Ontos's Photos

[ontos]

Thanks Hugh greatly appreciated.

 

[fubar57]

#3 Merv, awesome, very intense.

Geo

 

[ontos]

Thanks Geo, I really appreciate your comment, cheers.

I wanted to make a memorial for my Brother-in-law honoring his service in Vietnam and came up with this idea.

 

[Gnomey]

Great idea and execution Merv!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Merv, I agree with Dave on the sunset shots. That is awesome sir! And your memorial idea for your brother in-law is excellent.

 

[ontos]

Thanks Hugh, Wurger, aT6 and Aaron I appreciate all your comments. Went to the Planes of fame on Saturday the 7th, I will post some shots soon.

 

[Wurger]

Looking forward to them.

 

[ontos]

These are a few of what I took at the Planes of Fame.

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Merv.

 

[vikingBerserker]

NICE!

 

[Gnomey]

Excellent shots Merv!

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Excellent shots Merv!!!!

 

[ontos]

Thanks guys, greatly appreciated.

 

[Marcel]

Love that shot of the p38 in the air. Very well done! Looks like you edit it quite a bit (did you?) making it almost look like a painting.

 

[ontos]

Thanks Marcel, the original shot was really dull and grey due to a overcast day, I did edit it in Lightroom 5 and some sliders in Nik color eff. pro.

 

[Marcel]

Ah, thanks. You overdid it slightly, and that actually worked pretty well in this pic (to my taste at least). It really looks like it was digitally created. You know, contrast just a tat higher than normal, just a little too smooth. I got the same feeling with the red Stearman. As I said, not a negative comment, sometimes it's good to make it deliberately look like it was fake, while it is a real photo. I quite often use the 'low light' effect of darktable on pictures which tries to mimick what eyes see in the twilight. You can see some of those pictures in my own thread. What effects did you use?

 

[ontos]

No problem Marcel, I didn't take your comments as negative. I enjoy getting everyone's feedback on my work. Sometimes if I don't like the way a shot came out but I kind of like it, I'll play with in Lightroom or Nik to try and save it, I also on occasion use Topaz. For the life of me I can't recall what settings or effects I used in Nik, but in Lightroom I used the basic sliders, contrast, white balance, shadows etc. Played with the Clarify and sharpen. The Stearman I only used Lightroom 5.4, lowered the highlight white balance, raised the blacks and lowered the shadows. I didn't really do that much to it The final result was pretty much as it looked to the eye well except for the wide angle lens Metering was a problem due to the backlight and hazy sky.

 

[ontos]

Here are the two shots as seen straight out of camera without any post processing.

 

[Shinpachi]

Cool shots with nice angle and timing as always, Merv
Really awesome.