While yesterday was Canadian Thanksgiving, today is Thanksgiving day-off, and the start of two weeks off for me . So here are a few more infrared images from Olympic Park in June that I found time to process this morning. I used a four-program routine for these that started in PhotoLab for the raw conversion, including white balance, exposure, contrast and noise reduction (PhotoLab excels at the latter), then Affinity Photo for the channel swap and some clarity. From there they went into Nik Silver Efex for conversion to monochrome, followed by PhotoRaw for framing and other minor adjustments. The first two are from the 24 f/2.8 NC and the last two are from the 16 f/3.5 ai fisheye.
With such brilliant photos to open this page I almost hesitate to share this rather mundane photo taken as a tidal pool to the west of San Francisco Bay. I mentioned that I had a 400 f/5.8 AI-s in the trunk of my car. Honestly, I can't remember when I shot a lens this long. Fortunately, the monopod I own always resides in the trunk of my car (the boot to those in Great Britain) so I thought I'd give it a try. There are always birds on the small islands that rarely are flooded during high tide. On this date there were quite a few pelicans hanging out. I've seen pelicans flying just about the waters of the Bay. Here they are taking a break.
I'll never be a birder but I'm definitely a fan of those on this thread who share such photos. It would be lovely to see a few bird shots from our favorite ornithologist in Brazil...
CGrindahl wrote:
With such brilliant photos to open this page I almost hesitate to share this rather mundane photo taken as a tidal pool to the west of San Francisco Bay. I mentioned that I had a 400 f/5.8 AI-s in the trunk of my car. Honestly, I can't remember when I shot a lens this long. Fortunately, the monopod I own always resides in the trunk of my car (the boot to those in Great Britain) so I thought I'd give it a try. There are always birds on the small islands that rarely are flooded during high tide. On this date there were quite a few pelicans hanging out. I've seen pelicans flying just about the waters of the Bay. Here they are taking a break.
I'll never be a birder but I'm definitely a fan of those on this thread who share such photos. It would be lovely to see a few bird shots from our favorite ornithologist in Brazil... ...Show more →
nicely done; if not mistaken was this taken near the berkeley part of the bay? looked a bit familiar to my eye
I tried it, a lot less satisfying than expected but it worked fine. Probably better with more use, it left me in a weird spot where I was reaching to focus it and it was AFing at the same time. Not a speed demon but perfectly functional.
3 More from the 180 ED. Unintentional sequence, life at the beach.
ndwgolf1 wrote:
Has anyone tried using the Techart autofocus adapter with there Nikkor glass on a Z camera. I believe it can be done stacking another adapter but just wondering if anyone has any experience with it?
GroWeb wrote:
While yesterday was Canadian Thanksgiving, today is Thanksgiving day-off, and the start of two weeks off for me . So here are a few more infrared images from Olympic Park in June that I found time to process this morning. I used a four-program routine for these that started in PhotoLab for the raw conversion, including white balance, exposure, contrast and noise reduction (PhotoLab excels at the latter), then Affinity Photo for the channel swap and some clarity. From there they went into Nik Silver Efex for conversion to monochrome, followed by PhotoRaw for framing and other minor adjustments. The first two are from the 24 f/2.8 NC and the last two are from the 16 f/3.5 ai fisheye....Show more →
That's quite a few pieces of software Glen. FWIW, I really like the fourth one in this series, the larger up-close leaves contrasts well with the backdrop.
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CGrindahl wrote:
With such brilliant photos to open this page I almost hesitate to share this rather mundane photo taken as a tidal pool to the west of San Francisco Bay. I mentioned that I had a 400 f/5.8 AI-s in the trunk of my car. Honestly, I can't remember when I shot a lens this long. Fortunately, the monopod I own always resides in the trunk of my car (the boot to those in Great Britain) so I thought I'd give it a try. There are always birds on the small islands that rarely are flooded during high tide. On this date there were quite a few pelicans hanging out. I've seen pelicans flying just about the waters of the Bay. Here they are taking a break.
I'll never be a birder but I'm definitely a fan of those on this thread who share such photos. It would be lovely to see a few bird shots from our favorite ornithologist in Brazil... ...Show more →
Jose bean absent for quite awhile, but this will fill in nicely for some bird action.
