Sony FE Images Thread
p.2342 #1Sony FE Images Thread
Helena, genre? technique? def. a new lens----regardless I love it.
Aug 02, 2017 at 04:07 PM
p.2342 #2Sony FE Images Thread
few more random shots getting a feel for the rokkor QF 40/1.7:
Aug 02, 2017 at 04:11 PM
p.2342 #3Sony FE Images Thread
Nice glacier shot, Nehemia. Thanks again for helping out with the ZM 35.
Mors, Denmark
Mors, Denmark
Aug 02, 2017 at 04:29 PM
p.2342 #4Sony FE Images Thread
Greggf wrote:
A7rll and Contax 28 2.8
Your C/Y 28/2.8 has outrageously good 3D !
A7rll and Contax 28 2.8
Your C/Y 28/2.8 has outrageously good 3D !
Aug 02, 2017 at 04:31 PM
p.2342 #6Sony FE Images Thread
Helena - I really like what you've done with your recent image set. As others have said, I think much depends on the subject to be suitable, and you've made good choices. I don't think it would work well with "modern" subjects, for example recent architecture, cityscapes, etc. but for old-fashioned subjects, it's suitably dreamy.
Aug 02, 2017 at 04:36 PM
p.2342 #7Sony FE Images Thread
Infrared at Potato Creek State Park, Indiana. A7R (converted to 850nm by Kolari), Canon 16-35/4 at 16mm.
Potato Creek dock IR 1271 by Danny Burk, on Flickr
Potato Creek dock IR 1271 by Danny Burk, on FlickrAug 02, 2017 at 04:45 PM
p.2342 #8Sony FE Images Thread
Peter T wrote:
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/1.7, 1/640s, A7R @ ISO 100
http://vahonen.info/photos/2017/Q3/20170723LiesjarviKP/[email protected]_1per1250s_ISO100_A7r.20_0.15_Lanczos2_1280_0.3_1.0.jpg
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/1.7, 1/1250s, A7R @ ISO 100
http://vahonen.info/photos/2017/Q3/20170723LiesjarviKP/[email protected]_1per640s_ISO100_A7r.20_0.15_Lanczos2_1280_0.3_1.0.jpg
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/1.7, 1/640s, A7R @ ISO 100
Love the composition in the first one
SamuliLove the Hen (edit: plus chick or chicks) and sheep Samuli, looks like the first shot also has the hen sitting on the mandatory bench. 
Loxia 35 on A7RII
Dartmoor Devon
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4330/35924588910_42c1b58ff3_h.jpgRiver Bovey by petergthomas, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4317/35484388524_5591481dfd_h.jpgRiver Bovey 2 by petergthomas, on Flickr
Samuli Vahonen wrote
http://vahonen.info/photos/2017/Q3/20170723LiesjarviKP/[email protected]_1per640s_ISO100_A7r.20_0.15_Lanczos2_1280_0.3_1.0.jpgSony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/1.7, 1/640s, A7R @ ISO 100
http://vahonen.info/photos/2017/Q3/20170723LiesjarviKP/[email protected]_1per1250s_ISO100_A7r.20_0.15_Lanczos2_1280_0.3_1.0.jpg
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/1.7, 1/1250s, A7R @ ISO 100
http://vahonen.info/photos/2017/Q3/20170723LiesjarviKP/[email protected]_1per640s_ISO100_A7r.20_0.15_Lanczos2_1280_0.3_1.0.jpg
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/1.7, 1/640s, A7R @ ISO 100
Love the composition in the first one
Samuli
Loxia 35 on A7RII
Dartmoor Devon
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4330/35924588910_42c1b58ff3_h.jpgRiver Bovey by petergthomas, on Flickr
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4317/35484388524_5591481dfd_h.jpgRiver Bovey 2 by petergthomas, on Flickr
Aug 02, 2017 at 05:06 PM
p.2342 #9Sony FE Images Thread
Sony 7R2 Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM
Sony 7R2 Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM by Daniel Danrich, on Flickr
Sony 7R2 Sony FE 85mm F1.4 GM by Daniel Danrich, on FlickrAug 02, 2017 at 06:45 PM
p.2342 #10Sony FE Images Thread
Picked up the FE 1.4TC today. Mounted it on the FE 100-400 and shot with the A6500. That's an 840mm equivalent shot handheld. Very happy with this combo.
