This past weekend I had a two night stay at the Paris hotel in Las Vegas, which meant a good opportunity to photograph it with my Nikon D7000. It was a cold weekend, luckily it didn’t rain. Indoors, the D7000 balanced the light perfectly, as you can see in the bottom image. The camera balanced the light and dark areas very well.
Outdoors, with the harsh bright sun behind the Venetian tower (picture at left), I would have expected more shadows, even as I used the AE lock feature. Instead, the advanced camera features, balanced the exposure perfectly. On Photoshop CS5, I added a second layer and desaturated it then used the High Pass filter. Finally I merged the second layer with the original using the overlay option. This basically made the colors and sharpness “pop” a little, also gave it a fake HDR effect.
The original image was fine, I simply enhanced it. The D7000 renders great colors straight direct from the camera. Here is a good example of the Las Vegas Eiffel Tower taken from the entrance of the hotel. The image is cropped, but no other PS or color correct was done.
But where the Nikon D7000 really shines is in low light. This image of the human statute in the interior walkway was taken hand held at ISO 1250 and a shutter speed of 1/100th of a second. I cropped some people out of the right side, but as you can see the image has very little to no noise. At ISO 1250, the image is very usable.
Overall, I was able to take some great photos with the D7000. Soon I’ll post show some work with models taken with the D7000. If you’re model and would like to get hired for a short 2 or 3 hour shoot in the Los Angeles/Orange County area, be sure to check out my model casting page for more information.
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