Yes, the pace has been slow, but the pictures have been great to enjoy.
Love the ground level perspective on the Rosella, Sar.
Wonderful tones and subject, Kanye. Looks like a really sweet dog.
The streaks of taillight across the front of the cityscape looks great George.
Good to see some pics Chuong. That's a great blue hour perspective on the dam, but I really enjoyed the dunes.
Siphiwe, great lighting and isolation on that flower.
That's interesting to hear about color on that Df Doug. A profiling issue perhaps, or just how Nikon tuned that sensor output?
pbraymond wrote:
Coma galore! (Top picture 35mm O f2, 2nd pic 24mm f2.8 AIS)
I don't find the coma too distracting in these photos. These types of photos would not look any better with clinical sharpness - maybe worse? For me, it is in astro that the coma (or lack of it) becomes pretty important. Those night sky photos I posted a few months back really show this weakness in many of the wide legacy lenses (esp the 24 f2) used wide open).
With long dark nights now, it would be great if we had something like what you showed here to get out and photograph - but alas! not in rural MT - maybe a trip to the "big" city is in order soon! (Missoula, population ~ 70K)
pbraymond wrote:
That's interesting to hear about color on that Df Doug. A profiling issue perhaps, or just how Nikon tuned that sensor output?
I think it is the D4 sensor. I am far from an expert on these things, but the two properties one reads over and over again are 1) the great low light performance, and, 2) the "colors". This must be what the "colors" are about. Other cameras I tend to need to bump the saturation up a bit - but almost never the Df.
There was break from the lovely wet weather so we headed to St. Peter's Basilica.
The security lines can be long and even in the November low tourist season, the wait was an easy hour. It wraps way round the left to the metal detectors and security staff.
Wow, some blue which did not last too long:
Took a couple of the interior with MF so could post to this thread.
robfilms wrote:
how the heck do you manual focus when the object is that far away and moving that fast and still be that sharp!
i just don't have that skill set.
very impressive.
thanks for the sharing. thumbs up.
rob
I used to shoot motorbike racing back in the 80's with my Nikon gear. These days with full frame DSLR (D4s & D850 in my case) manual focusing is a bit easier with modern viewfinder and it's free to take more photos at higher frame rate. But the shooting techniques are still the same!
I must admit that using my 50-300/4.5 ED is more difficult than my smaller and brighter 200/4 AI-S. The best manual lens for this kind of subject is my 300/2.8 AI-S: the focus ring is fast and accurate.
4mpx wrote:
I used to shoot motorbike racing back in the 80's with my Nikon gear. These days with full frame DSLR (D4s & D850 in my case) manual focusing is a bit easier with modern viewfinder and it's free to take more photos at higher frame rate. But the shooting techniques are still the same!
I must admit that using my 50-300/4.5 ED is more difficult than my smaller and brighter 200/4 AI-S. The best manual lens for this kind of subject is my 300/2.8 AI-S: the focus ring is fast and accurate.
Speaking of the 300/2.8, I have one for sale if someone is looking for one.
With it so wintery here, I though I would turn the clock back to fall for a few moments. These taken at the Asticou Gardens with the 55 f3.5 Ai. Thanks for looking.
Scott
Lot's of people were enjoying the Christmas lights in downtown Macon, GA, last night. The exif says 24mm lens, but it was the Nikkor-O 35mm f/2 on the Fuji X-T2.
