madamasu wrote:
Peter,the reclining Buddha is sensational.What an eye!What a lens!
Thomas
Thx!
Yes, i rather like this beat up old lens. A joy to use. Terribly difficult place to take a picture though, with the size of the buddha, being very close to it, in the middle of a huge line of people.
PeterGlaso wrote:
Yes, i rather like this beat up old lens. A joy to use.
Peter, from this I gather that you used the much maligned version 1 of the Elmarit 28mm, which is supposed to be worse or not better than any other 28mm lens by Nikon, Zeiss or whatsoever. Corners always soft, crispness missing and soso colours, that's at least what I have read in a few forums.
I have both versions, and while V2 is really a better lense, I take V1, when I want to travel light, and I don't have any complaints. Maybe if you like to photograph brick-walls...
At Angkor Wat. 1/50s. ISO 200 Difficult, harsh light in the middle of the day when i was there. Will go back sometime and try to take some better pics in the morning or afternoon.
Hi Thomas, these are all excellent shots from areas and places we do not see every day. Great colours and composition and perfect quality.
Good to read that you are save back from your trip. At the moment there are a lot of riots around the world and therefore it is not sure to come back from such a trip. Hopefully we will see some more images from your trip.
Rolf, Peter, thanks for the warm welcome and your comments.
During my 6-month trip I took much less pictures than before, as you really don't have to photograph every woman wearing a sari or carrying something on her head. So I mercifully have much less photos for PP, but it is still quite a lot, and I will - of course - not upload all of them here.
Interested viewers can click here:
Another temple guardian. This time in front of one of the many temples in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha (formerly Orissa).
Elmarit 28mm (V2). Colours as they came out of the camera. Leica-R lenses and the D700 are obviously an excellent match.
