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nikonos6 wrote:
Hey JohnJ,
these great pictures look like you took them at Flemington Race Course ?
Have been there 4 years ago for the Melbourne Cup - what an amazing day indeed!
Thanks Nikono6, the first 3 were at Flemington but at Oaks Day which is two days after Melbourne Cup. Melbourne Cup is amazing, and it's a public holiday here so everyone makes a day of it, often with barbecues with friends.
During Spring and Autumn the races come alive with Racing Fashion, which is the reason I attend. The country races are fantastic as they are smaller, easier to get around, park, get a drink etc, but I think they are more colourful and charismatic than the slightly clinical big-city meetings. Most of the pics I posted were from the last few weeks at country races at Kilmore and Ballarat. They are all quite a bit of fun and great for photogs as the crowds are fun and happy to have pics taken.
The pics below are from a couple of days ago at a country meeting at Yarra Valley.
Yarra Valley, Leica R 1.4/80
http://photocornucopia.com/images/Lenses/Leica/R80/161126_R80_DSC01363.jpg
http://photocornucopia.com/images/Lenses/Leica/R80/161126_R80_DSC01384.jpg
http://photocornucopia.com/images/Lenses/Leica/R80/161126_R80_DSC01391.jpg
philip_pj wrote:
A good example of what timeless 20th century optics bring to the table - the Leica R 80/1.4 is apparently a 1980 design. Thank you JJ. My feelings re MF as well, though I need to flub worse at f3.5 to lose fully. Reminds also that many photographers rate sharpness as a second or third order pictorial quality - if that high, certainly for people photography.
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Thanks Philip, it's crazy how many races there are here, especially the country meetings which are lots of fun.
It's definitely much easier to catch 'moments' with an AF lens, and maybe this trumps other optical qualities, so I get around with zooms and a 5D2 as well as the Sony A7RII and usually a MF lens. When I look back at the images I tend to prefer the MF images, especially those from the R 1.4/80. However, if I use an AF lens like the FE 1.8/55 (so not relevant really in this thread, but I mention it to illustrate the point) I get FAR more great images that show the character and charm, ie plenty of 'moments' that I probably would have missed with the MF lens. Maybe I need a second A7RII so I can have both!
Here's one from the Contax 1.4/50MM at F1.4 (also at Yarra Valley)
http://photocornucopia.com/images/Lenses/Leica/R80/161126_C50_DSC01439.jpg
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