cadman342001 wrote:
Jim - Very pretty skies there Jim ! I'm not always a fan of IR images but these are really nice.
Jay - very atmospheric and somewhat spooky shots Jay, especially the graveyard shot.
Ken - my ears pricked up at the mention of Quantico and then my eyes pricked up as I saw the UK law enforcement badges. Amazing number in that first shot !
Siphewe - foxgloves, lavender and delphiniums, memories of home.
Andy
Talking of home Andy I think we will heading to the V&A in Dundee tomorrow and then loop round to St Andrews and the fishing villages of Fife. Only brought 2 MF lenses with me but will try to shoot with them.
These are gorgeous, Jay. The last one is especially moody and eye-catching.
James Markus wrote:
Came away with two images I really like, and found even more respect for the 25-50mm f4 ais. The 20mm f2.8 ais spent the day on the infrared converted 5D, and the zoom on the 5DS-R. I am falling in love with dark sky landscapes.
To my eye, the IR version of "The Bench" is vastly more interesting than its colour duplicate. You and the other IR photographers around here are adding to my anxious excitement as I await the return of my X-T2, which is currently at Life Pixel awaiting conversion.
James Markus wrote:
I stalked a Great Blue Heron yesterday with the D7200 - 400mm f5.6 ais and the modified TC-16A. It had the makings of an Aesop fable with the interaction of a Turtle, and the Heron. I missed a bunch of good shots due to a piece of trash on the shore which my camera seemed determined to keep in focus. The head shots were taken shooting through the brush directly behind the bird in the first shot. The Turtle never took his/her eye off the bird.
After seeing these images of yours, Jim, I started to feel decidedly reticent about posting the set below, whose subject is the heron I was photographing on that day when the orcas came along and stole the show. Then I noticed in your profile that you are a retired professional photographer, while I am an avowed rank amateur. So I'm back to feeling brazen enough to post these. All were shot with the 135 f/2 Ai-s on the Fuji X-T4.
Glen,
Personally, your Heron photos are better than mine. First, you filled the frame well, and it appears the 135mm f2 is sharper than the handheld 960mm effective focal length combo I used. I have a better long lenses, but no longer have the strength to deal with them and their support while in the field. My health is not so good, but I make do. However, I did get these shots using a work-around, and practical equipment choices. As to career - I feel very, very lucky to have worked as a photographer for so many years. I have always tried to learn more about this crazy passion from anyone I could - amateur or pro - makes no difference. I shoot because I enjoy it, and the images it produces. I think everyone here is doing the same.
Jim
GroWeb wrote:
After seeing these images of yours, Jim, I started to feel decidedly reticent about posting the set below, whose subject is the heron I was photographing on that day when the orcas came along and stole the show. Then I noticed in your profile that you are a retired professional photographer, while I am an avowed rank amateur. So I'm back to feeling brazen enough to post these. All were shot with the 135 f/2 Ai-s on the Fuji X-T4.
GeorgeBo wrote:
Andy - good luck with your move. I am sure you will be getting another motorcycle when you arrive at your new destination?
Thanks mate, I definitely will get one of some sort in NZ, but am going to use a cheap car (Honda Jazz) for the first few months to lug all my camera, camping gear and warm clothing around.
Andy, the all over the world kind of flowers are well-loved by my wife. Me, I just wait for the flowers. My choices are far more boring, perennial, waterwise, and indigenous.
Thanks George, I don't know the name of that one but it is a prolific bloomer. All year round with the climate here.
Been learning which lenses work for IR, and those that don't. The 25-50mm f4 ais Zoom-Nikkor works brilliantly on the 5DS-R, but is virtually impossible to get critical focus in IR on the 5D. These three are with the 20mm f2.8 ais - which I would rate as good to very good for IR.
GeorgeBo wrote:
I am sitting in the kitchen in the house I grew up in right now and I can hear that tractor in my mind Funny how a photo can trigger so many memories.
Great shot Scott
Scott and George, I cannot do infrared but can do plain red.
This Friday should be tractor day at cruising grand, (no AC Cobras ) Will try and do the honors after missing it for several weeks due to the hot weather, we are down to 80s now.
