Share your May Photos (2024)
Great photos from everyone!! I agree with previous sentiments - now I want an Olympus as well! And a K-1!
Quote from Steve Robinson on May 21, 2024, 4:59 pmA couple from yesterday during a day trip to Yellowstone. The weather was iffy with snow and rain showers and occasional sun. These are not the most critically sharp images because I used a 1.5x TC on my D FA 150-450mm f/4-5.6 on the K-3 III and my shutter speed was lower than I liked.
Osprey 1a-2168 by Steve Robinson, on Flickr
Pronghorn 2a-2269 by Steve Robinson, on Flickr
Oh that sounds like a fun setup! I've wanted a 150-450 for a long time. Someday! 🙂
Here are some bumblebee photos from earlier this month with K-3iii and DA*60-250. This is my slowest-focusing lens, by a mile, so these are all done with zone focusing. Side note, even with the slow focus the lens tracks just fine on the K-3iii. Just not up close like this, that would be hopeless lol.
IMGP2289 by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
IMGP2328 by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
IMGP2234 by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
K3iii and 35mm macro, from 2023 but just now processed.
IMGP8679 by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
And finally some K3iii + 55-300 PLM, a lens I stopped using for a while for no good reason. It really punches above its weight.
IMGP3739 by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
IMGP3755 by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
Another one from the K-1. It was a grey and overcast day, and being able to go out and not worry about rain was very nice. It also gave me a chance to experiment with high iso. It's been such a long time since I've been able to shoot above ~800 without needing to want heavy noise in my images. This is 3200 and I was extremely impressed how little noise there was. Even at 6400 it looked very good to me.
MFP_0153 by Cory Maben, on Flickr
Hey everyone,
I've been off this forum for a hot second. I went on a family trip for about a month or so during the holidays and took a ton of pictures, then came back and spent a ton of time editing, organizing, and printing them. As a result, I sort of got burnt out on photography for a while and wanted to take break.
Over the long weekend, I took a trip to the Padre Island National Shoreline, and figured I'd bring along a camera.
We drove out onto the beach and ended up having about a quarter mile of beach to ourselves. We set up a tent, but I ended up sleeping right under the sand. It was a beautiful full moon.
I decided to go big (both literally and figuratively) and grabbed the Sony A7II. I was about to roll with my usual 40mm since it has weather sealing, but, but at the last moment decided to go with the the Mamiya 645's 80mm f/1.9 and a Kipon focal reducer.The temptation here was definitely to shoot everything wide open and get a crazy small DOF, but I tried to avoid just using that as a default.
As a side note, upon coming back to taking photos, I found out that Capture One Express isn't a thing anymore??? I guess it's time to actually learn how to use Darktable.
This lens situation is pretty weird. Sometimes the bokeh is smooth, then sometimes it can look a little jittery. Sometimes it vignettes, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it's tack-sharp at a given aperture, and sometimes it seems to have a lot of artifacts. I've shot this lens quite a bit on the Mamiya, but mostly with black and white film, and the character is quite different.
Well, everyone's doing well. Glad to see everyone's pics and I hope to be around a little more.
Quote from Justin Tung on May 27, 2024, 2:53 pmHey everyone,
I've been off this forum for a hot second. I went on a family trip for about a month or so during the holidays and took a ton of pictures, then came back and spent a ton of time editing, organizing, and printing them. As a result, I sort of got burnt out on photography for a while and wanted to take break.
Over the long weekend, I took a trip to the Padre Island National Shoreline, and figured I'd bring along a camera.
We drove out onto the beach and ended up having about a quarter mile of beach to ourselves. We set up a tent, but I ended up sleeping right under the sand. It was a beautiful full moon.
I decided to go big (both literally and figuratively) and grabbed the Sony A7II. I was about to roll with my usual 40mm since it has weather sealing, but, but at the last moment decided to go with the the Mamiya 645's 80mm f/1.9 and a Kipon focal reducer.The temptation here was definitely to shoot everything wide open and get a crazy small DOF, but I tried to avoid just using that as a default.
As a side note, upon coming back to taking photos, I found out that Capture One Express isn't a thing anymore??? I guess it's time to actually learn how to use Darktable.
This lens situation is pretty weird. Sometimes the bokeh is smooth, then sometimes it can look a little jittery. Sometimes it vignettes, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it's tack-sharp at a given aperture, and sometimes it seems to have a lot of artifacts. I've shot this lens quite a bit on the Mamiya, but mostly with black and white film, and the character is quite different.
Well, everyone's doing well. Glad to see everyone's pics and I hope to be around a little more.
Glad you're back, love the photos!! I hear you on getting burnt out. That happens to me when I spend a lot of time processing.
Some shots w/K3iii and 100mm macro. First two are an inchworm climbing his thread.
IMGP3921 by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
IMGP3977 by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
IMGP3832 by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
IMGP4029 by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
Quote from Justin Tung on May 27, 2024, 2:53 pmHey everyone,
I've been off this forum for a hot second. I went on a family trip for about a month or so during the holidays and took a ton of pictures, then came back and spent a ton of time editing, organizing, and printing them. As a result, I sort of got burnt out on photography for a while and wanted to take break.
Over the long weekend, I took a trip to the Padre Island National Shoreline, and figured I'd bring along a camera.
Welcome back, photos look great I've consider getting the Kipon focal reducer for my A7 II, maybe I'll take another look for one.
So it's been a while since I made a pointless camera purchase, about 8 months. I had to remedy that and bought a Nikon 1 J1 with 10-30mm kit lens for around 90USD including all charges and delivery. I can see why my friend Som in Dublin liked this for street so much, really impressed with the 10-30mm kit lens
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Quote from Steve Robinson on May 21, 2024, 4:59 pmA couple from yesterday during a day trip to Yellowstone. The weather was iffy with snow and rain showers and occasional sun. These are not the most critically sharp images because I used a 1.5x TC on my D FA 150-450mm f/4-5.6 on the K-3 III and my shutter speed was lower than I liked.
Considering you used a 1.5x TC on an APSC camera with a 150-450mm lens, I'm pretty darn impressed the pronghorn shot came out as clear/sharp as it did! Nice shot.
Some more film:
MFP_0178 by Cory Maben, on Flickr
MFP_0170 by Cory Maben, on Flickr
MFP_0192 by Cory Maben, on Flickr
MFP_0194 by Cory Maben, on Flickr
MFP_0196 1 by Cory Maben, on Flickr
MFP_0183 by Cory Maben, on Flickr
MFP_0173 1 by Cory Maben, on Flickr
A handful from a DJ event I shot at the weekend.
Full gallery: https://gideonliddiardphotography.com/definitely-not-chris-moyles-baristocats-may
Finally got to go kayaking. Didn't get to go at all last year, so it was long overdue. Here are some shots with my K-3iii and DA*300. The Osprey is carrying two fish! Wild
IMGP4625-DNG by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
IMGP4587-DNG by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
IMGP4426-DNG by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
IMGP4395-DNG by JBP_Mobusaki, on Flickr
