Manual Focus Nikon Glass
p.2658 #1Manual Focus Nikon Glass
very good!
mjgphotoz wrote:
jimmuller wrote
Kingfishphoto wrote
Thanks Mary for the kind remarks. Fifty years ago, 1976, the governer of Arizona and senior senator Goldwater requested the Air Force assign me as photographer for Arizonas entry into our 200th year. We made a 31 day bus trip around the East coast. I took hunders, maybe thousands of B/W photos of t he t rip, published a book for the drill team and an entry into an international Drill publication.Harry
Off-topic: Question for Harry. Back during the 1964 presidential election it was pointed out that Barry Goldwater was born in Arizona in IIRC 1912, but Arizona didn't become a state until 1913. Technically that made him ineligible to be president! Izzat true? I suppose I could google those dates. Like I said, off-topic.
Aren't you...Show more →
Jul 05, 2026 at 06:19 AM
p.2658 #2Manual Focus Nikon Glass
Lieutenant Z wrote:
Ken, great lighting on your photos. Good to see you!
I took these yesterday, the lovely heat and haze were a lot of fun.
Lady Liberty:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55373661976_5ce3de1c4d_h.jpg
The massive structures rising from the water is something else.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55372721592_832e20118a_h.jpg
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
SergeSuperb, Serge - good to see Lady Liberty !
Thank you, Philippe. Lady Liberty does look great.
Congratulations on the retirement and awesome views from your new home.
Serge
serge07 wrote
Samy, excellent photograph and processing.Ken, great lighting on your photos. Good to see you!
I took these yesterday, the lovely heat and haze were a lot of fun.
Lady Liberty:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55373661976_5ce3de1c4d_h.jpg
The massive structures rising from the water is something else.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55372721592_832e20118a_h.jpg
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
Serge
Thank you, Philippe. Lady Liberty does look great.
Congratulations on the retirement and awesome views from your new home.
Serge
Jul 05, 2026 at 06:59 AM
p.2658 #3Manual Focus Nikon Glass
saph wrote:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55371632377_34a1118e9b_b.jpgNotreDameBasilica by Maryland Photos, on Flickr
Zf et 28 3.5 PC-Nikkor
Superb!
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55371632377_34a1118e9b_b.jpgNotreDameBasilica by Maryland Photos, on Flickr
Zf et 28 3.5 PC-Nikkor
Superb!
Jul 06, 2026 at 03:37 AM
p.2658 #4Manual Focus Nikon Glass
Trois-RivieresChurch by Maryland Photos, on FlickrZR and PC-Nikkor 28 3.5.
Church in Trois-Rivieres, which is a small town north east of Montreal.
Jul 06, 2026 at 04:12 AM
p.2658 #5Manual Focus Nikon Glass
I have a question, if you please. Since it involves Manually Focusing Nikon Glass this thread is appropriate. It's actually a question of what viewers, which is to say all of you, perceive. For that reason it's about composition but with a technical spin. I posed this question in the Photo Critique forum but I've given up on it being helpful.
A few pages back I posted a picture of purple flowers (specifically Violetflower Petunias) taken with a 200mm f/4 and uncropped.
My question is about its focus. I wanted the viewer to feel immersed in purple, a sort of mini-landscape but with a necessarily narrow DOF. I never know the best way to focus such pics. I made a conscious choice to focus not on the larger flower in the center but on one to the left and further away (slightly higher in the frame).
It was an experiment that I've tried before. I'm not sure it works. Oh, you viewers may or may not experience the effect I wanted but you may also come away thinking I simply missed the focus. (I are jus' a poor misunderstood artist.
.) So I'm asking for honest critique about that point. An answer in the PC forum talked about starting and stopping the movement of the eyes and a bunch of other technical stuff for what should be an intuitive choice. The question I'm asking is simpler.
I've learned a lot from this forum. Hoping to evolve a bit more.
Thanks!
A few pages back I posted a picture of purple flowers (specifically Violetflower Petunias) taken with a 200mm f/4 and uncropped.
My question is about its focus. I wanted the viewer to feel immersed in purple, a sort of mini-landscape but with a necessarily narrow DOF. I never know the best way to focus such pics. I made a conscious choice to focus not on the larger flower in the center but on one to the left and further away (slightly higher in the frame).
