Great series! I was very tempted recently with a very yellowed 35/1.4 at BHPhoto... Never liked my Ais 35/1.4 and sold it quite quickly, but your images make the lens sing
anitrone wrote:
I have a family shoot coming up on the 1st of October so what better way to practice than with the pups. Our property has some unique setting where the light is so soft and elegant, how can you not take photos...
This one of Tika is with the Df and the non ai 50mm F/1.4 a favorite lens next to the 58mm 1.4
GeorgeBo wrote:
Nice Ray. I was just thinking that this morning on a walk on a nearby trail. No fall colors yet and the greens on the trees are just blah this time of the year. But great for IR. One day I will have to get an IR converted camera. IR filter on the lens only works in some cases, but just too slow for shots like that unless on a tripod. Even then you have to be careful of leaf movement.
Good to see no hot spot on the 25-50. Such a great landscape lens.
George
Ray and George
Interesting that you both mention the color in foliage not working right now. I am having the same issue with scenes that to my naked eye look good, but the camera just can not capture it. The colors look faded and lifeless, kind of like an unprocessed raw file. I tried upping my post processing in LR but it does not bring the colors back. Maybe its just me, but the yellows seem to come through just fine, but the reds and greens are bland.
Scott
leighton w wrote:
What didn't you like about the ais version?
I just didn't like its character for the type of photography I do... I didn't like the field curvature and the background blur. I much preferred my Distagon 35/2 ZF.2. And the 35/1.4 had this really ugly green/yellow tinted CA in OOF highlights that was really tricky to get rid of.
Good to see Ben back with his signature look. That gentlemen looks a little unsettled.
James, the re-imaged 85 f1.4 flowers are gorgeous! That color Protea is incredibly lit.
Great to see Leighton's shots again! Keep coming back and posting.
Rafael and Jose putting the 200 Medical Nikkor to good use. Enough to make me goggle the lens to see what examples are available for purchase. That's as far as it gets, but great pics with the lens.
Great use of the Noct on the barn, George. It does show off it's special talents in your hands.
Samy, I gather you are on vacation and going up and down the coast. Enjoy the rest of your trip, I know I've enjoyed the photos.
Some very different combinations of equipment in the spotlight this week, a lot of fun!
GeorgeBo wrote:
Good to see no hot spot on the 25-50. Such a great landscape lens.
George
It's just software treatment to simulate infrared in LR. As much as Colin has shown off the IR world here, it's temping to think about an IR converted camera. It'll likely be a crop frame strictly from a cost perspective. Besides, I'd have a heck of a lot of research to do beforehand. Or I could get an IR'ed D70 and just play. No metering, but I don't think I'd be in too big of a hurry with IR.
mp356 wrote:
Ray and George
Interesting that you both mention the color in foliage not working right now. I am having the same issue with scenes that to my naked eye look good, but the camera just can not capture it. The colors look faded and lifeless, kind of like an unprocessed raw file. I tried upping my post processing in LR but it does not bring the colors back. Maybe its just me, but the yellows seem to come through just fine, but the reds and greens are bland.
Scott
Agreed. Went for a short 3 mile hike in the woods, only captured 3 scenes, deleted two. The one I posted is the only one that survived the short cull. Perhaps you should get an IR Nikon too, Scott!
bruni wrote:
Ray - is that motion blur in the last one, motion blur by him I mean, because your shutter speed was that low?
ben
(nikon 5.8cm f1.4 on Canon R5)
Yes, motion blur. I had to lower the ISO to Low (below the base ISO) to slow down the shutter speed to get the motion effect I wanted.
Interesting landscape shot from Drummond Island in an area know as the Alvar. Only three such places exist on the planet. Ancient glaciers withdrew leaving the earth scraped to bedrock and limestone. Some of the boulders as big as SUVs were left behind as the planet warmed and the ice no longer was able to transport them. Left in place they sit, perhaps for a million years.
I talked to a resident who built a 40 ft (13 m) pole barn directly on the bedrock and parks trucks and tractors with any damage to the floor.
So I guess there was global warming even before the wheel was even invented!
pbraymond wrote:
It's just software treatment to simulate infrared in LR. As much as Colin has shown off the IR world here, it's temping to think about an IR converted camera. It'll likely be a crop frame strictly from a cost perspective. Besides, I'd have a heck of a lot of research to do beforehand. Or I could get an IR'ed D70 and just play. No metering, but I don't think I'd be in too big of a hurry with IR
A bit off topic, but do you spray your trees? I have a Jonathon that I have never sprayed, and most of the apples get attacked by insects. The amount this one tree produces is really amazing, but it feels wasteful to only gather those that beat the odds each year.
Jim
leighton w wrote:
This apple has my name on it. 28mm f2.8 ais.
James Markus wrote:
Leighton,
That one will shine up beautifully.
A bit off topic, but do you spray your trees? I have a Jonathon that I have never sprayed, and most of the apples get attacked by insects. The amount this one tree produces is really amazing, but it feels wasteful to only gather those that beat the odds each year.
Jim
Jim, I am a dreadful orchardist. I don't do anything to the trees except some light pruning. And then only because to make room to mow under them. We do suffer from insects and disease, but we always get some nice ones for our use.
Having said that, this is the best year we have ever had in the orchard. I don't understand that as it was a VERY dry summer.
rafaelcasd wrote:
The heavens agree with some of you that the Nikkor 35mm 1.4 N should be used for evenings at Cruising Grand. I creates its own unique look.
I think these came out excellent! I have this lens on my DF right now and the brightening work I did a few years ago has reverted back to the suntan look again, I plan to leave it this way now.
The 18 was the first lens really in my collection, inherited from my father upon his passing in 2008, a very enjoyable wide to work with.
Fighting some really bad sciatica these days, but hoping to get out from under it soon and get out and get some fall pics.
Unique lens, nice shot. Agree this is a lens that's grown on me, need to take it for a spin, it's been a bit...
anitrone wrote:
I have a family shoot coming up on the 1st of October so what better way to practice than with the pups. Our property has some unique setting where the light is so soft and elegant, how can you not take photos...
This one of Tika is with the Df and the non ai 50mm F/1.4 a favorite lens next to the 58mm 1.4
Sorry Colin, it's a Red Delicious.