Dark church, stained glass, ISO400 - great results!

[blueridgegirl]

I haven't had time to develop but one of these from RAW, but...I was so happy at how the e-500 and my 50mmf2 macro lens handled the dim light and stained glass inside the church.

I didn't do any PP other than develop from RAW (so yeah, it's crooked! argh!):

http://static.flickr.com/56/134106447_73ab3ca01b.jpg (http://static.flickr.com/56/134106447_73ab3ca01b_o.jpg)
(click for larger)

Due to the low light and the fact that I didn't change out my lens (had just been photographing flowers), I didn't expect these to turn out well at all - I'm delighted! :D

[Mike Overton]

Kerry,

Look pretty impressive, especially when blown up. Very impressed.

Mike.

[timbertoes]

Love it, The stained glass of Churches are always great eye-candy :yes:
any chance we can see a ISO500 to 640 pic in the future ?

[Garry Frankel]

You should be delighted. The colour and detail is very "rich". If I could make one teeny weeny suggestion it would be to rotate left about 0.25 to 0.5 degrees.

[Hokuto]

I haven't had time to develop but one of these from RAW, but...I was so happy at how the e-500 and my 50mmf2 macro lens handled the dim light and stained glass inside the church.

Very nice balance of light and color. What did you use for your developer?

[dmpbyrdwatcher]

that is very nice - especially the large version....

as for being surprised at the results - considering the subject matter and location, maybe you had a little "help"??

[blueridgegirl]

Thanks for the comments. :D Garry, it does need some rotation! Obviously my camera was not held as straight as I thought...heh.

Norm, I used ...

Silkypix! :yahoo:

I just downloaded the trial version after reading up on it here - you and some other people recommended it so highly. I have been unable to find a plugin to use Paintshop Pro to develop RAW files, so I wanted a program that would allow me to do RAW development but also a little more PP than the s/w that came with the e-500. I also downloaded the trial version of Olympus Studio but I don't like it very much. Silkypix is still a little odd-feeling but I suspect I can get used to it. I'll probably end up forking over my 16,000 yen soon. :D

I have decided to shoot more in RAW after reading so much about it here and seeing people's spectacular results. So far, it's going well! Thanks to all you guys!

[lkeeney]

Beautiful shot!

Perfect exposure and focus.

Where is the noise?

Lawrence

[Garry Frankel]

Well don't beat yourself up over it. Our E500's don't give us 100% view and the finders are a little on the small side. Almost impossible for us humans to get things perfectly strait, except maybe on a tri pod.

Also, if the crop was not so near a straight line none of us would ever notice. You will be amazed at just how little rotation you will need. I probably "nudge" almost 30% of my shots a bit in PP. But no one has ever accused me of being a "Straight shooter" LOL.

The important part is "you got the shot". And got it real nice, did you too!

[timbertoes]

Beautiful shot!

Perfect exposure and focus.

Where is the noise?

Lawrence


LOL, based on the way our Camera's get toasted, err, I mean reviewed, we would have to look at a teeny-tiny-itsy-bitsy crop :wall:

[Tony Finnerty]

Gorgeous, luminous colors! I often find myself tweaking photos to straighten them - my brain must be installed crooked because I don't see it when snapping the shutter. In your photo, though, I think a little geometric distortion is making it seem crooked. The verticle line near the right margin looks straight, but the verticle line near the left side is slanted. Photoshop CS2 can correct that easily. If your software can't, a little rotation to make the geometric distortion symmetrical would help.

[Luke]

One word: beautiful!
Luc

[blueridgegirl]

Beautiful shot!

Perfect exposure and focus.

Where is the noise?

Lawrence

I was actually very surprised - I took quite a few and didn't see really noticeable noise on any of them, even the one I took from a far distance focusing on the window at the front of the altar. Also I was handholding my camera and there were absolutely NO lights on in the church so I was sure they weren't going to turn out.

Doreen - heh, maybe I had some extra "help". Hee. :)

[windsprite]

Gorgeous. It's well worth downloading the larger version, if anybody's wondering.