"So, today I have an abstract picture which I like for reason that is unknown for me. With this picture I follow the expectations I’ve set myself: blackness. I like it, but setting out for unknown paths easily introduces a problem where one has difficulties to decide how it should be looked at."
"One reason I like blackness in photography is because it often changes mood of the picture. In darkness things become more ambiguous and not so easily defined. When we don't see everything, our mind fulfills hidden details and bends the interpretation. If you ever walked alone in forest at night you know it's a short cut to our subconscious. Everyday things, which are boringly ordinary, change to something else."
Jim Schemel wrote:
Edd,
great shots of the bird.Did you process your shots through light room? It has a very good PF remover.
-Jim
Jim: Thanks for the comments...and yes, I tried CS6, LR5.3, OpticsPro. This lens is really bad with backlight/high contrast. I got rid of my 400mm f4.5 for the same reason. I will go back to my 300L's in the future, this lens just doesn't play nice for me.
What was unusual about this shot was that I really couldn't see it while taking it. The glare off the water was so bright, all I could do was frame the shot and set to infinity. This was taken with a Nex 6 and a Contax Carl Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 4/80-200 lens at the 200mm position.
"Natural mobility of life creates problems when you have a photo blog with ambitious plan to post one photo every day for full year. When I’m home it’s easy to edit photos, write journal and publish them – if I’ve managed to get the picture of the day; but I take that for granted here. When I’m away things get different. I can always shoot, if not prevented by some special reason, but I need computers, software, connections, electricity etc. to work on my photos and get them to you. Having a blog for full year definitely introduces situations where I’m away and don’t have all this available, even in a world where mobility is global trend and networks are expanding to everywhere."
Jim: Thanks for the comments...and yes, I tried CS6, LR5.3, OpticsPro. This lens is really bad with backlight/high contrast. I got rid of my 400mm f4.5 for the same reason. I will go back to my 300L's in the future, this lens just doesn't play nice for me.
Edd
that's a shame i was thinking about both of those lenses. any idea how the nikkor ED 180/2.8 compares to the nFD 200/2.8?
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