Here are some bird's eye views showing part of the photo-walk we took last December. These were taken from the 500 foot Sky Garden of the Walkie-Talkie (Fenchurch Street) building. My wife and I met up with our children for a very late brunch / early dinner. As you can see the weather was pretty wet and miserable.
Looking eastwards a couple views along the Southbank of the river Thames, past HMS Belfast, across Tower Bridge, Tower of London. One was taken before the ate, the other after.
The last frame, shot into the prevailing rain, is looking westward towards St Paul's Cathedral and the London Eye. Glass, raindrops and internal reflections added to the challenge.
I need to go back for sunset on a rain-free day.
28/2.8 AIS & D610
gbohannon wrote:
One more from the hike. Again with the 45mm/2.8 Ai-P.
George
Amazing the quality delivered by this little piece of metal and glass. I have two copies and I'm really in love with them. I'm sure I'll use this lens more on my soon coming Z6 Congrats George!
Mishu01 wrote:
Amazing the quality delivered by this little piece of metal and glass. I have two copies and I'm really in love with them. I'm sure I'll use this lens more on my soon coming Z6 Congrats George!
Thanks! Same here. Really looking forward to using on the Z6 too. I had not shot with this lens in quite some time. Was stuffed in a bag and forgotten about. That will not happen again
gbohannon wrote:
Thanks! Same here. Really looking forward to using on the Z6 too. I had not shot with this lens in quite some time. Was stuffed in a bag and forgotten about. That will not happen again
John was right about this lens, definitely a keeper. I loved the seperation you got out of it with the lone tree shot on the last page.
Barbara and I took a little field trip to a place called Swannanoa. First we had lunch on top of the Blue Ridge Mountains right off the Blue Ridge Parkway. Both shot with the 28/2.8. I'm going to have to find a 16mm because the 28 just wasn't wide enough for me today as effident with the second image.
Here's a link to the story of the house. It sits right on top of the mountain.
Greetings and best wishes. Been awfully busy and taking care of family, including my mom who is seriously ill at 91. To use slang, got to keep on trucking.
Tested Again the 800mm EDIF that had the epic fail taking DDG1000 photos on SD bay.
My take is that the lens is near perfect and the soft images of the ship were definitely heated hazy air and quite possibly also sun overheated lens and camera.
Here are some very boring test shots, if inspected at 100% on flickr, they tell the story.
If you care not go look at 100 %, there are a couple little crops,
rafaelcasd wrote:
Greetings and best wishes. Been awfully busy and taking care of family, including my mom who is seriously ill at 91. To use slang, got to keep on trucking.
Tested Again the 800mm EDIF that had the epic fail taking DDG1000 photos on SD bay.
My take is that the lens is near perfect and the soft images of the ship were definitely heated hazy air and quite possibly also sun overheated lens and camera.
Here are some very boring test shots, if inspected at 100% on flickr, they tell the story.
If you care not go look at 100 %, there are a couple little crops,
The century-old lily pond in Balboa Park has gone through a lot in recent years, including extensive damage from a midnight water gun fight that attracted about 2,000 participants, many of whom ended up in the pond.
Fortunately, restoration efforts have been successful and the San Diego landmark is looking beautiful these days.
Here are a few shots taken last week with the 50/1.2.
Taken 90 minutes before the pre-sunrise shot. 2 frame stitch with the 16mm f/3.5 AI. The third frame to the left of this scene didn't want to stitch. Lights on the edge on the right are Owens Valley, the glow in the distance is likely Fresno and all the other light sources in the Central Valley to the west.
f/4.0 25s ISO 6400 on D810, resting on a nice granite boulder
A few more from Swannanoa. Here are a some shots of a priceless stained glass window made by Tiffany. In the picture of the construction crew, you can see it over the back portico.
Congrats George!
