While most colorful birds from Costa Rica are fairly small, these guys are about the size of a pigeon, which are relatively large compared to others. They are quite common here and since they are fairly large, I took off the TC to get a shallower depth-of-field accentuating the details of their feather.
A shot of the Old Errowanbang shearing shed at Carcoar NSW, this is quite a unique shed as it consists of 4 levels with the wool always going down.
The second shot is some horses grazing near by the shed.
AGeoJO wrote:
While most colorful birds from Costa Rica are fairly small, these guys are about the size of a pigeon, which are relatively large compared to others. They are quite common here and since they are fairly large, I took off the TC to get a shallower depth-of-field accentuating the details of their feather.
Beautiful Joshua! and they make the coolest sound!
Sigma 24-35mm f/2 DG HSM Art @ f/5.6, 1/1000s, A7R @ ISO 100
I never expected
a) Sigma
b) Zoom
to have any meaningful rendering style on focus plane. But there are few images where lens was able to render Tenerife rock formations at landscape distances so that they do not appear flat and visually boring (not many thou & effect is very mild => this lens can't never replace Zeiss G28, ZE/ZF28, C/Y28 in my landscape shooting).
fotografur wrote:
^ Joshua, your images are always so colorful, sharp and beautifully composed
MedicineMan404 wrote:
Beautiful Joshua! and they make the coolest sound!
Dennis and Robert, thank you very much for your kind words!
After I posted both images, I though it would be a good idea to also post crops of the same files to show what the combo of that particular Canon lens and the Sony 42MP BSI sensor is capable of rendering. Here are the crops then...
After I posted both images, I though it would be a good idea to also post crops of the same files to show what the combo of that particular Canon lens and the Sony 42MP BSI sensor is capable of rendering. Here are the crops then...
Amazing! You really got the most out of your CR trip Joshua.
AGeoJO wrote: fotografur wrote^ Joshua, your images are always so colorful, sharp and beautifully composed MedicineMan404 wroteBeautiful Joshua! and they make the coolest sound!Dennis and Robert, thank you very much for your kind words!
After I posted both images, I though it would be a good idea to also post crops of the same files to show what the combo of that particular Canon lens and the Sony 42MP BSI sensor is capable of rendering. Here are the crops then...
Canon glass Sony sensor=marriage made in imaging heaven
I have a confession: I've been having an affair with a Leica film camera. It's been very enjoyable to shoot film again, but the cost, travel time and waiting time to get the film processed was not fun. I finally decided to process B/W at home. It was SO liberating to shoot a roll and have negatives hanging 20 minutes after I got home! Almost as fast as digital!
I have to admit, the smooth tonality of these images is hard to reproduce digitally, even with the best plugins. All taken with Leica M7 + VM Nokton 50/1.5 + Ilford Delta 400 processed in "FF No.1" Monobath developer.
I know this is a Sony FF digital image thread, but I think I'm OK since I "scanned" the negatives with my A7ii and Tamron SP 90/2.5 Macro + extension! :-)
Easter Dinner table.
Cousin Bill slicing the Easter Lamb.
Men's Bathroom.
Local Skate Park under the BQE. (Brooklyn Queens Expressway)