I probably walked past this young spruce a dozen or more times on my way to photograph other things at a site in Olympic National Park. Last summer I stopped for a closer look.
Leaves and branchlet of sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis)
I finally got a TC-20E III 2xTC for my Nikkor 200/2 VRII so here is first image at 400mm and f/5.6. Tomorrow I´ll
visit a local ZOO to take some more pics Hope to get A7 II in the future to have stabilisation in camera body.
philber wrote:
I see you are happy with your Loxia 50, Charles. It didn't take you long to find how to make it sing. I like mine so much, I am thinking of keeping it even though I am getting an Otus. I am stupide, no?
Thank you Philippe The Loxia 50/2 is a superb lens IMO. I would most definitely keep it
Oh man...I get sick and then busy at work and all of a sudden I am 10 pages behind.
818: Noodlz79/Sean, I always liked your playful portraits, but the starkness of that first landscape is really cool
HelenaN, your barn shot is bleak and beautiful all at the same time
819: Phillip, your poppy shot with the 28/2 is just gorgeous. Smooth bokeh reminds me of the much more expensive Zeiss 25/2...perhaps I need to look harder at the Sony native lenses.
820: Schlotkins, the perspective on your Olds interior is perfect. Looks like we are sitting right there in it.
823: Jako, fabulous car shot
Peire, that first macro shot is just lovely in its soft focus
824: Toshiro, amazing contrasts and tone in that opening shot
Charles, love the Loxia 50 gull shot. I rented and really like the Loxia 50 and now just need to figure out
which 50s to let go to adjust the finances to pick one up. I agree, seamless to use with a7ii
Peire, thank you for your ridiculous gear shot. My wife no longer thinks that I am insane and obsessed
nehemiahphoto wrote:
So many great photos. Sad about those Vancouver buildings.
Sebboh, what do you think of the Rokkor 24 2.8?
i'm a big fan, but the lens has sentimental value to me as well.
here's a couple more with it:
it has a midzone dip at infinity that is a little annoying and the dof is bit weird – doesn't increase outward as much as i'd expect. it's very good relatively closeup and good enough at infinity with an attractive drawing style.
Horses were always of critical importance in a wide country with no wheeled traffic; Tibetan horses are amazingly strong, with huge lungs. Here is white Tara on her steed, the front end first, then the rear 'business' end. ;-) Both shot at ISO 6400 - f1.8 - 1/80s. FE55 / a7r.
Hope to get A7 II in the future to have stabilisation in camera body.
