saph wrote:
Ouch Buddy, wouldn't want to be chased around by a pack of social tarantulas In all seriousness though a fascinating hobby, and very cool to get a glimpse of the characteristics of this particular species through your writeup above. Not a bad portrait at all using stacked extension tubes.
Jay amazing frameworthy scene.
Chris, cool scenery from the cable car. I would agree on your estimates for keepers.
Thanks Samy. Not sure I'll go for a TC at all. Now Buddy have almost talked me into buying the 80-200mm f/4.0 ais Not 100% sure yet though, but I must say it seems as a good idea..
Excellent "Lighthouse at Sunset" Jay. Just perfect scene and color processing as seen on my screen.
Chuong, the subtle but striking form and bokeh play background is first class!
Jeff, thanks for the excellent Death Valley series. Torn between #2 and #4 as my favorite.
Love the silhoutted cyclist, Luka. Perfectly positioned in the frame, and the tree on the right keeps my eye in the frame nicely.
Chris, enjoyed seeing just some slight motion in the water wheel. Adds life to the picture.
Scott, wonderful "Park Benches" series. I try but have a low success rate at capturing the snow flying around, I love the feeling of being out when it's snowing, and you've captured that.
Jay, this is absolutely gorgeous! The colors are beautiful and I love the composition with the flowers in the foreground and the lighthouse in the distance.
On our 4th day we took a train to Quedlinburg, another old city on the World Heritage List.
The train was a (new) steam locomotive from the "Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH (HSB)". With a total track length of 140.4 kilometers it's the largest narrow-gauge railway company in Germany.
In 1887 the first part of the track was opened.
Jay, where did you take that shot? The arum lilies are native to South Africa (Zantedeschia aethiopica ) but have been introduced all over the world - at first glance I thought you were in my neck of the woods as we have a number of gorges like that on the Garden Route.
Oosty wrote:
Jay, where did you take that shot? The arum lilies are native to South Africa (Zantedeschia aethiopica ) but have been introduced all over the world - at first glance I thought you were in my neck of the woods as we have a number of gorges like that on the Garden Route.
Lovely image.
Thanks, Peter!
The location is about 1/2 way between San Fransisco and California's N border.
This lily is quite common and iconic along the coast in this region. Flowers do well in the mild climate here, so it too could be called the Garden Route!
There's lot's of erosion and just a narrow strip of land that joins the peninsula on which the lighthouse sits with the mainland.
bobbelbob wrote:
Alright Buddy. You have almost convinced me now I guess this one will be very versatile regarding the low MFD as well. Perhaps it would work good with an extension ring to be able to get even closer. In that case I can leave my 55/3.5 ais at home for the hike. On the wide side I could bring my 20/1.8 Af and 35/2.0 ais and I´ll be good to go. A big part of going on a longer hike is optimizing the amount of kilos in the backpack....
/Kristian
Ok, then let's work on that last bit of convincing here.
I can do some example shots of how well this lens works with tubes. I tried it with anything from the PK-11 up to the PN-11 and even stacked tubes to get more extension. Due to the size this lens has with tubes, it becomes a bit tricky to handhold once you stack tubes, but a single PN-11 works just fine. (sample shots will follow)
When I bring the 80-200 f4 Ai-S, I usually only take a 35mm f2 Nikkor-O along to cover my wide angle needs. Adding a 16mm f3,5 Fish eye Nikkor would be no problem though, and would still fit either my Lowepro AW65 or AW75 bag (in the AW65 bag, I would need a lens case to carry the 80-200 as that doesn't fit in the main compartment along with the camera)
In a camera backpack things are a bit easier, but when you are out hiking, my guess is that you carry a regular backpack and stow camera and lenses somewhere in there instead.
2 more shots with the 80-200 f4 Ai-S. First at 80mm, 2nd at 200mm (no tubes for the 2nd image. Just MFD @ 200mm)
I was feeling bad that I had been missing out on posting new pictures. So took the camera out on the back roads. Typical north georgian farm. It was turning pretty dark, I shot this with 400mm f3.5 resting on the fence wide open.
ramkumar999 wrote:
I was feeling bad that I had been missing out on posting new pictures. So took the camera out on the back roads. Typical north georgian farm. It was turning pretty dark, I shot this with 400mm f3.5 resting on the fence wide open.
