop

f/3.2 1/125s

1:1 crop

f/2.5 1/100s

f/2.5 1/80s

f/3.5 1/200s

f/2.8 1/125s

The free function plugin "HDR" for cPicture can combine several pictures taking at different exposure levels using the "enfuse" program.
No complicated settings and fully automated. Unlike different complicated HDR software, you only select the pictures and the plugin is doing the rest.

Example:
In the following example the first picture is correctly exposed for the interior, but leaves the bright window areas over exposed.
The second picture is correctly exposed for the window area but leaves the interior under exposed.

The function plugin "HDR" combines the two pictures to create a single picture with correctly exposed areas: 

 +     =   

To create a combined picture:

1. Select the individual pictures with the different exposure levels:
   
   
   
   
2. Select the function plugin "HDR" from the menu in cPicture:
   
   
   
   
3. Confirm the settings and click "OK":
   
   
   
   
4. The output of "enfuse" is displayed in the console window:
   
   
   
   
   Click "OK" to close the window.
   The combined picture is created and will be displayed in cPicture as a new picture.

Installation:

Download the plugin from http://cpicture.net/en/cpp_hdr.zip
and unpack the cpp_hdr.dll and the enfuse.exe in the same folder where you copied cPicture.exe.