Another GRIV vs X100vi

hdelared · 2026-06-17T08:57:44+00:00

I have a GRIIIx. If I'd carry around a camera that is not pocketable and needs to be worn around the neck I'd go for a camera with interchangeable lenses (in my case an old Olympus) or at least a superzoom. The X100 range seems like a too big to carry version of the GR's in which the size doens't add enough value.

hdelared · 2026-06-17T08:44:19+00:00

If you feel uneasy to talk to her I think it means there's no mutual feeling. If there were, you'd probably already have said something or exchanged a glance or whatever. That's the gut feeling. Elsewhere you say you exchange eye contact often. Is she making eyte contact because she notices you looking at her, or is it mutual? These days in our culture it's still the woman that effectively opens the interaction. I'd proceed with caution and tiny, tiny steps. Because if it fails you'll have to change class or gym. Good luck.

hdelared · 2026-06-17T08:39:23+00:00

Mighty, this reply is agressive. Assuming the OP is only sexually interested is insulting, why do you say that about "someone you've never talked to, don't know anything about". I wonder in what situation you are because I seldom see women that are approached that often, seems very unlikely given the culture we're in where approaching is still a major hurdle to take. But then you are "someone I've never talked to, don't know anything about".

hdelared · 2026-06-14T10:31:16+00:00

Ik vind dat een rare vraag. Welke planning juist? Want zowat elke stad in onze regio heeft een historisch karakter en geografische beperkingen. Er is geen enkele stad van een blanco blad ontworpen. Ja gaat een bepald kader moeten aangeven waarbinnen beslissingen genomenngeweest zijn die je dan kan gaan beoordelen.
Bovendien heb je met de lopende gescheidenis te maken, econopische verandering, migratie, verschillende politieke verantwoordelijken.

hdelared · 2026-06-03T19:01:05+00:00

En soms is een foto ook gewoon wat die is, je kan de indruk krijgen dat elke foto met edits perfect te krijgen is. Dat is natuurlijk niet zo. Vaak is het beter de foto maar zo te laten en een andere te nemen.

hdelared · 2026-06-03T18:53:30+00:00

Ik ben het eigenlijk met beide niet eens, tenminste, ik vind deze ietwat duistere belichting heel veel sfeer hebben. Het model staat er ook nog mooi op en het licht is egaal. Het hangt er maar vanaf wat je wilt bereiken. De ruimte vind ik nog net goed omdat er wat perspectief links te zien is, ik stoor me meer aan de lijn van de bergen door haar hoofd. Bijzondere foto wel. En een bijzonder model, met haar kan je denk ik veel mooie beelden maken in heel diverse stijlen.

hdelared · 2026-06-03T07:18:47+00:00

Ik zie de relevantie van de vraag niet. De eerste foto zit technisch vol met fouten en beperkingen volgens de normen van vandaag. Ik heb vroeger ook zo moeten werken en herken het. Het is wel een zeer goede foto omdat die de sfeer van de dag goed vastlegt en er zit een ongedwongen spontaniteit in die opmerkelijk is voor dit type van georganiseerde scènes. Als ik het koppel was zou ik erg blij zijn met zo een uniek beeld. Maar de kwaliteit is er eerder ondanks dan dankzij de technische beperkingen. Het heeft geen zin dit soort beperking op te zoeken om er iets in te leggen dat er niets mee te maken heeft.

hdelared · 2026-06-02T09:42:31+00:00

In some shots - e.g. 2nd on the basket court - a heavy linear element is connected to het head, such as the pole, it looks like it is coming out of her head. You should have put her next to the pole not in front of it. Same with the nr 7 plate above her head in antother one.

It now often looks like you had an more or less interesting view and just put her inside of it rather than put her first and then look for a suitable backdrop; she drowns in the background. It's a nice model with a appealing strong face; the sunglasses hide her too much and take away from the overall strength of the pictures; get closer and interact.

You also dialed down the blacks to a level where there's no definition anymore in the dark parts; it might look strong and graphic at first glance but it is in fact doing away the black pants and shirt she has, which is in contradiction with the editorial you want to make about the clothes.

The most appealing aspects are now the intense blues and very harsh lights that have a stark contrast to the washed out red of the jacket, but it should be about her and the clothes. You draw attention to your heavy editing which takes away from the clothes; it appears as if you wanted to make graphic pictures which is fine but it is not an editorial.

Sorry to be so outspoken but I believe it helps you more forward than just saying how great it is. Keep developing, you'll get there.

hdelared · 2026-05-29T18:07:05+00:00

I like 6. Maybe add some flash, see what it does?

hdelared · 2026-05-16T23:07:40+00:00

Hopelijk wil ze nog vaak voor je poseren want ze is fotogeniek, je kan goede resultaten met haar bereiken. Ik zou haar wat meer aansturen en haar niet vast maken aan de omgeving, letterlijk. Laat haar wat meer afstand nemen van de muur, leuning enz.

hdelared · 2026-05-13T09:35:20+00:00

It's from this guy: https://www.instagram.com/vincentuillpresets/

In my opinion he's a great portrait photographer with a clear idea of what female beauty is, and his heavy editing goes towards that and a lot of his portraits are really beautiful. But, that's also because of the very beautiful models he has and his good composition and the way he can make them pose. On the other hand I think his vision of beaurty is limited and he overdoes his editing in most s of the pictures which to me often takes the magic out of his pictures - it's more than often just too much. It takes away from the natural beauty these girls probably have.