Aug 02, 2017 at 07:03 PM
|
p.2342 #11Sony FE Images Thread
philber wrote:
Wow! Douglas!
Thank you! Same tree, but this is from this evening. I love sunrise/sunset.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/Xaozyr]
DGL04230 by Douglas Liu, on Flickr[/url]
Wow! Douglas!
Thank you! Same tree, but this is from this evening. I love sunrise/sunset.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/Xaozyr]
DGL04230 by Douglas Liu, on Flickr[/url]Aug 02, 2017 at 08:15 PM
p.2342 #12Sony FE Images Thread
rji2goleez wrote:
Picked up the FE 1.4TC today. Mounted it on the FE 100-400 and shot with the A6500. That's an 840mm equivalent shot handheld. Very happy with this combo.
Nice, Bob! I just bought the TC and the a6500, I was going to hold off buying the FE 100-400 for a couple months, but you, Robert and Chuck keep showing off, bad, bad, bad!
Douglas
Picked up the FE 1.4TC today. Mounted it on the FE 100-400 and shot with the A6500. That's an 840mm equivalent shot handheld. Very happy with this combo.
Nice, Bob! I just bought the TC and the a6500, I was going to hold off buying the FE 100-400 for a couple months, but you, Robert and Chuck keep showing off, bad, bad, bad!
Douglas
Aug 02, 2017 at 08:18 PM
p.2342 #13Sony FE Images Thread
I'm growing to love the bokeh on the Batis 85/1.8 (and this is coming from using the 85/1.2L).
HWL-07833 by Henry Lydecker, on Flickr
HWL-08402 by Henry Lydecker, on Flickr
HWL-07833 by Henry Lydecker, on Flickr
HWL-08402 by Henry Lydecker, on Flickr
Aug 02, 2017 at 09:46 PM
p.2342 #14Sony FE Images Thread
I had a few friendly bucks come over near my house this evening. All shot with the Canon 70-200L II with MB IV adapter.
Adding the color version as well since I like it just a bit more than the black and white version.
 |
||
 |
||
|
|
||
 |
||
|
|
||
 |
||
|
Adding the color version as well since I like it just a bit more than the black and white version.
Aug 02, 2017 at 09:51 PM
p.2342 #15Sony FE Images Thread
HelenaN wrote:
Anyway, I have gotten a little tired of "straight" photography and feel a need to experiment.
Helena, we have space for all experiments here. Personally I liked the most your pre-2015 style, but I have slowly adapted to your style change and like a lot your Voigtländer images and more subtle style. Not sure yet what to think about Lensbaby or the blurrylens.
I find it constant struggle to find correct level of creativity and not getting bored doing "the same stuff". For me it's typical that at the end of winter I'm really struggling as everything is super ugly, but I really want to go shooting. Then at end of the summer I'm getting tired (creatively and definitely tired to post processing (not just actual post processing but selecting photos, which to process etc. as well)).
My recipe for getting bored has usually been "buy a 'new' 50mm lens and learn it", but after having 50mm lens from all brands, this will stop working Next time I think I'll buy used A7, and send it to Kolari (now they have place in Europe as well, no longer big fuzz with customs etc.) for infrared conversion - this might be good experiment also for you. If you would shoot from tripod I would recommend to get 10-stop ND-filter, it will open many creative possibilities, but as you mostly shoot handheld (assumption, not knowledge...) this is maybe not for you.
