Hi Guys! Long time no post, but I've been here off and on still admiring everyone's work. I'm back with the Df and a new acquired lens, a non ai 28mm F/2, haven't been able to get out as much as I would like but last night after the air cleared up from all the smoke I went for a quick walk and took some shots...
anitrone wrote:
Hi Guys! Long time no post, but I've been here off and on still admiring everyone's work. I'm back with the Df and a new acquired lens, a non ai 28mm F/2, haven't been able to get out as much as I would like but last night after the air cleared up from all the smoke I went for a quick walk and took some shots...
Hopefully I'll be able to contribute more soon...cheers!
It's great to see you back and posting, Ani! I especially like your shot of the horse hair on the fence post. Regarding the smoke, now that I'm living near your neck of the woods, I get to experience forest fire season too. Apparently there are about 600 forest fires burning throughout British Columbia at the moment! A former firefighter (now a mountain rescue worker) I know says he used to call the fragrance now in the air "the smell of money."
Here are a couple more shots from the road to Forbidden Plateau, both of which come to you you courtesy of the 85 f/1.8 HC, mounted with a focal reducer on the Fuji X-T2 and processed through LRCC, On1 PhotoRAW 2018, and Color Efex Pro 4.
...but not tick mark lenses. Got them in bulk. I haven't visit eBay for awhile. I went on it today and started looking around. Someone listed as mm so I bet people just skipped through them. Saw their serial numbers are all in the 9-blade era, so I did some serious clicking.
jhinkey wrote:
Unfortunately that's not fog in these images . . .
300/4.5 ED AI @ f/5.6 or f/8
Today was particularly bad, though not quite as bad as the worst day last summer where there was actual ashes falling from the sky one day.
That looks bad.
Anyone wearing those decorator's type face masks?
Every time I I go up to London I see more cyclists wearing face masks to combat the particulates given off from diesel fuelled vehicles.
Peter. Love the black and white of the last set and really like the post processing of your color images post. Still shows how relevant the D200 is even today.
Thanks Glen for the welcome...yes, the fires are horrible this year. Our little valley is socked in. Makes it tough on an active person like me. Thanks for the likes everyone!
gbohannon wrote:
Peter. Love the black and white of the last set and really like the post processing of your color images post. Still shows how relevant the D200 is even today.
George
George,
The D200 sees the last use of the CCD sensor, everything is CMOS now. It does suck the battery down but it is heads above in IQ. I don’t think I will ever get rid of mine.
gbohannon wrote:
Peter. Love the black and white of the last set and really like the post processing of your color images post. Still shows how relevant the D200 is even today.
George
Thank you George and to those who "liked" my posts.
I love this camera and have also just acquired a D7100 which is still in the US but which I should have by mid September. My motivation was really for wildlife and being able to use high shutter speeds. I also have the D70 which is also quite an amazing camera for its era. I'll probably take that with me to France when we go in October as it is quite light and with the 28mm 2.8 it's a good everyday snapshot combo. I've had one camera stolen in Agde and don't want to lose another. it's unlikely that my street shots will put Phillippe out of business and it'll do for record keeping!
anitrone wrote:
Thanks Glen for the welcome...yes, the fires are horrible this year. Our little valley is socked in. Makes it tough on an active person like me. Thanks for the likes everyone!
You know it's bad when you can easily look directly at the sun at 8am in the morning and there's not a cloud in the sky . . . .
Last year it was worse because you could look directly at the sun at noon
Lazy me, working too hard to be anything but lazy when done. Changing jobs within the same company, this will take me off the funnest project but onto a 4 day workweek and photography again!
In the meantime the backyard with the 24mm N is all I can do, I take back anything I said about extreme corners, it is the filters, any filter cuts into the extreme corners with my version labeled nikon nikkor-N, l(as oppossed to NKJ, or N.C) lens is sharp fully open for most of the frame and gets better towards the corners as you close down. The .C coatings are nice to have but I really cannot tell a difference on the capture.
