A Picture I Took 2018 - 2019

[djstarfox]

Happy New Year, everyone!

Just went on a short birding trip over the weekend. Here's a pretty Eastern Towhee bird that decided to show himself. Now that I'm looking at the final picture, he kinda reminds me of Angry Birds, the game.

 

[stamsek]

Saw the Salt River Wild Horses today in Arizona.

 

[Kadath]

Been a while since I posted at HardForum. Sooooo many great shots in the 2017 and now 2018 thread.! I’m still experimenting with stuff, I love making new mistakes.

I’m a Kickstarter “super backer”, I will fund stuff that looks interesting from awesome folks I want to see succeed, regardless of if I will ever use it myself. One that WAS of personal interest was the Foldio system, which I finally just got in. These might be boring in a ‘general photography’ way (sorry!) but it’s fascinating to me to try to recreate some of the looks I see in catalogs.

In other words:

but this is fun! Testing out on some new Benchmade, Kershaw and Buck pocket knives I have been testing out.


18-FoldioKnives-2412 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr

The results aren't bad for not knowing wtf I'm doing =)

18-FoldioKnives-2364 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr


18-FoldioKnives-2399 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr


18-FoldioKnives-2397 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr


18-FoldioKnives-2366 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr


18-FoldioKnives-2396 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr


18-FoldioKnives-2382 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr


18-FoldioKnives-2370 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr


18-FoldioKnives-2402 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr


18-FoldioKnives-2355
by Sam Posten III, on Flickr


18-FoldioKnives-2386 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr


18-FoldioKnives-2378 by Sam Posten III, on Flickr

DUST IS THE ENGMY!!!!! Also note that my 24-70 is out of alignment, so if the left edge is blurry, that is why. It's going back to Nikon soon.

Next attempt I will add focus stacking to the mix.

 

[stamsek]

^^ Those look like professional product photos. Well done.

And here’s one from the iPhone 8 Plus this morning:

 

[northrop]

First photoshoot of 2018 is now done...

 

[Etherton]

Both taken with a Sony a7RII and the Voigtlander 65mm f/2 Macro APO-Lanthar @ f/2.

 

[Etherton]

Whatever happened to Empty Quarter? Thanks for the likes guys. Really need to shoot more.

 

[Domingow]

Empty_Quarter was last seen: Nov 4, 2015

 

[northrop]

 

[northrop]

 

[Hulk]

2018 North American International Auto Show.

 

[djstarfox]

I'm not sure how much post-processing I should do with this tricolored heron... Seems a bit washed out but not too bad I guess for bright sunlight.

 

[BeavermanA]

2018 North American International Auto Show.

Nice, wish I could have gone. Was in Detroit this week, but guess it wasn't public show week . Was out trying to help with some issues on the Q-Line. Snapped a few pics with my phone.

 

[Etherton]

 

[UnknownSouljer]

Looks like an awesome spot to do a shoot in.

 

[northrop]

 

[Daggah]

A Winter Badlands Sunset by David Gevert, on Flickr

 

[Daggah]

I've set a goal for myself to use telephoto lenses more for scenic/landscape shots. To that end, here's a pano (4-image) @ 200mm.


Afterglow by David Gevert, on Flickr

 

[northrop]

^^Fantastic shot, Daggah!

 

[northrop]

 

[BB Gun]

Trip to the zoo today with daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter.


2018_02_10-Zoo-0710 by BBGunWB, on Flickr


2018_02_10-Zoo-0713-6 by BBGunWB, on Flickr

and, oh, a bear.


2018_02_10-Zoo-0824 by BBGunWB, on Flickr

 

[northrop]

 

[northrop]

 

[BB Gun]

^ I like the last one the best.

Did some prepping for a small indie film shoot today.


2018_02_18-BHD-0979 by BBGunWB, on Flickr


2018_02_18-BHD-0957 by BBGunWB, on Flickr

 

[northrop]

I really need to get myself some light... shooting with a single speedlight is hard, lol.

 

[Hulk]

Muscle Beach.

