NG15 (five shots, reduced in size)
Posted 01/11/2010 - 19:26
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Absolutely fantastic set, Andrew!
No. 1 for me: The LifeForce, great juxtaposition of colours & manufactured & living patterns.
No.2, Pock-Marked. The contrast of rust-colours & petrol-on-water rainbow hues is glorious!
Thanks for seeing these things & bringing them to show us.
Roger.
No. 1 for me: The LifeForce, great juxtaposition of colours & manufactured & living patterns.
No.2, Pock-Marked. The contrast of rust-colours & petrol-on-water rainbow hues is glorious!
Thanks for seeing these things & bringing them to show us.
Roger.
The more I look, the more there is to see!
Posted 01/11/2010 - 20:05
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Oh very nice Andrew. No question about it at all, Life Force for me! Footplate is also very good, but still a distant second place
Tim
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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
Flickr Fluidr PPG Street Portfolio site
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!
Posted 01/11/2010 - 20:23
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Amazing five, Andrew! I think they couldn't be bettered; choice, use of light, rendering, sharpness are of exceptional quality! Thank you for sharing!
Regards,
Nezih
Nezih
Posted 01/11/2010 - 21:07
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Life force for me Andrew although they all have lovely colour and texture. That kit zoom isn't that bad is it?
K.
K.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
Posted 01/11/2010 - 21:18
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1 & 2 for me. Lovely texture. Super. And all with the kit zoom...
Posted 02/11/2010 - 09:30
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Those textures - fabulous
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 02/11/2010 - 14:11
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Thanks everyone. I'm so pleaased you liked them. The thing is they were all taken within a few minutes of each other after meeting my son off the train. The more I looked; the more was there to be seen. Other days I carried the camera for miles and literally didn't take a thing!
I'm so lucky with the kit lens which came with my camera; I guess I happened on one of better ones. I know the quality is variable.
On my previous visits to Snowdonia, I'd taken a couple of other brand prime lenses which I love using but this time I needed the widest lens I owned for a third visit to a slate quarry. Some of the buildings are tight for space inside. Previously I'd been frustrated by being unable to "back up" sufficiently to get everything in. I'll post some of the shots once I've processed them.
I'm so lucky with the kit lens which came with my camera; I guess I happened on one of better ones. I know the quality is variable.
On my previous visits to Snowdonia, I'd taken a couple of other brand prime lenses which I love using but this time I needed the widest lens I owned for a third visit to a slate quarry. Some of the buildings are tight for space inside. Previously I'd been frustrated by being unable to "back up" sufficiently to get everything in. I'll post some of the shots once I've processed them.
Best wishes,
Andrew
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Robert Adams
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Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050
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Posted 02/11/2010 - 14:28
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Lifeforce, then Footplate but they're all good.
Posted 02/11/2010 - 16:40
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Don't knock the standard 18-55 lens Andrew, I have 2 and both produce sharp bright shots.
Despite what others(the canikony lot) say this is the best standard lens on ANY brand and well worth using from time to time.
Despite what others(the canikony lot) say this is the best standard lens on ANY brand and well worth using from time to time.
Cheers, HG
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
Mustn't forget the Zenits, or folders, or...
PPG entries.
Posted 02/11/2010 - 19:57
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Hardgravity wrote:
Despite what others(the canikony lot) say this is the best standard lens on ANY brand and well worth using from time to time.
Interesting you say this, HG. My only other experience of a made-for-digital kit lens is an 18-70 Minolta/Sony one which I used at work. It was nowhere near as good at the Pentax one and needed lots of work post-processing to come up with a decent image.Despite what others(the canikony lot) say this is the best standard lens on ANY brand and well worth using from time to time.
I didn't mean to sound as though I was knocking it, far from it! It's my only auto-focus lens, after all! And likely to stay so.
Best wishes,
Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
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Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050
http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05
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To begin with, here are a few close-ups of a narrow-gauge steam engine from South Africa, quietly rusting away whilst awaiting restoration at Dinas Station on the Welsh Highland Railway. All taken with my K100 and 18-55 mk1 zoom. (I had a special reason for taking that lens.) I hope some of you enjoy them.
Smoke Box Door
[IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad116/ADC3440/NG15/Pictures146.jpg[/IMG]
Fire-box Rivets
[IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad116/ADC3440/NG15/Pictures148.jpg[/IMG]
The Life-force
[IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad116/ADC3440/NG15/Pictures142.jpg[/IMG]
Pock-marked
[IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad116/ADC3440/NG15/Pictures147.jpg[/IMG]
Footplate
[IMG]http://i927.photobucket.com/albums/ad116/ADC3440/NG15/Pictures145.jpg[/IMG]
Andrew
"These places mean something and it's the job of a photographer to figure-out what the hell it is."
Robert Adams
"The camera doesn't make a bit of difference. All of them can record what you are seeing. But, you have to SEE."
Ernst Hass
My website: http://www.ephotozine.com/user/bwlchmawr-199050
http://s927.photobucket.com/home/ADC3440/index
https://www.flickr.com/photos/78898196@N05