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p.36 #2Alt Flowers
MichaD, your flowers are terrific
first, soft and out of focus, both hawk helicoid adaptor
first, soft and out of focus, both hawk helicoid adaptor
Sep 08, 2012 at 03:40 PM
p.36 #3Alt Flowers
MichaD wrote:
Mescalamba: very nice still life, especially like the first one
Bif: 1 & 3 are great
My definitive flower lens has to be the CV125, sorry for the amount, couldn't decide:
I saw those pictures and thought: that must be the CV125! Very typical pure colours. The MP100 has more character and contrast, but the Voigtländer has the colours.
Mescalamba: very nice still life, especially like the first one
Bif: 1 & 3 are great
My definitive flower lens has to be the CV125, sorry for the amount, couldn't decide:
I saw those pictures and thought: that must be the CV125! Very typical pure colours. The MP100 has more character and contrast, but the Voigtländer has the colours.
Sep 08, 2012 at 04:09 PM
p.36 #4Alt Flowers
Here's one from the OM-D E-M5 with the Panasonic/Leica 45mm f2.8 macro:
Sep 08, 2012 at 07:39 PM
p.36 #5Alt Flowers
U.C. wrote:
Bif: 1 & 3 are great
My definitive flower lens has to be the CV125, sorry for the amount, couldn't decide:I saw those pictures and thought: that must be the CV125! Very typical pure colours. The MP100 has more character and contrast, but the Voigtländer has the colours.
I'll need to try out the MP100 some day. Was always put off by the CA of it but it's probably not such an issue as the forums might suggest. I like the 50MP although you need to be a lot more cautious with your backgrounds. You can throw pretty much anything at the CV125 and it will provide smooth bokeh, which obviously also makes it a tad bland. The new 2/135 APO might be worth trying as well but 4:1 just isn't enough for flowers.
MichaD wrote
Mescalamba: very nice still life, especially like the first oneBif: 1 & 3 are great
My definitive flower lens has to be the CV125, sorry for the amount, couldn't decide:
I'll need to try out the MP100 some day. Was always put off by the CA of it but it's probably not such an issue as the forums might suggest. I like the 50MP although you need to be a lot more cautious with your backgrounds. You can throw pretty much anything at the CV125 and it will provide smooth bokeh, which obviously also makes it a tad bland. The new 2/135 APO might be worth trying as well but 4:1 just isn't enough for flowers.
Sep 09, 2012 at 03:18 AM
p.36 #7Alt Flowers
Thanks Mesca.
I gave this lens a flower try :Contax N 24-85mm, [email protected] on 5D2 iso 100 1/1250s
I gave this lens a flower try :Contax N 24-85mm, [email protected] on 5D2 iso 100 1/1250s
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Sep 12, 2012 at 03:32 AM
p.36 #8Alt Flowers
I think I posted this image on another thread, but…
Distagon 18/4
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7259/7705334590_781f0b01b8_b.jpg
Distagon 18/4
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7259/7705334590_781f0b01b8_b.jpg
Sep 12, 2012 at 04:46 AM
p.36 #9Alt Flowers
Contax N 28-80mm, [email protected] macro mode on SD1 Merrill Iso 400 1/800s.This is my 2nd converted N 28-80mm, and here is nail-size wild flower.
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Sep 16, 2012 at 09:28 PM
p.36 #10Alt Flowers
You do pretty good job with that SD1M, better than most.
Just my small adition with ages old camera and lens.
Just my small adition with ages old camera and lens.
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Sep 17, 2012 at 10:16 AM
p.36 #11Alt Flowers
Thanks Mesca, those ceramic vase and "clay" pot are very original, never saw one like the last, nice pics.
Sep 17, 2012 at 07:33 PM
p.36 #12Alt Flowers
Booo. I clipped the whites just a little bit. Still like the shot, tho.
5D2 + OM21
http://www.redwrench.com/2012/OM21/_MG_8259-Edit-2.jpg
5D2 + OM21
http://www.redwrench.com/2012/OM21/_MG_8259-Edit-2.jpg
Sep 17, 2012 at 08:31 PM
p.36 #13Alt Flowers
Contax N 28-80mm, [email protected] macro mode on SD1 Merrill Iso 400 1/200s, flash .This bucket resides in the middle of dark bushes, so flash was applied.
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Sep 17, 2012 at 09:55 PM
p.36 #16Alt Flowers
mco_970 wrote:
Booo. I clipped the whites just a little bit. Still like the shot, tho.
5D2 + OM21
Very nice. Flowers in full sunshine are often very tricky to expose properly, esp. if the surrounding scene has a wide DR. You could have protected the highlights on the white petals more but at the expense of the shadows and the blue sky would have become grainier, etc... Basically you have to bracket and blend exposures to get an optimum result.
Booo. I clipped the whites just a little bit. Still like the shot, tho.
5D2 + OM21
Very nice. Flowers in full sunshine are often very tricky to expose properly, esp. if the surrounding scene has a wide DR. You could have protected the highlights on the white petals more but at the expense of the shadows and the blue sky would have become grainier, etc... Basically you have to bracket and blend exposures to get an optimum result.
Sep 18, 2012 at 12:07 PM
p.36 #17Alt Flowers
Thanks all. Bracketing would have been tough on that day - wind was kind of whipping them pell mell. Just a touch of underexp. would have worked, maybe...
Mat - really like your white coneflowers! Gorgeous bokeh.
Just a touch of underexp. would have worked, maybe... Mat - really like your white coneflowers! Gorgeous bokeh.
Sep 18, 2012 at 01:16 PM
p.36 #18Alt Flowers
white cone flowers photo is great
these two are taken with the Nex7 and the ZM 50 1.5 wide open with a helicoid adaptor. Funny little lens but i like it, very difficult to take a sharp pic wide open, it has a very dreamy ( motion blur ) look but stopped down it gets very sharp!
these two are taken with the Nex7 and the ZM 50 1.5 wide open with a helicoid adaptor. Funny little lens but i like it, very difficult to take a sharp pic wide open, it has a very dreamy ( motion blur ) look but stopped down it gets very sharp!
Sep 19, 2012 at 06:20 PM
p.36 #19Alt Flowers
http://imageshack.us/a/img254/2484/tulpc125u33yp9.jpg
135/2.8 vivitar on Canon 30D (or 40D)
135/2.8 vivitar on Canon 30D (or 40D)
Sep 19, 2012 at 08:31 PM
p.36 #20Alt Flowers
@jay tieger: I love the lighting on that shot. It really shows off the color of those upper petals.
How is it lit? Thanks.
How is it lit? Thanks.
Sep 19, 2012 at 10:15 PM