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GeorgeBo wrote:
Put the old medium format NIKKOR 75mm lens to work tonight. Grabbed a shot of the comet before it fades away.
George
Nicely done. I thought it was suppose to be better viewing as the month of October went on?
AdaptedLenses wrote:
I tried it, a lot less satisfying than expected but it worked fine. Probably better with more use, it left me in a weird spot where I was reaching to focus it and it was AFing at the same time. Not a speed demon but perfectly functional.
3 More from the 180 ED. Unintentional sequence, life at the beach.
Thanks for the feedback. I’ve decided to give it a miss and just use the zoom function to nail the focus🙏
I think if you were shooting moving subjects like kids it’s probably invaluable. But for me it wasn’t fast enough for that (my kids are restless) and if they’re posed, no need. But it did work fine with a M to F stacked adapter. Regardless, enjoy the focusing.
ndwgolf1 wrote:
Thanks for the feedback. I’ve decided to give it a miss and just use the zoom function to nail the focus🙏
GroWeb wrote:
While yesterday was Canadian Thanksgiving, today is Thanksgiving day-off, and the start of two weeks off for me . So here are a few more infrared images from Olympic Park in June that I found time to process this morning. I used a four-program routine for these that started in PhotoLab for the raw conversion, including white balance, exposure, contrast and noise reduction (PhotoLab excels at the latter), then Affinity Photo for the channel swap and some clarity. From there they went into Nik Silver Efex for conversion to monochrome, followed by PhotoRaw for framing and other minor adjustments. The first two are from the 24 f/2.8 NC and the last two are from the 16 f/3.5 ai fisheye....Show more →
GroWeb wrote:
While yesterday was Canadian Thanksgiving, today is Thanksgiving day-off, and the start of two weeks off for me . So here are a few more infrared images from Olympic Park in June that I found time to process this morning. I used a four-program routine for these that started in PhotoLab for the raw conversion, including white balance, exposure, contrast and noise reduction (PhotoLab excels at the latter), then Affinity Photo for the channel swap and some clarity. From there they went into Nik Silver Efex for conversion to monochrome, followed by PhotoRaw for framing and other minor adjustments. The first two are from the 24 f/2.8 NC and the last two are from the 16 f/3.5 ai fisheye....Show more →
CGrindahl wrote:
With such brilliant photos to open this page I almost hesitate to share this rather mundane photo taken as a tidal pool to the west of San Francisco Bay. I mentioned that I had a 400 f/5.8 AI-s in the trunk of my car. Honestly, I can't remember when I shot a lens this long. Fortunately, the monopod I own always resides in the trunk of my car (the boot to those in Great Britain) so I thought I'd give it a try. There are always birds on the small islands that rarely are flooded during high tide. On this date there were quite a few pelicans hanging out. I've seen pelicans flying just about the waters of the Bay. Here they are taking a break.
I'll never be a birder but I'm definitely a fan of those on this thread who share such photos. It would be lovely to see a few bird shots from our favorite ornithologist in Brazil... ...Show more →
This IS a rare day for sure, you using such a long lens. BTW, where is our birdman of Brazil?
It will be higher above the horizon as the month progresses but will get dimmer as it travels away from the sun. At least that is my understanding.
Nice shot, George.
Correct - however, every night as it rises, I think its "fading" will be accentuated by the waxing moon. I got some dusk images last night then waited for the sky to darken a bit. Alas! All I got were images more washed out by the moon. i"ll go out again tonight (our last clear night for some time to come). The moon will rise later, but be a bit brighter. I may post the best of last night/tonight. I was using my 105 f2.5 and 55 mm f2.8 Micro on my Df
For all the hype around. this comet, I thought Neowise was much better
. So here are a few more infrared images from Olympic Park in June that I found time to process this morning. I used a four-program routine for these that started in PhotoLab for the raw conversion, including white balance, exposure, contrast and noise reduction (PhotoLab excels at the latter), then Affinity Photo for the channel swap and some clarity. From there they went into Nik Silver Efex for conversion to monochrome, followed by PhotoRaw for framing and other minor adjustments. The first two are from the 24 f/2.8 NC and the last two are from the 16 f/3.5 ai fisheye.
