I rememberd today to try out the 180mm f/2.8 ED with some tubes - I put all the K1 through K5 rings on it and went out in the back yard where my mower had skirted across some tiny mushrooms the day before.
f/?? 1/15s ISO 100 on D600 - probably stopped down to f/5.6. SEP2 and pretty strong crop
Oosty wrote:
Gansbaai - Western Cape and home of the Great White Shark (as depicted endlessly on National Geographic Channel). Gansbaai is about 180 km from Cape Town and an important fishing harbour. A SE gale coupled to the weekend had these trawlers tied up to the quay. The crews were no doubt delighted to be snugly ashore.
One of your finest shots! Perfect candidate for b/w as Georg stated.
pburke wrote:
I rememberd today to try out the 180mm f/2.8 ED with some tubes - I put all the K1 through K5 rings on it and went out in the back yard where my mower had skirted across some tiny mushrooms the day before.
f/?? 1/15s ISO 100 on D600 - probably stopped down to f/5.6. SEP2 and pretty strong crop
He thought this was kinda cool
Two sock puppet pigeons, sewn to the side of a hoop
With a blue wave-patterned cloth draped around it mimicking a watering hole
He kept dunking their beaks in for a sip
Some wonderful work on the thread. Love the boats Peter and the scene shot with infrared is just about perfect Colin. We see kids and grandkids with Philippe offering a French street scene and Peter B offering mushrooms none of us can smoke...
Chris, you are a fine grandad, taking photos that will be appreciated by all.
Personally, I haven't done much shooting the last few days, though I did stop by the Marin Art and Garden Center midday today to check the condition of the roses... I discovered they had a big show over the weekend featuring their outstanding rose garden and there were a great many beautiful blossoms I couldn't resist. With Ken B's recent comment about the 135 f/3.5 I had to mount an old converted Q version with the PK-12 added. He is right, of course, this smaller lens is much easier to handle than the 180 Peter B. was playing with yesterday. We have so many amazing options available to us... gotta love it.
James Markus wrote:
135mm f2.0 ai from last july...interesting color combo
A ton of chromatic fringing on this photo, a problem well known with this lens, which has long been a favorite of mine. Shooting wide open with the much slower 135 f/3.5 Q AI yesterday I was pleased with how clean the images are. The addition of an extension tube narrowed the focal plane so I got creamy out of focus areas as well as clean details in the focal plane. Of course, none of my images were back lighted, so that helped.
Amazing how photography can engage one, even if that involves reviewing older work. When the juices don't lead me to the field with a camera, I still can find pleasure in reviewing older work. Enjoy yourself Jim.
Here are a few more from the Marin Art and Garden Center I visited yesterday. All with the 135 f/3.5 Q AI and a sweet little PK-12 extension tube mounted on the Df. IF a Df2 arrives on the market I'd be sorely tempted. After shooting with this camera for about a year I'm much in love with it. Of course, with the conversation so often featuring a Fuji camera, I have to admit I've done a bit of reading on the subject.
My neighbors' daughter planted mint in a flower bed running along the sidewalk leading to my cottage. I fully expected this rather invasive plant to have great fun extending its reign... and it has. Since I love mint, it is hardly a problem for me.
Today marks a month ago Robin and I took off on a road trip from sunny central Florida to eventually Twin Falls, Idaho. The trip to Twin Falls was made on the third anniversary of when I fell. It was an in your face thing!
I'd like to tell you we had a great time ... took the Corvette and went to many wonderful places. I'd like to thank Leighton for checking up on me half way thru the trip since I wasn't posting. Got to thank Jay for tips he provided regarding Utah. I also captured a few shots of the "Scenic Drive" in southeast Oklahoma going into Arkansas that he mentioned he liked. I got some airplane shots for Laura and lots of "red rock" and desert, lakes, canyons, monument, the Tabernacle Choir and waterfalls and even a pizza place!!!
Several thousand shots to process!!!! So I'll post one of the last I took of the Corvette dash showing our trip info. Tomorrow Tucson ...
I played a bit with Nik's HDR at about 50% to pull out more shadow details. It did wack the CA a bit. However, it was the combo of yellow and purple in single flowers that caught my eye. The tree pollen messed up my sinus, but soon I will be out again.
CGrindahl wrote:
A ton of chromatic fringing on this photo, a problem well known with this lens, which has long been a favorite of mine. Shooting wide open with the much slower 135 f/3.5 Q AI yesterday I was pleased with how clean the images are. The addition of an extension tube narrowed the focal plane so I got creamy out of focus areas as well as clean details in the focal plane. Of course, none of my images were back lighted, so that helped.
Amazing how photography can engage one, even if that involves reviewing older work. When the juices don't lead me to the field with a camera, I still can find pleasure in reviewing older work. Enjoy yourself Jim.
