Cormorants are always perched on these posts in this man-made lake in Hyde Park.
London sits at the mouth of a tidal estuary but it continues to surprise me to see cormorants a few miles inland.
leighton w wrote:
I'll be right over! Oh wait, It's getting close to Winter and I'm sure it's already too cold for me.
Temperatures yesterday were good enough to go out in t-shirt and shorts. Then again, my doctor once told me to not wear shorts below 57 degrees Fahrenheit. I never saw the wisdom in that
A pano of the Albert Memorial which sits opposite the Albert Hall. We went to listen to the London Philharmonic Orchestra playing Star Wars film scores penned by John Williams.
SiMuMe wrote:
Fancy places you shoot, Raymond. Both are nice but I'm very impressed by the flare control considering the age of the lens, especially on the second one.
I like the 25-50's performance, though for some reason I have a hard time focusing it, even with magnified image in the VF.
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GroWeb wrote:
Very nicely captured, Leighton---and, fittingly, with the renowned "Leighton Lens!"
Here is another group of Olympic Park photos, showing "the devil's paint pot" and the attached lake, with its strikingly blue water. Lenses are listed in the captions.
That blue water is great complement to the fall colors Glen.
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DeltaSigma wrote:
I brought the new-to-me 135/2 (poor man's Plena) along when I went to London yesterday.
I was playing around with it on the train platform but I do need to learn how to nail the focus of this 45 year old lens at f/2 'cos it isn't easy to get what you want, but when you do, the results are nice.
During the summer months, Cormorants roost in Montana. White pelicans also migrate there, Yellowstone has a pelican lake. The Utah state bird is the seagull as they like to hang out at the salt lake.
I'm getting ready to head for the North Georgia mountains this Saturday and starting looking back at last year's photos to get an idea about locations I may want to visit. I came across this one that I never edited for some reason, so I thought I would share it now.
pbraymond wrote:
That blue water is great complement to the fall colors Glen.
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This should be fun to watch your explorations with a large aperture long lens. Great start already.
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Another wonderful fall color share, thanks! The three maples (?) seem like they would be consistent color sources each year.
Thanks for your kind words, Ray! I've been enjoying your results with the 25-50, which is a lens that I have thought about picking up for a long time. I recently got around to buying one, so the next step is to actually put it to use. Oh well, one step at a time, I guess.
I've got so many photos from outings in late summer and early fall that I've decided to cycle somewhat randomly, back and forth through the sets of images. The grouping below shows some backlit leaves on September 29 at West Nile Creek in nearby Qualicum, on an outing with my long-neglected and highly enjoyable D800E. The first and third photos were shot with the 135 f/2 Ai-s, and the second one is from the 55 f/2.8 micro Ai-s.
NIKON D800E0.0 mm f/0.0 lens135mmf/2.01/1600s200 ISO0.0 EV
NIKON D800E0.0 mm f/0.0 lens55mmf/5.61/100s200 ISO0.0 EV
NIKON D800E0.0 mm f/0.0 lens135mmf/2.81/1250s800 ISO0.0 EV
South Kensington, London street scenes.
I don't recall what aperture I used for these on the 135/2
Audi Spyder GT at street level and directly above an advert displaying one of the shops' heritage.
The local butcher shop has given way to some trendy cafe.
The large diameter of the chunky 135 is a bit of a giveaway and draws attention when trying to take street candids.
Normally I would use something in the 24/28/40mm range and shoot from the hip or have camera held in one hand, lift quickly, and quickly fire off a shot or two. Using the 135 is a completely different experience. Besides it was the only lens I had with me.
GroWeb wrote:
Thanks for your kind words, Ray! I've been enjoying your results with the 25-50, which is a lens that I have thought about picking up for a long time. I recently got around to buying one, so the next step is to actually put it to use. Oh well, one step at a time, I guess.
I've got so many photos from outings in late summer and early fall that I've decided to cycle somewhat randomly, back and forth through the sets of images. The grouping below shows some backlit leaves on September 29 at West Nile Creek in nearby Qualicum, on an outing with my long-neglected and highly enjoyable D800E. The first and third photos were shot with the 135 f/2 Ai-s, and the second one is from the 55 f/2.8 micro Ai-s....Show more →
DeltaSigma wrote:
South Kensington, London street scenes.
I don't recall what aperture I used for these on the 135/2
Audi Spyder GT at street level and directly above an advert displaying one of the shops' heritage.
The local butcher shop has given way to some trendy cafe.
The large diameter of the chunky 135 is a bit of a giveaway and draws attention when trying to take street candids.
Normally I would use something in the 24/28/40mm range and shoot from the hip or have camera held in one hand, lift quickly, and quickly fire off a shot or two. Using the 135 is a completely different experience. Besides it was the only lens I had with me.
DeltaSigma wrote:
South Kensington, London street scenes.
I don't recall what aperture I used for these on the 135/2
Colin
The lady one might well have been wide open or close to. I guess this is not the lens to use under strong light. How it just painted everything either green or purple is something I have not seen before.
SiMuMe wrote:
The lady one might well have been wide open or close to. I guess this is not the lens to use under strong light. How it just painted everything either green or purple is something I have not seen before.
Yes, that is spherochromatism at wide apertures. The lens is known for it so I knew about it before purchasing the optic
You get those magenta outlines in the foreground and green outlines in the background in harshly lit areas. But for the extra £2850 I'd need to fund a Plena (to overcome the problem) I think I can live with it. All part of the learning curve.
In this one you can see the magenta/green transition on the pavement occurs right under the couple's feet but less so on their outlines - so that shows I managed to get the focus in the right place. It was the flapping dog-tag on his boots that caught my attention. That must mean something to those youngsters in the know.
Lightroom has a manual menu in the Lens Correction panel where I was able to selectively eradicate most of those aberations with a couple of clicks.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Yes, that is spherochromatism at wide apertures. The lens is known for it so I knew about it before purchasing the optic
You get those magenta outlines in the foreground and green outlines in the background in harshly lit areas. But for the extra £2850 I'd need to fund a Plena (to overcome the problem) I think I can live with it. All part of the learning curve.
In this one you can see the magenta/green transition on the pavement occurs right under the couple's feet but less so on their outlines - so that shows I managed to get the focus in the right place. It was the flapping dog-tag on his boots that caught my attention. That must mean something to those youngsters in the know.
DeltaSigma wrote:
Yes, that is spherochromatism at wide apertures. The lens is known for it so I knew about it before purchasing the optic
You get those magenta outlines in the foreground and green outlines in the background in harshly lit areas. But for the extra £2850 I'd need to fund a Plena (to overcome the problem) I think I can live with it. All part of the learning curve.
In this one you can see the magenta/green transition on the pavement occurs right under the couple's feet but less so on their outlines - so that shows I managed to get the focus in the right place. It was the flapping dog-tag on his boots that caught my attention. That must mean something to those youngsters in the know.
