AGeoJO wrote:
Hi Chris, I am sorry to hear about your accident. I hope you recover soon. Those are two lovely nature images and the first one is really something special.
Thank you for your kind comment. I have to tell you that the GM lens is truly a special portrait lens. I understand where you are coming from - owls or wildlife images in general are harder to capture. The keeper rate is significantly lower than that of portraits. I counted my blessing the owl cooperated with me that day.
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Here is another portrait taken with that GM lens.
Many thanks, Joshua. I never knew that skin could get so purple/blue .
I may be an oddball, but this type of shot is one of my main applications for the 35 1.4, close to MFD, stopped down a bit.
Another beautiful portrait, even though I think it's more a testament to the exceptional skill and eye of the man behind the camera than the lens before it.
note added: In New York, the department of environmental conservation (the DEC) decided that swans were a non-native invasive species, and even though there were relatively few of them (fewer than 2000 dispersed in small groups across the state) and though their numbers had been stable for over a century, they should be eradicated by oiling their eggs so they would not hatch. There was an uproar among the many populations who lived near the swans. In response, the legislature passed a law to protect them. The governor sided with the DEC and vetoed it. There was more uproar. Finally the DEC & the governor backed down, at least for the present. This summer the swans have slowly come back in mated pairs, fewer in number but all the more beautiful and serene.
Great images on the last pages!
I've just returned from two weeks in South Tyrol. This time I had more luck with the weather so I could do the longest hike straight away on the first day...
All with Sony A7 and Canon FDn 35mm f2.8 @ f8 except #1 which is with Minolta AF 20mm f2.8 @ approx. f8.
#1 Going up from the Fischleintal via Altensteiner Tal to the Rifugio Locatelli (Dreizinnenhütte) Altensteiner Tal by Olaf Gnau, auf Flickr
Thank you all for the generous "likes" on my recent Washington photos. I'm very appreciative to be in such fine company of photography enthusiasts.
I still have more water in the well, so I hope you will continue to humor my efforts.
Here are two variations on a couple shots I've gotten a good response on. This is the product of carrying two camera bodies around my neck and over my left shoulder without often changing a lens while on the go tromping around.
Olaf G wrote:
Great images on the last pages!
I've just returned from two weeks in South Tyrol. This time I had more luck with the weather so I could do the longest hike straight away on the first day...
All with Sony A7 and Canon FDn 35mm f2.8 @ f8 except #1 which is with Minolta AF 20mm f2.8 @ approx. f8.
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