Maybe not my best image of the week, it's pretty crap really, but qualifies nicely in the 'Alt' stakes in that it's an image of a Kiron 28/2.0 lens shot with a Taylor, Taylor & Hobson Ental 5" F4.5. That's pretty Alt.
ltruong8 wrote:
Very nice both the shot and the model. Look like you have a "next top model"
Thanks. She is very photogenic, and loves having her photo taken. I am, naturally, happy to oblige with that
Don't know if i want her to be a model, but for now i don't complain because as long as i supply her mother with a steady stream of good photos i am allowed to keep buying semi-expensive camera stuff for myself
I think this is my overall favorite of my shots this week. From the Memorial Tournament Pro-Am yesterday. Rory McIlroy teeing off on the 18th at Muirfield Village. Olympus E-M5 with Canon FD 50-300mm f/4.5L wide open:
Jman13 wrote:
I think this is my overall favorite of my shots this week. From the Memorial Tournament Pro-Am yesterday. Rory McIlroy teeing off on the 18th at Muirfield Village. Olympus E-M5 with Canon FD 50-300mm f/4.5L wide open:
I will probably post one or two more from this week a little later.
FlyPenFly wrote:
Sony Nex-7 with Zeiss 24mm F1.8 ZA
I'll be posting the entire set possibly tonight. I went out to Oyster Bay and the surrounding area in Long Island, NY. I was delighted to find that the lens will make some interesting starbursts at F8 and up, F11 is even better.
I was also surprised how good the files were and possibly more pliable and better than my big Sony A850 full frame camera.
I've been debating selling my A850 and picking up a second NEX-7 body. One big reason would be because I hate dust on sensor and mirrorless cameras are especially vulnerable to this. So I can have the 24mm Zeiss ZA loaded and the 45mm F2 Contax G also loaded and they can stay pretty much glued on.
The location was amazing, one of the most charming places I've visited....Show more →
Nice shot, Jae. But I will say that I haven't had any problems with dust on either the a900 or the NEX-7 and I change lenses quite a bit. I just worked under the assumption that the self-cleaning works better on the Sonys than it ever did on my Canons or digital Pens.
On Saturday I attended a War of 1812 re-enactment for the Battle of Stoney Creek, which celebrates its bicentennial next year. I spent pretty much the entire afternoon and evening, other than during the two short battle re-enactments, 'embedding' myself in the British camp, trying to get some 'daily life' type photos and portraits of interesting faces, etc. Many of the re-enactors were very outgoing and seemed to really enjoy the attention, even though at times I felt I was pushing the boundaries a bit (it kind of felt like being an outsider visiting from a completely different culture/era to some degree, depending on how seriously a given re-enactor was about remaining in-character).
I like this image because of the composition, light and the lens's rendering. The soldiers were gathering outside their tents in smaller groups before mustering for the evening battle just as the setting sun emerged from behind the clouds for around 10 minutes, rescuing what was becoming a drab evening, and causing me to run around trying to get as many beauty light images as possible before it again disappeared.
I posted a handful of portraits from this event with the Nikkor here in case anyone is interested.
I had something completely different in mind for this shot, as I wanted to show the perspective between the swing set, path with people, and the ferris wheel in the background. However once this father and son walked into the scene to play, it made sense to press the shutter release at that moment.
Been visiting this location the past few weeks, experimenting with ideas. As i knew the moon would rise here last night, was just a case of setting up the shot. i had it in colour at first, but also feel mono works just as well.
all i need to do now is to wait for mid winter when the sun will rise in the same position.
Bumping again, and adding a pic of the local church. Nice heavy clouds and sunshine allowed me to get quite a few good landscape shots monday morning on my way to work.
I tried using a gold umbrella with a monolight for a different effect. Obviously I will have to experiment more but I sorta kind like how this turned out.
Taken with a MaxMax 715nm IR-modified EOS 20D with an Olympus OM 2.8/24 at ISO 800 and, I'm pretty sure, f/16 even though the EXIF says f/8. With this lens I like to set the aperture to f/8 to f/16, figure the exposure, set the infinity mark to the corresponding f-stop marking and let hyperfocal focusing do the rest – true point and shoot.
