Greenland
Posted 15/09/2010 - 00:51
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They look fine to me. Are you looking to get a wider field of view?
Regards
Regards
Too far from a shore.
Posted 15/09/2010 - 02:26
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I bet the Pentax DA 10-17 Fish eye would be great from your office window.
[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 ..
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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
Posted 15/09/2010 - 02:30
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Fantastically crisp, could look at them all day The snow seems a bit pinkish/yellowish in all of them, could it do with being whiter?
Tim
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Posted 15/09/2010 - 07:47
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oh my goodness !!
These definitely have the WOW factor .
More please for folks like us who do not have such wonderful office windows from which to shoot pictures like these.
These definitely have the WOW factor .
More please for folks like us who do not have such wonderful office windows from which to shoot pictures like these.
let the education continue
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 15/09/2010 - 09:30
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I would definitely get the best lens I could to make the most of these wonderful opportunities. I wish I'd been into photography in my travelling days. I must admit I regarded it more of a bar/restaurant than an office.
Posted 15/09/2010 - 09:53
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Super shots. Do you work in an incredibly high tower block or are you an airline pilot?
David
David
Posted 15/09/2010 - 18:32
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Thanks for the comments.
The colour cast was a lot worse before I adjusted it in Lightroom., I used AWB which worked ok with these sort of scenes on my previous camera but was way out on these. As for lenses , I have the Sigma 10 to 20 but it is of limited use from the aircraft as it shrinks thinga a bit much. Ideally I would like a really good quality zoom from 16 to about 135 mm but don't know of any. Some quality is obviously lost by shooting through nearly an inch of glass but Boeing windows are optically not too bad and all the aircraft are new so the windows are not scratched yet.. However I think a really good lens may improve shots taken from the aircraft.
I was very lucky on this trip in that the skies were clear over Greenland and it was not too hazy though I had to tweak the contrast a fair bit. The sky in the second one was as it looks and I suspect much of it was pollution from North America carried there by upper air currents. Sad. There's a semi permanent huge brown cloud over the Indian Ocean just off the African coast too.
Any suggestions on lenses would be gratefully received it is a pain changing them and often the moment is missed. It would be great to have more range available on one good lens and I want to make the most of the photographic oppurtunities this job has given me even though it is quite rare to get clear hazeless skies while over something interesting. I spent too many years flying around with a compact!
Jon
The colour cast was a lot worse before I adjusted it in Lightroom., I used AWB which worked ok with these sort of scenes on my previous camera but was way out on these. As for lenses , I have the Sigma 10 to 20 but it is of limited use from the aircraft as it shrinks thinga a bit much. Ideally I would like a really good quality zoom from 16 to about 135 mm but don't know of any. Some quality is obviously lost by shooting through nearly an inch of glass but Boeing windows are optically not too bad and all the aircraft are new so the windows are not scratched yet.. However I think a really good lens may improve shots taken from the aircraft.
I was very lucky on this trip in that the skies were clear over Greenland and it was not too hazy though I had to tweak the contrast a fair bit. The sky in the second one was as it looks and I suspect much of it was pollution from North America carried there by upper air currents. Sad. There's a semi permanent huge brown cloud over the Indian Ocean just off the African coast too.
Any suggestions on lenses would be gratefully received it is a pain changing them and often the moment is missed. It would be great to have more range available on one good lens and I want to make the most of the photographic oppurtunities this job has given me even though it is quite rare to get clear hazeless skies while over something interesting. I spent too many years flying around with a compact!
Jon
Posted 15/09/2010 - 18:55
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On my attempts on the HKG-LHR flight this year I was using the Tamron 17-50 and the 70-300. Didn't get anything worthwhile with the 70-300 though, and most of the good ones from the 17-50 were in the 30mm range (partly to avoid the edges of the windows!).
I did find that the dynamic range of my shots was pathetic, I don't know if that's the crappy plastic window or the haze or altitude or what, but most of the raw images came out as shades of beige. I had to drastically fiddle with levels to make it match what my eyes were seeing.
I did find that the dynamic range of my shots was pathetic, I don't know if that's the crappy plastic window or the haze or altitude or what, but most of the raw images came out as shades of beige. I had to drastically fiddle with levels to make it match what my eyes were seeing.
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
Stuff - Metz 58 AF1, Cactus v4, Nikon SB24, Raynox 150, Sigma 1.4x TC, Sigma 2x TC, Kenko 2x macro TC, Redsnapper 283 tripod, iMac 27”, Macbook Pro 17”, iPad, iPhone 3G
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Feel free to edit any of my posted photos! If I post a photo for critique, I want brutal honesty. If you don't like it, please say so and tell me why!
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
Stuff - Metz 58 AF1, Cactus v4, Nikon SB24, Raynox 150, Sigma 1.4x TC, Sigma 2x TC, Kenko 2x macro TC, Redsnapper 283 tripod, iMac 27”, Macbook Pro 17”, iPad, iPhone 3G
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Posted 17/09/2010 - 01:35
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That Certainly is some stunning scenery,
Have you tried using a polorising filter ? It might help to reduce some of the haze.
Regards
PaulM
Have you tried using a polorising filter ? It might help to reduce some of the haze.
Regards
PaulM
All cameras are equal but.....
Some are more equal than others
Some are more equal than others
Posted 17/09/2010 - 07:45
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Lovely!
I have some similar shots that I took over Greenland last september on a trip to the US. We had clear skies almost all the way from Heathrow to San Francisco, by which time my neck hurt from cranking my head to the side watching or snapping the scenery.
I set my corporate travel profile up long ago with a preference of a rear window seat, simply to get the photographic opportunities or just to gaze out at the landscapes below.
I have some similar shots that I took over Greenland last september on a trip to the US. We had clear skies almost all the way from Heathrow to San Francisco, by which time my neck hurt from cranking my head to the side watching or snapping the scenery.
I set my corporate travel profile up long ago with a preference of a rear window seat, simply to get the photographic opportunities or just to gaze out at the landscapes below.
Posted 17/09/2010 - 08:03
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pnjmcc wrote:
That Certainly is some stunning scenery,
Have you tried using a polorising filter ? It might help to reduce some of the haze.
Regards
PaulM
Using a polariseer gives weird effects as the flight deck windows are polarised. i actually took a few rently with a polariser just to seee how they turned out : some very strange colours.
That Certainly is some stunning scenery,
Have you tried using a polorising filter ? It might help to reduce some of the haze.
Regards
PaulM
Posted 17/09/2010 - 09:26
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