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Comment by Lubbyman posted on M 200mm f4 around the garden at 22/05/2024 - 15:53
And don't forget that the K5, being a crop sensor camera, won't be using the outer part of the image circle where the lens is likely to be weakest. I've got a Cosina 24mm from the film era and it's better than might be expected on crop sensor cameras.
Steve
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on Trying Out a Cosina 20mm f3.8 at 21/05/2024 - 22:12
Definitely not. Only yesterday I was thinking it was about time to visit this thread again. But bindweed got in the way. Too much of it, a totally pointless weed that takes far too much time to keep under control. I'd rather be eating pizza...
Steve
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on Another pointless thread at 21/05/2024 - 09:01
The last one for me, too - striking and beautiful . The first one almost does it for me as well, but I'd like to see more of the stems 'cos to me long stems are part of what an iris is all about (except for the dwarf varieties of course ).
Steve
Defragged wrote:
Who needs a macro lens?...
Everybody does - and preferably more than one! Who needs a macro lens?...
Steve
Graham_A_E wrote:
It does seem pointless to travel across the world and spend your time looking at a mobile phone!!!
Not if you're looking at a map trying to work out where you are and, even more importantly, where your hotel is! It does seem pointless to travel across the world and spend your time looking at a mobile phone!!!
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on York, a destination for tourists. at 14/05/2024 - 22:19
A lovely set of lovely birds . The spoonbill is a bit exotic, perfect for brightening up a wet and miserable British spring!
Mike - bbf is the standard abbreviation for back-button focus. Is that what you meant, Chris?
Steve
MikeInDevon wrote:
Some type of Warbler: Sedge, Willow, Chiffchaff?
Agreed. Hard to distinguish from a shot like that. Colour of legs suggests Willow Warbler, the Chiffchaff has black legs. What we really need, Chris, is its song - can you whistle a few notes for us, please? Some type of Warbler: Sedge, Willow, Chiffchaff?
Mike - bbf is the standard abbreviation for back-button focus. Is that what you meant, Chris?
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on Feathered Selection at 13/05/2024 - 21:59
Excellent, both you and the KP/55-300 have done a good job . And those storks certainly beat the herring gulls and jackdaws nesting behind and in the chimney a couple of houses up the road from me.
Steve
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on Storks Nesting at 13/05/2024 - 08:07
Ah, there's nothing like a good bit of macro and close-up to clear the mind of distractions . I'll forgive you the landscapey water shot, it's not unknown for me to do such things with a macro lens before getting back to the world of little things, Was the lens a Sigma 105mm macro?
Steve
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on The day before the Aurora at 12/05/2024 - 15:29
Nice. Looks like a toad to me - dry and warty skin rather than the smooth and slimy-looking skin of a frog. And if you saw it walk then it's definitely a toad, frogs usually jump.
Steve
Steve
Comment by Lubbyman posted on Toad in the woods at 11/05/2024 - 21:42
Thoughts, comments etc. welcome as usual.
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