It was an experiment that I've tried before. I'm not sure it works. Oh, you viewers may or may not experience the effect I wanted but you may also come away thinking I simply missed the focus. (I are jus' a poor misunderstood artist.
.) So I'm asking for honest critique about that point. An answer in the PC forum talked about starting and stopping the movement of the eyes and a bunch of other technical stuff for what should be an intuitive choice. The question I'm asking is simpler.I've learned a lot from this forum. Hoping to evolve a bit more.
Thanks!
Jul 06, 2026 at 04:40 AM
p.2658 #6Manual Focus Nikon Glass
saph wrote:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55376312167_98f865d830_b.jpgTrois-RivieresChurch by Maryland Photos, on Flickr
ZR and PC-Nikkor 28 3.5.
Church in Trois-Rivieres, which is a small town north east of Montreal.
Interesting architecture. Thanks for sharing.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55376312167_98f865d830_b.jpgTrois-RivieresChurch by Maryland Photos, on Flickr
ZR and PC-Nikkor 28 3.5.
Church in Trois-Rivieres, which is a small town north east of Montreal.
Interesting architecture. Thanks for sharing.
Jul 06, 2026 at 06:43 AM
p.2658 #7Manual Focus Nikon Glass
jimmuller wrote:
I have a question, if you please. Since it involves Manually Focusing Nikon Glass this thread is appropriate. It's actually a question of what viewers, which is to say all of you, perceive. For that reason it's about composition but with a technical spin. I posed this question in the Photo Critique forum but I've given up on it being helpful.
A few pages back I posted a picture of purple flowers (specifically Violetflower Petunias) taken with a 200mm f/4 and uncropped.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55371118231_82d3e8c9ba_b.jpg
My question is about its focus. I wanted the viewer to feel immersed in purple, a sort of mini-landscape but...Show more →
Jim I don't know if this will answer your question but if you want more purple and less dof I would lower the camera to be more level with the flowers. The higher the more you include some green. Then I would come closer to the flowers of your choice and experiment with focusing.
Best.
I have a question, if you please. Since it involves Manually Focusing Nikon Glass this thread is appropriate. It's actually a question of what viewers, which is to say all of you, perceive. For that reason it's about composition but with a technical spin. I posed this question in the Photo Critique forum but I've given up on it being helpful.
A few pages back I posted a picture of purple flowers (specifically Violetflower Petunias) taken with a 200mm f/4 and uncropped.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55371118231_82d3e8c9ba_b.jpg
My question is about its focus. I wanted the viewer to feel immersed in purple, a sort of mini-landscape but...Show more →
Jim I don't know if this will answer your question but if you want more purple and less dof I would lower the camera to be more level with the flowers. The higher the more you include some green. Then I would come closer to the flowers of your choice and experiment with focusing.
Best.
Jul 06, 2026 at 06:47 AM
p.2658 #8Manual Focus Nikon Glass
lumenspixel wrote:
Jim I don't know if this will answer your question but if you want more purple and less dof I would lower the camera to be more level with the flowers. The higher the more you include some green. Then I would come closer to the flowers of your choice and experiment with focusing.
Best.
Merci for the response. It's a good suggestion but it didn't really answer my question. To put it bluntly, when you first saw that picture was your impression that I missed the focus, which is to say, I didn't handle the camera well? As a generality it's a question of how firm is the visual requirement that the comfortable resting place for the eyes be the central object? If the answer is that it does look like I missed it, then I must not try that technique again. That's really all I was asking.
Jim I don't know if this will answer your question but if you want more purple and less dof I would lower the camera to be more level with the flowers. The higher the more you include some green. Then I would come closer to the flowers of your choice and experiment with focusing.
Best.
Merci for the response. It's a good suggestion but it didn't really answer my question. To put it bluntly, when you first saw that picture was your impression that I missed the focus, which is to say, I didn't handle the camera well? As a generality it's a question of how firm is the visual requirement that the comfortable resting place for the eyes be the central object? If the answer is that it does look like I missed it, then I must not try that technique again. That's really all I was asking.
