Manuel, i have this lens since my Canon days and used it quite often on the Sony, and yes it is extremely good...
Some remarks on the shot above: It was extremely cold and windy that evening and light snowing, difficult to handle the cam and lenses with a hat on and packed in. I had the 16-35 FE as well with me but in this case the TSE was much more appropriate for the subject.
On a personal side after nervously waiting almost for the whole day for our daughter to come of the Ministry Of Justice where she passed her second state examination in law i was glad to go out a little to take some pics, it was really very relaxing.
Now i am a proud father of a lawyer/jurist daughter and a phase in our family life cam to a happy end.
I was attempting to shoot the Titan-Heavy launch the other day and I wasn't
alone........ the launch never happened but the sunrise was great. Shot with
the Contax N 24-85mm
Some of the watchers...... with the Canon FD 500mm f4.5
there was a guy's butt & legs in the shot above so some cloning was needed....
philber wrote:
Gosh, so much great work! Joshua, Bob, Peire, Ronny, and so many others!
Thanks, Philipe!
bobbytan wrote:
Really nice set, Joshua! Great job! The lighting was blah when we were there, so I have nothing good to show for it. We took the balloon ride one morning and didn't have much joy/luck either. It took off it little late - we were almost the last ones - so we missed the first/best light … and we've had to go a little higher (not so good for photography) to catch the wind. And no mist anywhere. Two insipid mornings in Bagan.
Thanks, Bobby! Yes, we got lucky.... This is one of the reasons that we need to go back to Myanmar and spend more time in Bagan. I love that place! Have you seen Win's picture of cattle being herded in the dust and the yellow reddish low setting sun? And, the outline of one of the temples in the background, of course, does the trick.
Chris_88 wrote:
Joshua: You wonderful pictures from Bagan just blew me away. Outstanding work.
Thank you very much, Chris!
Julius wrote:
National Geography quality images Joshua, excellent compositions, beautiful colors, gorgeous images!
Here are a few people images from Myanmar. These two sets show the age contrast of the people there. The first two were captured at the same monastery near Yaungshwe. I wandered off to the side of the main monastery. I saw a fairly small pray room and there were local women there. When they say me alone, they waved me in and I sat there for a while. At the front of the pray room was this old monk. He sat there but didn't say much. I asked in sign language whether it would be OK for me to take pictures of the old monk. I basically pointed at my camera and gestured toward the old monk. They all nodded and I scooted forward but kept my distance from the monk and took a few shots. As it turned out he actually sleeps in that room behind the curtain. Afterwards, I bowed to him, saying thank you and moved on. I couldn't figure out his age and didn't manage to ask how old he was... In contrast, the two novice monks were still full of life and were conversing at the window of the main monastery.
The last two images were captured at the same market near Inle Lake on the same day, too. As it turns out, quite a few older ladies smoke cigars or cigarillos in Myanmar. Not passing any judgement of what they do, but they sure can be photogenic in a unique way . This lady is one of them out of 4-5 that I saw smoke profusely. The young lady is a vendor but I really don't recall what she was selling though . Yes, she is pretty even without any makeup, mind you.
After Joshua post I'm a bit embarrassed to upload my pictures...
Here we had a terrible November with heavy rains, floods and some dramatic situation also in my city... so today, after one very gray month, when Sun appeared for me has been like an event So was the time to test my "new" Minolta MD 35-70 f/3.5 Macro
I'm a bit embarrassed to upload my pictures...
