Peter, please stop feeding my seller's remorse with your lovely Loxia 50 shots.
Manuel, lovely set! Derek, as well!
Gregg, it didn't take you long to get the hang of that Contax...
Detail from a full size flower shot. Otus 55 with a 8mm tube.
A few from a friend's wedding. My two friends who got married are in my Dungeons and Dragons group, the last photo is us posing as our characters (I'm on the left, I play a Druid who really likes cats, for those who are nerdy/interested).
austinschutz wrote:
A few from a friend's wedding. My two friends who got married are in my Dungeons and Dragons group, the last photo is us posing as our characters (I'm on the left, I play a Druid who really likes cats, for those who are nerdy/interested).
Peire wrote:
I see that I shoul give a go to my SSC 35/2 Concave at last.It has waited more than one year and a half.My bad.
Shame on you!
I haven't waited that long, maybe 6 weeks but as an excuse I also got the Minolta MC 58/1.2 in the same period.
The Canon is great though, bokeh can be quite busy wide open but sharpness and micro contrast are just great. My copy is quite yellowed and it can take a bit of processing to deal with that but I like the results.
My everlasting homage to Albrecht Durer.....as shown on that sculpture,whether it is him or not exactly -unconditionally!
He's much less recognized,extremly well gifted younger brother Hans Durer ,(1490-1538),was The Court Goldsmith of our Sigismundus The Old King of Poland And Great Duke of Lithuania,Russia,Borussia,Silesia,Estonia,Latvia,Moldavia,Tartaria et aliis (Król Zygmunt Stary in The Polish Language),from Jagiellonian Dynasty.
While being The King's Court Goldsmith he has done many outstanding pieces of art.
Sadly,the only one ,well enough exposed to be seen, which survived all wars and destructions of the past 400 years in Poland,are the magnificent polychromes in the Royal Residence of Wawel/Cracow/Kraków.Still to be seen at The Royal Court in Cracow.
Hans Durer died as a loyal subject of The Polish Crown in Cracow in 1538,having a lot to do till the end of his life and a hoard of disciples to follow.Hail to that great man of art.!
He has also left many more painted masterpieces,now situated all over Europe.Most were the pictures of saints,but lighting and robe colors so deeply saturated in shadows will always,I believe,remain he's mark.
Please come to Cracow and take a look at them.I doubt you will be disappointed.
Agnostic wrote:
Shame on you!
I haven't waited that long, maybe 6 weeks but as an excuse I also got the Minolta MC 58/1.2 in the same period.
The Canon is great though, bokeh can be quite busy wide open but sharpness and micro contrast are just great. My copy is quite yellowed and it can take a bit of processing to deal with that but I like the results.
My current "cue of infame" consists of about 30 interesting lenses,waiting for their turn,but I have a strong will to try them out thoroughly when some free time,(and energy),will come!
Looking from Schooner Head overlook at Egg Rock (Island) and Egg Rock Light (and appurtenant buildings and structures) and the Maine mainland. Egg Rock Lighthouse is outside of Acadia NP, is about 2 miles from Mount Desert Island and sits at the mouth of Frenchman Bay.
Heavily cropped tripod mounted Leica R 180mm f3.4 Apo Telyt lens and A7r
ISO 100, f8?, 1/500 second; processed in LR6.10.1
Exposure corrected by +0.24 Stops
June 29, 2015
At Schooner Head Mount Desert Island, Acadia NP, Maine
Greggf wrote:
Joshua...when you were you in SF? Nice grabs!
Gregg
A7rll and Contax Vario-Sonnar 100-300
Thanks, Gregg! It was there in the last week of May. It was a non-photography trip with some friends that came to visit me from Europe.
Your Contax 100-300 images are really strikingly great. But I know that lens is big and heavy. I played with Manuel's when he was here. I guess, I will have to wait for the GM 100-400mm .
Here is another image from the City as seen from the Twin Peaks as the fog started to roll in. It is a 5-image vertical pano. The Golden Gate Bridge is barely outside the frame in the upper left.
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