For getting tired otherwise than creatively I find it helpful that I process the photos when I like - earlier I have had some kind of rush "I must get these processed". Now I decided that I will process them when I feel that I want to do it. For example I was in summer holiday 2 weeks in Lapland shooting and half week in Finnish Archipelago, total shooting days ~13. I have viewed and processed only first shooting day photos, and no pressure to "advance" to 2nd shooting day photos. Past years I would have rushed processing them, and it may have killed any interest for photography for months. They will wait in hard drive, and when time is right, I will process them. Earlier I have made the mistake that I somehow wanted to process photos in same order as they have been shoot, this kind of killed whole inspiration for photography on many past summers/falls.
Last batch of GM85 test photos. On Tuesday I had opportunity to do real shoot in old forest with GM85 and it's "new wider partner" of which rendering style I hope matches GM85. Can't wait to see the photos on computer.
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/2.2, 1/2500s, A7R @ ISO 100 - I was positively surpriced close-up performance on focus plane as this is no macro lens - not any kind of faults on pixel level, and even overall rendering appears good looking. Boke shows little symptoms of being "busy", but not bad.
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/1.7, 1/2000s, A7R @ ISO 100 - Sometimes GM85 manages to draw non-flat; I find the roof "tiles" (they are wood, not clay based) appearance non-flat and better representation of real life 3D-scene than on my other test photos. I need to experiment more later around this magnification (scene is about 80cm / ~2.5 feet wide), to see is this repeteable or one time phenomenon.
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/4.0, 1/500s, A7R @ ISO 100 - For reason or another rendering is super flat, on very rough surface with hard light coming at angle, I would have expected rendering to be less flat, but rendering is totally flat (gigantic sharpness on pixel level, but no contrast to make whole photo look good)
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/1.7, 1/8000s, A7R @ ISO 100 - Quite flat rendering considering rough surfaces and light coming in angle, few woods appear round not flat "paper cutouts glued to top of background boke".
Samuli
Anyway, I have gotten a little tired of "straight" photography and feel a need to experiment.
Helena, we have space for all experiments here. Personally I liked the most your pre-2015 style, but I have slowly adapted to your style change and like a lot your Voigtländer images and more subtle style. Not sure yet what to think about Lensbaby or the blurrylens.
I find it constant struggle to find correct level of creativity and not getting bored doing "the same stuff". For me it's typical that at the end of winter I'm really struggling as everything is super ugly, but I really want to go shooting. Then at end of the summer I'm getting tired (creatively and definitely tired to post processing (not just actual post processing but selecting photos, which to process etc. as well)).
My recipe for getting bored has usually been "buy a 'new' 50mm lens and learn it", but after having 50mm lens from all brands, this will stop working
Next time I think I'll buy used A7, and send it to Kolari (now they have place in Europe as well, no longer big fuzz with customs etc.) for infrared conversion - this might be good experiment also for you. If you would shoot from tripod I would recommend to get 10-stop ND-filter, it will open many creative possibilities, but as you mostly shoot handheld (assumption, not knowledge...) this is maybe not for you.For getting tired otherwise than creatively I find it helpful that I process the photos when I like - earlier I have had some kind of rush "I must get these processed". Now I decided that I will process them when I feel that I want to do it. For example I was in summer holiday 2 weeks in Lapland shooting and half week in Finnish Archipelago, total shooting days ~13. I have viewed and processed only first shooting day photos, and no pressure to "advance" to 2nd shooting day photos. Past years I would have rushed processing them, and it may have killed any interest for photography for months. They will wait in hard drive, and when time is right, I will process them. Earlier I have made the mistake that I somehow wanted to process photos in same order as they have been shoot, this kind of killed whole inspiration for photography on many past summers/falls.
Last batch of GM85 test photos. On Tuesday I had opportunity to do real shoot in old forest with GM85 and it's "new wider partner" of which rendering style I hope matches GM85. Can't wait to see the photos on computer.
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/2.2, 1/2500s, A7R @ ISO 100 - I was positively surpriced close-up performance on focus plane as this is no macro lens - not any kind of faults on pixel level, and even overall rendering appears good looking. Boke shows little symptoms of being "busy", but not bad.
