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Images => Life, the Universe & Everything Else => Topic started by: BW on October 27, 2016, 23:43:01
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The title says it all! If you had to pick one camera, one focal length for one week (seven days), what would be your pick?
My choice of camera is real simple, The Df :) The lens however would be much harder. My photography covers a range of subjects, from birds and wildlife, plants, macro, landscapes to people and portraits. To cover this range, I would need a macro lens. My two favorites are the Sigma 150 mm and the Nikon 45 mm PC-E. I would have a hard time choosing between these two, but since birds and wildlife are another favorite of mine I would go for the Sigma 150 mm f2,8. I think these two items could give me a variety of photographic opportunities during the 7 days.
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Try the combination, then report back.
In such cases one should commence by accepting there is just one lens and hence not lament the absence of alternatives. Rather, begin looking at the world with the eyes trimmed to the properties of the chosen lens instead.
I often select a 35 mm lens for the FX camera or 28 mm for the DX, but there is no rule set in stone and I sometimes spring for quite 'niche' options such as a fisheye or a really long lens. Either way, one can get a lot of enjoyment out of the challenge.
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If you use a 45P as a body cap you can tag along the 150 Sigma:)
I would either go for 20/1.8 or 135DC if I were to choose only one lens right now.
Whichever you choose, I bet the results are going to be excellent!
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Lens: 35mm, which I have available with my very sharp 16-35mm f/4 Body: D5, what else ? 😉
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I have almost always been with one body and a standard (50mm-ish) lenses since the film days. :)
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The choice of lens will limit onself in such an experiment. Earlier in life I would have said: Any FX/Film and a 35mm or a 50mm. Then came a time when 85mm hit me and I did in fact shoot nothing but.
Just now I am hard pressed to choose between the D500 & 1.4/35 Ai-S or the D500 & 1.4/24G ... probably toss a coin on these excellent options.
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Fuji X100T 23mm f2 (DX) or Nikon D800 28mm f1.8 (FX)
I did once commit to using a Pentax LX with just a 85mm f1.8 for one year, including paid work.
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Try the combination, then report back.
I am already doing a 365 project, so I will have to wait until the light returns (someone obviously want us to do meaningless work during daylight hours ;D) to my part of the planet until I embark on one more.
Exciting to hear the rational choice of camera and lens, but I am pretty sure that a wide angle and a normal lens wouldn't do it for me, even though I love to use them.
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I did once commit to using a Pentax LX with just a 85mm f1.8 for one year, including paid work.
You are my hero! ;D
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I once spent 10 days in Turkey with a D3x and only a 50mm/1.8. As Frank, I also stay several weeks with the 85/2 AI (smaller size then the AFD) and the Df at times.
I've tried to do the same with the 28mm or the 35mm but I'm more a 50/85 sort of guy... :o
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Hi,
a hard question. Actually i would use a Micro Nikkor 55 or 60mm. ;)
Harald
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Hi,
a hard question. Actually i would use a Micro Nikkor 55 or 60mm. ;)
Harald
Ais Micro 55/2.8 was my favorite all-rounder to go with F3. The only complaint about the current 50/1.8G is the greatest magnification factor of 1:6.6. I would like it to be 1:4 or 1:3 on its own.
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One of the untold virtues with an exercise such as the suggested challenge, is the insight gained by 'breaking out of the box' as in using say a lens you wouldn't normally rely on.
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Ais Micro 55/2.8 was my favorite all-rounder to go with F3. The only complaint about the current 50/1.8G is the greatest magnification factor of 1:6.6. I would like it to be 1:4 or 1:3 on its own.
You probably mean lesser, not greater, magnification of detail? The ratio 1:6.6 is less than 1:3.
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Bjørn, with "the greatest magnification factor", I was referring to the magnification factor of a lens set at its closest focusing distance. I would like the lens to be able to focus a bit closer so that I can achieve 1:4 or idealistically 1:3.
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The Pentax LX was a truly magical camera; even better than its much loved competitor, the Nikon F3.
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I did once commit to using a Pentax LX with just a 85mm f1.8 for one year, including paid work.
