Thanks for the warm welcome! Lots of nice photos since my last post, especially sebboh's heron and Jacob's trees. plasticmotif's Tokina shots were also very nice, even though they remind my of my lost bokina :P Long story short: bought bokina online, arrived with non-functional aperture, Swedish postal service lost it on the way to repair. Still feel a bit sad that there's a bokina all alone and lost out there.

I got a C/Y Sonnar 85/2.8 and some extension tubes instead, here's some oddly colored wood anemones I shot last spring with it:

And when I got tired of fiddling with the tubes I got the C/Y S-Planar 60/2.8:

perost wrote:
Thanks for the warm welcome! Lots of nice photos since my last post, especially sebboh's heron and Jacob's trees. plasticmotif's Tokina shots were also very nice, even though they remind my of my lost bokina :P Long story short: bought bokina online, arrived with non-functional aperture, Swedish postal service lost it on the way to repair. Still feel a bit sad that there's a bokina all alone and lost out there.

I got a C/Y Sonnar 85/2.8 and some extension tubes instead, here's some oddly colored wood anemones I shot last spring with it:


Mine is the Bokina Sorry to hear your bad luck with the lens.

plasticmotif wrote:

Tokina 90.

I love the deep, viscous colors in the last. Reminds me of the Sigma 105mm Macro (non OS), which I wish I would have kept.

You two with the flower shots! Enough already. I don't need another reason for more glass but you aren't helping me resist a nice macro. Beautiful shots.

Norfolk Western ran a steam excursion through the area over the last couple of days. Got this one when it steamed through Bedford Va. Nex7 contax 90 F2 G.

Great shots everyone! Here's a shot from today: the lonely tree. It's from the NEX 5N and the Sigmarit

Here are a few more shots of the desert with the Nex 5N and the C Biogen 2,8/35 mm ZM

I miss the desert. I don't miss the traffic and other big city stuff of Phoenix but I miss the wilderness of Arizona. Love the shots of the desert and especially the Superstitions. Great shots Ebookman.

Any more from the Grand Canyon State. I'm partial to Northern Az.

VaughnA

I'm not quite old enough to remember steam locomotives, so I live vicariously through fine photographs of them, like your dynamic shot above. Everything is well done—composition, depth, motion, and the processing as a monochrome. Thanks for the "new" memory!

blueshadows wrote:
VaughnA

Everything is well done—composition, depth, motion, and the processing as a monochrome.

+1 My thoughts exactly! A great capture!

blueshadows wrote:
VaughnA

I'm not quite old enough to remember steam locomotives, so I live vicariously through fine photographs of them, like your dynamic shot above. Everything is well done—composition, depth, motion, and the processing as a monochrome. Thanks for the "new" memory!

Thanks, I'm extremely happy with this one, after my first attempts at shooting it I almost bagged it and went home. It was an out and back run. On the way out I tried to get some shots and failed miserably. I was trying to juggle focus and was trying to shoot continuously which blacked out the screen too much. It was my first 'action' shooting since switching from an SLR and I wasn't ready for the limitations.

For the second shot of it coming back through I set everything up much more carefully and decided I'd have time for about 3 shots as it went by at 45 mph. This is number two. The others were good but this one hit the mark.

Some shots i have taken lately All with kit lens, except the flower shot, Canon 50mm 1.4.

Highfive for you Highfive. I'm just not sure which one I like the best, 2,3 or 4..

beautiful sunsets Highfive!

a few from the 35 lux pre-asph on my way to the supermarket yesterday:

Highfive wrote:
Some shots i have taken lately All with kit lens, except the flower shot, Canon 50mm 1.4.



Beautiful exposures. On this forum, it is easy to forget there is a kit lens. Very well done.

sebboh wrote:

a few from the 35 lux pre-asph on my way to the supermarket yesterday:


I love the detail in the shade of the middle shot.

Highfive, love the sunsets, here's two from the Maldives both with the 28mm Zeiss C/Y

Sebboh - Strong set #3 is very nice.

Very nice sunsets from all.

A few offerings from today.

-Jim

NEX 7 / Vivitar 13 -

thanks ebookman and jim!

here's one more:

plasticmotif, beautiful color and transition to out of focus on the first flower photo.
perost, I like the second photo best. great contrast and separation.
Vaughn, excellent shot of that train. Thanks for detailing the acquisition. It's easy to visit this thread and get the impression that every photo members take are killer images right out of the box, first try.
xbarcelo, nice composition and colors. I'd love to see it bigger.
ebookman, excellent scapes, I like #2 and #4 the best. My family is heading out to Scottsdale in a couple weeks, can't wait to escape this nasty Michigan weather.
Highfive, gorgeous colors. I really like #2, the placement of the reflective patch makes the photo.
sebboh, the first one is awesome. The out of focus elements complement the subject well, and are a perfect mix of smooth and "interesting".
joevain, nicely captured in #1. The cool-warm contrast is great.
Jim, I've lurked here for awhile, and I love your signature look. #3 is my favorite.