Again, this thread is almost overwhelming to the senses. Inspiring! The first time I get a well focused macro shot like Ronny's, I am going to frame it, mark my calendar and celebrate the event.
Here are a couple of shots from my walk in the forest today. A7RII with Tamron SP 35/1.8
Chuck Coyne wrote:
Joshua another awesome shot! You must be having a hard time deciding which shots to keep and which to pass over. There are so many 10+ pictures to choose from. Bravo
Thank you very much, Chuck!
Chuck Coyne wrote:
Ronnie let me be the second to say how much your macro shots inspire me to get out there and try my hand at some. Truly awesome shots!
Chuck, your butterfly and dragonfly images are great!
Gunzorro wrote:
Wow, wow, wow! Ronny, Joshua, Wilhelm and Matt (sorry, I'm missing so many contributors!) -- great, great stuff. Thanks for your generous sharing of talent.
Joshua, Ronny, your work continues to amaze and delight me, page after page, week after week, subject after subject!
Lots of brilliant work to go with it, too. Bob, René, Mike, Jim, Tim, Wilhelm, Helena.... stand up and take a bow while I clap...
Joshua just second what everyone else is saying: Amazing Shots
Gregg great shot of your son's first Kayak trip. Great composition and perspective showing his relative size to the river!!!
More Taxi pics from Havana Cuba. For old car buffs it was a dream come true. All different with their own character.
Sony A7rII & 24-70 GM
Thanks everyone !
Chuck : You had a great set of macroshots a few pages back
Sometimes I think getting Sony 90 Fe f2.8 to complement Zeiss 100MP .. would have been nice to avoid extension tubes ..and also able to test a AF lens .. It was a very long time since I had an AF lens
Philippe: Really nice and the lens is a monster
Tim: Stunnig shot and moss is exquisite !
Wilhelm: Superb shot ..I will enjoy your Contax shot... I sold hollywood 28 and 35 f1.4
Joshua : Just love your CR shot ... amazing
Gregg : Most shot more with my Loxia .. Great shot again
Gordon : Great to see you post again.. love your work !
Jim : Great set
Butch : Great Taxi cars shots
Werner: Your shots " (Le) Pas Au Dehors " is just amazing
Dale: lovely work as always
I purchased a legendary Biotar 75, my copy is postwar (year 1948) "slim" red T version of Biotar 7.5/1.5 with Exakta mount. Unfortunatelly the EXA-NEX didn´t arrive yet so I tried the lens handholding on OM-NEX adapter with A7r II. I purchased the lens in Leica Vintage shop at Leica Vienna through the eBay, from first pictures there were some dirt on the rear element, so the lens was CLA´d at Leica and they told me the lens elements are clear without fungus,haze,separation, etc. When the lens arrived I was surprised after closer check of the lens and taking some macro shots.. they "forgot" to tell me that there is coating defect, maybe fungus in this location,defect in cement. Price was 1200 EUR, I ask them for some partial refund about 300-400 EUR, because the resale value in the future is much lower, they offer only 100 EUR, so although the lens has nice rendering the question was to keep it or not. Finally I made a decision to return the lens. These pictures are wide open, slightly PP´ed. All uncropped.
Looking across remnants of Marcy Dam Pond (Hurricane Irene blew a hole in Marcy Dam in 2011)
Tripod mounted Sony A7r camera and Minolta CLE MC 40mm f2 M-Rokkor lens.
ISO 100, probably f8, 1/60 second
Processed in LR6
October 4, 2015
In High Peaks Wilderness Area, Adirondack Mountains near Lake Placid, NY
Wow this thread is moving lately. It is hard to keep up with everything.
Joshua, amazing shots from CR. Just mind blowing
Ronny, fantastic macro work. I have trouble getting even a 10th of what you do hand held.
Gregg, awesome looking campsite, specifically the walk ways over the water. Beautiful.
Wilhelm, I agree with Ronny that contax shot is magic.
Tim, love the moss shots, the green just pops so well.
Butch, we had an old car show around here in NJ recently. Nothing big, but a few really nicely restored pontiacs. Those images make me want one so bad.
Everyone else I am missing (and I am missing a few), so so sorry, but just awesome images around!