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Bjørn, with "the greatest magnification factor", I was referring to the magnification factor of a lens set at its closest focusing distance. I would like the lens to be able to focus a bit closer so that I can achieve 1:4 or idealistically 1:3.
You got me thoroughly confused, no matter how the concept of 'greatest' is perceived.
Oh well, back to the main topic of this thread.
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You got me thoroughly confused, no matter how the concept of 'greatest' is perceived.
Oh well, back to the main topic of this thread.
Okay, I should have to say the "largest" magnification factor. Sorry for the confusion. :o :o :o
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Bought my first DSLR this spring, D3s and Voigtländer 125/2.5 APO, no optional lens. Advantage is no confusion in the learning process. And with this lens, some shots are bound to be good.
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If I had to choose a single lens according my destination, with Df :
7 days to the mountains : Zeiss 35mm f2. I would put in my bag a BR2 reversing ring in case...
7 days to a town : also the 35mm.
7 days in the countryside : micro nikkor AIS 55mm f/2.8.
Bought my first DSLR this spring, D3s and Voigtländer 125/2.5 APO, no optional lens. Advantage is no confusion in the learning process. And with this lens, some shots are bound to be good.
Well, I went recently to Cornwal (South west UK) for pure countryside shots and some architecture shots of mining buildings with the 125mm apo lanthar only : I missed a shorter focal, so I got the following day my venerable little zoom nikkor 36-72mm to complete the combo and I was satisfied. ;)
(Cornwal pictures to come soon).
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I never subscribed to the Photo.net life of optical poverty but I did start two Nikon systems with a 55/3.5 Micro-Nikkor and my first AF lenses was an AF 60/2.8 Micro-Nikkor. I think I shall skip the NikonGear life of optical poverty also.
At a time a friend joked that I spent so much on lenses that I could not afford film. Almost true but I always had 100' of Tri-X and 25 to 100 sheets of Super-XX. What I learned from months of shooting nothing but B&W was to previsualize in B&W. Finally I bought a couple of rolls of Kodachrome, loaded my F2 and walked out the door. The first thing I saw as a magenta bougainvillea and then a red poinsettia. The colors really stood out against the green foliage. The colors really popped. If I had, had B&W film in the camera I would have previsualize how these colors would translate to grays in a B&W photo and what filter I might use to differentiate the magenta and red from the greens.
My counter proposal: take at least a 50mm, 105mm and 20 or 24mm lens but set your camera to shoot monochrome. Do that for a day or a week or several months...
Dave Hartman who once subscribed to a life of chromatic poverty.
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We're talking about a challenge, not a life style :D
The combination of 24(35) & 105, plus a Micro 55, was the standard for my the first decade or so as a photographer. Quite handy kit compared to what one often travel with these days, I'd say !!
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I think today it is rather easier to go with just one body and one lens, thanks to the highly developed processing software. For example, you can stitch the images taken with a 50mm lens to create an image of an ultra-super-wideangle lens or anything in between, according to the amount or the placement of the images to stitch.
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When my 58 arrived in the shop in February 2014 it was fitted immediately and remained on the camera until the 105 arrived 1st September 2016. My age prevents me participating from some of the more active pursuits of my youth but working with the one lens it was essential I engaged my brain fully rather than my body when seeking images.
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Jacques, Old Age & Cunning will Always beat Youth & Intelligence - as you clearly demonstrated with your 58mm lens! ;D
When my 58 arrived in the shop in February 2014 it was fitted immediately and remained on the camera until the 105 arrived 1st September 2016. My age prevents me participating from some of the more active pursuits of my youth but working with the one lens it was essential I engaged my brain fully rather than my body when seeking images.
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You are my hero! ;D
I daydream of selling all my kit and buying a Leica M, 35mm f1.4 and be done. For sure the hobby side of photography, playing with toys, dilutes my output.
The Pentax LX was a truly magical camera; even better than its much loved competitor, the Nikon F3.
Yes Pentax67, LX, MX was the perfect trio for me in the 80's and 90's.
Cheers
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Anything between 50mm and 105mm. 55mm/2.8 micro, Voiglälnder 90mm/3.5 or a 105mm can do the job for me for a week.
