Beautiful images in this rapidly moving thread as usual. I really like the opening shot on this page Joshua!
The image below was taken from the 35th floor of a hotel window in Boston this past weekend. It's at times like this that I'm grateful to have 42MP to play with, because I cropped this heavily. Ideally, I would have done a little less tilt with the Canon 24mm TS-E to slightly expand the plane of focus in the lower section, but I still like the overall look.
Cliché it might be, agentbird, but still totally delightful! As are (for me) the shots from Jonathon, Joshua (is this a "Jo" thing?) Philip-pj (I am also a "phi", so...?), Werner, dale, Mike and Mathieu.... hat off to you all!
Besides the 50mm I also have a 26mm Monocle/Monolens, based on Industar 50, which is quite different. More contrast in the center but with huge distortion and very soft sides on an FF camera. It's a bit like a mix between the 50mm Monolens and Lensbaby. Not sure how I feel about it, but it's positively tiny and cheap, so I have decided that it doesn't matter if I don't use it much.
Some of the few shots I have taken with it (first three are from around home and the rest from Vesterålen in northern Norway):
Pepijn, I've enjoyed your shots with the Tokina 17mm. I've owned the SL, the RMC and the AT-X and surprisingly, the RMC had the best image quality of all. Your BW conversions are very well done and you make good use of shadows. Nice work!
philber wrote:
Cliché it might be, agentbird, but still totally delightful! As are (for me) the shots from Jonathon, Joshua (is this a "Jo" thing?) Philip-pj (I am also a "phi", so...?), Werner, dale, Mike and Mathieu.... hat off to you all!
philber wrote:
Cliché it might be, agentbird, but still totally delightful! As are (for me) the shots from Jonathon, Joshua (is this a "Jo" thing?) Philip-pj (I am also a "phi", so...?), Werner, dale, Mike and Mathieu.... hat off to you all!
Thank you, Philippe! Is the structure on the right a railway station? Nicely captured!
Ronny Olsson wrote: AGeoJO wroteFall in Yosemite with Half Dome in the background to the left using Loxia 21mmVery nice my friend !
Ronny, thank you very much. As a fan of your images, I really appreciate that.
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I was very fortunate to witness a nature's light show in my only morning at the Grand Canyon National Park. Approximately 100 people showed up at the Hopi Point for the sunrise that turned out to be disappointing since it was cloudy. The cloud became more menacing and it started to rain in the far end of the canyon. Only 3 people, including myself, left and we were treated with an incredible light show. The sun rose above the horizon and it penetrated the rain clouds partly, shining like a spot light on various canyon surfaces. It rained mostly in the deep part of the canyon that runs diagonally in the image and the moisture in the air was lit by the sun. What a show and for sure better than just a simple sunrise!