Forth Bridges

660 posts
15 years
Edinburgh,
Scotland

Posted 27/02/2013 - 22:43 Link

Aliengrove's stunning night shots inspired me to post these (though they are strictly 'down to earth'). Took these last night and it occurred to me that I haven't posted anything in a long while. I don't have the exposure information to hand as I'm posting from my netbook but I can get it if anybody wants to know.

Edit: Just noticed the forum is rescaling them to 800px wide so they look better if you click on them to view the full size (1000px wide).

K-5 II with DA 55-300

K-5 with Tamron 17-50

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Edited by MarkTaylor: 27/02/2013 - 22:44

smudge smudge

533 posts
15 years
Forest Gate

Posted 27/02/2013 - 22:46 Link

Very nice indeed. I like all of these with no.2 being my favourite. Now if a steam hauled train had been on the bridge at the time it would have been just perfect

Regards, Philip

Plus Member K10D K10D

6416 posts
17 years

Posted 27/02/2013 - 22:51 Link

One of your better sets Mark. Maybe a slight foreground crop on #3 but it, along with #2 are very good images. Well photographed.

Best regards

Too far from a shore.

Smeggypants Smeggypants

7671 posts
16 years
Smegland

Posted 27/02/2013 - 23:53 Link

MarkTaylor wrote:

K-5 II with DA 55-300

A shot from an almost identical position in April 1985

excuse the grainy cheapskate film

[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

davidstorm davidstorm

4934 posts
15 years
Sheffield,
England

Posted 28/02/2013 - 00:00 Link

I like the shots Mark, very well taken and Smeggy's image is a fascinating comparison.

Regards
David

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Smeggypants Smeggypants

7671 posts
16 years
Smegland

Posted 28/02/2013 - 00:40 Link

I love comparison images spanning decades - One day I plan to go and take comparison shots of many of my favourite 80s shots

MarkTaylor MarkTaylor

660 posts
15 years
Edinburgh,
Scotland

Posted 28/02/2013 - 07:18 Link

Blimey, 1985! I would have been 14 years old and just taking my first steps in photography with an old (well new at the time) Ricoh 35mm compact I got for by birthday. With Pentax now taken over by Ricoh and my latest camera being the K-5 II it's sort of like I've come full circle.

Oh and thanks for the comments, guys.

AndrewA AndrewA

2943 posts
15 years
Chesterfield

Posted 28/02/2013 - 08:17 Link

Like these Mark, very good.

Andrew

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steven9761 steven9761

1232 posts
14 years
Glasgow

Posted 28/02/2013 - 09:09 Link

No.3 for me, Mark!! Agree with the comment about cropping some of the foreground (maybe consider doing it as a pano?). +1!!

fritzthedog fritzthedog

1908 posts
16 years
Knaresborough,
North Yorks

Posted 28/02/2013 - 16:13 Link

Smeggypants wrote:
I love comparison images spanning decades - One day I plan to go and take comparison shots of many of my favourite 80s shots

What impressed me Smeggy was that not only did you remember taking a shot from a similar spot in 1985 - you could find it as well!

1985 was a gap year from my student days - a gap year in more than one sense as I spent much of it bumming around the Cote D'Azur working in vineyards and bars!Or at least I think that's what I did

Carl

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