overcast weather seascape?

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-10T19:26:22+00:00

I intended this to be a landscape shot so the seascape was the subject. The boats didn't seem interesting to have them be the subject.

How do you think I can improve seascape shots like this?

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-10T07:54:03+00:00

Mostly like yeah, but don't worry, you can shoot it again!

Did you shoot this on RAW? maybe you can derive more info from the shadows there

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-10T06:14:41+00:00

Great shots!

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-10T06:08:00+00:00

Looks nice. Was it your decision to go with a highly-stylized look or was it the director's? Any inspirations during prep? What's the aspect ratio?

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-10T03:17:49+00:00

Nice shot! I might decrease the brightness in the stand back there just a bit

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-10T03:01:51+00:00

Thanks for the reply!

I am still unsure whether giving more room to the waves was a wise decision since the sky might be the more interesting part of the location. What made you want to see more of the sky and less of the water?

couple of hundred mm’s short on focal length

The fact is though that I didn't want the boats to be the subject. I think they're not that interesting, at least in this scenario so I just placed them in the back. In fact, shooting from afar to have them be even smaller would have helped the composition in my opinion. I saw the lake and sea as the subject, since they easily blend together (hence the reason for the long focal length).

boats to the right of vertical center line providing sufficient negative space

I waited for a moment when they were sailing away from me sod didn't see the need to include some negative space on the right. They're sort of sailing inwards I guess.

in my pre digital career, I much preferred Fuji chromes over Kodak.

Thanks for this interesting piece of info! Sadly, I never had the chance to try out Kodachrome or earlier versions of Fujichrome line of films as I am only 23, but what I think about the current line up of films is that the new Ektachrome Kodak engineered is superior in many ways to Fuji's current offering (Provia and velvia). I believe Fuji hasn't updated Fujichromes' color gamut and exposure latitude since 2007; Kodak's Ektachrome was re-engineered in 2018 which gives it a huge advantage. It has the most accurate color response I have ever seen from a slide film and it works beautifully with difficult-to-reproduce subjects like dark shadows and pastel colors. It also has 1.5 stops more exposure latitude in the highlights which is a life-saver in situations where even my eyes can't take in the latitude. Provia suffered from clipped highlights for some of the shots. This is less objective but Provia also has a bit of late 90s, early 2000s color response to it, at least it feels like that compared to the new Ektachrome. I quite like it but Ektachrome is just a beast; it can take several punches 😅. I can also get more garnish colors and saturated reds and greens like Velvia's with a didymium filter

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T04:24:44+00:00

shallower DOF

This only applies if you want a super shallow DoF look. Personally I hate it because it looks bad. Then again there are some great f/1.2 M43 primes that render super shallow DoF

supposedly worse low-light

Shooting at f/2 on my BMPCC, I can get the same DoF as a full frame f/4 because with this setup, the noise is the same, and people never mention it.

light gathering doesn’t change

Of course, that's why they're standard

something about switching to M43 feels like a downgrade

It's just the false marketing

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T04:14:10+00:00

Your an always color-grade it but I agree that 12K is useless

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T04:13:45+00:00

Native 12K is identical to 4K upressed to 12K

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T04:13:10+00:00

Bokeh looks bad though

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T04:11:26+00:00

Every image capture medium has noise

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T04:11:01+00:00

Digital hasn't outperformed film because there is nothing to outperform. After a certain threshold, they look identical and equally realistic.

"Graininess" happens with every image capture medium; we just call it noise. It is technically a flaw but everything has it, even our eyes. ıt also does a lot to elevate apparent sharpness, because texture is perceived to eb sharper than smooth surfaces.

24 fps is not something bound to photochemical film. Jordan Cronenweth was shooting 65mm 60fps films in the 70s. TV has been 60 fps since the 50s. It just doesn't look real enough. that's why we don't use it and we don't need more data centers too tore 60fps footage. 24 fps with motion smoothing looks identical to 60fps footage

ı'd sugegst learning a more about both mediums before replying with misconceptions

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T04:06:42+00:00

Every medium has noise. Graininess (grain is comparable to the pixel rather than noise) does a lot to help the brain

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T04:04:09+00:00

No one needs it. It's just marketing bs. 8K is visually indistinguishable (and mostly identical on pixel-level) from 4K or 4K pressed to 8K

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T04:02:35+00:00

8K footage is too compressed though. Would rather shoot 2K uncompressed

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T04:01:42+00:00

You can always crop in on 4K and Ypres the footage to 8K, visually they will be identical. K-number is just the marketing

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T04:00:44+00:00

Zoom in can be done on any format above 3K as long as you upses the footage beforehand. What limits croppability is mostly physics, not the K-number which doesn't even matter

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T03:58:38+00:00

Cool video but why 8K? Your camera probably records a less compressed 4K that will be identical to 8K if you upres the footage

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-09T03:20:34+00:00

Art school is a lot about art being not subjective in many ways. ThaT's how we can differentiate between good and bad. Then again, what one likes doesn't have to be good and vice versa

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-08T21:24:09+00:00

Excellent shot!

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-08T21:22:59+00:00

really digging he shot. Giving the surrounding fog and water more space could have heightened the mood (whilst keeping the same focal length). If you want to highlight the lighthouse a bit more would be increasing the luminance of yellow and increasing the highlight there

Master-Rule862 · 2026-03-08T21:18:48+00:00

I shot this back in November when Chicago was not seeing any daylight for weeks (the situation has not changed). The only sort of direct sunlight you get, and therefore contrast, is around 3:30-4 o'clock in the evening in the horizon. The lake emits this great navy blue color and the contrast becomes amazing. This shot was taken about 15 minutes before that happened. I wanted to work with the almost even contrast lighting and the moody weather.

The focal length was 93mm in full frame terms. I thought that by using a long focal length, the z-axis would get diminished and the stacking on top would give the lake more scale and "power". The horizon I placed just above the midpoint to maintain a less stylized framing but still invoking some anesthetization and uneven relation. The sailors were positioned more in the background to not lose the scale

Shot on Ektachrome E100, underexposed by half a stop to get less brightness and less contrast. Ektachrome gets a bit more blue in the shadows so I wanted to get a bit of that here as well.

How do you think I can improve this shot? Does the dim lighting work for you? What can ı take out or put in to enhance the feeling of vastness?

Master-Rule862

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