We're talking about a challenge, not a life style :D
If it is meant as a challenge, I would choose something shorter than 28mm. 20mm/3.5 or 16mm/3.5 fish-eye for a week would be a challenge for me, and for sure it will give me unusual results.
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Camera : easy - Df
Lens : less easy. Depends on the week. Probably a 50 (40 to 58); down to 28 still ok, up to 105 ok too.
Zeiss Milvus 50/2, Voigt 40/2 with close-up lens if I need sth lighter, or Voigt 58/1.4 would be three safe answers.
105/2.5 is less versatile (MFD a bit long) but sure to bring back good shots. Tamron 90/2.5 (52B model) would have been a more versatile alternative, I find the FL more convenient and it reaches 1:2 without extension, but contrast is a bit low and background bokeh is not as good. A pity.
Nikkor 50/2 AI : it often surprizes me (favourably), and is comfortable to use.
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Bjørn, with "the greatest magnification factor", I was referring to the magnification factor of a lens set at its closest focusing distance. I would like the lens to be able to focus a bit closer so that I can achieve 1:4 or idealistically 1:3.
Bjørn: how does the 1.8/50G take extension? It renders wonderfully in the near field
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The Pentax LX was a truly magical camera; even better than its much loved competitor, the Nikon F3.
I had dreams of her. She could generate ALL times mechanically without battery ... oh BEZ!!!
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The Df (or D800E) plus the Cosina Voigtländer Apo-Macro Lanthar 125 mm f/2,5
or the Df plus AI-S 35 mm f/1,4 (or AI 28 mm f/2)
or the D800E plus AF-S 200 mm f/2 VR II
In fact my main combo recently was the D500 plus AF-S 80-400 mm f/4,5-5,6 G VR accompanied by AF-S 55 mm f/2,8 Micro and AF-S DX 12-24 mm f/4 G
and I was taking most of the shots with the telezoom, but thats not one focal length, a 300 mm f/4 would have done a similar job probably
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All of you seem to end up with several alternatives. Choices... It shows that all of us have to much gear. What is the saying; "you should never own more than seven things. If one has more, the things own you" :)
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50mm f1.4 and whatever body I owned at the time. No maybe's
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Scotland was more or less 6mm for the whole week,,, Because it was possible,,,
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Scotland was more or less 6mm for the whole week,,, Because it was possible,,,
6mm of what
Rain? ;D ;D ;D
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The Df with the 80/2.8 including the 3T/4T is a versatile match to spend a week ;)
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If I didn't know where I'd be going or what I'd be shooting, then I'd use what I consider a normal lens: a 23mm(APSC)/35mm(FX). Beyond that, if in doubt, I go wider. The 50mm is the first "tele" focal length for me.
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Scotland was more or less 6mm for the whole week,,, Because it was possible,,,
Improbable, but yes possible ......as you proved.
It was totally impractical for many of the locations you took the lens. You gained my utmost respect seeing your creative skill and calm determination.
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When I go on holiday I always bring my Fuji X-E2 and 23mm f/1.4.
I can easily live weeks and months with only this combo. And also at home this is what I mostly use.
On FX I use the D750 and 35mm f/1.8 most of the time.
Anyway I'm a prime shooter and use focal lengths from 20mm to 300mm but 90% of the time it is the 35mm (or 23mm).
Compactness (always with me), high aperture (low light & creative possibilities), high quality glass - all this appeals to me
As I mainly do documentary style photos this suits me well.
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So how many of you are a actually going to wear this ball and chain?
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I carry it nearly every day. There are very few other things in my bag.
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All of you seem to end up with several alternatives. Choices... It shows that all of us have to much gear. What is the saying; "you should never own more than seven things. If one has more, the things own you" :)
Disagree
dont see, why I should artificially restrict. I have a lot of lenses - no temptation any more to carry everything with me because its impossible - but usually there are not more than three or four in the bag. Its good to limit to one from time to time to reground yourself, it is favorable to keep a certain setup for a specific time te get more attuned - but change from time to time is essential not to get bored or stuck in routines too much
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Yes, most of us may have too much whatever, including gear. Now let's rephrase : one year away, say, in China, and only one lens.