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/1.7, 1/2000s, A7R @ ISO 100 - Sometimes GM85 manages to draw non-flat; I find the roof "tiles" (they are wood, not clay based) appearance non-flat and better representation of real life 3D-scene than on my other test photos. I need to experiment more later around this magnification (scene is about 80cm / ~2.5 feet wide), to see is this repeteable or one time phenomenon.
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/4.0, 1/500s, A7R @ ISO 100 - For reason or another rendering is super flat, on very rough surface with hard light coming at angle, I would have expected rendering to be less flat, but rendering is totally flat (gigantic sharpness on pixel level, but no contrast to make whole photo look good)
Sony FE 1.4/85 GM @ f/1.7, 1/8000s, A7R @ ISO 100 - Quite flat rendering considering rough surfaces and light coming in angle, few woods appear round not flat "paper cutouts glued to top of background boke".
Samuli
Aug 02, 2017 at 11:33 PM
p.2342 #16Sony FE Images Thread
Helena, while I absolutely admire some of your Lensbaby shots, and now your set with the "blurry lens", I think one should be mindful of not falling into the gimmickry trap . Not every subject lends itself to this sort of treatment IMHO. And the treatment should not take attention away from the subject. But then, who am I to lecture and pontificate?
Samuli, your first shot (close-up plank) is one of those where I feel uncomfortable. The background (also a plank) looks too blurred to my eye compared to the visible distance from the foreground. Even though you are at f:2.2. Opened wider, the effect would be even stronger.
John, Douglas, Bob, dazzling sunrises and sunsets. So I decided to play along, but it seems it is easier to get Neymar to come to Paris than an ocean, so I had to make do with a mere fountain...
Samuli, your first shot (close-up plank) is one of those where I feel uncomfortable. The background (also a plank) looks too blurred to my eye compared to the visible distance from the foreground. Even though you are at f:2.2. Opened wider, the effect would be even stronger.
John, Douglas, Bob, dazzling sunrises and sunsets. So I decided to play along, but it seems it is easier to get Neymar to come to Paris than an ocean, so I had to make do with a mere fountain...
Aug 02, 2017 at 11:59 PM
p.2342 #17Sony FE Images Thread
Tonight's sunset courtesy of our friends up North . . .
Sony 85/1.8
Sony 85/1.8
Aug 03, 2017 at 01:09 AM
p.2342 #18Sony FE Images Thread
Cadenza / Lake Shore Composition VI by Werner Utsch, on Flickr
A7RII, SAL 70-400/4-5.6 GII
Panorama 2 Shots
Firecrest ND 16 (4.8) 272 sec.Exp.
Aug 03, 2017 at 01:40 AM
p.2342 #19Sony FE Images Thread
Thank you all! I hadn't expected this much support/encouragement.
Like some of you suggested the effect is best for old stuff and for "soft subjects" such as portraits and nature, and it'll be hard to get something good in an urban environment. Perhaps a scene with light and shadows could work (these lenses love light). I'll try it some time, and also smaller apertures for more contrast. In the mean time you'll have to suffer my experiments. Anyway, if we have to worry about "gimmickry" and certain subjects being off-limits it'd all feel terribly restrictive and not fun at all...
Btw. maybe I should clarify that I'm not at all bored with photography, I just feel an urge to expand and try new things
Since this is a picture thread, here are some more from the Monolens (I went a bit too close on the peony and missed focus - should have used my close-up lens but was in a hurry):
Like some of you suggested the effect is best for old stuff and for "soft subjects" such as portraits and nature, and it'll be hard to get something good in an urban environment. Perhaps a scene with light and shadows could work (these lenses love light). I'll try it some time, and also smaller apertures for more contrast. In the mean time you'll have to suffer my experiments.
Anyway, if we have to worry about "gimmickry" and certain subjects being off-limits it'd all feel terribly restrictive and not fun at all...Btw. maybe I should clarify that I'm not at all bored with photography, I just feel an urge to expand and try new things
Since this is a picture thread, here are some more from the Monolens (I went a bit too close on the peony and missed focus - should have used my close-up lens but was in a hurry):
Aug 03, 2017 at 02:57 AM