Left over from the humid weekend (hopefully this weekend it will be better)
philber wrote:
Joshua, Ronny, your work continues to amaze and delight me, page after page, week after week, subject after subject!
Lots of brilliant work to go with it, too. Bob, René, Mike, Jim, Tim, Wilhelm, Helena.... stand up and take a bow while I clap...
Otus 28...
Philippe, thank you very much. The Otus 28mm is definitely in the class of its own...
bowens wrote:
Joshua just second what everyone else is saying: Amazing Shots
Gregg great shot of your son's first Kayak trip. Great composition and perspective showing his relative size to the river!!!
More Taxi pics from Havana Cuba. For old car buffs it was a dream come true. All different with their own character.
Sony A7rII & 24-70 GM
Butch
Thank you very much, Butch! I love your rendition of those classic cars in Cuba.
Ronny Olsson wrote:
Joshua : Just love your CR shot ... amazing
Thank you very much, Ronny! I did get lucky a few times on that trip...
While it is true that you do not need any extension tube with the Sony 90mm macro lens, but most of my shots at shorter distances were manually focus. That lens has a nifty and intuitive way of switching from and to the AF/MF mode. You just slide the whole and large focusing ring in or out without fumbling around or looking for a tiny switch.
keerf wrote:
Wow this thread is moving lately. It is hard to keep up with everything.
Joshua, amazing shots from CR. Just mind blowing
Left over from the humid weekend (hopefully this weekend it will be better)
I truly appreciate your kind words, Terry! Excellent close focus images you got there!
LtZ...great shot. Love the mood! And I like the color this time.
Joshua...no words needed!
And super great grabs last page from everyone!
Gregg
A7rll and Contax N70-200 w/Fringer AF adapter v2
Boy Scout campground @Camp Noyo
70mm @f3.5
144mm @f5.6
110 mm @f13
The only cabin to stay in on our side of the campground...
Impressive as always Ronny and Joshua. There are so many others I'd like to comment on but I'm afraid to forget someone who also deserves to be mentioned. However, I want to say that I really like Tim's mossy shots from the previous page. Besides being beautiful captures I'm envious of the scene itself. When I see something like that over here it's always full of dropped sticks and rotting leaves. Do you clean the place before taking photos..?
Some more from walks/bicycling around home with A7 and CV Nokton 50/1.5 VM. Darker and gloomier and than what I usually post, but it's nice to try something a little different sometimes. (The one with the white horse is a near 100% crop.)
Thanks Helena, I won't lie, I have been known to clean up an area....within reason. And in some ways I feel that having some debris is more natural, as long as it isn't distracting. In these two shots, I believe I did remove a little branch from the water where it was caught in between the rocks (in the more closeup shot.) The other is pretty much as is. If there is a branch stuck in the moving water, it often is distracting. In the cases I can't remove it before shooting, I do often clone it out. But again, I try to leave things relatively natural.
Both these shots were taken just off the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, and are very accessible to a large number of people. I would imagine some of it might have been "pre-cleaned" before I got there. .
I was on a family vacation, which doesn't really provide a lot of opportunities for serious shooting....unless I want to drive my family crazy. I woke up early the last day of our trip and was lucky enough to be within a pretty close driving distance to this spot. It was early enough that there were very few people out, and I even had the chance to be in the stream for the one shot. I do admit my fascination with water and waterfalls is rooted in more than just the photos that I produce. There is something magical about being there, such a juxtaposition from the daily grind. I was lucky enough to have morning light, had I waited much longer there would have been harsh sun.
Anyway, thanks for the compliments. I did feel somewhat hurried when I was shooting these as I sort of snuck away from my family. I wrote a note that I'd be back by a certain time and I wanted to make sure I kept my promise. I have to say just these small number of shots made me feel as though I was successful from a photography standpoint, given the fact that this was a vacation. I can't imagine how much time I'd spend there if the sole purpose was photography.
-Tim
HelenaN wrote:
Impressive as always Ronny and Joshua. There are so many others I'd like to comment on but I'm afraid to forget someone who also deserves to be mentioned. However, I want to say that I really like Tim's mossy shots from the previous page. Besides being beautiful captures I'm envious of the scene itself. When I see something like that over here it's always full of dropped sticks and rotting leaves. Do you clean the place before taking photos..?
