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p.92 #1 · Alternative Image Thread 3

Nikon d700 + nikon 180 2.8 AI-S

Oslo in morning fog!

Nov 29, 2008 at 02:40 AM

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p.92 #2 · Alternative Image Thread 3

Nice :-) Yesterday?

Nov 29, 2008 at 10:03 AM

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p.92 #3 · Alternative Image Thread 3

Canon 50D and CZ21 in Australia mate!

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Nov 29, 2008 at 10:53 AM

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p.92 #4 · Alternative Image Thread 3

Yeah! The light was.. great

I usually do more wide angle shots of the view, but I just liked the more narrow FOV for this one!

Nov 29, 2008 at 10:53 AM

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p.92 #5 · Alternative Image Thread 3

That first one is just magic ziyadj! Amazing light

Great capture!

Nov 29, 2008 at 10:55 AM

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p.92 #6 · Alternative Image Thread 3

I had to wake up early in the morn for that one

Thanks for the compliment!

Nov 29, 2008 at 11:06 AM

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p.92 #7 · Alternative Image Thread 3

Some funky background bokeh-madness:

Edit: oh, rokkor 58 1.2 @ 1.2 (sharp as... something :P ) on a d700!

Nov 29, 2008 at 09:49 PM

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p.92 #8 · Alternative Image Thread 3

It's cold, dark and wet over here today so I thought I'd have a bit of fun doing some colourful abstract macros.

These are all taken with a 50mm SMC Takumar f/1.4 reversed on to the front of a 105mm SMC Takumar f/2.8. Camera is Canon 1D mark 2.

Nov 30, 2008 at 07:02 PM

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p.92 #9 · Alternative Image Thread 3

Mamiya 80mm F2.8 AF on a ZD dSLR -

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Nov 30, 2008 at 10:30 PM

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p.92 #10 · Alternative Image Thread 3

Beautiful shots, foxbat!

Nov 30, 2008 at 10:41 PM

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p.92 #11 · Alternative Image Thread 3

Unreal colour from a Zeiss 28-70 and Kodak 100UC. Shot with a Yashica FR in downtown Toronto.

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Dec 01, 2008 at 05:11 AM

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p.92 #12 · Alternative Image Thread 3

a few shots combined using 30+ years out of date Polaroid film and a lot of PS work. and now it's all gone.........

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Dec 01, 2008 at 06:00 AM

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p.92 #13 · Alternative Image Thread 3

Rokkor 58mm f/1.2 shot at f/2.8

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Dec 01, 2008 at 11:16 AM

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p.92 #14 · Alternative Image Thread 3

Hm, the Rokkor even works at smaller apertures than f2. I will try that. Nice light.

Dec 01, 2008 at 01:07 PM

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Steve Spencer wrote:
Rokkor 58mm f/1.2 shot at f/2.8

Beautiful shot. Have you been burning in by hand? The front left side of the haystack seems to lack contrast.

Dec 01, 2008 at 01:12 PM

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p.92 #16 · Alternative Image Thread 3

A Rokkor 58/1.2 series from the Aboriginal Festival in Toronto, last Friday:

(many of the dance shots heavily cropped)

Dec 01, 2008 at 02:59 PM

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p.92 #17 · Alternative Image Thread 3

ovredal73 wrote:
Hm, the Rokkor even works at smaller apertures than f2. I will try that. Nice light.

Indeed. By f4 it is quite possibly the sharpest lens I have ever owned.

Dec 01, 2008 at 03:05 PM

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brainiac wrote:
Steve Spencer wrote:
Rokkor 58mm f/1.2 shot at f/2.8

Beautiful shot. Have you been burning in by hand? The front left side of the haystack seems to lack contrast.

Hi Richard,

I would appreciate any advice about how to process this shot. It has given me fits. Here is what I did. As you might guess this shot has a lot dynamic range. I shot this so that it was exposed to the right. Then I processed the sky and the rest of the shot differently. Bringing back the sky so that it looked as near as I could remember to what I actually saw, and bringing back exposure to the foreground. I then cloned out a distracting corn stalk in the lower left corner; darkened the right side of the corn stack by hand as I though it gave it a little more depth, and then sharpened it just a little using Fred's smart sharpen plug-in. Any suggestions about what I might have done better, would be greatly appreciated. I have seen that you are a master of post-processing and I am very much a novice.

Best wishes,

Steve

Dec 01, 2008 at 04:56 PM

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cogitech wrote:
A Rokkor 58/1.2 series from the Aboriginal Festival in Toronto, last Friday:

(many of the dance shots heavily cropped)

Hi Paul,

These shots are absolutely fantastic. The huge dream catcher is terrific. I love these shots and really wish I could have gone. The next time there is such a festival in Toronto, please send me a PM. I have gone to several Pow Wows, but have never been allowed to take pictures and I would really like to get shots from such an event.

Best wishes,

Steve

Dec 01, 2008 at 05:03 PM

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p.92 #20 · Alternative Image Thread 3

I love my cheap lenses more than any thing... Sears 55mm f1.4 (I have 3 different version of this lens... 2 Sears in M42 mount but different aperture mechanism and one in Rolleinar brand):

With ext tube (I think 12mm), @f8 (indoor... near window with natural light):

Dec 02, 2008 at 04:15 AM

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p.92 #21 · Alternative Image Thread 3

fredv wrote:
a few shots combined using 30+ years out of date Polaroid film and a lot of PS work. and now it's all gone.........

Fred,

Wow.......

Dec 02, 2008 at 04:24 AM

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Steve Spencer wrote:
cogitech wrote:
A Rokkor 58/1.2 series from the Aboriginal Festival in Toronto, last Friday:

(many of the dance shots heavily cropped)

Hi Paul,

These shots are absolutely fantastic. The huge dream catcher is terrific. I love these shots and really wish I could have gone. The next time there is such a festival in Toronto, please send me a PM. I have gone to several Pow Wows, but have never been allowed to take pictures and I would really like to get shots from such an event.

Best wishes,

Steve

Thanks for the compliments and I will try to remember to let you know when the next one is. I took Friday off and went with my daughter on a school trip. In hindsight, I would have preferred to take her on my own. It was pretty crazy and short-lived as it was. One would learn much more and see much more with better planning and more time. She's 1/16th (from my side), so she was particularly interested in learning.