Thanks elbeasto and nice shot. Syndey is one place I'd love to visit
All three shots were detailed and well exposed out of the camera but I sharpened them using imagemagk scripts. The 180 2.8D is quickly becoming my favorite lens on the d600. It's amazing how nice this lens is especially when considering the current used prices.
Zichar wrote:
Kinda recognise that scene Manny. Placa Catalunya? Is that atop El Corte Ingles?
Ding , Ding, Ding !!! Yep was there on my honeymoon back in June . The only cloudy day of our trip . As you know kind difficult up there since you have to shoot through glass , just stuck lens right against glass and got lucky !
Oh heh, I recognized the fountains, and El Corte Ingles is about the only landmark I remember from that. Didn't know you could get up there though. Walked over to buy toiletries (traveled light) and a book from across the square, the fnac store
D7000 + Nikkor 400mm f/5.6 K (ai'd) ED non IF, ~11m of distance.
ISO 500, wide open (f/5.6) at 1/160s, hand held, but supported on a windowsill; ~25% crop.
Shot in 2003. Was doing the routine back ups and noticed a file named Mantis, opened it up and I completely forgotten about this series. This was a quick shot since I was shooting something and I sow a Mantis on the lawn and I quickly shot this. I didn't have time to grab a macro lens as the Mantis could've ran away by then.
I am seriosuly considering going back to 35mm film for several reasons: look, colour and feel and future proofing / archiving. Who knows if dslr raw files are supported within 30 yrs from now or any hardware that can support raw converters...
The film below are scanned on an IT8 calibrated Nikon LS40 scanner using a Velvia 100F profile at gamma 2.4. No photoshopping, no cropping, just used Silverfast Ai 6 and no adjustments since IT8 profiling is accurate. IT8.7 Film targets can be purchased at: http://www.targets.coloraid.de/ .
VIVA FILM : Nikon F4e, Nikkor 135mm f/2.8 Ais, Nikon Bellows, SB28, ReyGay Flash Diffuser, SC17, Velvia 100F Mantis 2003 by ReyGay, on Flickr
VIVA FILM : Nikon F4e, Nikkor 135mm f/2.8 Ais, Nikon Bellows, SB28, ReyGay Flash Diffuser, SC17, Velvia 100F Mantis 2003 by ReyGay, on Flickr
VIVA FILM : Nikon F4e, Nikkor 135mm f/2.8 Ais, Nikon Bellows, SB28, ReyGay Flash Diffuser, SC17, Velvia 100F Mantis 2003 by ReyGay, on Flickr
