I see it has been a weekend of great pictures. I need all the spring colour I can see. After very nice weather on weekdays, I was most disappointed to wake up to a cold and dull weather weekend but looking out the window now, it's going to be a nice sunny days. Guess the weather angels are mad at me.
leighton w wrote:
I love images like the first one. Hard for me to get anymore since I don't go to town as often.
Thanks, Leighton. Seeing the photos you post of your area, I'd say it's no great loss to stay out of town. The goose family photo is too cool. Very nicely captured!
serge07 wrote:
Offtrial, the staircase photograph is excellent, smooth transition form the light to shadow.
You asked about the 28mm lenses. The 28/2.8 AIs (late serial #) has very little visible distortion with fantastic close focus ability. It is a sharp performer at specially at close to medium distances. The 28/2 is a much larger/heavier beast with greater distortion but more resistant to flare, higher contrast and sharper for distant scenes.
Perhaps it was a case of bad luck on my part but it took three samples of the 28/2 to find a copy that lived up to its credentials. I use the 28/2.8 AIs far more due to its much smaller size, closer focusing and lower distortion.
Thank you, Serge. And thank you for the information. It's the flare/ghost resistance of the f/2.0 that's got me interested in upgrading, so I suppose I'd lean that way first. The 28 Series E isn't exactly "prone" to ghosting, but when it does it's a headache. But I'll likely end up going your route and getting both at some point. The 28 f/2.8 Ai-S is too much of a classic not to own. I see that Nikon still has them for special order so who knows, maybe I'll actually buy a brand new lens one day.
Thanks George, I got to see it fly, once. Open House at Edwards AFB, it was a static display, and the last day, it was due to head back to home base. If you blinked, you missed it, as it was straight up and gone. At Edwards you learned to live with sonic booms
GeorgeBo wrote:
That is one impressive bird. I have never viewed one in person. Great framing and exposure Laura.
Spring is so wonderful after the long and cold monochromatic season of Winter. I never tire of all the flower shots on here by you all. So I guess I'll share a few too.
NightOwl Cat wrote:
Thanks George, I got to see it fly, once. Open House at Edwards AFB, it was a static display, and the last day, it was due to head back to home base. If you blinked, you missed it, as it was straight up and gone. At Edwards you learned to live with sonic booms
I was at the NMUSAF with my dad in Dayton, I'm guessing late 80's or early 90's when an announcement came over speakers that the museum's SR71 was being flown in that day. We made it out to see a press photo pass and then the landing, to be part of the museum's collection and never see flight again. That was special!
Awesome shots Jim! And with a combo I would have never thought about using too.
James Markus wrote:
I answered the question nobody wanted an answer to, but me..."Is the modified TC-16a a good pairing with the Nikkor-P.C 55mm f3.5 ai'd". It is!
Here is my second moon posting. The edge of the earth shadow is not sharp, brightness and color changes gradually, one could combine/layer proper exposures of the dark and dark portions of the eclipse for and interesting full moon image,
For now here is the dark part, there were clouds creating the artifact at the bottom. The lens did have one minimal internal reflection, deleted in post. The 800mm 5.6 handling this level of contrast without flaring is quite incredible.
