Thanks to all for the kind words about my posting.
Great shots from Joshua, Douglas, Rene, Toshiro, Akash, Peter, Kater1807 and Ronny. I'm surely leaving many out -- catch you next time!
PS -- Yes, I agree that the loss of Phillipe is sad. I hope Gregg is only on hiatus -- I just bought his Zeiss ZE 35/2 from the B&S, and it didn't seem he was liquidating his gear, just doing some re-invention.
I very much value our little confederation here. Even though I'm no newbie, I feel I've really grown and benefited from the constant influx of great shots that encourage me to raise me game. Thank you to all, especially Fred.
Gunzorro wrote:
Thanks to all for the kind words about my posting.
Great shots from Joshua, Douglas, Rene, Toshiro, Akash, Peter, Kater1807 and Ronny. I'm surely leaving many out -- catch you next time!
PS -- Yes, I agree that the loss of Phillipe is sad. I hope Gregg is only on hiatus -- I just bought his Zeiss ZE 35/2 from the B&S, and it didn't seem he was liquidating his gear, just doing some re-invention.
I very much value our little confederation here. Even though I'm no newbie, I feel I've really grown and benefited from the constant influx of great shots that encourage me to raise me game. Thank you to all, especially Fred. ...Show more →
Gregg became more a lurker and less a poster lately but he does post images on Instagram. From time to time, I do keep in contact with him. Philippe disappeared... although I do have his email address but I would not bother him. Apparently he became bitter after his gear, including a few Zeiss Otus lenses got stolen and I could understand his situation though.
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More images of a Mandarin duck... a bathing one, actually
AGeoJO wrote:
Chris, I truly appreciate your kind words. Well, we don't trek for hours in the jungle and if it is coming down to it, then I would minimize the gear and take my 100-400mm GM lens plus TCs. That zoom lens is truly an amazing performer. Too bad, there is no sherpa there that I know of.
That's a superb image of the waterfall, Chris!
From a session last Sunday using GM at wide open, the way I like it...
Sorry for the belated reply, Josua. That's another marvellous portrait, even though the duck couple makes for a pretty romantic sight too. Great work with that big white lens. I'm inching closer to following your and Bob's lead, I'm afraid .
Here is a panorama from last month with the Loxia 21. Unfortunately, the sun was at an angle on the left, making for an uneven sky.
In the Southwest corner of San Francisco we have an amazing off leash dog area which used to be an Army base in the WWII era but which was transferred to the National Park Service a number of years ago. It's called Fort Funston and I have been out there most days of the week for the past 11 years walking my wonderful dog and companion, Mika. I take my camera every day just for fun and over the years I have captured thousands of images of the place.
One of the more interesting aspects of this wonderful place has been the graffiti that multiple graffiti artists have put up on some of the old army structures (concrete bunkers and the like). The park service paints them over every six months or so, leaving a new blank canvas for these artists to fill. The cycle is repeated over and over. Over the years I have taken photos of almost all of the interesting graffiti left behind by these artists, most of which no longer exists.
I have many, many images, but have selected a few (semi-randomly) to share with you. Many were taken with my previously owned (and loved) Canon and Fuji equipment and therefore can't be posted on this thread, but my most recent captures were done with my Sony equipment (also loved). Only Sony images are posted here. They are not "the best" I have, just a tiny sample. Hope you enjoy them.
Didn't want to leave the impression that Fort Funston is nothing but graffiti covered concrete bunkers.
It's a very special place. Dog heaven. Hang glider heaven. Great place to watch ravens do amazing acrobatics like fighter pilots on the cliffs. If you are ever in the area you should consider paying a visit.
Our Lady of the Lake University behind the cormorant and egret colony at Elmendorf Lake in San Antonio. This one was tricky to edit since I wanted to bring out the subtle color in the sky and texture but retain the long exposure in the water while keeping tonal values in check.
I have now processed more Sigma 24-35mm f/2 Art photos, and I'm even more positively surprised about this lens. It seems to be just "overall good", performs very well on close-ups and more importantly in mid distances. For closed down shooting I prefer way more Zeiss rendering style, the old traditional high contrast version.
As I mentioned before it's not very easy to find nice places where the sun reaches now. The closest is this hill where someone used to keep horses, but there isn't much to shoot excepts old fences. Behind the hill there are nice forests and bogs, but they are mostly in shadow now. At least we do have some sunlight and nice one too, so it could be much worse.
Behind the hill there are nice forests and bogs, but they are mostly in shadow now. At least we do have some sunlight and nice one too, so it could be much worse.
