Rafael, excellent reflections on the second photo.
Arrival at the Siena train station, 1.5 hours south of Florence via the speedy Frecciarossa. From here, one enters a substantial modern mall and the start of seven long steep escalators to the hill top.
A 20 minute walk after the escalator travels, arrival at the Medieval city wall, early 14th century.
Taken from the top of the unfinished section of Siena Cathedral (Santa Maria Assunta). The Plague decimated the population of Siena and all work on the Cathedral stopped in 1348, it never resumed.
spoupard wrote:
I went to have lunch with a friend in a town a couple of hours away when I came up on this cool building (at least I think it's cool).
Nikon Z50ii, LTII, Nikkor-O.C 35/2
Imagine my surprise when I was putting together a camera kit to take with me today and I realized that I have 2 copies of the 35/2. One is the Nikkor-O and the other is the Nikkor-O.C. I don't know when or how I purchased a second copy, but I'll take it!
I agree it’s a cool dilapidated building, and your processing on the b&w is great
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spoupard wrote:
Ross, I'm loving your photos of the Aspens. I don't think there is any prettier tree in the autumn.
Thank you! I agree about aspens, their light colored trunks add a great graphic quality. Similarly I enjoy photographing white birch and sycamore trunks.
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rafaelcasd wrote:
Went back to Balboa Park on the first, this time with the 8mm 2.8. The 7.5mm is small and light and its imaging is adequate, but the 8mm 2.8 ais is a very different beast.
Rafael, excellent reflections on the second photo.
Arrival at the Siena train station, 1.5 hours south of Florence via the speedy Frecciarossa. From here, one enters a substantial modern mall and the start of seven long steep escalators to the hill top. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54244861452_706e6477d0_h.jpg
A 20 minute walk after the escalator travels, arrival at the Medieval city wall, early 14th century. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54246010879_d645c8d51f_h.jpg
Taken from the top of the unfinished section of Siena Cathedral (Santa Maria Assunta). The Plague decimated the population of Siena and all work on the Cathedral stopped in 1348, it never resumed.
Thanks for sharing these, Serge. I’ve been reading a series of historical fiction books taking place in Medieval Europe and includes the building of a cathedral with new tower as well as the devastation of the plague, and your pics of actual structures from that era are a delight to see.
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AdaptedLenses wrote:
Calm morning with the 28mm AIS.
The winner of ABC’s "The Great Christmas Light Fight” is located in southwest Ohio and made a fun test for my recently acquired 28mm f/2.8 AI-S. 1/30th at f/4 or 5.6, ISO 1250, Sony A7RV. I did not add any color saturation. In Lightroom I chose the Adobe Landscape profile which I use frequently.
There is always a line of train cars parked in the little town of Shady Dale, GA. I don't know if it's the same cars or if this is just a temporary holding area. I suspect it's the latter. I will have the opportunity to ride through Shady Dale again in a couple of weeks. I'll have to compare the train car numbers with the ones in this photo.
It is great to be back and active here - without question the most polite and respectful thread I've seen on the net.
A couple of the visitors to my nectar feeder with the 500 f8 mirror lens.
This lens, while very light, is difficult to use handheld, particularly if trying to focus on a moving subject. Ideally should be tripod mounted and used from a hide, It is also not very effective with a TC in my experience although others may have had better results.
All at 1600 ISO the first at 1/640 others at 1/800
Ross Martin wrote:
Thanks for sharing these, Serge. I’ve been reading a series of historical fiction books taking place in Medieval Europe and includes the building of a cathedral with new tower as well as the devastation of the plague, and your pics of actual structures from that era are a delight to see.
The winner of ABC’s "The Great Christmas Light Fight” is located in southwest Ohio and made a fun test for my recently acquired 28mm f/2.8 AI-S. 1/30th at f/4 or 5.6, ISO 1250, Sony A7RV. I did not add any color saturation. In Lightroom I chose the Adobe Landscape profile which I use frequently....Show more →
Ross, glad you enjoyed the photos.
It amazes me what the builders and architects were able to achieve during the Medieval era with zero technology. It is a very interesting period.
Great colorful Christmas.photograph. The 28/2.8 AIs is an excellent little lens.
Matt, excellent photograph, "calm morning". Great light!
Perter, great birding captures, specially number 1.
Almost arrived too late, deep shadows were moving up the Cathedral fast.
16/3.5 K
The right section is part on the unfinished expansion. The intention was to double the size of Siena Cathedral and rival the scale of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence.
Oosty wrote:
It is great to be back and active here - without question the most polite and respectful thread I've seen on the net.
A couple of the visitors to my nectar feeder with the 500 f8 mirror lens.
This lens, while very light, is difficult to use handheld, particularly if trying to focus on a moving subject. Ideally should be tripod mounted and used from a hide, It is also not very effective with a TC in my experience although others may have had better results.
All at 1600 ISO the first at 1/640 others at 1/800
Peter, Well done. For me, the Reflex-Nikkor is not only hard to focus, but it is hard to support. While you were posting the three bird photos - I had come across some 500mm reflex-Nikkor shots from 2016 near where the Kehl lake pano was shot. This is a female Northern Flicker on her nest inside a tree. The male had been fetching her food, and when I arrived all activity stopped.
James Markus wrote:
Peter, Well done. For me, the Reflex-Nikkor is not only hard to focus, but it is hard to support. While you were posting the three bird photos - I had come across some 500mm reflex-Nikkor shots from 2016 near where the Kehl lake pano was shot. This is a female Northern Flicker on her nest inside a tree. The male had been fetching her food, and when I arrived all activity stopped.
James, that's so well done and quite possibly the best way to use this tricky lens.
I'm not sure if you used a tripod but I'll be looking for nest shots next season to see what can be done with a prefocused situation.
Oosty wrote:
James, that's so well done and quite possibly the best way to use this tricky lens.
I'm not sure if you used a tripod but I'll be looking for nest shots next season to see what can be done with a prefocused situation.
Peter, I just leaned on a tree for support. I found a good way to focus, but it does take away a bit of image quality. The modified TC-16A makes focusing easy, but you need a camera body that focuses well in low light - like the D850 or especially the D7200. Problem is that adds so much focal length it makes support even more difficult. The northern Flicker is just the green dot, and out of 7 or 8 tries - none of them were in perfect focus. I blame the operator - me - for that error.
Ross Martin wrote:
Thanks for sharing these, Serge. I’ve been reading a series of historical fiction books taking place in Medieval Europe and includes the building of a cathedral with new tower as well as the devastation of the plague, and your pics of actual structures from that era are a delight to see.
The winner of ABC’s "The Great Christmas Light Fight” is located in southwest Ohio and made a fun test for my recently acquired 28mm f/2.8 AI-S. 1/30th at f/4 or 5.6, ISO 1250, Sony A7RV. I did not add any color saturation. In Lightroom I chose the Adobe Landscape profile which I use frequently....Show more →
This is from the Balboa park museum of man, these sculptures are Mayan and impressive, excellent replicas I think as I have seen the real ones and these are not the right stone.
