cadman342001 wrote:
The processing on the 2nd one - is it intentional to make the man's face look like a painting ? It's something I have noticed in a few of your market shots and wondered if it was deliberate or a consequence of lifting the shadows ? (as it only appears to affect the man's face for example)
Andy
yes, and that's why I often think of myself not as a photographer but as a failed painter - (but it consoles me to think that it's a thing I have in common with Adolf Hitler...)
ha ha ....well Jay, that canyon shot makes me want to jump off the cliff......just kidding - it's fantastic and so 3 dimensional that it's vertiginous. Nice use of the 24 PCE (I loved that lens but the aperture dial has broken on mine)
Leighton - speaking of self control - don't go smoking strange foliage......that's how dunderheads end up in Emergency rooms.
Philippe - I'm surprised at you - self control is a very anglo quality I didn't think you would so admire it..... I blame Leighton for getting me back on this thread.
bruni wrote:
Philippe - I'm surprised at you - self control is a very anglo quality I didn't think you would so admire it..... I blame Leighton for getting me back on this thread.
leighton w wrote:
Some of you may not of ever seen this tree. It's the Catalpa tree, or "cigar tree" which we call it around these parts. Some say when the "cigars" dry out and turn brown, you can smoke them. I have never tried this, but I'll have to see if that's true later this year. 50-135mm
bruni wrote:
Jose - I'm going to fight you for first place on that list. I'm so disappointed at missing out - that was a screaming bargain. To salve my wound I just bought another lens. I've always wanted it but I thought it was a bit of an indulgence - see, see what happens here - really gotta get off this thread while I've still got the clothes on my back.
ben
You can't say that and then NOT tell us what the lens was !
Lieutenant Z wrote:
yes, and that's why I often think of myself not as a photographer but as a failed painter - (but it consoles me to think that it's a thing I have in common with Adolf Hitler...)
Ah, but how are you at Right Wing Fascist Dictatorshipping ?
Ken - that 75 - 150 is looking very good there. Nice pp too.
Jay - the canyon shots are spectacular.
Andy - sorry, I thought I said. I was so busy beating myself up I didn't name the lens. It's the 18mm f3.5. I'd always wanted one, don't know why but it always appealed to me but I thought it would be a waste to get one as I have a couple of 20mms and the difference between 18mm and 20mm didn't seem to warrant another lens and if I really wanted 18mm I have the 14- 24mm zoom.......and so on and so on....a million reasons not to buy ANOTHER lens.
Jay, where is that canyon? Is it the Gunnison River?
Thanks Ben. The 75-150 truly is one of the underrated wonders in the Nikon lineup if the elements aren't misaligned. The only complaint I have is that it doesn't handle shooting into bright light sources very well. It's much more prone to flare compared to its much more expensive cousin, the 80-200 [any version].
Ageing is not fun, with my glasses I still have 20-20 vision in my right eye, but my photographic eye is the left which is now 20-25 and it does not critically focus the viewfinder anymore, will have to train my right eye to compose.
The 50-300mm commands many situations, enabling reach and breadth and composition: This is the USS Dewey which has been keeping a US presence in the South China Sea.