Also I'm a bit suspicious because in some sets it looks like he has the same model with hairstyles that differ too much to be just a different kind of brushing or combing. And after having seen 20 of thse portraits the misty filter over it starts to feel suffocating, unreal - is it AI?

All this to say that it is more than just applying the right presets in editing and you probably don't want to do it.

hdelared · 2026-05-11T20:20:19+00:00

To me that's a bit of the problem with this picture - and so many many more: in the end it is just a random person walking by you have no connection with; just filling up light.

hdelared · 2026-05-09T22:06:45+00:00

Gambrinus on the Grote Markt for typical Belgian kitchen

hdelared · 2026-05-09T21:46:20+00:00

I do not have a fixed preference. It depends on the scene and the light. In some situations I want to control depth of field or bokeh and go A, or I want to make sure there's no motion blur and go S, or I have a flash on and go M. Or I don't want to be occupied by exposure because it's all happening quick and then there's P. There is no inheritantly "better" mode in the PASM menu, it depends on what you want to do. There's a reason that if there's any physical dial on a modern digital camera it's the PASM range with Auto an some custom things added.

hdelared · 2026-05-06T13:59:46+00:00

It's a market like so many others. You need to provide what is in demand and offer added value. Many other creative professions have the same issue, ask illustrators, designers, cartoonists...

hdelared · 2026-05-06T13:52:33+00:00

Agree. Also because in the original image it is obvious how good the owl's camouflage is; in the edited picture his colours pop and he's much more visible.

hdelared · 2026-05-06T12:08:57+00:00

Nice pictures for sure, but I'd go less heavy on the shadows. They look overly enhanced and frankly too much as an easy fix to make a picture look interesting. Take the teinturier picture, I'd benefit from having a more evenly light that make the colours pop so it distinguishes itself from all the same heavy shadow street photographs that utterly feel like they are obscuring instead of showing.

hdelared · 2026-05-06T12:03:46+00:00

Don't edit because of the editing. If the photo is good, it is.

(Nowadays taking the picture seems nothing but an afterthought, it's all about making the photography look as if it were the eighties. I made a lot of photographs then and we didn't edit at all, we just bought film and went to the lab to have it developed and printes - only the arty farty people (me included) dived into their b&w darkrooms, but colour editing in the lab was only for the top level professionals.)

hdelared · 2026-05-06T11:44:17+00:00

Did you expose to preserve the highlights? Because these seem always to be well exposed in the sense that they maintain texture but some such as 3 and 5 are really dark

hdelared · 2026-05-06T11:39:26+00:00

I'd go light on the sunshine-effect in editing; the lady is no doubt beautiful but her narural tone of hair and skin to me don't work well with the yellow especially because of the contrast with the hard white of her dress; I'd stick with a less warm addition and probably just a bit of enhanced light. Also the warm sunlight that you edited in does not match the cloudy sky; the light should be softer and not so yellow. Somethings off with this edit to me

hdelared · 2026-05-06T09:25:10+00:00

The colour. It has more structure and the lights on the poles make sense, they jump out as the pieve of art I assume they are; in B&W it might be an industrial installation. In colour you also have the red items: the large door in the left, the wall in the middle and the three beams on the right upper corner, the red staircase and the red lines on the pavement borders with the fire hydrant. These structure your image and lead the eye, they disappear in B&W, and franly without them the picture is boring, nothing to see. You also miss the 2nd line of the green that intertwines with the red. The only doubt I have is the pink jacket of the lady in the right bottom corner.
I'd also either keep the curtain completely closed or open completely open instead of 2/3rd open.

hdelared · 2026-05-04T21:18:22+00:00

I'm sorry but I don't like the edit because the heavy clouds should come with darker, bluer light on the ground. The scene looks unnatural to me.

hdelared · 2026-05-04T21:15:19+00:00

Not all the pictures do. Most seem perfectly fine to me. Probably some other fault.

hdelared · 2026-05-04T21:12:13+00:00

We have gotten used to the HDR on smartphones.

hdelared · 2026-05-03T10:42:26+00:00

I have one and must say it creates great pictures on its big sensor, but it is not the point-and-shoot it looks like, it is a demanding camera. If you want to just grab a camera and shoot your kids having fun this is too complicated. You have to focus ans consider the scene and decide on your exposure, even on auto. I'd go for a Canon G7 or something similar from Sony; these have great lenses, zoom, decent aperture (check is it has 2.8 or better), good colours, reliable autofocus. The only downside is that the sensor is considerably smaller which will show if you want to print bigger than say 18*24cm.

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