There is a lot of 135mm being showed off the last few pages. Will have to get one out later. I have not shot that focal length lately.
Jay really enjoying your floral shots with the 135
Matt I see nothing wrong with that shot with the 28 series E. But again I am partial to black and white and anything with the NC coast. I didn't even make it down there once this year
Mark, good luck building out your MF kit. You seem to be on an aggressive start. Looking forward to seeing the results.
Ken, what an ominous sign, but normal now?
Andy the waterfall shot is great, but wow I really love the perspective of the cricket stadium with the 16mm. Immersive
Scott your brew pub shots and a lot of your shots remind me of where I live. Seems like a small southern town atmosphere.
Raphael great comparisons of the 8mm. The 2.8 definitely outshines the others.
Leighton, the only rut you are in is if you are standing in one Nothing wrong with that 55 shot. Love the sky. And what did you take on a walk this morning? Something long?
Ben, always enjoy your street candid shots. When I was out on the street last night, I was thinking there is no way I could pull that off. But of course here with the sparse population on the street it would be very hard to blend in. I was already getting stares of just shooting buildings
Andy, WOW, that is absolutely frameable! The 16 has a quality to it that is hard to explain, one of my most favorites was taken with the 16 2.8 and I see the same surreal look in your fantastic shot!
George, I loved that night shot, its so very crisp and detailed! Sometimes I miss my Leica, they have great clarity! On the MF build up, I am done for a bit, I might like a nice 40 some day but will play with what i have and enjoy the F lenses I have and see which ones perform best.
Jay, the 135 shots are so noticeable, that lens like the 16 has a very distinct rendering. I am not sure if it is the focal length or the lens, but they are tack sharp and nice bokeh!
Leighton, I hope to be in a rut like yours, lol you are cranking out very nice images consistently!
Ken, loved the last one, looks like a painting! I do collect whiskeys wo there are lots more bottles not pictured. Glad you survived the plagued badlands.
Rafael, definitely the 2.8 and on the F8, that upper right edge is weird!
Ben, you always find such interesting situations and people, really glad we are here at the same time these days, really enjoying your work!
Sammy, really enjoyed your 105 series!
Thanks to all for the help and encouragement!
Mark
GeorgeBo wrote:
There is a lot of 135mm being showed off the last few pages. Will have to get one out later. I have not shot that focal length lately.
Jay really enjoying your floral shots with the 135
Matt I see nothing wrong with that shot with the 28 series E. But again I am partial to black and white and anything with the NC coast. I didn't even make it down there once this year
Mark, good luck building out your MF kit. You seem to be on an aggressive start. Looking forward to seeing the results.
Ken, what an ominous sign, but normal now?
Andy the waterfall shot is great, but wow I really love the perspective of the cricket stadium with the 16mm. Immersive
Scott your brew pub shots and a lot of your shots remind me of where I live. Seems like a small southern town atmosphere.
Raphael great comparisons of the 8mm. The 2.8 definitely outshines the others.
Leighton, the only rut you are in is if you are standing in one Nothing wrong with that 55 shot. Love the sky. And what did you take on a walk this morning? Something long?
Ben, always enjoy your street candid shots. When I was out on the street last night, I was thinking there is no way I could pull that off. But of course here with the sparse population on the street it would be very hard to blend in. I was already getting stares of just shooting buildings
Picked up a 28 f/2.8 ais the other day and looks like I grabbed a sharp copy. Looking forward to using it outdoors, but for now just an indoor test shot.
Ben,
Curious minds want to know who sawed off the nose, when it happened, and why? I did a search and found that sawing off nose's has been very popular worldwide for millenia. It led me to the fascinating rabbit hole of Cecil Rhodes' missing schnoz in Harper's. here
Jim
bruni wrote: James Markus wrote:
Ben,
Is this literally the embodiment of "cutting off your nose to spite your face"?
Jim
cadman342001 wrote:
I'm gonna guess chestnuts ? Nice pic Ben. I would remove the pole in the middle personally.
Andy
Leighton - you're a farmer and you don't know chestnuts? It'd be perfect weather for chestnuts where you live.
