Thanks for your comments
Really good pictures from Tony, John, Monty, Leighton, Chuong ,Jose and Mark
Yes from all of you... a really fun and interesting thread this
Myself I hope to get out and take pictures this weekend ..
it has been quite bad weather since I got my Nikon MF lenses
so hope for better this weekend

Ronny//

MarkdV wrote:
And some from the same walk with the 180mm beastie. Hard to say but I think my current favorite. Although the 55mm was fun with the macro shots yesterday...

Mark, I like the last two in this set very much. The 180 is hard to beat! When you get a chance, try the 55mm at landscape, it can be very sharp and contrasty.

leighton w wrote:
MarkdV wrote:
And some from the same walk with the 180mm beastie. Hard to say but I think my current favorite. Although the 55mm was fun with the macro shots yesterday...

Mark, I like the last two in this set very much. The 180 is hard to beat! When you get a chance, try the 55mm at landscape, it can be very sharp and contrasty.

+1.
Mark, I liked the forest set with the zoom too.
Agree with Leighton, 55/2.8 is sharp at infinity.

Thanks Ray, Leighton, Laura, and Ronny for the kind words.

Laura, I almost never use flash with birds (except owls at night, of course!), I prefer natural light besides the fact that some birds are disturbed by the flash;

Leighton, fantastic experiment with Nikki: beautiful flower with ther "170mm f/1.8" !

John, simply spetacular MT. Si and Low Clouds, but I liked too the "cold bird"

Another of the Savanna Hawk.

"Taking off"


Savanna Hawk "taking off" by labecoaves, on Flickr

D7000 + 800mm f/5.6 AIS EDIF + tripod, ISO 320 f/8 at 1/2000s. ~ 35% cropped. The hawk was 40+ metres away.

Wow.. great shot Jose

I think there must be a 100 or more pages since I was last here! ;-) So forgive me for all the ones I've missed. To mention just a few:
Super hawk shot, Jose - nice timing!
John - those shots looking down on the clouds are really powerful - I can see why you're after some compact lenses, hiking up that far!
Monty - love the dog with the bokeh ;-)

I'm recently back from a trip to Namibia - didn't use the manual lenses as much as I'd hoped simply because of lack of time to swap lenses - the light comes and goes so quickly. But here's one with the 24/2.8 AIS on the D800e.

Lizzie

MarkdV wrote:
Jose
When you are stacking a TC and tubes, which order do you mount them onto the camera, is it the TC mounted to the camera then the tubes or visa-versa, or do you put the TC part way through your tubes stack?

I ask as I did some macro shooting last night but want to get even closer but already had no working distance (using the 55mm micro lens from Tony).

Thanks,
Mark.


Mark, I have used both configs. If you need more magnification, then you need to use camera + TC + tube + lens.

Thank you Ronny and Lizzie.

Lizzie, what a spetacular scenario!
Good to know the 24/2.8 works beautifully with the D800E in good hands.

Ronny _Olsson wrote:
Wow.. great shot Jose

+1 !

LizzieShepherd wrote:
I think there must be a 100 or more pages since I was last here! ;-) So forgive me for all the ones I've missed. To mention just a few:
Super hawk shot, Jose - nice timing!
John - those shots looking down on the clouds are really powerful - I can see why you're after some compact lenses, hiking up that far!
Monty - love the dog with the bokeh ;-)

I'm recently back from a trip to Namibia - didn't use the manual lenses as much as I'd hoped simply because of lack of time to swap lenses - the light comes and goes so quickly. But here's one with the 24/2.8 AIS on the D800e.

Lizzie

asiostygius wrote:
MarkdV wrote:
Jose
When you are stacking a TC and tubes, which order do you mount them onto the camera, is it the TC mounted to the camera then the tubes or visa-versa, or do you put the TC part way through your tubes stack?

I ask as I did some macro shooting last night but want to get even closer but already had no working distance (using the 55mm micro lens from Tony).

Thanks,
Mark.


Mark, I have used both configs. If you need more magnification, then you need to use camera + TC + tube + lens.

Thanks Jose for the advise, I will try this config.
Fantastic hawk pic by the way.

If any of you are bidding on 85 1.8 HC on ebay
You need to stop you are making it harder for me to buy


Reagan

Beautiful image Lizzie
Hardly dare to put a picture after the last pictures
may take an indoor photo now and then in the picture of the dog again ... will see if the
can not be a little newer pictures for the weekend


Nikkor 135mm f/2 Ai-s by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr

Settings: 1/60 ƒ/2 ISO 400


Nikkor 135mm f/2 Ai-s by Ronny Olsson, on Flickr

Settings: 1/200 ƒ/2 ISO 3200

asiostygius wrote:
Another of the Savanna Hawk.

"Taking off"


Savanna Hawk "taking off" by labecoaves, on Flickr

D7000 + 800mm f/5.6 AIS EDIF + tripod, ISO 320 f/8 at 1/2000s. ~ 35% cropped. The hawk was 40+ metres away.
Wow that's extraordinary!

asiostygius wrote:
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John, simply spetacular MT. Si and Low Clouds, but I liked too the "cold bird"


+1

John - I'm with Jose - they're so spectacular - even the cold bird.

Jose - same to you - the Hawk shots are astonishing.

ben

Georg, I want to echo the very positive comments about your New Year's Eve fireworks photo. Great work!

Alan, nice shots of your little guy and his wooden Leica. Something tells me it won't be long before he wants the real thing.

Jose, the Hawk on take off is a wonderful image! Thanks for the stacking tip.

Adam, welcome! Very nice holiday shot.

Ronny, great shot of your daughter and her horse. As said above, nice choice of focus.

Leighton, your landscape shots are hitting on all cylinders and I really enjoyed the ones from Monticello and Ashlawn.

Dylan, that skating trail looks like a blast! Add me to the list of folks who prefer the eye contact shot.

Monty, wonderful bokeh shot.

John, really like your mountain photos, especially the Mt. Ranier pano and "Low Clouds."

Chuong, very cool photo of the SoloEtte.

Americo, great colors from your 85mm.

Tony, very nice portraits of your son.

Mark, amazing detail in the rock shot and I really like #1 and #8 of your forest series.

Lizzie, beautiful African landscape.

Laura, good luck with your studies!

Foggy14 wrote:
Georg, I want to echo the very positive comments about your New Year's Eve fireworks photo. Great work!

Alan, nice shots of your little guy and his wooden Leica. Something tells me it won't be long before he wants the real thing.

Jose, the Hawk on take off is a wonderful image! Thanks for the stacking tip.

Adam, welcome! Very nice holiday shot.

Ronny, great shot of your daughter and her horse. As said above, nice choice of focus.

Leighton, your landscape shots are hitting on all cylinders and I really enjoyed the ones from Monticello and Ashlawn.

Dylan, that skating trail looks like a blast! Add me to the list of folks who prefer the eye contact shot.

Monty, wonderful bokeh shot.

John, really like your mountain photos, especially the Mt. Ranier pano and "Low Clouds."

Chuong, very cool photo of the SoloEtte.

Americo, great colors from your 85mm.

Tony, very nice portraits of your son.

Mark, amazing detail in the rock shot and I really like #1 and #8 of your forest series.

Lizzie, beautiful African landscape.

Laura, good luck with your studies!



+1 I have looked at them all and this is the lazy way to comment

Reagan

The provincial courthouse on Water St in downtown St. John's, Newfoundland. 28mm f/2.8 AI-s stopped down to f/11.


Courthouse by philipjohnson, on Flickr

Ronny those are some great shots. I so enjoyed looking through your Flickr account. You have some superb shots!
Philip I really like your B&W shot!