Jul 06, 2026 at 10:24 AM
p.2658 #9Manual Focus Nikon Glass
jimmuller wrote:
I have a question, if you please. Since it involves Manually Focusing Nikon Glass this thread is appropriate. It's actually a question of what viewers, which is to say all of you, perceive. For that reason it's about composition but with a technical spin. I posed this question in the Photo Critique forum but I've given up on it being helpful.
A few pages back I posted a picture of purple flowers (specifically Violetflower Petunias) taken with a 200mm f/4 and uncropped.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55371118231_82d3e8c9ba_b.jpg
My question is about its focus. I wanted the viewer to feel immersed in purple, a sort of mini-landscape but...Show more →
I'm with lumenspixel (sorry, forgot your name). But in the end, it's up to the photographer to shoot what they like.
EDIT: I just saw your response. Again, I stick to what I said about what you like. In this particular image, I like that the focus is off center. I didn't really think about you missing focus.
I have a question, if you please. Since it involves Manually Focusing Nikon Glass this thread is appropriate. It's actually a question of what viewers, which is to say all of you, perceive. For that reason it's about composition but with a technical spin. I posed this question in the Photo Critique forum but I've given up on it being helpful.
A few pages back I posted a picture of purple flowers (specifically Violetflower Petunias) taken with a 200mm f/4 and uncropped.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55371118231_82d3e8c9ba_b.jpg
My question is about its focus. I wanted the viewer to feel immersed in purple, a sort of mini-landscape but...Show more →
I'm with lumenspixel (sorry, forgot your name). But in the end, it's up to the photographer to shoot what they like.
EDIT: I just saw your response. Again, I stick to what I said about what you like. In this particular image, I like that the focus is off center. I didn't really think about you missing focus.
Jul 06, 2026 at 10:35 AM
p.2658 #10Manual Focus Nikon Glass
Another one with the 50-135mm.
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p.2658 #11Manual Focus Nikon Glass
leighton w wrote:
Another one with the 50-135mm.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC80rlPxDita59xlGb76R7bW9Zf3pDFTOPqrwHMwxyF5onVeF3X3O8-BSmfZaVLSgPs9fpmA_6AU6vL11P4R2JcvXG2s4NPB-mNgXIrk-BvR5e18wgBNt7f_BrctoYL9KrYE_mY_Aj_JiLT-0g4NEbydvb8qT8OLMyxQFHgF9ycWIKf56BWP-Oz_WVKuQ/s800/DSCF8745.jpg
Really great shots and bw suits perfectly
Another one with the 50-135mm.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC80rlPxDita59xlGb76R7bW9Zf3pDFTOPqrwHMwxyF5onVeF3X3O8-BSmfZaVLSgPs9fpmA_6AU6vL11P4R2JcvXG2s4NPB-mNgXIrk-BvR5e18wgBNt7f_BrctoYL9KrYE_mY_Aj_JiLT-0g4NEbydvb8qT8OLMyxQFHgF9ycWIKf56BWP-Oz_WVKuQ/s800/DSCF8745.jpg
Really great shots and bw suits perfectly
Jul 06, 2026 at 10:49 AM
p.2658 #12Manual Focus Nikon Glass
BLLX wrote:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC80rlPxDita59xlGb76R7bW9Zf3pDFTOPqrwHMwxyF5onVeF3X3O8-BSmfZaVLSgPs9fpmA_6AU6vL11P4R2JcvXG2s4NPB-mNgXIrk-BvR5e18wgBNt7f_BrctoYL9KrYE_mY_Aj_JiLT-0g4NEbydvb8qT8OLMyxQFHgF9ycWIKf56BWP-Oz_WVKuQ/s800/DSCF8745.jpgReally great shots and bw suits perfectly
Thank you Morten.
leighton w wrote
Another one with the 50-135mm.https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC80rlPxDita59xlGb76R7bW9Zf3pDFTOPqrwHMwxyF5onVeF3X3O8-BSmfZaVLSgPs9fpmA_6AU6vL11P4R2JcvXG2s4NPB-mNgXIrk-BvR5e18wgBNt7f_BrctoYL9KrYE_mY_Aj_JiLT-0g4NEbydvb8qT8OLMyxQFHgF9ycWIKf56BWP-Oz_WVKuQ/s800/DSCF8745.jpg
Thank you Morten.
