Coltrane wrote:
Recently I was fortunate enough to purchase a near mint copy of a Nikon 85mm 1.4 ais lens at an estate sale. The first 2 shots are with the 85mm. The last photo was taken with the Nikon 55mm 3.5 P.C. All on a Sony A7riii.
Very nice set of fall photos, Bill. The 85 is a bit of a hefty beast, but always worth the effort for the quality of its results.
The fall images from everyone have been inspiring, as have the travel photos from New York, Colin.
I am happy to report that Nippi and I got out for an hour or so yesterday, so I will have some images from that lens shortly. In the meantime, here are a few more from Olympic Park in June, courtesy of the lenses identified in the captions.
i don't know if anyone here is watching the Base Camp Landscape Summit but I've found it very interesting. The link below was available 'til later today - by Bryan Peterson and really worthwhile, not necessarily for landscape but for a different view on image making. The summit is free to watch for 24 hours and there's a reasonable VIP charge in dollars ( don't talk about Rands!!)
If you want to meet Italian tourists, go to Namibia in August!
Last year we were there and took a bus trip to Sossusvlei in the company of 6 Italians - Ingrid was in her element as she had and Italian mother, was born in Milan and is fluent! Fortunately I did a short course online (most of which I've forgotten through lack of practice) but I was able to follow the conversation , which was animated and punctuated by lots of hand gestures, for a very pleasant day.
FWIW Namibia is a wonderful country to visit - very reasonable accommodation, great vistas and game viewing, good (dirt) roads when off the tar and marvellous people. Absolutely safe ( although obviously one should be aware of surroundings ).
Also there aren't a hundred tripods out at every decent spot.
This raises an interesting question about repetitive and boring images (which these are absolutely not). In photography, we capture a single moment that will never be seen again, how then, can it be boring?
The last image I shared of the landscape as seen from my office I know I've shared at least a dozen times. But each time, the light was a little different, the sky was different, the colors were different and so on. So in essence, the scene was different each time. In your particular set of CI each image was shown from a different angle, perspective and time. So no, I never find folks multiple images repetitive and boring, there's ALWAYS something a little different to look at. Just a thought.
AdaptedLenses wrote:
A couple fall vingettes with the 105mm f/2.5.
Really like how you executed the first one in this series, Matt.
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GroWeb wrote:
Very nice set of fall photos, Bill. The 85 is a bit of a hefty beast, but always worth the effort for the quality of its results.
The fall images from everyone have been inspiring, as have the travel photos from New York, Colin.
I am happy to report that Nippi and I got out for an hour or so yesterday, so I will have some images from that lens shortly. In the meantime, here are a few more from Olympic Park in June, courtesy of the lenses identified in the captions.
I like how you managed the fisheye curve in the very first shot Glen. The curve in the tree actually contributes quite a bit to the image .
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DeltaSigma wrote:
I am on the verge of being repetitive and boring so here is one last splurge of CI images.
50/2 H
I'm enjoying them, Colin. As long as you feel there's something different to say in each shot keep sharing.
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leighton w wrote:
Love the look of the first 2. Great idea of the framing in the 1st one.
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This raises an interesting question about repetitive and boring images (which these are absolutely not). In photography, we capture a single moment that will never be seen again, how then, can it be boring?
The last image I shared of the landscape as seen from my office I know I've shared at least a dozen times. But each time, the light was a little different, the sky was different, the colors were different and so on. So in essence, the scene was different each time. In your particular set of CI each image was shown from a different angle, perspective and time. So no, I never find folks multiple images repetitive and boring, there's ALWAYS something a little different to look at. Just a thought. ...Show more →
Heartily agree Leighton. For what interests me in my neck of the woods, and is accessible in terms of fitting the location and time into my schedule, I should have stopped shooting and posting a long time ago, if it were not for lighting and atmospheric changes, and what catches my attention at a particular time and place.
unfortunately, there's lots of that going on. I've had people expecting a chair or a 12 piece cookware set and when they give us the tracking number it shows a 1-4 ounce package being delivered to another address. ebay should have been able to contact USPS reps to get the details of the delivery and resolve the case in your favor.
rafaelcasd wrote:
It was a scam, the seller got hold of a third party tracking number to my Zip code and used it to show a delivery. I had the package intercepted, saw it at the post office and it was a third party package, the USPS sent it back to the seller. eBay denied my case, which means they did not really look at it, filed another case on Paypal.
It is only $100, but this may mean the end of my using eBay and Paypal, have spent $$$$ tens of thousands there, but not correctly processing my claim would mean we are done....Show more →
Agree with others Colin, I’m loving the Coney Island images. Fantastic execution of street shots along with some amazing color.
And appreciate the feedback on the framing, I’ll call it a bit of a happy accident as I was more trying to capture the Sunlit side of the pond, but I do like how it came out.
Your processing is really striking, getting such color out of a heavy overcast day! Looking at shots like these make me realize how far I've got to go in post processing skills.
