With the big day just around the corner so to speak, Santa has a big bag of toys for the good boys and girls. D3, 105 1.8 AIS, Godox TT350 bounce flash.
Harry Palmer
Speaking of the modified TC-16A. I have used it on lenses from 14mm rectilinear to 800mm reflex and it seems to work very well. This is the 85mm f1.4 ais with the modified tc-16a on the D800 (136mm EFL)
I've been enjoying the land of lurk-age lately, but now seems like a good moment to drop in with an injection of a few more autumn infrared photos, of which one (the third one) comes to you from the 24 f/2.8 NC and three (the rest) come courtesy of the 50 f/1.2 Ai-s.
Brought my camera over on a trip to Taiwan last week. Rained every day ope!
The challenge was to force myself to walk the streets like I used to, for a spot of street photography
Zonal focus, simple settings, let auto ISO take care of the rest, then walk right up and raise to shoot from the hip like a cowboy
Second part of the challenge was to make them distinct from the photos I got from the phone
So I had my mind set on a neon noir style processing with film grain
Had the 50/1.2 AIS and 24/2 AIS with the metabones adapter this time.
Only used the latter, because it felt right for the occasion? Or maybe I was lazy to swap!
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Super chuffed the way this turned out.
Caught me by surprise actually, I was fiddling with settings and chumping under the streetlights when the shadow fell over my screen
I may or may not have let out an undignified yelp
Muscle memory (or fear) made me squeeze the shutter
Huzzah...
Street photography some times makes me feel like a creep
Saw her heavyset partner first, coming fast from the opposite direction with her in tow
And I made a quick about turn as smoothly as I could
Hastened my pace to the last shop on the row, the one I had just passed by 10mins ago
The one with the big brightly lit facade I seemingly recalled
There was no way out, they had to go by!
Stood there pretending to take a photo of the store front
But instead I set up the shot and hoped that the guy would walk by first and leave her in the frame
Hurry up my mind willed him to walk
Then she followed, and in the right moment I snapped...
It's probably the most famous tree in New Zealand at Lake Wanaka on the South Island. So famous that its described on google maps as "That Wanaka Tree" 😁
Typical of a lot of the scenes in nature with changeable weather you just gotta keep getting out of bed early and hoping (I HATE getting up early but this location is essentially right in town, even then there were about 10 photogs already there when I turned up. Luckily, the surrounding terrain meant that the sun doesnt light up the tree until a while after sunrise). Something much easier when you're camping right nearby, you are travelling alone so no family obligations and have essentially no time limit (other than patience which I must admit I'm not blessed with a lot of) so you can stay nearby and keep visiting until conditions are favourable.
I'm convinced it's THE secret to the stunning landscape shots we all aspire to (yeah I know WE know this) and have been at least trying to be disciplined to do it on this trip.
Andy
mp356 wrote:
Great capture Andy! What a lovely scene.
Thanks Jose. I find all the Canon bodies I own easy to focus F mount Nikkors using a simply Nik - Eos chipped focus confirm adapter. Having the body beep is a huge plus for me, and I have wanted this feature in my Nikon bodies as well (which do beep with AF lenses) for a very long time.
Jim
asiostygius wrote:
Superb woodpecker series series Jim!
Is the 5DS-R ease to focus our venerable 600/5.6 ais??
Looks like a lot of you guys 'n gals in north America are experiencing some pretty serious cold weather at the moment. I hope it doesn't disrupt anyone's travel plans around the holiday period.
I also see a forecast, for Saturday, citing sub-zero temperatures in FL. That doesn't happen too often does it? Come on over to London Ken/Reagan - it's warmer!
Having said that the UK is on a go slow since so many union members are on a strike rota - rail, post, nurses, ambulance & border security to name a few. Public service workers are demanding huge pay increases from a government that has no means to satisfy.
Amazing shot of the tree Andy.
As they say - no pain, no gain - so credit to you for pesistence, willpower and skill.
Colin
cadman342001 wrote:
Thanks Scott.
It's probably the most famous tree in New Zealand at Lake Wanaka on the South Island. So famous that its described on google maps as "That Wanaka Tree" 😁
Typical of a lot of the scenes in nature with changeable weather you just gotta keep getting out of bed early and hoping (I HATE getting up early but this location is essentially right in town, even then there were about 10 photogs already there when I turned up. Luckily, the surrounding terrain meant that the sun doesnt light up the tree until a while after sunrise). Something much easier when you're camping right nearby, you are travelling alone so no family obligations and have essentially no time limit (other than patience which I must admit I'm not blessed with a lot of) so you can stay nearby and keep visiting until conditions are favourable.
I'm convinced it's THE secret to the stunning landscape shots we all aspire to (yeah I know WE know this) and have been at least trying to be disciplined to do it on this trip.
The locale I wandered around in was called American Street(?)
Had to stop and google because it felt surreal when I suddenly turned off main street to ...
... arrive at dark alleys emblazoned with bright graffitti, lined with burger joints, dive bars, thrift shops, clothing stores selling streetwear - hoodies, letter jackets, baseball caps, oversized pullovers, skaterwear, retro toy stores and memoribilia, plus other americana
Perhaps I've grown curmudgeonly because I had to beat down the urge to ask why young men like them were sat on sidewalks and stoops, in the dark, at 11pm