Sigma DP1M

f 5.6

1/500

ISO 100

SDIM0057 by https://www.flickr.com/photos/60675313@N08/

 

[CanonicalAbstract]

A picture I took today...

Canon D60 DSLR, Nikkor 50mm F1.8
Image enhancements done in Lightroom CC
Color / B&W work done in Photoshop CC 2018

 

[Etherton]

All taken with the Sony a7RII and Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm

 

[Etherton]

All taken with the Sony a7RII and Voigtlander MACRO APO-LANTHAR 65mm

 

[northrop]

^^That bokeh is so smooth....

 

[Etherton]

I love this lens!

 

[Etherton]

^^That bokeh is so smooth....

All are great but this one is fantastic! Love it! Is that a Nikkor 105E or 58mm 1.4 by chance?

 

[Hulk]

Port in Reykjavik.

Nikon F100

Kodak Portra 400

Tamron 70-300 VC zoomed in to 300mm.

Here are some more, also shot with Portra 400 and the Nikkor 50mm 1.8, Nikkor 24mm 2.8 and the Tamron.

000107600027 by Fujiowski, on Flickr

000107600028 by Fujiowski, on Flickr

000107600036 by Fujiowski, on Flickr

000107600034 by Fujiowski, on Flickr

000107600009 by Fujiowski, on Flickr

000107600032 by Fujiowski, on Flickr

000107600029 by Fujiowski, on Flickr

000107600024 by Fujiowski, on Flickr

000107600014 by Fujiowski, on Flickr

 

[northrop]

All are great but this one is fantastic! Love it! Is that a Nikkor 105E or 58mm 1.4 by chance?

Thank you.

And it's neither, but I'm hoping to acquire the 58 sometime this year. In the meantime, I'm shooting with the 85/1.4G.

 

[djstarfox]

I'm shooting with the 85/1.4G.

For portraits, I love my 85/1.8D lens... but I consider the 1.4G an upgrade at this point. Great lenses.

 

[Etherton]

 

[Etherton]

I don't normally do a lot of people photography but my son's friend asked me to do his Senior photos. Would love some feedback northrop - and anyone else, didn't intend that to exclude anyone.

Rest are located here.

 

[northrop]

Despite his somewhat unnatural hand position, this is probably my favorite from the set. Focus is on point (there seems to be a lot of BF/FF going on in your set... do you have AF with that lens or is it all MF?), and the framing is just right, IMO. You've got a killer lens producing some fantastic bokeh, and unfortunately, you got really unlucky with the weather conditions... shooting against the white snowy terrain and clear gray sky completely mitigates the advantages of the lens (same problem I had with the snowy pictures I posted above)

It also looks cold, and he just looks uncomfortable.

This one would've been great, but the framing isn't working for me... too much dead space on the right side and his hand is too close to the edge.

I'd like to see this shot, but with him facing the light, or at the very least, maybe have someone (your son ) hold a gold reflector to light up his darker side. For the price, this or its bigger brother would make a world of difference.

Keep in mind, I've only been doing portraits for about 4-5 months... so I might just be talking out of my ass, and a lot of what I say is trial and error and.... multiple conversations with Anh N. So if you don't agree with anything I just said, I blame Anh N.

If it's an option... shoot again when it gets a little warmer. The scenery will have more than 2 colors of gray, and the pictures will look much better with warmer light.

 

[Etherton]

do you have AF with that lens or is it all MF?

It's MF focus only.

So if you don't agree with anything I just said, I blame Anh N.

No, awesome advice! Much appreciated. 4-5 months? Wow! You're good Sir... really damn good!

I'll look into a few reflectors. I've seen them in some YouTube videos.

Portraits are much harder than landscapes. Landscapes are what they are and people are well, people...

 

[Daggah]

Last shots of Doha, Qatar, for me, and then I'll be moving on to posting photos of Tokyo (again) and Hong Kong. Then doggie stuff.


Central Staircase by David Gevert, on Flickr


Enjoying the View by David Gevert, on Flickr


Doha from the Corniche Promenade by David Gevert, on Flickr