Jul 06, 2026 at 10:51 AM
p.2658 #13Manual Focus Nikon Glass
saph wrote:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55376312167_98f865d830_b.jpgTrois-RivieresChurch by Maryland Photos, on Flickr
ZR and PC-Nikkor 28 3.5.
Church in Trois-Rivieres, which is a small town north east of Montreal.
Good use of the PC - fantastic shot
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55376312167_98f865d830_b.jpgTrois-RivieresChurch by Maryland Photos, on Flickr
ZR and PC-Nikkor 28 3.5.
Church in Trois-Rivieres, which is a small town north east of Montreal.
Good use of the PC - fantastic shot
Jul 06, 2026 at 10:52 AM
p.2658 #14Manual Focus Nikon Glass
James Markus wrote:
Ever since I started shooting IR - I notice the bones of trees. Makes me think of that funny song by Allan Sherman "I see Bones" 5DmkII with the 24mm f2.8 ais
Lyrics to the song: "I See Bones"
The doctor was looking at the X-ray
And I asked him, "What do you see?"
And he kept on looking at the X-ray
As he said in French to me:
"I see bones.
I see gizzards and bones,
And a few kidney stones
Among the lovely bones.
I see hips
And fourteen paper clips,
Three asparagus tips
Among the lovely bones.
I see things in your peritoneum
That belong in the British Museum.
I see...Show more →
Just wow 👏
Ever since I started shooting IR - I notice the bones of trees. Makes me think of that funny song by Allan Sherman "I see Bones"
5DmkII with the 24mm f2.8 aisLyrics to the song: "I See Bones"
The doctor was looking at the X-ray
And I asked him, "What do you see?"
And he kept on looking at the X-ray
As he said in French to me:
"I see bones.
I see gizzards and bones,
And a few kidney stones
Among the lovely bones.
I see hips
And fourteen paper clips,
Three asparagus tips
Among the lovely bones.
I see things in your peritoneum
That belong in the British Museum.
I see...Show more →
Just wow 👏
Jul 06, 2026 at 10:53 AM
p.2658 #15Manual Focus Nikon Glass
jimmuller wrote:
Best.Merci for the response. It's a good suggestion but it didn't really answer my question. To put it bluntly, when you first saw that picture was your impression that I missed the focus, which is to say, I didn't handle the camera well? As a generality it's a question of how firm is the visual requirement that the comfortable resting place for the eyes be the central object? If the answer is that it does look like I missed it, then I must not try that technique again. That's really all I was asking.
Jim, sorry I misunderstood. No problem at all not focusing dead on the center. Note that it is not so easy at this size of pic to note all the dof variations, but nonetheless I think your focusing is perfectly fine.
lumenspixel wrote
Jim I don't know if this will answer your question but if you want more purple and less dof I would lower the camera to be more level with the flowers. The higher the more you include some green. Then I would come closer to the flowers of your choice and experiment with focusing.Best.
Jim, sorry I misunderstood. No problem at all not focusing dead on the center. Note that it is not so easy at this size of pic to note all the dof variations, but nonetheless I think your focusing is perfectly fine.
Jul 06, 2026 at 10:54 AM
p.2658 #16Manual Focus Nikon Glass
serge07 wrote:
Samy, excellent photograph and processing.
Ken, great lighting on your photos. Good to see you!
I took these yesterday, the lovely heat and haze were a lot of fun.
Lady Liberty:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55373661976_5ce3de1c4d_h.jpg
The massive structures rising from the water is something else.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55372721592_832e20118a_h.jpg
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
Serge
Both very nice Serge 👏
Samy, excellent photograph and processing.
Ken, great lighting on your photos. Good to see you!
I took these yesterday, the lovely heat and haze were a lot of fun.
Lady Liberty:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55373661976_5ce3de1c4d_h.jpg
The massive structures rising from the water is something else.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55372721592_832e20118a_h.jpg
X-E1 + 28/2.8 AIs
Serge
Both very nice Serge 👏
Jul 06, 2026 at 10:54 AM
p.2658 #17Manual Focus Nikon Glass
leighton w wrote:
Another one with the 50-135mm.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_n96s1TtjBzMZC59SyU5MHGrnsf2qk-AVRB2MerVZWXuzUugwr4Q9iX1-e7BIta452qwJwczzByAYwCh7YSDlnUFD_9rvdej39Cbes6WkicyN5eUcPTWNaVYSTRUxG__a7aTEoByJUY4emSkb1dmLIZm2tHPcqVG_clm__CFGrLmv6l8Gp8Sfq45wI94/s1600/DSCF8745.jpg
That is a nice pic. Do you use an extension ring to focus that close with the zoom?