Maybe the humble 50/2 AI then. At least I am sure it will not need servicing, and won't attract attention.
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If I struggle to get close to the spirit of this exercise I sometimes carry my AF-S 20/1.8G ED and AF-S 50/1.8G Nikkors in the evening. I can hand hold the 20mm pretty well. My camera is a D800 which isn't that good at high ISO so the short focal length helps as I keep the ISO in reason. The D800 and lenses fit a small Tarmac Zoom Traveler bag I own. That's about the best that I
can will do to comply.
Dave
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Disagree
dont see, why I should artificially restrict. I have a lot of lenses - no temptation any more to carry everything with me because its impossible - but usually there are not more than three or four in the bag. Its good to limit to one from time to time to reground yourself, it is favorable to keep a certain setup for a specific time te get more attuned - but change from time to time is essential not to get bored or stuck in routines too much
I totally agree with you, but this was ment as an thought experiment. What would you grab as your bare essentials for a week of varied photographic opportunities? The art of limitation :)
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Børge, get a 400/2.8 and in the rare case you need something wider, just stitch :D
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The art of limitation :)
Indeed. Limitation is source of inspiration.
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Two years ago at Heidelberg we practiced this kind of self limitation.
I am rather a wide angle guy, so I went for something new by choosing the Voigtländer 90 mm. It was a very rewarding experience.
In Scotland I only used 25 and 50 mm - less limiting, but totally sufficient 90% of the time.
Choosing now, 35 mm would be the most obvious, the most comfortable choice.
But if you really want to gain a new perspective, something more ungainly is recommendable.
I'd probably go for 25 mm or 90 mm again.
I'm not masochist enough for anything beyond 100 mm.... ;)
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6mm of what
Rain? ;D ;D ;D
220 degrees field of view Elsa darling ;)
Bez you make me blush, thank you for A fantastic time in Scotland!
I have often done a week of photography with one single lens; Either a 50 or a 35mm
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let's rephrase : one year away, say, in China, and only one lens.
35mm FX ... I would prefer the little Fuji X100T, but I do not feel she is rugged and dependable enough for my way of roaming. A ruggedized version of the X100T would be the perfect thing.
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One week in a monastery in a deep forest?
Tripod, Sinar P2, 120mm Schneider Apo Digitar, D600 as Digiback, or -- hopefully soon -- the Fuji Medium Format back GFX
The limitation would then be for me: only one picture per day, maximum three to chose from.
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I carry it nearly every day. There are very few other things in my bag.
A 24 pound shot, two feet of chain and a shackle. That's a lot of weight to carry every day! I'd much rather carry a few lenses. How did you get the shackle off your leg?
Dave
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I meant : Df and some prime lens.
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I meant : Df and some prime lens.
Yeah, of course! :D
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I totally agree with you, but this was ment as an thought experiment. What would you grab as your bare essentials for a week of varied photographic opportunities? The art of limitation :)
agreed
This gives several highly ranked options (i mentioned some) where finally ONE will be the final choice- if done repeatedly it might be the other option with also one focal length for the next time
BTW I now find a 400/2,8 (with D4S) experiment the most interesting, when everything needs to be done with it, including portraits, landscape, architecture
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Børge, get a 400/2.8 and in the rare case you need something wider, just stitch :D
Indeed probably the best option
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Børge, get a 400/2.8 and in the rare case you need something wider, just stitch :D
Thats just to much computer time for my liking :) And the idea that you use a high resolution camera and crop or a tele and stitch, is just not for me. There have to be extraordinary circumstances involved for me to take on that strategy.
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35mm FX ... I would prefer the little Fuji X100T, but I do not feel she is rugged and dependable enough for my way of roaming. A ruggedized version of the X100T would be the perfect thing.
My original X100 was my go everywhere camera ...used in downpours, sun, snow, ice, flown from kites, motorbikes, beaches, parties, handed to strangers. The only reason I changed to the X100T was because fujifilm gave me one.
I have been on many trips with just the X100, I would not consider it a challenge.
