GroWeb wrote:
Hello everyone; it's great to see so many of you still here and posting! It's been two eventful years since my last previous post, and it's been a similar time since my last photo excursion, prior to yesterday. I was taken away from here by a combination of pandemic restrictions, other medical issues, and my resurgent interest in my guitar playing hobby. As a result, I have not been going anywhere that I considered photographically interesting, and I've been sufficiently busy with at-home activities that photography took a back seat.
Yesterday, however, my wife and I managed to get out for a bit of a cruise on a small ship that does a thrice-weekly delivery and sightseeing run along various oceanic inlets between Port Alberni and Bamfield, here on Vancouver Island. I came away from that with a few images that I have organized into sets, of which this first set shows a few scenes from aboard the good ship, Francis Baker. They were taken with my Fuji XT2 together with, respectively, the 28-50 f/3.5 ai-s (official companion to what was once known as the Leighton lens), the always unique and interesting 16mm f/3.5 ai fisheye, and the 105 f/1.8 ai-s with its buttery bokeh.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Thanks Leighton. No legs for those. But shooting waist level using the camera strap tension as a brace helped with the slower shutter speed stability in the second shot. Those Nikkor medium format lenses are quite heavy especially when adding in the large adapter. But does allow for less movement/shaking in handheld shots for me.
Samy,
That brings back memories from 2009 when I brought all the kids to sleeping bear. I warned them not to run straight down the dune, but they did not listen. Had a wonderful 30-40 minute peaceful time by myself enjoying the view as they climbed back up.
This is my son David once he reached near where I was sitting about 100 feet down from the crest. I think the experience gave him a fresh perspective. (shot with 5D mkII)
Amazed at the sharpness of rafael's f/5 macro that I've never heard of. Just amazing.
Lovely doorway pictures, George. James, the large body of water plus the steep hill has my head dizzy.
If using native glass I use the Phocus software to process the RAW (because of the built in lens profiles) and then over to Lightroom/Photoshop for any additional tools. Of course not posting those here.
For RAW processing shooting the adapted lenses, Lightroom does a good job for me. Plus Lightroom supports the LensTagger plugin for adding the correct EXIF data, but will not edit the .3FR files. So I have to convert to .tiff or .psd
leighton w wrote:
How are you finding the RAW files to work with?
Jim, that slope on the sand is not something I will attempt. I was just happy pointing my camera down. I did see someone riding their bike down one time.
James Markus wrote:
Samy,
That brings back memories from 2009 when I brought all the kids to sleeping bear. I warned them not to run straight down the dune, but they did not listen. Had a wonderful 30-40 minute peaceful time by myself enjoying the view as they climbed back up.
This is my son David once he reached near where I was sitting about 100 feet down from the crest. I think the experience gave him a fresh perspective. (shot with 5D mkII)
Samy, now you make me want to pack my bags and head to the Sleeping Bear Dunes, that's one destination featured on this thread that a reasonably doable 3-day weekend from my neck of the woods.
A couple of B&W treatments of texturally interesting concrete. 25-50 f4.0.
Love the last two George. Also a fan of old brick, Fort Macon looks like it was worth the trip.
Pulled out the full spectrum Nex-6, kinda forgot about it on the back of the shelf. The Series E 28mm is actually okay on it, though I can't tell if it's the lens softness or the full spectrum. Edit, second was the E 50 and sharpness is fine so guess it's still the lens.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Last one, promise. But I like old brick
G
George, no apologies, love this stuff myself, so don't stop. Reminds me a lot of Fort Knox in Maine back in June, I shot quite a bit there but in a hurry since it was en route between two stays; AF only though.
The full spectrum looks good. Has a good look with the water shot.
Fort Macon and the beach there was nice. The Fort was quite busy for a hot Monday afternoon. Had to be patient to find shots without people in them. Not sure about your part of the coast, but in the Atlantic Beach area there seemed to be a lot of restaurants with reduced hours due to lack of staff.
AdaptedLenses wrote:
Love the last two George. Also a fan of old brick, Fort Macon looks like it was worth the trip.
Pulled out the full spectrum Nex-6, kinda forgot about it on the back of the shelf. The Series E 28mm is actually okay on it, though I can't tell if it's the lens softness or the full spectrum. Edit, second was the E 50 and sharpness is fine so guess it's still the lens.
James Markus wrote:
Rafael,
Wow! Super sharp image. Sure would like to know how you get your gear so dust free. Btw, there is dirt in the grooves of the flat-head screws that you missed. Thanks for the info on the Voigtlander.
Jim
James, the answer to dust is simple, canned air and storage in Pelican cases or those Nikon plastic bubbles the lenses used to come in.
Every time I use a sharp micro to photograph gear I see Junk that was not apparent to the naked eye! . I will have to use my binocular microscope to clean gear now!
Yep, we're the same. Closing more mid-week or no longer open for lunch etc. We're hanging on but shorter staffed then we'd like too.
GeorgeBo wrote:
The full spectrum looks good. Has a good look with the water shot.
Fort Macon and the beach there was nice. The Fort was quite busy for a hot Monday afternoon. Had to be patient to find shots without people in them. Not sure about your part of the coast, but in the Atlantic Beach area there seemed to be a lot of restaurants with reduced hours due to lack of staff.
(shot with 5D mkII)
. I will have to use my binocular microscope to clean gear now!
