charles.K wrote:
Love the killer Lady Bug. Australians to this day, are still in awe of ABBA
Thanks Charles. Close, but no cigar with ABBA - it's for a Swede on the level with a Crocodile Dundee reference is for an Aussie. I've had an Australian girlfriend and I have a number of Australian friends and they've all agreed that any reference to Yahoo Serious is really a punch below the belt.
philber wrote:
Luka, not only your photography skills amaze me, but now your in-depth knowledge of Australia, too. Anything you don't know, by any chance?
Thank you, but no, I don't know of anything that I know that I don't know. Admittedly, I am most knowledgeable in the area of crocodile eating koalas
Thank you. The standard of the photos here is quite high, so I am happy to get compliments here. And to continue a theme, Denoir seems to be a good job for Zeiss selling us on their 21mm lens! Lovely shots.
denoir wrote:
What monitor are you using and is it calibrated?
This thread is going too fast, missed your post...
I have a Dell U2410 and I don't have a calibration device atm; sold mine because I was planning to upgrade to a better one, which didn't happen yet. I downloaded a profile for my Dell, which works quite well though, but perhaps the calibration is still off by a big enough margin to produce posterization...
Philber, that church ceiling is terrific. Is that in France? Sorry that I don't recognize the painting. I think the interiors were the one place where I wished for something wider. Some of the spaces in the cathedrals and churches are so monumental, it is hard to convey that with even a 35mm lens.
But then having just one lens and one camera makes my back (and my lovely wife) much happier!
Thanks for the info, Makten. BTW, you had lots of light, and chose f:3.5 rather than stopping down more for more DOF. What is your rationale here? You deliberately wanted the deeper end of the bench strongly OOF for more 3D? In any case, it works just fine by me...
Thanks for the kind words, j4ake. Yes, this church is in France, it is the "chapelle des Invalides" in Paris, under the dome of which Napoleon rests.
Actually I am not so sure that only a wide lens can do those places justice. I now tend tt go out more and more with just one lens, and find that, when push comes to shove, maybe I have to think and work harder, but I can do a surprising amount with whatever I have mounted. I'll have to go back there and show some love to my 50, which I have neglected of late, and see if I can put my pictures where my mouth is....
philber wrote:
Thanks for the info, Makten. BTW, you had lots of light, and chose f:3.5 rather than stopping down more for more DOF. What is your rationale here? You deliberately wanted the deeper end of the bench strongly OOF for more 3D? In any case, it works just fine by me...
Honestly, it was just a shot without intention of getting a good photo. I seldom use shallow DOF nowadays, but I think the Planar does it in a very special way, once you stop it down just a little.
Or if you shoot it at larger distances. F/1.4:
Some people claim that its bokeh sucks, but they have probably only tried it wide open at short distances. In my opinion, the bokeh is terrific when you've learned how to use the lens.
Just some brilliant, entertaining stuff here! Makten I love the bench, but the two before it even more. Philber and Denoir: wow! I have not been through this thread....I need to make time for it!
My own ZF 100 stuff can't compete with what's going on in here, but I'm having fun. Here's a few snaps from around the house this morning:
Hmm, Todd, that's an HP calculator if I'm not mistaken. So, we have another engineer in this thread (A previous informal census showed a large portion of people posting in this thread were engineers by profession.)
Lovely les Invalides shots Philippe and I really like that tree bark shot (#2) on the previous page Makten.
You are correct about the hardware: the HP 32S II. I have been in biology and health sciences most of my life, and picked up my first HP in 1985. No other calculator will suffice since that point.
HP48 for my part, although I have not had the opportunity to really use it in years.. HP is by far the most popular calculator brand with engineers and given the a priori probability of encountering an engineer here in this thread I thought for sure you were one. I didn't know that biologists like RPN calculators as well
philber wrote:
Luka: the usual, everiday inspiration. Thanks!
I'm glad you liked them. They were also from the woodland cemetery here in Stockholm. It has an interesting landscape and architecture design (Swedish version of Bauhaus one could say) allowing for really minimalist photographs with very simple and clean compositions. I like the place a lot.
Here is I think the last batch (with ZE glass at least, I have some more with the 35/1.4 Rollei) from the cemetery:
j4ake, great travel shots! The ZE 35/2 for while travelling is on my 5DII most of the time. Looking forward to the 35/1.4
Todd, nice shots. Congratulations on your 100MP and getting the focus to work for you
Philippe, excellent shots!!! I prefer your shots with the 21/2.8, particularly with churches and architecture. Great stuff
Makten, Martin, excellent shots. I am always amazed how you make the 50/1.4 Planar work for you. Seriously excellent shots.
Luka, what can I say, other than great shots! Since you have hit on every Australians nerve, taking on the Wiggles I am really liking your shots, how you are using light, and in particular shadows for composition. I think this is where the Zeiss lenses, excel is that you can delve into the shadows, having better rendering, and use it more in compositions.
Close, but no cigar with ABBA - it's for a Swede on the level with a Crocodile Dundee reference is for an Aussie. I've had an Australian girlfriend and I have a number of Australian friends and they've all agreed that any reference to Yahoo Serious is really a punch below the belt. 