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I dropped mine from felt 10 cm on concrete, now some of the buttons on the back are difficult to operate. My FM2 was very deformed. I loved her from 1988 till 2004. She never complained. She worked flawlessly, although in the end I had to force the backdoor shut after loading a new roll...
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Did that way back in the film days: Leica M2+90mm Elmarit was my preferred combination for years. One year I only took a Leica IIIf+5cm Elmar on a trip to Norway.
Today I'd take the 55mm Micro Nikkor on DX, or maybe the 50/1.8 G with a close-up lens.
Hermann
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Just one lens is really difficult. It is hard not to take the 105/2.5 along, for what I'd call "instinctive shooting". Something wider is sometimes needed. My favourite, additional companion (I've used it again over the weekend) would then be the Tamron 45/1.8, not only because of the "complementary" FL and technical features (AF, VR, close focus, low coma...), but also due to the IQ and, in particular, the bokeh which is much better than most standard Nikkors' (Noct excepted). In fact, you may call it the poor man's Noct (ok, FL is really different, and 1.8 is not 1.2, but 1.8 is fully usable, night and day).
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Not a single photograph in the whole thread. From this do I understand that this was simply a mental exercise or did everyone cheat and not stick to a single lens for the week.
Dave Hartman who wonders if the proper spelling is week or weak?
I was too weak to try.
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As most of the time, also this week I've only used the Fuji X-E2 and 23mm f1.4.
The pictures were shown here: http://nikongear.net/revival/index.php/topic,4711.0.html
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Ahhh sorry here's a photograph to illustrate my choice,,,
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7260/27121301656_b528683c92_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HjBL6f)_EGL3401 (https://flic.kr/p/HjBL6f) by Erik Gunst Lund (https://www.flickr.com/photos/erik_lund/), on Flickr
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Good to know some where up to the challenge.
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Not a single photograph in the whole thread. From this do I understand that this was simply a mental exercise or did everyone cheat and not stick to a single lens for the week.
Dave Hartman who wonders if the proper spelling is week or weak?
I was too weak to try.
?? Discourteous comment, or humour? I actually did whole trips with the 40/2 or 50/2, and nothing else, and I do not see the point in re-publishing pics already shared. For the time being, I got other challenges to cope with, thanks.
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I hope to fill this thread with pictures, but right now, I am afraid I have to wait until I have daylight hours when I am not at work :) In the meantime you are free to post yours.
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I regarded this thread as a kind of 'meta' discussion: if using only a single lens, what should that item be.
Agree that there is no need to repost existing images and in fact, adding images into a thread mainly occupied with discussion is a little off topic as it were. Better open a Thematic thread instead where pictures can be placed.
That being said, nobody participating in the NG Scotland event 2016 would wonder what Erik's single lens choice was: the mighty 6/2.8 Nikkor of course. Rarely is such devotion to exploiting the maximum potential of a lens encountered ...
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ooooomph... goldfish bowl ?
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It looks like the eye of the giant squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni). Pocket friendly ;D
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Pocket friendly ;D
Just make sure the inside of the pocket is lined with the microfiber textile...
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There are a lot of lenses I like, and that I would hate to be without, and I'm glad I no longer have to restrict. I went through a long period in which my only lens, and later my only decent lens, was a 50 mm. on a 35 mm. camera, and now that I'm an old cuss I get to use all sorts of lenses. If for some reason I had to go back to one - for example someone offered me a zillion dollars - and assuming that nobody is giving away film and processing - I would, at least in theory, using my current D3200, settle for the 35/2.8 PC lens, which is good and sharp and versatile, if a little lacking in automation. A second choice might be the 28/3.5, for no truly rational reason. But I'm glad I don't have to.
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I appreciate the sample photographs and links. I don't quite see the point of such a topic if in the end there isn't something to show for it but clearly I'm out of step.
Dave Hartman
If Charles Darwin loved me he'd give me a 6/2.8 Nikkor but it hasn't happened.
Years ago I considered taking off the lens hood of my 16/2.8 and mounting it on my Pentax 6x7. I should have done it.
