Share your April photos! (2022)
Quote from James Warner on April 6, 2022, 1:19 pmThis one was trying to sleep when the sun peaked through some clouds
Goooood morning! by Snappiness, on Flickr
Owls are Beautiful and I appreciate your photos a ton! I need to find out where I can go around Seattle to see some in the early morning, hopefully barn owls.
Did get this Junco today, and though it's not as sharp as other photos I've gotten, I love the back-light and the sun flaring up the lens
That's a beautiful shot. The flare is really nice, the backlighting on the bird outlining it's edges is nice, and most of all maybe the color combination of the darker blues and bright yellows is nice.
Wow, really beautiful stuff everyone! @piersonm4l, wow that photo of the bird on that fence is so great, I love the blue of it (I'm always trying to get more blue in my photos/make them more blue!). Speaking of birds, here are a few photos of my walk to the bird blind (aka wildlife blind) at a place called Fitzgerald Lake near me here in Western MA. Shot with the Fuji X100F. Let's take a walk:
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Trying a new DSLR(mirrorless) scanning rig, and I was especially interested in how it would work for half-frame, which the Epson v600 is notoriously bad at. With a micro-nikkor and extension bellows though, I can push past 1:1 to a magnification reproduction ratio.
Soooo much sharper. For the first time I feel like the scanner isn't holding back what sort of images I can get from a half-frame shot. Love the corner swirl and lens character from the Mercury II too!
The trade-off, however is dust. Instead of just cleaning two glass scanner plates, It seems like there are so many places where dust gets trapped in the enlarger head I'm using as a holder/light source. It doesn't take much longer though, and I could see myself doing it in the future, if I can figure out how to keep the dust down.
Stumbled across this funny little scene this month 😅
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Quote from denniscrommett on April 7, 2022, 3:07 amWow, really beautiful stuff everyone! @piersonm4l, wow that photo of the bird on that fence is so great, I love the blue of it (I'm always trying to get more blue in my photos/make them more blue!). Speaking of birds, here are a few photos of my walk to the bird blind (aka wildlife blind) at a place called Fitzgerald Lake near me here in Western MA. Shot with the Fuji X100F. Let's take a walk:
Beautiful woodland. Very different flora than we have here in Texas 🙂 I miss pine needle carpets.
Quote from Justin Tung on April 7, 2022, 6:41 amTrying a new DSLR(mirrorless) scanning rig, and I was especially interested in how it would work for half-frame, which the Epson v600 is notoriously bad at. With a micro-nikkor and extension bellows though, I can push past 1:1 to a magnification reproduction ratio.
Soooo much sharper. For the first time I feel like the scanner isn't holding back what sort of images I can get from a half-frame shot. Love the corner swirl and lens character from the Mercury II too!
The trade-off, however is dust. Instead of just cleaning two glass scanner plates, It seems like there are so many places where dust gets trapped in the enlarger head I'm using as a holder/light source. It doesn't take much longer though, and I could see myself doing it in the future, if I can figure out how to keep the dust down.
I don't have the originals to see side-by-side, but those look really good! Are the white spots the dust or something else?
Quote from Beau Carpenter on April 7, 2022, 12:01 pmStumbled across this funny little scene this month 😅
Lol, that had me twisted up for a second for since of scale until my brain figured it out 😛 Hope you're doing well and taking good care of that family of yours 🙂
Here's some shots from the other day taken on my Sigma SD14 and a Vivitar 28mm f2.5 M42 lens. Getting much better results with the M42 glass, but I think in part because right as I was getting most frustrated and selling all my Sigma glass I realized that the autofocus was consistently off. Probably could have just manual focused it and gotten good results. But I think some of my M42 glass is actually quite a bit sharper too. There's great Sigma glass out there, but I don't think any of the ones I owned were known to be stellar.
Interesting how green everything turned out.
Spring Tree by Snappiness, on Flickr
Weird Little Tree by Snappiness, on Flickr
Green Woods by Snappiness, on Flickr
Leaves by Snappiness, on Flickr
Nothing special but it's the only one that I have at this point :/
Pentax ist D + 21mm 3.2 HD limited
IMGP3029_1 by Tristan Carlos, on Flickr
Quote from James Warner on April 8, 2022, 1:31 pmQuote from denniscrommett on April 7, 2022, 3:07 amWow, really beautiful stuff everyone! @piersonm4l, wow that photo of the bird on that fence is so great, I love the blue of it (I'm always trying to get more blue in my photos/make them more blue!). Speaking of birds, here are a few photos of my walk to the bird blind (aka wildlife blind) at a place called Fitzgerald Lake near me here in Western MA. Shot with the Fuji X100F. Let's take a walk:
Beautiful woodland. Very different flora than we have here in Texas 🙂 I miss pine needle carpets.
