This is a 4-shot pano that I made using the 24mm AI mounted on the X-T2 with a Fotodiox Pro TLT ROKR tilt-shift adapter. I used Affinity Photo to stitch the exposures. Big D PanoWeb by Scott Poupard
spoupard wrote:
I went for a short ride in my local area today and carried along my Fuji X-T2 and Nikkor 24mm f/2.8 AI.
This is a 4-shot pano that I made using the 24mm AI mounted on the X-T2 with a Fotodiox Pro TLT ROKR tilt-shift adapter. I used Affinity Photo to stitch the exposures.
Nice series Scott. I like the pano, good job with it. That is one big advantage of the Fuji's. The ability to use the Nikkor glass as tilt-shift lenses with the adapters like the Fotodiox.
gbohannon wrote:
Nice series Scott. I like the pano, good job with it. That is one big advantage of the Fuji's. The ability to use the Nikkor glass as tilt-shift lenses with the adapters like the Fotodiox.
George
Thanks, George. I'm really enjoying this adapter. It's a heck of a lot cheaper than a T/S lens, and it can turn most any lens into a T/S. Sure makes it easy to do panos and they stitch very easily.
I'm loving your series from the tobacco barn. Excellent photography.
Enjoying the Comic Con series, Samy. Little bit of nostalgia going too since those were shot with the F5. Were the subjects disappointed that they could not see the shots you took?
Always enjoy the Acadia posts, Scott. The low light angle and fall color just makes it more special. I have a difficult time processing fall color with early / late sunlight, I just can't seem to make it work. Your processing looks great.
Serge, that dog is hilarious. Almost feel like I have to throw some coin in the jar.
George, is it the Leica or the Nikkor? Either way, the forge pictures have a look to them I like.
Andy, Shimla is really weird for a place in India. Short of the details shot with the shop signage, and your description, I would have thought Europe somewhere.
pbraymond wrote:
Enjoying the Comic Con series, Samy. Little bit of nostalgia going too since those were shot with the F5. Were the subjects disappointed that they could not see the shots you took?
Always enjoy the Acadia posts, Scott. The low light angle and fall color just makes it more special. I have a difficult time processing fall color with early / late sunlight, I just can't seem to make it work. Your processing looks great.
Serge, that dog is hilarious. Almost feel like I have to throw some coin in the jar.
George, is it the Leica or the Nikkor? Either way, the forge pictures have a look to them I like.
Andy, Shimla is really weird for a place in India. Short of the details shot with the shop signage, and your description, I would have thought Europe somewhere....Show more →
Thanks Ray. I think it is the combination. The Leica is definitely not a low light performer like the newer cameras and sensors, but I think in the right light the ISO 2000 shots give it a unique "film like" quality. Can't put my finger on it. Whenever I want to go with a small kit, it is always the M and the LTM Nikkor glass.
gbohannon wrote:
Thanks Ray. I think it is the combination. The Leica is definitely not a low light performer like the newer cameras and sensors, but I think in the right light the ISO 2000 shots give it a unique "film like" quality. Can't put my finger on it. Whenever I want to go with a small kit, it is always the M and the LTM Nikkor glass.
G
I think I also forgot the eye behind the camera, and the pp skills post capture. Always enjoy your posts, George.
Moody Blues were awesome! I have all their albums plus about 900 more This was a favorite of mine Stokesey wrote:
On October 10th, I was given a history lesson
Jose eloquently pointed me to early prog-rock music and reminded me (and others) of King Crimson being an early exponent of the genre
It had been many years since I last listened to that album. And I was never over enamoured with the 21st Century man track (a little too cacophonic for my taste, through the rest of the album is more melodic.
My personal taste went to an even earlier adopter of the genre. Released in 1967 a couple of years before KC
Days of Future Passed by The Moody Blues and purchased and well used before CD's were even thought of .....
In fact around the time of KC in 1969 I was at a concert in Salford (near Manchester UK) at the college (now University) they we're playing their latest and third Prog-Rock album To Our Children's Children's Children and I got it signed by all of the band members from that early line up. (Mike Pinder, Graeme Edge, John Lodge, Ray Thomas and Justin Hayward) Oh the things we did in our teen-age years in the 60's
I just had to play Days of Future Passed on the vinyl version. Though I can play it on the HomePod too ..... how times change.
Thanks Jose for the reminder ...... and yes I have a few prog-rock albums on vinyl ..... all in fairly good condition, some even mint.
Jay, you made me look up the bridge. Looks like this cable stay has the same problems we do with the cable stay here in Toledo, falling ice causing bridge closures.
I lived in Canada for 4 years in the 70s and even a summer in Sooke. It was a very different place back then. More recently, my kids went to school in Shawnigan Lake - so I know the island holds many beautiful places. I remember going up to Campbell River and Strathcona Prov Park (don't think its called that anymore), and hiked some of the Juan de Fuca trail on the southwest coast. But I never made it further on the west - so I always enjoy your photos of the Tofino area.
Lately (but not this year) our Augusts are hot and smokey - not just from Montana fires, but smoke blows in from all up and down the west coast and Idaho. If that happens again in 2020 - I think I'll head to Victoria and go up island to Port Hardy and over to Bella Coola - and back down through the BC mountains - that's a bucket list trip of mine. Maybe you can give me some suggestions for places along the way.
Firstly, Strathcona Provincial Park still goes by that name; in fact Buttle Lake is located in said park. Secondly, although we did not suffer from a smokey atmosphere here this past August, we did have that problem in 2017 and 2018 because of the wildfires in the BC Interior, as well as some on Vancouver Island itself. So be sure to check the situation here before you come hoping for relief from the Montana conditions! Thirdly, I have only been living in BC since May, 2017, so I'm afraid I do not yet have sufficient knowledge to suggest places to visit in this gorgeous province. I suspect you may actually know more about it than I do.
On an only slightly different note, here are some photos from Upper Campbell Lake, which is connected to Buttle Lake and is also in Strathcona Provincial Park. These were taken with the 35 f/1.4 N (first shot) and the 20 f/2.8 Ai-s (second and third shots).
Glen - nice!
Thanks for the info!
I recently got the 20mm f2.8 myself. It looks like an interesting focal length - still learning how best to use it - but so far - really enjoying the exploration.
Doug
A few years ago I had the choice to go to Simla or Dharamshala and some folks dissuaded me from going to Shimla. It was June and I was told tourist masses from the warmer parts of the country descend there. Dharamshala was crowded too, but supposedly not as much. Looking at Andy's scenes Shimla is certainly worth a visit.
Here's Mcleodganj. Its a short drive up the mountain from Dharamshala, and well known for being the residence of the Dalai Lama. Plenty crowded. We had to park about a mile or so below the town, there was no point trying to drive further. 28 3.5 PC with D800
Ray the 180 2.8 P is a "stand-off" lens. I was pretty far away from the subjects so there wasn't much interaction except a couple that spied me and decided to pose for that big camera pointed at them. I actually missed some shots that were too close for 180mm. I might have been better off with a 85 or a 105 but I wasn't prepared for ComicCon portraits that day, just happened to walk by the crowd outside the convention centre
That is what my wife said (about the selling part).
This was a favorite of mine 
