seekuh - Nice Noct shot, I'm jealous!! Was he moving when you shot that?!
Ron, seeing your images before and after, I'm really depressed that I'm not that good with photoshop. Don't get me wrong, your compositions are great, and exposures are probably the most well balanced for manipulation. But when I seen the last before and after shot, I was really quite amazed at how well these turned out with a bit of tweaking here and there... I'm really impressed!
Thanks guys!
Adam - no Photoshop in any of those images. All done in Lightroom. (But I know what you mean).
Paul, very nice!
telluridestock wrote:
Which lens, Leica, Zeiss CV etc. has the closest focusing distance, I don't need a macro but want to get closer for some details?
Thnaks
None of the Leica lenses that I know of will focus closer than 70cms (other than perhaps the 90 'macro'), which is the closest rangefinder coupling distance. There are Zeiss and CV lenses that will focus closer, usually to 50cm, and IIRC, most of those are on the wide end. The ZM21 f/2.8 focuses to 50cm. The LTM version of the CV12 focuses to 30cm. The M version of the CV15 focuses to 50cm. The current version of the CV35 f/1.2 focuses to 50cm. I'm sure there are others, but these are what I currently own and can confirm.
Joakim, Ron, nice forest shots.
Paul, Like the 24mm shot above.
Ron, thank you very much for the illustration of PP. Before M9, I almost never touch HSL panel other than tweak slightly red, orange, yellow slider to optimize skin tone. After have M9, I find some PP is almost mandatory. I have lots of problem with its WB, color under difficult light condition. Your kindly provided illustration show that I can go further than normal To me, it is not a bunch of slider I benefit from but artistic results recreated from your perspective.
Thanks very much guys. Michael, I will echo Adam in that I also enjoy your PP, especially the third image!
Joakim - the second one in particular has a great feeling with the different depths and I love the rendering.
Paul - nice to see something from the 24 Elmarit, a lens that I haven't seen very much from. Looking forward to more!
My walk in the woods was actually secondary that day to another attraction at the conservation area. It's one of, if not the first archaeologically excavated pre-contact Huron (Iroquois) communities. The digging was back in the early 70s. Afterwards, the conservation authority built a recreated community complete with a couple longhouses on the site with the same layout of buildings, etc. as the original 15th century settlement. I recently did a bit of web-research on this topic... just one of those web surfing tangents that actually resulted in something interesting. There were some settlements north and east of Toronto with populations in the range of 2000-3000, with nearly 100 longhouses and farm fields covering 80 square km. When I discovered this recreated village was only about 40km from where I live, I had to pay a visit. BTW, if anyone local is interested, it's Crawford Lake in Milton, ON. The other larger settlements near Toronto that have been excavated are known as Draper and Mantle, the latter is now mostly under residential developments.
Ron, the 50 Lux is my favourite too! Fascinating history and great series of shots.
Joakim, love the #2, the gentle rendering
Paul, very nice silhoutte
Michael, really nice, but really love that last shot! I am being tempted by the 50 Cron!!!
Adam, actually it is the light and weather helps more than PP. We arrived at Monterey Bay almost at 2 o'clock afternoon, I have hesitation about the trip, but my daughter insisted. On my way drive there, I see the weather is very good and clarity is superb. I know it is a good time for some photos. I wish I can have more time to do some dedicate shooting.
I didn't touch HSL for those images but just contrast, clarity and vibrancy, all normal stuff. I should add that both 40 years old cron are amazingly good once stop down. As for Bokeh, I originally think Rigid is kind of on the exciting side instead of smooth, but I do like it with more time with it. Plus it is a very consistent lens on all distance on my M9, (well, I need compensate at MFD) which is a joy to use.
Ron, Thanks for the story sharing and I love the clarity and sharpness of all those images. and first one has strong composition.
Charles, Thanks for comment. I do recommend Rigid higher and higher with more time with it. Actually, it has became my desert island lens
Some more from Monterey. all 21mm biogon this time. I like what I see so far.
Hey guys, great shots I'm like a million pages behind in this thread - have unfortunately had little time for photography the last month. Anyway, I did take a short photo walk yesterday:
zhangyue - Totally agree, lighting has a lot to do with it. Here in Singapore I really struggle with the light. When I'm most anywhere else in the world my walk around photos are 110% better.
Very nice 21 set, I use to have that lens the last time I shot with an M9, not a bad lens, but I got a bit of purple edging once and a while.
Ron, nice set, love the first one.. Very interesting find, it's neat to find something close to home!
Dnoir - Good shots, glad to see you posting, always like your wonderful colors.
Charles, love the noct shot. You really nailed focus, and the lady has a wonderful expression.
Paul, looks like people are parasailing in your shot. Love the little mound with trees poking out of it. Did you get that far down the beach?
All done in Lightroom. (But I know what you mean).
Superb set of abstract shots, particularly the first 3 shots!