The 80-200 f4 was my first venture into MFNG and I bought it for a relative song. There was some fungus on the glass but i had the lens cleaned up by a technician in Johannesburg and it has been my favourite for a long time. I love the clarity of this lens, its versatility as both a macro and a landscape lens. Beautiful bokeh. Some from the archive -
Oosty wrote:
The 80-200 f4 was my first venture into MFNG and I bought it for a relative song. There was some fungus on the glass but i had the lens cleaned up by a technician in Johannesburg and it has been my favourite for a long time. I love the clarity of this lens, its versatility as both a macro and a landscape lens. Beautiful bokeh. Some from the archive -
Thanks, yeah, back in Namibia. UK didn't work out on the first try. They make it hard for foreigners
So now we're back, broke, and going to try again possibly alter this year. Not that I have much motivation to do so.
the solitaire wrote:
Ok, then let's work on that last bit of convincing here.
I can do some example shots of how well this lens works with tubes. I tried it with anything from the PK-11 up to the PN-11 and even stacked tubes to get more extension. Due to the size this lens has with tubes, it becomes a bit tricky to handhold once you stack tubes, but a single PN-11 works just fine. (sample shots will follow)
When I bring the 80-200 f4 Ai-S, I usually only take a 35mm f2 Nikkor-O along to cover my wide angle needs. Adding a 16mm f3,5 Fish eye Nikkor would be no problem though, and would still fit either my Lowepro AW65 or AW75 bag (in the AW65 bag, I would need a lens case to carry the 80-200 as that doesn't fit in the main compartment along with the camera)
In a camera backpack things are a bit easier, but when you are out hiking, my guess is that you carry a regular backpack and stow camera and lenses somewhere in there instead.
2 more shots with the 80-200 f4 Ai-S. First at 80mm, 2nd at 200mm (no tubes for the 2nd image. Just MFD @ 200mm)
Buddy, you made me do it! There´s a Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/4.0 ais with my name on on it´s way from Japan to Sweden. According to the seller it is in "Excellent+" condition. It´s always interesting how thing goes, I was asking for a TC but ended up with a zoom. If it is anything as near as good as my 80-200mm f/2.8 AF then I´m good! But ofcourse it´s hard to make such a comparison. But I´ve always thought that the AF-version is too big and bulky, now finally I´ll be able to get som more telephoto shots.
G'day everyone! It's been a while since I've posted, but I'm often hangin' around looking at the fine work and enjoying the friendly banter always evident on this thread. It's nice to see the usual suspects still posting. I'm returning to Canada (from Australia) next week for Canadian summer and this year plan to have a full MF lens kit on hand so I can contribute more... I took my venerable 55mm f1.2 SC Auto along on a weekend roadie recently and was pleased with this sunset panorama at Durras Lake North in NSW. I hope you like it as well...
The location is about 1/2 way between San Fransisco and California's N border.
This lily is quite common and iconic along the coast in this region. Flowers do well in the mild climate here, so it too could be called the Garden Route!
There's lot's of erosion and just a narrow strip of land that joins the peninsula on which the lighthouse sits with the mainland.
D810 24mm PC-E
Nice image!
How did you get that purse foreground? Too much shadow lifting?
Did you tried it too leave it more black?
ramkumar999 wrote:
I was feeling bad that I had been missing out on posting new pictures. So took the camera out on the back roads. Typical north georgian farm. It was turning pretty dark, I shot this with 400mm f3.5 resting on the fence wide open.
Dreamy look of the shot drew me in, wondered what lens was used, then read your post. Impressive. I wonder how 3.5/400 do in full body portrait like this. Very cool.
Dreamy look of the shot drew me in, wondered what lens was used, then read your post. Impressive. I wonder how 3.5/400 do in full body portrait like this. Very cool.
Luka
I am hoping to go again today with the 200mm f2 AI and see what I can bring.
In all seriousness though a fascinating hobby, and very cool to get a glimpse of the characteristics of this particular species through your writeup above. Not a bad portrait at all using stacked extension tubes.
I guess this one will be very versatile regarding the low MFD as well. Perhaps it would work good with an extension ring to be able to get even closer. In that case I can leave my 55/3.5 ais at home for the hike. On the wide side I could bring my 20/1.8 Af and 35/2.0 ais and I´ll be good to go. A big part of going on a longer hike is optimizing the amount of kilos in the backpack....
