I like it. Bachelor’s Button on it's last few petals?
Ballard wrote:
Recently a friend dropped my 105/2.5 AI-s. There was no visible damage, but I was concerned that maybe something could have been knocked out of alignment. I've been leaving it on the Z6 and doing occasional test shots with it. So far everything looks good. These old lenses really are built for the heavy duty, real world use that professionals would put them through.
Anyway, most shots have not been anything worth sharing. I did like this one from yesterday wide open. Just a quick grab shot as the evening light was fading.
Hope you recover quickly. The through the plane window photos look amazing.
milt wrote:
I was arriving in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I took these pictures from the plane. 45mm, f2.8. I was supposed to be back in Boston yesterday. However, I broke my ankle and will be in Brazil until July 5th (it is good that I have a place to stay in São Paulo city). I will have plenty of time to edit my pictures.
Flowers in a vase (Barb's birthday) with the 20mm f2.8 ais. The large central flower (far right in first
photo) reacted to small lighting changes dramatically, and I ended up playing on that front instead of
doing a more subtle lighting. I'm not positive, but I think stopping the lens down increased the contrast.
Apologizes if it is too garish.
20mm f2.8 ais
These are sequential frames while I waved a small led light panel with my left hand - shooting
with my right hand but watching outside the viewfinder at the changes. I just thought side
by side would show it better.
I think my biggest issue I had was the lack of controls on the Z5 and with the AF lens I was using, the camera kept trying to make decisions for me and by the time I was able to sort it out, the shot opportunity had passed. Even putting it into full manual, the camera would fight with me. When I was using the 85/2 (Nippi) the camera couldn't do anything with the lens, so it 'gave up' and let me drive. Sometimes though, the focusing square would move on its own, which would throw off exposure and focus indicators. My eyes struggle with focus sometimes, so I have to rely on the square and the other focus aids, but if the square moves to where I don't want it...the rest of the aids don't really help. I will more than likely be listing the Z5 and 24-70/4 this week. Just didn't work well for me. The output was excellent and I loved working with the files. I just couldn't get the rest to work for me.
Regina, awesome views of Rio de Janeiro. Hope you are 100% soon, being a good tourist can be hard work.
James, Happy Birthday to the young lady, great captures of the flowers.
Sevilla Cathedral:
Main Sacristy, Custodia de Arfe named after the sculptor,1587. The monument is 12' in height and contains approximately 350 kilos of silver. It is impressive, old world craftsmanship at its best. There are north of 1,000 paintings in the Cathedral many of which are considered masterpieces.
Ceiling over the Sacristy, sculptured scenes of the last judgment.
Regina, bummer on the broken ankle. Hopefully not too bad. Glad you have someplace to stay at least.
milt wrote:
I was arriving in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I took these pictures from the plane. 45mm, f2.8. I was supposed to be back in Boston yesterday. However, I broke my ankle and will be in Brazil until July 5th (it is good that I have a place to stay in São Paulo city). I will have plenty of time to edit my pictures.
Thanks all for the best wishes. More pictures from Rio de Janeiro.
The first is Leblon Beach and the "Two Brothers" hill.
On the second one, you can see the "Two Brothers" hill from the "Rodrigo de Freitas" lagoon.
The last one is from the "Rodrigo de Freitas" lagoon, and you can see the "Cristo Redentor"(Christ the Redeemer) far away.
All pictures were taken with the 24mm f2.8.
Gosh - we're still waiting for our to sprout! It's been cold and wet heree in western Montana this year, but late spring/summer seems to have finally arrived this week
milt wrote:
I was arriving in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I took these pictures from the plane. 45mm, f2.8. I was supposed to be back in Boston yesterday. However, I broke my ankle and will be in Brazil until July 5th (it is good that I have a place to stay in São Paulo city). I will have plenty of time to edit my pictures.
Lovely pictures, Regina. I especially like the last one. Very sorry about the ankle. I hope it will have healed enough by 5 July.
James Markus wrote:
Flowers in a vase (Barb's birthday) with the 20mm f2.8 ais. The large central flower (far right in first
photo) reacted to small lighting changes dramatically, and I ended up playing on that front instead of
doing a more subtle lighting. I'm not positive, but I think stopping the lens down increased the contrast.
Apologizes if it is too garish.
These are sequential frames while I waved a small led light panel with my left hand - shooting
with my right hand but watching outside the viewfinder at the changes. I just thought side
by side would show it better.
Lovely lighting James, I almost asked how you managed such even lighting but you've explained it. I like it and did not find it garish. It's a flower arrangement, after all.
Leighton,
Tell me you were not laying on the ground for those first two. This mini is way more fun since all the kinks got resolved, Audacious for music, and just discovered UTM for linux. Ah, fun again.
Jim
leighton w wrote:
Just some random shots from this morning with the 55/2.8 ais.
saph wrote:
Agreed on that Buddy. I have a 135 2.8 (now where is it?) and never got attached to it.
Which is kind of strange, because it is a really nice lens, with good range and nice OoF rendering. Very mild, very pleasant. Kristina loved it on the D800. She used it a lot until she bought the Sigma 135mm f1,8 Art lens.
Today I put the 135mm f2,8 Auto Nikkor-Q.C on the D800 and stuck it in the camera bag again. I also brought the 20mm f3,5 Auto Nikkor-UD
graytrekker wrote:
Gosh - we're still waiting for our to sprout! It's been cold and wet heree in western Montana this year, but late spring/summer seems to have finally arrived this week
I assume you don't have a very long growing season there.
James Markus wrote:
Leighton,
Tell me you were not laying on the ground for those first two. This mini is way more fun since all the kinks got resolved, Audacious for music, and just discovered UTM for linux. Ah, fun again.
Jim
Are you kidding me.
I'm glad you got the kinks out of your Mini. Apple Music is better on the iphone than it is on the Mac.
the solitaire wrote:
Which is kind of strange, because it is a really nice lens, with good range and nice OoF rendering. Very mild, very pleasant. Kristina loved it on the D800. She used it a lot until she bought the Sigma 135mm f1,8 Art lens.
Today I put the 135mm f2,8 Auto Nikkor-Q.C on the D800 and stuck it in the camera bag again. I also brought the 20mm f3,5 Auto Nikkor-UD
