I'm on my 13" laptop right now, but I'll have a better look when I get on my desktop. Right now, other than the Flickr image being larger, I don't see much of a difference. Apparently, Colin doesn't see a difference on his 27" 4k monitor. What was your conclusion?
GroWeb wrote:
I think this may be my favourite sculpture of all time, Regina! They look like they might be sleeping off a post-chocolate sugar crash, with deep satisfaction.
I am among those who prefer the one without the foreground railing, Ray.
Here are a few close-up front views of classic cars, including three (in two photos) of the many unintended selfies that are ultimately unavoidable when shooting chrome and other rounded and polygonal reflective metals. The lenses I used are identified in the captions.
GroWeb wrote:
I think this may be my favourite sculpture of all time, Regina! They look like they might be sleeping off a post-chocolate sugar crash, with deep satisfaction.
Actually, it is a sad story. The boy and the dog froze to death (see the story A Dog of Flanders).
DeltaSigma wrote:
FWIW - I saved each image to my PC, direct from FM, and here is the data.
Top: 1536 x 960 pixels size: 545KB
Mid: 1550 x 969 pixels size: 486KB
Bot: 1550 x 969 pixels size: 403KB
Aspect ratios remain the same but FM's file size is the lowest of the lot.
After loading the three images into LR to compare them side by side on a 4k monitor I can't really see much difference.
Nice image BTW!
Colin
leighton w wrote:
I'm on my 13" laptop right now, but I'll have a better look when I get on my desktop. Right now, other than the Flickr image being larger, I don't see much of a difference. Apparently, Colin doesn't see a difference on his 27" 4k monitor. What was your conclusion?
Thanks Colin, Leighton. The Zenfolio link is smaller because Zenfolio does not allow direct links or viewing of originals without logging into Zenfolio. When I took a look at the comparison post in my higher res monitor setup (27 inches at 2160x1440 I believe), they look similar enough. I am baffled as well. I am by no means well informed on web compression, I wonder if the amount of compression vaires with the volume of site traffic?
Ok, had a chance to view them on my 27" 4k monitor and they all look the same in sharpness. I remember now, when I was on my rant, my problem was that my images looked fine on Flickr. It was only when I posted them here that I noticed a decline in sharpness.
milt wrote:
Actually, it is a sad story. The boy and the dog froze to death (see the story A Dog of Flanders).
So, rather than deep satisfaction, the look on their countenances is one of well-earned celestial peace after a difficult life. What a great, though tragic, story; no wonder it has entered the Belgian mythos. I do like the fact that the boy and his dog have been given a blanket to warm them.
Could everyone please slow down? Get busy for a couple days and there’s 4 or 5 pages to get through.
Somehow I remembered I had an IR filter laying around. Couple step up & down rings to get it mounted and we’re off. NAI 24mm f/2.8 on a full spectrum NEX 6 (so central crop).
AdaptedLenses wrote:
Could everyone please slow down? Get busy for a couple days and there’s 4 or 5 pages to get through.
Somehow I remembered I had an IR filter laying around. Couple step up & down rings to get it mounted and we’re off. NAI 24mm f/2.8 on a full spectrum NEX 6 (so central crop).
Love this. A nice blend of sand and sky, especially the line of low clouds.
You should of been around when Nikki was flying around the world if you think this is busy.
Laura, I could not resist! He sold for the price I was willing to pay! This is my first attempt to use this lens (pretty heavy); it was windy, and I was afraid I would drop it (I used my tripod; I could not handheld it).
Thanks everyone for the input on the night skyline (such as it is) shots, no railing is the clear choice. It was fun to be out photographing with a friend for the evening.
Congrats on the 500mm Regina. It's still great to see this group cause GAS to someone that's already been around NMFG for awhile. Thanks for sharing A Dog of Flanders, that is one of the coolest sculptures I've seen in awhile.
This next shot is older, I hesitate to share it as it takes away a little from the deliberately cropped, more peaceful seeming setting in the earlier fly fishing shots. Here's the actual context of the location. The highway does not seem to bother the fishing, he landed and released at least one catch in the few minutes that I was around. 35mm f2.0 O.
AdaptedLenses wrote:
It’s admittedly a personal problem that work is more chaotic!
When’s Nikki 2.0?!?
Well Matt, unfortunately you missed Nikki 2.0 too! It was called Nikko and, while Nikki was an 85 f/1.8 HC, Nikko was a 28 f/3.5 PC that was generously provided by George. Like you, I too missed out on Nikki, but I managed to get in on the Nikko experience, which happened in late 2015. The photos below show Nikko at Toronto city hall (taken with the 35 f1.4 Ai-s), along with my favourite photo that I shot with the lens. So I'm thinking that, if we are going to do a Nikki 3.0, we'll need to decide on a lens, decide what to name it, and find a donor to make it available for a world tour. It was quite a production each of the previous times, with a small blog set up to track the action.
NIKON D800E0.0 mm f/0.0 lens35mmf/11.01/60s200 ISO0.0 EV
NIKON D800E0.0 mm f/0.0 lens28mmf/3.51/160s800 ISO0.0 EV
Well it seems the name is Nikke, Nikka or Nikku! And if it’s been 2015 it seems overdue!
GroWeb wrote:
Well Matt, unfortunately you missed Nikki 2.0 too! It was called Nikko and, while Nikki was an 85 f/1.8 HC, Nikko was a 28 f/3.5 PC that was generously provided by George. Like you, I too missed out on Nikki, but I managed to get in on the Nikko experience, which happened in late 2015. The photos below show Nikko at Toronto city hall (taken with the 35 f1. 4 Ai-s) and my favourite photo that I shot with the lens. So I'm thinking that, if we are going to do a Nikki 3.0, we'll need to decide on a lens, decide what to name it, and find a donor to make it available for a world tour. It was quite a production each of the previous times, with a small blog set up to track the action. ...Show more →
