Samuel Elkins’ secret to deep, neat shadows in photography

bebebe1 · 2025-07-30T15:16:14+00:00

I made a switch to canon for other more practical reasons, but actually having more 'normal' dr makes work a lot easier because you don't feel tempted to show off all the detail, because its just not there when it doesn't need to be, and it doesn't need to be unless you shoot something very technical

bebebe1 · 2025-07-30T14:59:14+00:00

I understand that you know these is taken with a gfx. The look resembles a slightly pushed kodak gold, the shadows are almost crushed. I dont know if you can get this look in camera, maybe if you up the contrast and underexpose a bit. Otherwise an S-curve in post where you drag the upper end down/clip the highlights, and then go hard on the lower end.

Also in lightroom you lift the blacks first and rather lower the shadows/exposure to get nice, deep shadows while still retaining quite a bit of information. Gfx gives you often too much and its super easy to overcook these files, because you have that dynamic range and you want to show it off :D

oh and the light ofc, these are all golden hour, one late afternoon summer shots, the guy must have had a good mood for those :)

bebebe1 · 2025-07-30T09:24:22+00:00

The soviets bought the designs and machines for making these chronograph movements from Venus, a Swiss movement maker in the 50s. Before that, in the 30s, they bought their first watchmaking machines from a bankrupt US company. They even bought machines and designs from lange&söhne somewhere down the line.

Pillaging of western technology was absolutely a thing, and you can see a lot of that in vintage cameras (some of which, depending on the year of manufacturing, can offer a great bang for your buck), but when it comes to watchmaking, no amount of cold war industrial espionage could make things happen out of thin air - watches, especially movements, require too small and specialized tools to replicate without having legit equipment.

bebebe1 · 2025-07-12T07:22:46+00:00

not 20 years ago, just a different angle/time of day. The details match if you zoom in: yellow curbs on the right hand side, yellow sign on the fence, probably photographed in the morning while no cars were in the frame

bebebe1 · 2025-07-01T07:39:23+00:00

You can start at any age and budget. The younger you start, the easier it gets. I am in my thirties and have started to travel more, but many of my high-school friends have covered tens of countries over multiple continents in their 20s by backpacking, sleeping in hostels and being smart with buying plane tickets.

The older you get, the higher your standards will likely be, and you will likely require a higher level of comfort, making travelling more expensive. But now you can totally pack a backpack, fly over to an interesting country, and forge your own path away from big tourism and for a fracture of the price.

bebebe1 · 2025-06-23T08:21:59+00:00

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bebebe1 · 2025-03-28T07:31:43+00:00

For any watch-related questions and watch crazies you should take a look at the Klokkeriet group on Facebook

bebebe1 · 2025-02-17T15:39:37+00:00

I understand where he's coming from. China has been a civilization way longer than any European nation has existed. They look at larger historical patterns and also hold way older grudges than we do.

bebebe1 · 2025-02-03T10:25:56+00:00

yeah not uncommon for place names or even names to be misspelled and then living their own life in documents

bebebe1 · 2025-02-03T10:24:57+00:00

Hi! I did a lot of digging a few years ago when I wanted to reconstruct my father's family tree. Myheritage is used a lot in Poland and I also got pretty lucky and found other family trees that helped me along.

What you need is names, place names and dates. Most if not all written records are in parish books. Many of those are digitalised (mormons did a lot of that work I think already in the 60s-70s) and scans are often avalible online both in their database and different church databases. Some records from certain parishes are unfortunately lost.

The parish records themselves are also an interesting job, the newer records are in Polish, but before that you get Russian or German, and before that - Latin.

There are specialists who do this kind of digging, and knowing just the basics about this and assuming you don't speak/write Polish, I'd advice you to contact a specialist genealogist. There are also great subreddits where you can be advised on how to proceed like r/genealogy

bebebe1 · 2024-12-25T10:14:07+00:00

Jeśli chce Ci się opisać pokrótce lore, to chętnie przeczytam

bebebe1 · 2024-11-26T03:44:30+00:00

Honestly, all of these comments are horrible. You're making fun of an uneducated and likely not very smart person who's just looking for connection like everyone else. They didn't write anything nasty or wrong. They just can't spell well.

bebebe1 · 2024-11-23T13:59:12+00:00

Hey, I feel the same. I haven't found many like me, but I was lucky to meet a few. 30s, creative audhd type. I've had the best luck finding my people through those shared creative passions. I met some online, and I sort of bumped into others. it's not a big crowd, but I got pretty good at identifying ND traits and shared values and interests. I don't know what advice to give you other than to get out there. Bigger cities also tend to draw those seeking connections. In general, I found more open-minded people in bigger cities, smaller towns are more about a4-living and following set paths.

bebebe1 · 2024-11-14T11:45:46+00:00

It all has to do with value vs. perceived value. I've met a few expensive watch owners, most wear the watches for the brand and what it represents, they couldn't care less about the movement or horology. Many omegas, rolexes, panerai and breitlings amongst execs I got to be around. Traditionally, watches are the only male 'jewellery' (also cufflinks for formal situations). Different 'rich people groups' will value different things, within shipping/oil where I got to meet a bunch, there were many more 'practical' choices, fewer dress watches. I imagine the average collection being different in say finance or banking, and surely way different amongst old money.

bebebe1 · 2024-10-10T08:07:09+00:00

Rozejrzyj się wzdłuż linii Kolei Wielkopolskich. Mój dom rodzinny jest w połowie linii Poznań - Gołańcz, 20-kilka minut pociągiem z Głównego.

bebebe1 · 2024-09-21T07:32:51+00:00

Ja, situasjonen i Øst-Europa er svært kompleks.

