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There are so many layers of post production on these photos I'd barely call them photographs any more. Especially the flares around the lights: no distortion ev

by pmlnr 7y ago

There are so many layers of post production on these photos I'd barely call them photographs any more. Especially the flares around the lights: no distortion even on the edges, all of them look uniform, even if they come from different light sources... EDIT That said, kudos for the patience, it takes a long while to acquire the source material. EDIT2 As art, it's good work. But this is not what I'd label photography. EDIT3 img { display: block; max-height: 98vh; max-width: 100%; width:auto; height:auto; margin: 0 auto; } helps a lot to auto-size images for max height of the display.

photoGrant 7y ago
This happens with some lenses at long exposures. There's not much done to these outside of the odd comp, but mainly a 'HDR' style grading. Good stuff, and relatively simple. Just looks intense!
- pmlnr 7y ago
  No, it does not happen like this. Happens with _some_ light source, from _some_ angles. Barely ever on the edge of the lens and never without distortion there.
  - photoGrant 7y ago
    OK mate. I've got and done photographs supporting what I just said. But I'll concede, whatever.
    - pmlnr 7y ago
      May I see some of those photos? I'm genuinely curious what lens is capable of night flares on the edge without distortion; the only one I can think of is the Nikkor 50mm 1.2, considering it was designed for this. The Pentax 85mm 1.8, which is my closest to that lens certainly can't do this feat but in the center - it does spectacular nightscapes though.
      - photoGrant 7y ago
        Yes you may. They're raw renders from an online archive from photographs 10 years ago, so lets leave the artistic judgements aside. https://imgur.com/a/fAhJOVc https://imgur.com/a/fAhJOVc
        pmlnr 7y ago
        Uhm... this only verifies what I was saying: they are not uniform. There are deformations, differences among them, as it should be. The opening post had basically the exact same flaring and it was obviously post production.
- 781 7y ago
  I don't think the color grading is uniform. The left/right or top/down split of blue/red in some images seems implausible at the source.
contingencies 7y ago
They're not bad but essentially say little about the city and its inhabitants. Insight has been replaced by stereotype, real figures by mock superheroes, real context by staged drama: we don't even know if the repeat subject is Japanese. That said, there's some cute tricks with light and composition. The sort of thing you'd buy if you're a merchant of attention tangents.
loser777 7y ago
Is there a name for this "orange and blue" style that I see pretty often? Is it replicating a type of film or just a style that's in vogue?
- o10449366 7y ago
  It comes from cinema where they use complementary color grading, but really it's just people discovering the split toning tool in Lightroom.
- BarkMore 7y ago
  It's called "orange and teal". Search for "orange and teal" to find explanations on why the style is popular and tutorials on how to create the style in image and video editing applications.
- 781 7y ago
  It's called "orange and teal". Yes, it's everywhere in Hollywood big budget action movies. https://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html https://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-h...
unicornporn 7y ago
> As art, it's good work. As art and photography I find this series of images weak and without direction. Lost me completely when the photographer or his friends (?) started showing up in the pictures ( https://main-designyoutrust.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jungraphy_50779260_2228453110808908_4250494946213192487_n.jpg?iv=71Typical https://main-designyoutrust.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/upload... ). Typical Instagram buildering [1] shots. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildering https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildering
iamaelephant 7y ago
This comment is peak hackernews.
- flattone 7y ago
  agree. its perfect. i finally smiled today while reading it

by pmlnr 7y ago

photoGrant 7y ago

This happens with some lenses at long exposures. There's not much done to these outside of the odd comp, but mainly a 'HDR' style grading. Good stuff, and relatively simple. Just looks intense!

pmlnr 7y ago
No, it does not happen like this. Happens with _some_ light source, from _some_ angles. Barely ever on the edge of the lens and never without distortion there.
- photoGrant 7y ago
  OK mate. I've got and done photographs supporting what I just said. But I'll concede, whatever.
  - pmlnr 7y ago
    May I see some of those photos? I'm genuinely curious what lens is capable of night flares on the edge without distortion; the only one I can think of is the Nikkor 50mm 1.2, considering it was designed for this. The Pentax 85mm 1.8, which is my closest to that lens certainly can't do this feat but in the center - it does spectacular nightscapes though.
    - photoGrant 7y ago
      Yes you may. They're raw renders from an online archive from photographs 10 years ago, so lets leave the artistic judgements aside. https://imgur.com/a/fAhJOVc https://imgur.com/a/fAhJOVc
      - pmlnr 7y ago
        Uhm... this only verifies what I was saying: they are not uniform. There are deformations, differences among them, as it should be. The opening post had basically the exact same flaring and it was obviously post production.
781 7y ago
I don't think the color grading is uniform. The left/right or top/down split of blue/red in some images seems implausible at the source.

contingencies 7y ago

They're not bad but essentially say little about the city and its inhabitants. Insight has been replaced by stereotype, real figures by mock superheroes, real context by staged drama: we don't even know if the repeat subject is Japanese. That said, there's some cute tricks with light and composition. The sort of thing you'd buy if you're a merchant of attention tangents.

loser777 7y ago

Is there a name for this "orange and blue" style that I see pretty often? Is it replicating a type of film or just a style that's in vogue?

o10449366 7y ago
It comes from cinema where they use complementary color grading, but really it's just people discovering the split toning tool in Lightroom.
BarkMore 7y ago
It's called "orange and teal". Search for "orange and teal" to find explanations on why the style is popular and tutorials on how to create the style in image and video editing applications.
781 7y ago
It's called "orange and teal". Yes, it's everywhere in Hollywood big budget action movies. https://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-hollywood-please-stop.html https://theabyssgazes.blogspot.com/2010/03/teal-and-orange-h...

unicornporn 7y ago

> As art, it's good work. As art and photography I find this series of images weak and without direction. Lost me completely when the photographer or his friends (?) started showing up in the pictures ( https://main-designyoutrust.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/jungraphy_50779260_2228453110808908_4250494946213192487_n.jpg?iv=71Typical https://main-designyoutrust.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/upload... ). Typical Instagram buildering [1] shots. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildering https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buildering

iamaelephant 7y ago

This comment is peak hackernews.

flattone 7y ago
agree. its perfect. i finally smiled today while reading it