Quote from Justin Tung on April 7, 2022, 6:41 amTrying a new DSLR(mirrorless) scanning rig, and I was especially interested in how it would work for half-frame, which the Epson v600 is notoriously bad at. With a micro-nikkor and extension bellows though, I can push past 1:1 to a magnification reproduction ratio.
Soooo much sharper. For the first time I feel like the scanner isn't holding back what sort of images I can get from a half-frame shot. Love the corner swirl and lens character from the Mercury II too!
The trade-off, however is dust. Instead of just cleaning two glass scanner plates, It seems like there are so many places where dust gets trapped in the enlarger head I'm using as a holder/light source. It doesn't take much longer though, and I could see myself doing it in the future, if I can figure out how to keep the dust down.
I don't have the originals to see side-by-side, but those look really good! Are the white spots the dust or something else?
Quote from Beau Carpenter on April 7, 2022, 12:01 pmStumbled across this funny little scene this month 😅
Lol, that had me twisted up for a second for since of scale until my brain figured it out 😛 Hope you're doing well and taking good care of that family of yours 🙂
Here's some shots from the other day taken on my Sigma SD14 and a Vivitar 28mm f2.5 M42 lens. Getting much better results with the M42 glass, but I think in part because right as I was getting most frustrated and selling all my Sigma glass I realized that the autofocus was consistently off. Probably could have just manual focused it and gotten good results. But I think some of my M42 glass is actually quite a bit sharper too. There's great Sigma glass out there, but I don't think any of the ones I owned were known to be stellar.
Interesting how green everything turned out.
Yup. It's one dusty enlarger lol
Quote from Justin Tung on April 7, 2022, 6:41 amTrying a new DSLR(mirrorless) scanning rig, and I was especially interested in how it would work for half-frame, which the Epson v600 is notoriously bad at. With a micro-nikkor and extension bellows though, I can push past 1:1 to a magnification reproduction ratio.
Soooo much sharper. For the first time I feel like the scanner isn't holding back what sort of images I can get from a half-frame shot. Love the corner swirl and lens character from the Mercury II too!
The trade-off, however is dust. Instead of just cleaning two glass scanner plates, It seems like there are so many places where dust gets trapped in the enlarger head I'm using as a holder/light source. It doesn't take much longer though, and I could see myself doing it in the future, if I can figure out how to keep the dust down.
They make thing for reducing static on vinyl records. It's called a Zerostat. Wonder if that would help.
Quote from James Warner on April 8, 2022, 1:31 pmQuote from denniscrommett on April 7, 2022, 3:07 amWow, really beautiful stuff everyone! @piersonm4l, wow that photo of the bird on that fence is so great, I love the blue of it (I'm always trying to get more blue in my photos/make them more blue!). Speaking of birds, here are a few photos of my walk to the bird blind (aka wildlife blind) at a place called Fitzgerald Lake near me here in Western MA. Shot with the Fuji X100F. Let's take a walk:
Beautiful woodland. Very different flora than we have here in Texas 🙂 I miss pine needle carpets.
Quote from Justin Tung on April 7, 2022, 6:41 amTrying a new DSLR(mirrorless) scanning rig, and I was especially interested in how it would work for half-frame, which the Epson v600 is notoriously bad at. With a micro-nikkor and extension bellows though, I can push past 1:1 to a magnification reproduction ratio.
Soooo much sharper. For the first time I feel like the scanner isn't holding back what sort of images I can get from a half-frame shot. Love the corner swirl and lens character from the Mercury II too!
The trade-off, however is dust. Instead of just cleaning two glass scanner plates, It seems like there are so many places where dust gets trapped in the enlarger head I'm using as a holder/light source. It doesn't take much longer though, and I could see myself doing it in the future, if I can figure out how to keep the dust down.
I don't have the originals to see side-by-side, but those look really good! Are the white spots the dust or something else?
Quote from Beau Carpenter on April 7, 2022, 12:01 pmStumbled across this funny little scene this month 😅
Lol, that had me twisted up for a second for since of scale until my brain figured it out 😛 Hope you're doing well and taking good care of that family of yours 🙂
Here's some shots from the other day taken on my Sigma SD14 and a Vivitar 28mm f2.5 M42 lens. Getting much better results with the M42 glass, but I think in part because right as I was getting most frustrated and selling all my Sigma glass I realized that the autofocus was consistently off. Probably could have just manual focused it and gotten good results. But I think some of my M42 glass is actually quite a bit sharper too. There's great Sigma glass out there, but I don't think any of the ones I owned were known to be stellar.
Interesting how green everything turned out.
Those look really nice. Are the Vivitar M42s any good on the K1?
