Dubai on FM

Frogfish
Posted 12/08/2011 - 13:05 Link
I've never put a link to shots on another forum before but these are just absolutely outstanding and for those who like street shooting and B&W then these are a real treat.

John - if this is not acceptable then please delete.

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http://frogfish.smugmug.com/ Pentax. Pentax DA*300/4, Cosina 55/1.2, Lens Baby Composer Pro & Edge 80, AFA x1.7, Metz 50 af1.
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wvbarnes
Posted 12/08/2011 - 13:17 Link
Stunning use of Black & White on Pentax's new D700
Smeggypants
Posted 12/08/2011 - 21:26 Link
Being a big fan of Dubai and having worked their I must go and look.
[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
Smeggypants
Posted 12/08/2011 - 21:48 Link
Excellent pics.

Regarding #15, the Souk, this is what it was like in 1988

And this is what it was like in 1986
[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283
thoughton
Posted 13/08/2011 - 09:01 Link
Some good stuff there! Great IQ, and a great location. Nice BWs too. I do think he has some intrinsic advantages over us though, in that he's allowed to post much larger images than we are here. Photos always look better when bigger

Interesting shots Smeggy, although personally I prefer BW for these. I don't find the colours very attractive (in the Souk, not in your photo)
Tim
AF - Pentax K5, Sigma 10-20/4-5.6, Tamron 17-50/2.8, Sigma 30/1.4, Sigma 70-200/2.8, Tamron 70-300/4-5.6
MF - Vivitar CF 28/2.8, Tamron AD2 90/2.5, MTO 1000/11
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Frogfish
Posted 13/08/2011 - 13:46 Link
Some great street scenes there Smeggy .... bit noisy though, what camera were you using 25 years ago ?!
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Nikon. D800. D600. Sigma 500/4.5, Nikon 300/2.8 VRII, Sigma 120-300/2.8, Zeiss Distagon ZF2 21/2.8, Zeiss Distagon ZF2 35/2.0, Sigma 50/1.4, Nikkor 85/1.8, Nikon TC20EIII, Nikon TC14EII, Kenko x1.4, Sigma 2.0
Smeggypants
Posted 13/08/2011 - 18:01 Link
Frogfish wrote:
Some great street scenes there Smeggy .... bit noisy though, what camera were you using 25 years ago ?!
Ricoh KR-5 in 1986 and Pentax SF1 in 1988.

I was ( even more of ) an idiot back then and used shitty film on the cheap and some cheap developers out there.

I deeply regret not taking more pics and not using decent film and developing. but given I haven't got a time machine to go back do a better job I've gotta lump it

btw - it took an awful lot of post pro to get those pics to the state they are. Much cloning out scratches, and digital dodging and burning was done - some of the negs had mould on too.
[i]Bodies: 1x K-5IIs, 2x K-5, Sony TX-5, Nokia 808
Lenses: Pentax DA 10-17mm ED(IF) Fish Eye, Pentax DA 14mm f/2.8, Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8, Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8, Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.2, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-FA 50mm f/1.4, Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7, Pentax DA* 50-135mm f/2.8, Sigma 135-400mm APO DG, and more ..
Flash: AF-540FGZ, Vivitar 283

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