^^^ Man who had every single lens ever made for... the mankind & and more
Great B/W conversion, Gregg.
Wilhelm, love the 'moving' umbrella shot + perfect light on the pedestrian passing --> extended to a grey building.
Bob, darbo, Werner (apocalyptic industries swings to flowers, you can do it in a single day!), dbehrens - fantastic contributions, as always!
Under the spell of Sergio Leone's blown up close ups
Awesome shots everyone
Joshua, outstanding series!! Love the rendering with the GM 24-70
Werner, great sets of shots! You have so much variety and styles.
Rene, love your shots.
Bob, wonderful captures.
Dave (dbrehrens), superb shots!!!
Wilhelm, so good to see you back on board! Great shots.
Helena, love your style of shots.
Gregg, very nice B&W shots!
Jack, engaging portrait!
Again rain storms on the east coast of Queensland, so another quiet weekend
JaKo, I really enjoy your creative and intimate portraits.
dbehrens, beautiful!
Charles, your photos always have such nice tones and mood.
Peire, I too like the pastel look of your photos.
Great work, everyone else!
Maybe you remember my 50mm dilemma during the winter? It seems like I always come back to the Voigtländer Nokton 1.5 VM, because its sharp yet gentle rendering appeals to me. That said; I have taken some urban type of shots with it and while it does OK I think I prefer my CV Ultron 35/1.7 or Contax 50/1.7 for this kind of thing. Not for lack of sharpness (the CV 50/1.5 is actually slightly sharper than the other two), but the gentle low contrast rendering can make it appear slightly muddy at times for gritty stuff unless the light is really good. For people, nature and other "soft" subjects it's wonderful though.
Some examples of urban stuff with CV Nokton 1.5 VM:
Photo taken October 2, 2015 at 6:23 PM looking across Heart Lake (Lake owned by the Adirondack Mountain Club), the Adirondack Mountains, Lake Placid, NY. Image taken with my tripod mounted A7r and my Minolta CLE MC 40mm f2 M-Rokkor lens. ISO 400, lens set to probably f11 for 1/30 second. Exposure corrected by +0.36 Stops and processed in LR6.
Happy Father's Day! To all you dads....
Werner...love your hyper wide shots.
Bob...great colors in your sunsets!
Helena...awesome series!
Wilhelm...superb grabs! The detail in the cobblestones is incredible! Great comp!
Charles...I long for lazy days...really.
Jack.......too many lenses, not enough time! Nice portrait!
Gregg
A7rll and Contax N24-85
philber wrote:
Joshua, you continue to amaze and delight me! Werner, the same! And too many others to remember: Gregg, Mike, Helena, Ronny, René....
FE 85
Philippe, I appreciate the kind words.... In your hands, the FE 85mm really shines
charles.K wrote:
Awesome shots everyone
Joshua, outstanding series!! Love the rendering with the GM 24-70
A7rII and ZA 135/1.8
Thank you, Charles! Each time I see your images taken with that lens reminds me how good that lens actually is. Great images .
There is one house in Bodie, the Miller's residence that you can go in. For whatever reasons, when the people left the town to move somewhere else, they didn't bother to pack their belongings, at least the heavier items, like furniture. Well, Bodie is kind of isolated and fairly far away from the main highway and even right now, a section of the access road is not paved, let alone in the old days. Apparently, they thought that those items were simply not worth carrying and they just took off
The access to the rooms blocked but being a fairly small setup, I could put the camera and hand in there to capture a more "intimate" look and getting the feel of being in the room itself. The Batis 18mm is just perfect for that. Not too wide as to exaggerate the perspective but wide enough to cover plenty of space. BTW, the "good luck" dollar bills on the mattress of the master bedroom were not there when I visited Bodie for the very first time some 14 years ago.
HelenaN wrote:
JaKo, I really enjoy your creative and intimate portraits.
dbehrens, beautiful!
Charles, your photos always have such nice tones and mood.
Peire, I too like the pastel look of your photos.
Great work, everyone else!
Maybe you remember my 50mm dilemma during the winter? It seems like I always come back to the Voigtländer Nokton 1.5 VM, because its sharp yet gentle rendering appeals to me. That said; I have taken some urban type of shots with it and while it does OK I think I prefer my CV Ultron 35/1.7 or Contax 50/1.7 for this kind of thing. Not for lack of sharpness (the CV 50/1.5 is actually slightly sharper than the other two), but the gentle low contrast rendering can make it appear slightly muddy at times for gritty stuff unless the light is really good. For people, nature and other "soft" subjects it's wonderful though.
Some examples of urban stuff with CV Nokton 1.5 VM:
