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Motor racing - Easter 2014
A sprinkling from different bits of England - a wonderful Historic Sports Car Club extravaganza at Thruxton and the British GT meeting at Oulton Park. Still haven't worked my way through all the shots, but there was lots of wastage as my gets-used-for-almost-everything Sigma 100-300mm f4 has been pl...
Posted by simonarron on 25/04/2014 - 10:15
Todays Horse shoot
A combination of the da* slow focus and the poor tracking af of the Pentax system. The 50-135mm is a brilliant lens but it's no sports lens. I don't understand why you are comparing it to the 150-500mm as that's a totally different kind of lens, you certainly wouldn't use it for portraits for exa...
Posted by cabstar on 25/04/2014 - 21:22
Todays Horse shoot
Hi Alistair, Not sure where you are going wrong, I sold my Siggy 70-200 OS because it was sitting on the shelf gathering dust. My DA*50-135 is the one that I used instead for my karting shots because the IQ, colour and contrast was in a different league straight out of the camera. Now forgive me b...
Posted by SteveEveritt on 26/04/2014 - 08:01
Todays Horse shoot
Must admit I would have expected my lowly 50-200WR to have performed admirably in these circumstances. Shame you struggled with the focus. I can't see your exif data but I would have been thinking at least F8 and manual focus for the panning shots of an old horse at canter in good sunlight. Guess...
Posted by Gravelrash on 27/04/2014 - 11:31
An exercise in studio lighting
Thanks Gareth. It's not your eyes, the bottle is slightly 'deformed' which makes it look like it's leaning. I tried changing the angle in LR but whatever I did it still looked slightly lopsided:? Thanks for the comment on the lighting. You're absolutely right; it is a great feeling when you ...
Posted by RalphHardwick on 26/04/2014 - 23:53
An exercise in studio lighting
Looks like a new picture altogether! You've got a lot of control over the tones and how they change the presentation. PP is really an essential part of the digital image process I believe. Here, if you wanted to, you could restore the depth of the deepest black by a slight nudge on the 'blacks' s...
Posted by McGregNi on 27/04/2014 - 14:04
Back Garden with the KAX Macro Teleplus
This is the first time since I bought this that I've had the time and the weather to try it out. Unfortunately due to the high, gusting wind there were no amenable insects to photograph. Clematis Buds with the KAX and M 50mm f1.7 - effectively a 100mm macro Tulip with the KAX and M 5...
Posted by jamieallan on 27/04/2014 - 11:11
Back Garden with the KAX Macro Teleplus
That's doing a great job then! I like the colours, punchy, and you don't seem to have lost any contrast with the converter. Sharpness looks good too.
Posted by McGregNi on 27/04/2014 - 12:59
Back Garden with the KAX Macro Teleplus
Very nice, I'm almost tempted to buy one of those converters :)
Posted by tyronet2000 on 04/05/2014 - 11:30
Back Garden with the KAX Macro Teleplus
Greg/Stan, Thanks - I'm impressed with it - though it does seem to reveal the dust spots in my M 50mm f1.7. Though that is easily fixed in PP. Thanks to Geordie01 here I've managed to get a set of instructions for it - so I'm now using it properly. It is apparently the same as the Vivitar 2X Macro ...
Posted by jamieallan on 04/05/2014 - 18:25
Back Garden with the KAX Macro Teleplus
Very nice too, like the water drop in the center :)
Posted by tyronet2000 on 04/05/2014 - 18:53
The Wow Factor
I'm afraid I don't like it. I want to step back and see the outfit, not all the makeup and (non) concealer. Her eyes are lost in the shadows; lifeless, but not in a goth way ;) I find the whole effect uncomfortable.
Posted by Darkmunk on 29/04/2014 - 11:24
Practicing my stock photography
My 16-50 has had terminal sdm failure and so has gone back to SRS, under warranty, for repair. With my K5iis and 12-24 also away I am a bit 'light' in the wide angle department. As such I have bitten the bullet and bought a 18-135 as a backup lens. It will also serve my wife who will use it on th...
Posted by RalphHardwick on 29/04/2014 - 19:35
Muntjac DA*300
Standing in my bedroom I suddenly saw a pair of Muntjac appear and wander up to my garden. My first attempts to capture them though both a double glazed window and a glass balcony was not wonderful. Silently I had to pull back a curtain, unlock the door, slowly open it and creep out ... an...
Posted by Gamka on 30/04/2014 - 17:41
RECENT street stuff
The stand-outs for me in this set are the second and third BW ones, they are more powerful and have more to say to me than the portraits do. Regards David I totally agree. Although QC's street portraits are coming on in leaps and bounds now the "caught in the headlights" look has largely gone...
Posted by Smeggypants on 01/05/2014 - 06:41
Bowfell
3 lovely scenes, and good to see mountains basking in some sunshine! No 1 is the best for me - I like the back/side lighting and this has knocked some contrast and saturation out in a very realistic manner. Would I be tempted to add some saturation back again? - probably would, but its very nice as ...
Posted by McGregNi on 01/05/2014 - 18:13
Impressions of Amsterdam
Here I am in the middle of nowhere, back of beyond France Profonde with better internet speeds than the developed world. A really interesting, varied and creative set. I particularly like the light in 5, the very well spotted composition of the shutters and the red light district image, very cle...
Posted by DrOrloff on 04/05/2014 - 14:21
MX-1 Pœrilocapsus lineatus Fabr
Ha! That would be a mouthfull. The recently acquired kitten has been named 'Sumpy' owing to the fact that she stepped in a tray of sump oil a little while back and well, she's almost a black cat - like sump oil.
Posted by SteveLedger on 04/05/2014 - 08:08
Bethany
In the first image I am sure most would say the eyes should be in sharp focus, although when I photograph my granddaughter and am off with the focus, no other member of my family are bothered or even notice, and when I point this out they still don't care. The treatment on the second version masks...
Posted by Jim-w on 04/05/2014 - 08:18
Bethany
The only thing that seems in focus is the hair to the left of the image. And the closest eye to the camera is very out of focus. For me, this is quite a dissonant effect. Are you sure your camera doesn't need AF adjustment? :) I'd have to say that the almost-posterised effect does nothing to...
Posted by ChrisA on 04/05/2014 - 08:56
