Old photos 50-300mm ED. San Diego views from my neighborhood:
Northeast to San Jacinto, about 9K feet, on the far side behind it is the tram and Palm Springs, on this side Idyllwild. That peak is about 70 miles away.
South view, this one is best viewed at full size in flickr. expansive view, right to left, from La Jolla to Point Loma, the Cristo Coronado islands, the SD airport, downtown San Diego 25 miles away, and the last hill south is Tijuana.Furthest distance is 60 miles.
Would show it bigger but it seems Fred limits size to 2048.
Just playing around with the 135/2.0 AI-s on Df. A 4-shot focus stack at f2.8. Generally, Zerene Stacker does a good job, but sometimes it produces really ugly artifacts similar to JPEG compression artifacts. Really noticeable on this image at 100%, but this was downsampled to 33%, so not really visible.
Lunaria annua, commonly called silver-dollar plant because of the shape of the seed pods. It's invasive if the seeds are allowed to escape.
rafaelcasd wrote:
Old photos 50-300mm ED. San Diego views from my neighborhood:
Northeast to San Jacinto, about 9K feet, on the far side behind it is the tram and Palm Springs, on this side Idyllwild. That peak is about 70 miles away.
South view, this one is best viewed at full size in flickr. expansive view, right to left, from La Jolla to Point Loma, the Cristo Coronado islands, the SD airport, downtown San Diego 25 miles away, and the last hill south is Tijuana.Furthest distance is 60 miles.
Would show it bigger but it seems Fred limits size to 2048.
As our original lockdown was for 21 days the Outlaw Challenge has come to an end. Some background, my ex-wife, Sherryl, remarried last December. The previous Christmas she and Rob her partner spent a week with us, folowed by a week together in the Kruger Park and then a week here in January. Needless to say we all get on extremely well and over the past 20 years Ingrid, my partner, and Sherryl have developed a very close relationship. That's where the "outlaws" label comes from.
Rob, who is a very accomplished photographer, threw down the gaunlet 3 weeks ago and our better halves had to choose the subject for the day. The loser (judged by a 3rd party - one of Rob's friends) would host dinner the next time we get together. Thankfully I managed to win by a very small margin.
These are the final two images both with the 50 f2 - subjects "pencils" and "gate"
. Good fun while it lasted.
It is raining today so I had a play with some macro shots this morning.
Fatigue is still an issue for me so I can't go crazy and do too much - that's what I tell my wife
Unfortunately that statement is true so I have to take it easy.
And his reference to Kruger made me think of the recently circulating photos of sleeping lions on a road at Kruger National Park. There were also photos of wildlife roaming about in Yosemite. Wildlife is getting a much needed respite from humanity.
Colin, glad to hear you are continuing to get better!
DeltaSigma wrote:
I agree!
Subliminal 'lockdown' thing going on with the padlock and a suggestion of missing golf with the background reference to the East Course?
Oosty wrote:
As our original lockdown was for 21 days the Outlaw Challenge has come to an end. Some background, my ex-wife, Sherryl, remarried last December. The previous Christmas she and Rob her partner spent a week with us, folowed by a week together in the Kruger Park and then a week here in January. Needless to say we all get on extremely well and over the past 20 years Ingrid, my partner, and Sherryl have developed a very close relationship. That's where the "outlaws" label comes from.
Rob, who is a very accomplished photographer, threw down the gaunlet 3 weeks ago and our better halves had to choose the subject for the day. The loser (judged by a 3rd party - one of Rob's friends) would host dinner the next time we get together. Thankfully I managed to win by a very small margin.
These are the final two images both with the 50 f2 - subjects "pencils" and "gate"
. Good fun while it lasted.
It is much better than F/2.8 one
Colorful photos taken
Thanks you, Phong!
It is a terrific lens which I find less prone to flare and ca than the 28/2.8 with the modern SIC.It is also a tad sharper at infinity
I did have a difficult time getting a great copy of the he 28/2.0. It took three examples (AIs, AI & NC) all in as new condition and the elder NC was by far the better performer.
Just one tiny correction to my original post, my much better half is the lady to the left.
