Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2023/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I had gone to the Flower Bazaar in Parrys in Chennai to test drive the newly released Nikon Z8 with the Nikkor Z24-70mm f2.8S lens. It is a tough place to photograph, as the shops have three sources of light - LED, Tungsten and Daylight with totally different colour characteristics, as well as colours bouncing off the flowers, which also leads to very harsh contrast. In other words, the ideal place to test out new equipment! This was my first visit in four years (thanks to the Covid shutdowns) to this overcrowded, busy market, which we used to visit every month or two in the days before the pandemic struck. I did an exposure tweak for this series - I shot in Highlight Priority mode with an exposure compensation of +1.7 to bring out detail in the faces in the scene. Cinematic: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/parrys/Parrys-20230528-023-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html Conversation: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/parrys/Parrys-20230528-052-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html Engrossed: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/parrys/Parrys-20230528-067-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html Environmental Portrait: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/parrys/Parrys-20230528-079-Edit.jpg.html Relaxed: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/parrys/Parrys-20230528-085-Enhanced-NR-EditBW.jpg.html Shadow Side Portrait: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/album254/parrys/Parrys-20230528-076-Enhanced-NR-Edit.jpg.html Please see LARGE Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome Cheers Jayanand