^ Great light on that first one!


I have a few stitched pano's from a Yosemite hike I did a few weeks ago. These were shot on a friend's NEX 5 with my CV 40/1.4. She gave me the jpeg's just recently. First stitch is about 100 mp. The second two are about 40-50 mp.

I'm trying out a new host, http://www.ipernity.com and you can upload just about anything, pdf, mp3, xls...
(Flickr is too limiting with 200 pics as a limit)


A show n shine in AZ. (7 & OM 21/3.5)

jacob D, wow to stitched photos

Minolta 58mm wide open, this is interesting cuz it is as advertised, soft wide open with nice background.

Nice shots Jacob & joanlvh!

Lightshow - I don't see a huge difference in the RAW conversions at these sizes, it seems like the subtle shadow-lightening could be made to the JPGs. But once you get hooked on RAW it's hard to give the control back to the camera!

I'm going to have to force myself to use something other than the Canon FDn 35/2, as I'm using nothing else since I got it. But before I do:


Enoki mushrooms by specularist, on Flickr


Spicy roast duck, Hoi-sin sauce, raw vegetables and home-made pancakes by specularist, on Flickr


Abbot's Alehouse, Cork, Ireland by specularist, on Flickr


Shandon Boat Club, Marina, Cork, Ireland by specularist, on Flickr

alan_m wrote:
Nice shots Jacob & joanlvh!

Lightshow - I don't see a huge difference in the RAW conversions at these sizes, it seems like the subtle shadow-lightening could be made to the JPGs. But once you get hooked on RAW it's hard to give the control back to the camera!
I mainly wanted the shadows lifted vs. what the jpg's look like, it is nice to know I can get close to what I like sooc if I take my time with the settings, it really helps when the liveview simulation is accurate.

I'm going to have to force myself to use something other than the Canon FDn 35/2, as I'm using nothing else since I got it. But before I do:

I know what you mean, the SSC 24/2.8 was glued to my 7 for a long time, my Elmarit M 28 seems to be hogging the spotlight the most these days, and my OM's mostly rule the night.

Really liking those panos jacob.

Nikkor 400mm 3.5 Ai-s, C3...

Got a new cheap adapter for $10 on eBay, and it's a lot tighter than my old one, quite happy.


wak 1.29.133580 by artistwithlight, on Flickr
cattle, full mating


wak 1.29.133778 by artistwithlight, on Flickr
great egret, full mating



wak 1.29.133526 by artistwithlight, on Flickr
baby gbh

Not a spectacular photo by any means but it blew me away. It was my first shot with a MF lens and adapter and I was shocked at how easy it is. Stopping down is easy since the viewfinder compensates and the peaking makes focus extremely easy. I normally shoot by moving focus points on my dslr and this is just as fast for focusing. This is from an old Pentax A28 2.8 lens borrowed from a friend.

Pawn shops will be visited this weekend...

My wife likes lizards... SOOC

5n + Nikkor 105/2.5 Ais.

taran wrote:

wak 1.29.133526 by artistwithlight, on Flickr
baby gbh


Great capture, Taran!!

Playing with a Pepper Mill.

I know this is not art but it was an interesting test for me with a lens I seldom use.
I wanted to accomplish three goals in this experiment with a Nex 5n and a Minolta 58mm 1.2 lens.

1. get as close to the object as the lens would allow.
2. limit the focal depth to just the crank and the cap of the pepper grinder
3.shoot at an angle which would increase the blur, and hopefully the pop, in the upper half of the frame

The aperture setting required was f:/3.5. I like the precise control of the DOF and I like the results which might be applied to more interesting subjects if it ever stops raining here. I hope to use this lens more but it is like holding a brick on a little Nex 5n.

Ebookman,
I like the simplicity of your shot.I think it would look very nice isolated on a black background.
Jim

Jim

I actually thought of you when I looked through the viewfinder at this lonely object. I think you are on to something good. I was also thinking about using a black background but I wanted to see the the background gradation and get a sense of how the lens was functioning.

A couple of Leaf takeaways from today Nex 7 with Sony 30mm Macro Lens

Ray Still

Great shots everyone! A couple with the G28:

Jacob D wrote:
taran wrote:
baby gbh


Great capture, Taran!!

+1

i'd forgotten how ugly baby herons are.

one more heron with the leica R 350mm:

Aww, he's (or she's) not ugly, he's just got a lot of character! I really like the legs perspective with Mom's legs in the shot.

I was running in a quiet farmland area by my home a couple weeks ago and a huge GBH swooped right in front of me when I ran by. Somehow I think we surprised eachother, the bird started squaking at me like I ruined his morning or sumthin



Here's a set from the Lick Observatory shot with 5N. I used the 24/1.8 for most of these. A few were taken with the CV15.

1.

My brother asked me to buy Nex for him...

I have used nex-5N before, but I'd like to get him either Nex-6 or nex-7.

which is a better one....?
For a casual snaps and travel....

Sounds like the higher resolution of the 7 wouldn't be necessary, Paul, so unless there's a compelling reason for your brother to have the tri-nav wheels, I'd go with the 6.

sebboh wrote:
i'd forgotten how ugly baby herons are.

one more heron with the leica R 350mm:
meanwhile in Germany:




Jacob D wrote
Here's a set from the Lick Observatory shot with 5N. I used the 24/1.8 for most of these. A few were taken with the CV15.

hehe, i was reading the site from the bottom up an knew those pictures were yours after the third one, typical contrast, color and saturation. nice set btw.

Nice set, Jacob.

Contax G 28/2.8