Photography thread

[Doc Sharptail]

This bald eagle gave little chance other than to get it into the frame, and almost focus.
I spotted him flying in while changing lenses.
Nikkor 200mm f4 a/i-s wide open at ISO 400.
Lack of contrast gives this frame am almost monochrome look.
Darkly over cast skies last fall.



Series E 100mm f2.8 at f5.6 and ISO 200. Rabbit was about 5 feet away from me, and just a tiny fist sized tiny thing.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Doc Sharptail]

Nikkor A/I-s 50mm f1.4 at f 5.6 and ISO 64.
Image is a crop.



95% crop from original to the upper image.
Very good performance at minimum focus distance of about 18". I need to get this lens on the extension tubes, or bellows unit to see what it's truly capable of.
This lens is one of my personal favorites, despite it's tendency to flare wide-open.



One of the few pictures of me that I have.
Taken with my sister's S-8.
I'm giving a soda can what for at 15 paces at the gravel pit with the 13-22 air pistol here. And, no, I can't see the rear sight without my readers on. Some are familiar with using half the eyeglasses frames trick to get a good sight picture :P


Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Doc Sharptail]

Male mosquito with the 50mm f2 nikkor H at f5.6 on the PB-2 bellows unit, D-810.

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Allen]

Great. All of them, especially that mosquito.

[Doc Sharptail]

Tamron 80-210 f3.8-4 (103-A) here:



F5.6 and ISO 200 here for the heavy shadow. At 210mm.
Hybrid bunny sleeping with it's eyes open. The big hindlegs suggest railway jack, while the blunted nose says pet rabbit, likely of dutch origin.

Image was manipulated for the somewhat blown out high lights, and slightly hazy lens elements.



About an 80% crop here from a less than stellar test shot.
It is from the lower left hand corner, and quite impressive optically. F8 here at 210mm again.
This lens was one of the first optically successful 3rd party zooms~ I think it was only preceded by the Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm f3.5. This one has a bit more going for it when it comes to sharpness. Not bad at all for a mid to late 70's zoom at all.



There's the original frame from which the crop was taken...



Near minimum focus distance here at 210mm and f5.6 at ISO 400.
This sort of old school rendering has a lot of appeal for me.
Reflections from a triple pane "weather" window.



Wide open here at f3.8 and about 180mm. Good performance in strong-cross lighting...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[5thDragoons]

Traffic jam on the Danube. Pic from my pal in Budapest. SW

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[Allen]

2nd picture, right side, top of the hill. I wonder what that building is. A fort, prison, government building? Along with the flag it looks like a statue in the front.

[Phloating Phlasher]

Old medieval Castle & monument on the highest point.
Pretty much De Regeur for most old European towns.
Gellert Hill & "Lady of Liberty", maybe?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gell%C3%A9rt_Hill

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[Allen]

Old medieval Castle & monument on the highest point.
Pretty much De Regeur for most old European towns.
Gellert Hill & "Lady of Liberty", maybe?

Thanks

[Dragonsdad]

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[Doc Sharptail]

Nikon Series "E" 100mm f2.8 at f8 and ISO 200.
This is a subject done before with the Nikkor 105 f2.5.
I think the cheapie "E" is optically superior, but with totally different rendering. The "E" has a tendency to flare, even at f8, just from strong high-lights without a direct light source.
Taken with the nikon L-37-C filter on the lens.




Crop from a similar frame with the camera in multizone program metering mode.
Same exposure information as above.
Other than some very slight c/a's on the glass edges, very good representation of what the subject actually looked like in the mid-evening light...

Regards,

Doc Sharptail

[Dragonsdad]

Another view from the driveway.

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[Dragonsdad]

That tree isn't in this shot.
(you'll probably figure that out on your own)
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[5thDragoons]

Unusual photography kit - I'm not sure if this is a legit camera. SW
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[Allen]

Unusual photography kit - I'm not sure if this is a legit camera. SW
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I'll bet few people would be interested in taking "selfies" with that camera.