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A Set From The Edge
...the Edge being Stanage Edge and the surrounding area at the Sheffield side of the Derbyshire Peak District. This is one of my favourite places and I am lucky to live quite close by, so it is 'easy access' for me. These are a mixture of the K-3 with 12-24 lens and the K-5IIs with both the Sigma ...
Posted by davidstorm on 11/09/2014 - 00:13
A Set From The Edge
What a fantastic set of landscapes David. You and your colleagues who live in and around the Derbyshire Peak District are doing a fantastic job for the local Tourist Board. Sheffield was my dad's birthplace and when I was a little boy, aged six, I stayed with an aunt and older cousin (he was 12) in...
Posted by davidtrout on 11/09/2014 - 08:54
A Set From The Edge
I love all these, David! One of my favourite walks - out along Stanage Edge and back along Bamford Edge, with gorgeous views all the way. I've always taken a pocket camera in the past - you've shown here what can be done with a proper one! Thanks! Best regards,
Posted by jvs on 11/09/2014 - 12:48
A Set From The Edge
Thank you to everyone for the comments so far, I still have a lot of images to go through from this shoot; it was one of those days when I felt things were 'right' for some reason. I think it was because I was on my own and had time to think about what I was doing! There are some lovely angles w...
Posted by davidstorm on 11/09/2014 - 20:31
Lake Garda - the lake!
Well I was giving it some time, but you seem to have stopped them in their tracks with that Philip!:D I don't think the standard set of processing adjustments is really 'digitally faking it'. And of course Adams and all the others had to 'process' after the event of capture in the camera, so I ag...
Posted by McGregNi on 12/09/2014 - 17:33
Lake Garda - the lake!
Thanks for the interest, everyone - and it really is interesting to read the views. In one sense it's a similar discussion to the one in Nigel's Swanage thread - what is the image intended to show? Philip's version of no.6 is a different photo from mine, obviously, and has different qualities. It m...
Posted by jvs on 12/09/2014 - 18:14
Lake Garda - the lake!
...I think the K-3 has captured the scene pretty much as it appeared to the naked eye... ...If I've said anything here you think is arguable or just plain wrong, please come back and say why... John, I too would consider myself a novice relative to some of the others who contribute here. So to ar...
Posted by MrB on 12/09/2014 - 20:23
Newcastle Quayside
Hi Alan, I keep being drawn back to the first image and how you've controlled those street lights. It is the colour of the set that is most striking. Well done.
Posted by wvbarnes on 12/09/2014 - 10:28
Newcastle Quayside
Thanks for the feedback everyone. Much appreciated. Take your point about the one from the High Level Barrie. Ill try and get back and shoot it when there's still some colour in the sky and see what the judges think :wink: Andrew the K3 suffers compared to the K5 in poor light and high ISO. I wa...
Posted by Blythman on 14/09/2014 - 00:18
Stanhope Show 2014
Hi Barrie, I'll give it my best shot on feedback for these: I think the most successful shot is the one of the fingers on the brass instrument, due to the graphic elements which tend to suit BW images. The second best is number two for me. Number 1 and number 3 don't quite work for me, I thin...
Posted by davidstorm on 14/09/2014 - 17:48
Iford Manor
I saw these quickly when you first posted, but didn't have time then to comment, sorry ... I've always liked your garden shots Will, you pick out such interesting little segments from within the wider area. These continue this 'theme', lots of little mini scenes to explore. Best for me are the l...
Posted by McGregNi on 18/09/2014 - 10:05
Iford Manor
Thanks folks... yes it's well worth a visit! I'm a landscape architect so I often hone in on little details, Nigel... as much for my own reference as anything else. Thanks for your comments on DOF - I take it you mean shots like 'Agastache' need a little more, so more of the blooms are in focus? ...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 21/09/2014 - 19:59
Five in a Row - tyronet2000
Very nice and balanced set. I like the sky on the last one. -- Thanks for the kind comment Algi :) PS did you get that K3 for £25 or were you out bid when ebay came back on :D ;)
Posted by tyronet2000 on 19/09/2014 - 09:54
Return of the DA*300
Got my mis-focussing, unsharp lens back from Pentax at the weekend. Please tell me these are more like they should be, even if they're not perfect! (But, as always, be honest!) These are just a few taken to test out the lens in a brief spell of sunshine this afternoon. The last one was in fact take...
Posted by jvs on 15/09/2014 - 22:32
Return of the DA*300
Hi John Have to say I agree with David. These images remind me of the disappointing IQ I was getting with the DA 55-300 I owned - which is why I no longer own it! I can't see any particular in or out of focus areas - just a general lack of sharpness. Carl
Posted by fritzthedog on 16/09/2014 - 08:12
Return of the DA*300
Hi, this is interesting for me as a recent newcomer to this lens. The images here are of course only 800 wide but I too think you have an issue too. In any case I think control/awareness of big telephotos is surely an issue too. I use TAV mode for this and my old 55 - 300mm so I know what...
Posted by wvbarnes on 16/09/2014 - 10:14
Return of the DA*300
Thanks all. I should have added that all the above were taken using a tripod and my K-3. I did actually think they were slightly better than before the lens went back, but I have to go with users who know the lens can still do better. I'm told that the lens was re-calibrated at the factory, but I'l...
Posted by jvs on 16/09/2014 - 12:24
Return of the DA*300
Did you turn off shake reduction when using the tripod? John's technique is not the issue here Mike. I met up with him some weeks ago and had first hand experience of his DA*300 in direct comparison to my own copy and the difference was night and day. John's lens could not produce sharpness in any...
Posted by davidstorm on 16/09/2014 - 20:46
Misty mountain hop...
Thanks for trying it out Jules. It's a bigger reduction in those colours than I was really thinking, so perhaps there is a half way house? Dull? Not at all, to me it's beautiful, some real blue back in the sky, and lovely green on the ground. Much better! But, there is the possibility that something...
Posted by McGregNi on 17/09/2014 - 16:17
Misty mountain hop...
Thanks for trying it out Jules. It's a bigger reduction in those colours than I was really thinking, so perhaps there is a half way house? Dull? Not at all, to me it's beautiful, some real blue back in the sky, and lovely green on the ground. Much better! But, there is the possibility that something...
Posted by jules on 17/09/2014 - 17:52