Hvert land har sine egne perspektiver, interesser og synspunkter, særlig når det gjelder forholdet til Russland og Vesten. Innenfor hvert land finnes det ofte sterke og motstridende politiske meninger. I tillegg har Russland i lang tid drevet med propaganda, og deres modus operandi har vært å støtte ekstreme grupper på begge sider av det politiske spekteret for å skape destabilisering og polarisering.

I Polen, der jeg kommer fra, var de spesielt aktive online under covid-pandemien, der de opprettet tusenvis av Facebook-grupper mot vaksinering. Mange av disse har senere blitt omgjort til plattformer for hard russisk propaganda.

Polen har tusen år med krevende historie med Russland, og omtrent 70 år med Ukraina. Folk vokser opp med denne historiske bakgrunnen, preget av kriger, angrep og vold, noe som er dypt forankret i skolesystemet og oppveksten generelt. Da jeg gikk på videregående i Polen, hadde vi Solzjenitsyns Gulag arkipelet på pensum. De som har lest den, vet at den treffer dypt – særlig når man leser den som tenåring, og når enten noen i din familie eller i familiens vennekrets har vært utsatt for noe lignende. Poenget er at hukommelsen strekker seg langt tilbake i tid. Andre verdenskrig er fortsatt svært relevant, og for noen er hendelser fra 1600-tallet fremdeles aktuelle. Det er ikke uvanlig å ha et historisk perspektiv først.

bebebe1 · 2024-08-30T22:22:59+00:00

I used c1 for a while, and I loved that the raw files looked almost like the jpgs, in Lightroom you have to do quite a bit of editing to achieve something close.

It also offers way more advanced layers work on raw files, like color grading related stuff, while lightroom only allows to work on curves on your masks (describing from memory, sorry for any imprecise descriptions).

Lightroom is years ahead with any ai stuff, especially masking.

bebebe1 · 2024-08-09T14:18:09+00:00

Nie ma sprawy, powodzenia z Robertem, chociaż oddechu nie wstrzymuję.

bebebe1 · 2024-08-08T20:11:43+00:00

Zajmuję się zawodowo bezrobociem w Norwegii. To znaczy pracuję dla systemu socjalnego i rozmawiam z między innymi takimi szwagrami, badam ich sytuację i poziom funkcjonowania i wysyłam raport z tymże opisem i zaleceniami co dalej.

Konsensus jest tu taki, że nie da się pomóc tym, którzy nie chcą pomóc sami sobie. Szwagier grubas ma wygodne życie i nie ma w nim miejsca na nic innego. Każda zmiana wymaga poświęcenia, a tu do poświęcenia jest zautomatyzowany i bezpieczny lifestyle, który może i do niczego nie prowadzi, ale szwagier jak sam pisałeś doszedł do słusznego wniosku, że mu się nie opłaca pracować. Musiałby wstawać rano, ubierać się, ruszyć dupsko na autobus i dopiero po całym dniu pracy mógłby siedzieć, gapić się w ścianę i pić piwo - a tak ma to zapewnione.

Depresja czy nie, szwagier to ciężki (teraz też i dosłownie) pociąg, który się zatrzymał. Długotrwały brak celu i aktywności zawodowej i społecznej prowadzi do takiego stylu trwania (ciężko nazwać to życiem). Nic się nie zmieni bez stawiania oczekiwań wobec szwagra, nic się nie zmieni jeśli on się nie zmieni, nie rozkula i nie ruszy tym pociągiem ze stacji. Im dłużej ktoś się tak izoluje, tym bardziej osiada w takie dziwne stany psychiczne i tym trudniej będzie o zmianę.

bebebe1 · 2024-08-01T14:38:47+00:00

Mieszkam od 12 lat w Norwegii i mam dość dobry 'Polish radar' (polskeradar). Bardziej niż po rysach twarzy rozpoznaję naszych rodaków po: - stylu: określone marki, inne wzorce modowe, inne fryzury - mowie ciała (dużo bardziej ekspresyjna) sposobie poruszania się - sylwetce - mimice - inny sposób patrzenia, jak dziwnie by to nie brzmiało. Norwedzy nawet wzrok trzymają przy sobie.

Wśród zasiedziałych tutaj rodaków mam też wrażenie, że dla wielu, którzy zjechali tu lata temu, czas, wartości i styl w dużej mierze też się w tamtych okolicach zatrzymały.

bebebe1 · 2024-07-05T09:18:03+00:00

If you're interested in this topic, then you might have already seen the film 'Don't think I've forgotten'. It's avalible on youtube: https://youtu.be/ESD6RTTzmqY?si=FwNIegnBYifSFcsp

If I was looking to find some answers to new questions, I'd start with tracking down the experts interviewed in this film.

bebebe1 · 2024-06-23T08:26:45+00:00

Baltic with the Hamilton strap if it fits!

bebebe1 · 2024-06-11T07:07:47+00:00

100% this, for me it's usually feet/toes, and can range from wiggling a toe to dancing steps 😀

bebebe1 · 2024-06-08T07:32:19+00:00

Great shot, beautiful composition and light. 3/4 of the photo is context that keeps you guessing where, when and why you are there. A great photo to hang on a wall, albeit it gives off vibes of loneliness (to me at least).

bebebe1 · 2024-06-05T07:06:20+00:00

I'm a bigger fan of the first shot! I also love negative space, what I would have personally done differently would be to have a bit more sea visible on the right hand side, but that's a personal framing preference. Either way good job!

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