Andy - I thought of removing the pole but.......remember the discussion from a few pages back about manipulating images vs integrity etc .....well, that stopped me. Normally, I would tend to favour the photo itself and not worry too much about the integrity, but I'm torn about it. One part of me thinks that a photo is a photo and what is ......is.......and should left as it is. Reality sometimes has hidden beauty and some element in a pic that you may not like at first may reveal its beauty later or it may never appeal to you but it might be the very thing that really appeals to someone else. That has happened often to me. Something that I didn't like in one of my own photos originally ends up looking very different to me a year or two later. You just never know. And of course, I'm constantly surprised by what other people see and like in my pics. They often like pics that I hate and vice versa. That is one reason to leave everything in.
But I don't know, I haven't come to a conclusion about it, as I said, I'm torn. She is a chestnut seller, that is her set up, and that pole (it's an umbrella pole) is huge and very bright. I toned down the brightness because it overwhelmed the pic but I couldn't bring myself to take it out altogether, although from an aesthetic point of view, I agree, I'd rather it wasn't there.
More importantly, congrats on the sensational MCG shot, so good, a wonderful use of that lens.
James Markus wrote:
Ben,
Curious minds want to know who sawed off the nose, when it happened, and why? I did a search and found that sawing off nose's has been very popular worldwide for millenia. It led me to the fascinating rabbit hole of Cecil Rhodes' missing schnoz in Harper's. here
Jim
Jim - I thought you were joking. OK, well, this is Pincio, it's a park at the top of the Spanish Steps and it's lined with those marble busts, there's hundreds of them. Unfortunately, some of them have been vandalised, and it's often the noses that bear the damage. I don't know when or why. I can't imagine why someone would do it. Here's an article about : http://www.grandvoyageitaly.com/piazza/defacing-the-colosseum-and-vandalizing-rome-what-the-____
Fantastic pictures on 1543 and 1544. I was drawn by the expression on the chestnuts seller, Ben. Initially the pole in the middle made the photo seem like a magazine spread to me and split the picture right down the middle with seller on the right and the other stuff on the left. Only after Andy's comment did I take another closer look. So, I like it with the pole in.
Leighton, I really like your use of the 55mm as a general purpose lens. It is encouraging me to try the same with mine.
A fantastic image of the MCG, Andy. I went to flickr to blow it up and it is really amazing to see the action that was taking place in the middle of the pitch and take a tour around the stand and be able to see the spectators in such detail. That 16mm is a legend.
Rafael, I am amazed at the number and focal lengths of fisheye lenses Nikon had long ago. Considering how niche the genre is, it makes me think they must have had a strong fisheye evangelist and a great spirit of adventure back at the time. Having seen your pictures of the f/2.8, there must surely have been just a few sold. I don't see much of daring on the lens side in the current Nikon.
My body's having a bit of a mid-life crisis and getting in the way of photography. I take a lot of the plant photos while lying down on the grass around the house. I haven't been able to do much of that lately. It appears I may have a pinched nerve on my left shoulder and it is causing great pain on my left arm. The last thing I wanted to do in the middle of our 4th wave is seeing a doctor and being hospitalised but it is now a serious consideration.
bruni wrote:
Leighton - you're a farmer and you don't know chestnuts? It'd be perfect weather for chestnuts where you live.
Andy - I thought of removing the pole but.......remember the discussion from a few pages back about manipulating images vs integrity etc .....well, that stopped me. Normally, I would tend to favour the photo itself and not worry too much about the integrity, but I'm torn about it. One part of me thinks that a photo is a photo and what is ......is.......and should left as it is. Reality sometimes has hidden beauty and some element in a pic that you may not like at first may reveal its beauty later or it may never appeal to you but it might be the very thing that really appeals to someone else. That has happened often to me. Something that I didn't like in one of my own photos originally ends up looking very different to me a year or two later. You just never know. And of course, I'm constantly surprised by what other people see and like in my pics. They often like pics that I hate and vice versa. That is one reason to leave everything in.
But I don't know, I haven't come to a conclusion about it, as I said, I'm torn. She is a chestnut seller, that is her set up, and that pole (it's an umbrella pole) is huge and very bright. I toned down the brightness because it overwhelmed the pic but I couldn't bring myself to take it out altogether, although from an aesthetic point of view, I agree, I'd rather it wasn't there.
More importantly, congrats on the sensational MCG shot, so good, a wonderful use of that lens.
