Indeed, a great series Photon. I don't know if its just me, but in the second it sort of looks like the water wheel is giving you the finger
Another winterscape from me to move things along. Maybe one more still to come before i get to my next directory of images to sort. 350D / 70-200mm again:
Great shots. I did shoot something today, but more in the line of work. The few shots made off-duty almost made me cry afterwards since there's hardly anything as sad and dreary as St. Pete's in winter. Not the crisp cold snowy winter but the sludgy grey freeze-thaw season that really has no name. 80+ times of passing through 0°C, they say.
I must admit, having a camera on hand is sometimes useful. Even if you end up shooting mundane stuff that might be useful for the paper, not the fancy snowflakes and birds.
Blackout in the city! (24-85 @ 38mm f/5.6) http://cs410320.userapi.com/v410320358/50e8/K18vYselNTg.jpg
I thought I totalled my 24-85 today: when I came back into the office, a lot of mist condensed inside, seemingly on the third element (I looked at the block diagram and it's probably that one). It did came back all right after a few hours in a well ventilated spot, but losing even this cheap lens isn't something I can afford right now.
Later in the day, a chance assignment came and I tried to get "creative" with it (within the limited time frame that I had).
Nasty salt sprinkled on the streets. Eats right through anything. (16-35 @ 23mm f/4.5): http://cs410320.userapi.com/v410320358/50df/-RVudliArjs.jpg
Excuse the noise. This was shot with the Powershot SX1 IS at high ISO. I just couldn't resist since Snopchenko's post brought up good memories to Russia. I missed the real EOSfun and only wished I had taken the 1Ds-es that trip:
15Bit wrote:
Indeed, a great series Photon. I don't know if its just me, but in the second it sort of looks like the water wheel is giving you the finger
Another winterscape from me to move things along. Maybe one more still to come before i get to my next directory of images to sort. 350D / 70-200mm again
Thanks Jeffrey. It's great to see more landscapers like yourself and Fred contributing on the seasonal image thread. We've been a bit bird-heavy in the past
Wrapping up this series, another with the 350D / 17-40mm. I should really spend a few mins in PS cleaning up the foreground, but i haven't had chance.
The last page or two alone are enough to illustrate one of the things I love about FM: images from all over the world show up, even in a gear thread! 15Bit, I see what you mean about my inverted icicles on the waterwheel, but I think it's the wrong finger! Maybe it's just a skinny thumb up, in which case I'll take it.
We have been covering some plants on cold nights to try to help them survive temps in the teens (Fahrenheit). Last night dropped to 18 or 19º F (-7º C), so I was pleasantly surprised when I helped my wife pull off the plant sheets this morning and found rather happily preparing-to-bloom flowers. Maybe not like perfect specimen spring and summer shots, but fun.
My tripod doesn't have a removable center column (need to get a ground pod!), so it limits my compositional choices for this kind of stuff. To get around it, I hand held. I turned on the IS of the 100 L macro, upped the ISO, and leaned one arm on the side of an angled tripod leg. For even lower shots, I could of course rest my elbows or forearms on the cold, hard concrete of our driveway. Hey Gunzorro, I guess these are for you, to go with your balmy California winter photos.
Edit: I've added the first shot I did after I gave up on the tripod, noted in the caption. It'll show up last here.
The first shot without the tripod. The light attracted me, but I couldn't get close enough without going hand-held.
Most of my winter work has been indoors, but now that swim season is over, I finally have some wintery landscapes to contribute to this beautifully illustrated thread...
Jerry
with a 70-200 2.8 II, my usual swim meet lens
Sometimes I use a 135L, to keep ISO down and shutter speed up
Thanks, Jess; I had my elbows braced on a railing and was using a 50L, having just stepped outside during the break in a poetry recital...I stopped way down because I wanted the red tail-light trails, they're such a hallmark of the big
city , where I don't go very often...and this one was the luckiest/best of a half-dozen or so
Jerry