Another one with the 50-135mm.
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_n96s1TtjBzMZC59SyU5MHGrnsf2qk-AVRB2MerVZWXuzUugwr4Q9iX1-e7BIta452qwJwczzByAYwCh7YSDlnUFD_9rvdej39Cbes6WkicyN5eUcPTWNaVYSTRUxG__a7aTEoByJUY4emSkb1dmLIZm2tHPcqVG_clm__CFGrLmv6l8Gp8Sfq45wI94/s1600/DSCF8745.jpg
That is a nice pic. Do you use an extension ring to focus that close with the zoom?
Jul 06, 2026 at 10:56 AM
p.2658 #18Manual Focus Nikon Glass
jimmuller wrote:
I have a question, if you please. Since it involves Manually Focusing Nikon Glass this thread is appropriate. It's actually a question of what viewers, which is to say all of you, perceive. For that reason it's about composition but with a technical spin. I posed this question in the Photo Critique forum but I've given up on it being helpful.
A few pages back I posted a picture of purple flowers (specifically Violetflower Petunias) taken with a 200mm f/4 and uncropped.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55371118231_82d3e8c9ba_b.jpg
My question is about its focus. I wanted the viewer to feel immersed in purple, a sort of mini-landscape but...Show more →
I really like this picture 👏
I focus differently - sometimes center, foreground, background or the sides.
I have a question, if you please. Since it involves Manually Focusing Nikon Glass this thread is appropriate. It's actually a question of what viewers, which is to say all of you, perceive. For that reason it's about composition but with a technical spin. I posed this question in the Photo Critique forum but I've given up on it being helpful.
A few pages back I posted a picture of purple flowers (specifically Violetflower Petunias) taken with a 200mm f/4 and uncropped.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55371118231_82d3e8c9ba_b.jpg
My question is about its focus. I wanted the viewer to feel immersed in purple, a sort of mini-landscape but...Show more →
I really like this picture 👏
I focus differently - sometimes center, foreground, background or the sides.
Jul 06, 2026 at 10:58 AM
p.2658 #19Manual Focus Nikon Glass
Here some Df + 105/1.8 ai-s
DF_20260614_BLX_7837.jpg by -Morten-, on Flickr
DF_20260614_BLX_7838.jpg by -Morten-, on Flickr
DF_20260614_BLX_7839.jpg by -Morten-, on Flickr
DF_20260614_BLX_7845.jpg by -Morten-, on Flickr
DF_20260614_BLX_7854.jpg by -Morten-, on Flickr
DF_20260614_BLX_7837.jpg by -Morten-, on Flickr
DF_20260614_BLX_7838.jpg by -Morten-, on Flickr
DF_20260614_BLX_7839.jpg by -Morten-, on Flickr
DF_20260614_BLX_7845.jpg by -Morten-, on Flickr
DF_20260614_BLX_7854.jpg by -Morten-, on Flickr
Jul 06, 2026 at 11:06 AM
p.2658 #20Manual Focus Nikon Glass
Just to maintain the momentum... From two days ago, 300mm w/TC-14B F/4.5 AIS
Another turtle in the Concord River
AnotherTurtle by James Muller, on Flickr
Red-Bellied Woodpecker, male
Red-BelliedWoodpeckerMale by James Muller, on Flickr
A young Common Raven
YoungRaven by James Muller, on Flickr
Water Lilly flower, and can you spot the dragonfly? Hint: It's red.
WaterLillyAndRed by James Muller, on Flickr
Another turtle in the Concord River
AnotherTurtle by James Muller, on FlickrRed-Bellied Woodpecker, male
Red-BelliedWoodpeckerMale by James Muller, on FlickrA young Common Raven
YoungRaven by James Muller, on FlickrWater Lilly flower, and can you spot the dragonfly? Hint: It's red.
WaterLillyAndRed by James Muller, on FlickrJul 06, 2026 at 02:59 PM