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Years ago I considered taking off the lens hood of my 16/2.8 and mounting it on my Pentax 6x7. I should have done it.
You were lucky you didn't do that. Fisheye Nikkor 16/2.8 mounted on Pentax 6x7 wouldn't focus in any way due to the huge difference of the flange back. You would have needed a medium format field camera body.
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Maybe that's why I didn't do it or maybe I was thinking of mounting it on one of my Linhofs. Those would require a lens cap shutter.
I never got as far as examining the 16/2.8 to see if a none destructive lens hood removal was feasible.
Dave
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The lens hood comes right off the 16mm lenses, there is a small lock ring that is easily removed, the outer one as I recall.
Thanks for the portrait Bjørn!
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You'd have to strip out the mirror and make the 16 fisheye lens sit partially in the mirror box. You'd then have a Pentax 6x7 mirrorless/fisheye camera, albeit for film only. Kind of like a Hasselblad Superwide arrangement.
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I used to shoot the Pentax 6x7 with the 35mm 4.5 fisheye, ok great shots!
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The lens hood comes right off the 16mm lenses, there is a small lock ring that is easily removed, the outer one as I recall.
Thanks for the portrait Bjørn!
It all comes back: the Pentax 6x7 was out because of back focus. The 16/2.8 could see the Linhof Technikas's box frame and dropped bed. I night install the lens on a Karden 45 lens board and spring back on a Karden standard frame. Then I'd need a pistol grip. Something tells me there was Linhof "Handy" ?? for $$$ that was what I described above. Finally I need a shutter for the 16/2.8 AIS.
Dave who is frustrated again
Sorry about spelling: this phone thinks when I type Karden I mean garden, etc. It's driving me crazy!
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Back to main subject - Now on biz trip with Df and Summicron, nothing else. Let us see...
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I hope this is alright to add some content to this thread ? I have spent the past week using only the 105 f1.4 E, these are images from my home town which is again a challenge to seek something interesting/different in a familiar location.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5636/22763581288_ab053d73b3_b.jpg)
First frost of the year
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Cold misty morning
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Not suitable for use yet !
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The town crier
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Red
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Book rack
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Hand held night shot, an experiment just because I was passing by.
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11/11/11
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My wife's mid morning coffee shop purchase, hand held.
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Lovely series Jaques. I really like #2 with the backlighting and evaporations which accentuate the cold morning.
You clearly enjoyed the week with your new lens.
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Great shot with the veteran.
Concerning the subject, which I finally illustrated with fresh photos, I put my series in the "from Fulda with Summicron" thread. So yes, it was the Summicron R. It is OK to spend a few days with it, or more, provided you are not doing event shooting, or not trying to portrait kids or pets.
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Last weekend we traveled to Germany to visit a medieval market in Esslingen. Unlike normal I didn't pack the Fuji and 23mm (35mm FOV) but decided to give the 16mm f/1.4 (24mm FOV) a try. It turned out to be quite a good lens to have in the masses. Even at f/1.4 it has a bit more DoF than the 23mm. In the evening many photos have been shot fully open and at ISO 3200. Your critiques are welcome:
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Nice pictures Jaques and Daniel :) Great variation even if only one focal length are involved. The veteran shot is a nice portrait. I also like the shot from inside the food court. Potatoes might be enjoyed in several ways. :)
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oh my hat how stunning. Aerobat - the first image is inspiring. but so are the rest
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Thanks Børge and Elsa for your kind feedback.
Still same weekend, same camera and lens - totally different subject.
The car was parked between two buildings and there was little room for playing with angles.
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Is that Bjørns little red car ;D
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A really adorable collection and another argument for the lens I have on order...
Here are my favourites:
the 105 f1.4 E
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/6/5636/22763581288_ab053d73b3_b.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5669/25306462649_c121df776c_b.jpg)
(https://c6.staticflickr.com/6/5594/30942328085_bb29671ff8_b.jpg)
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5714/30942326585_5dcebf0de7_b.jpg)
(https://c7.staticflickr.com/6/5734/22764332078_4777a5e622_b.jpg)
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Thanks Frank & Aerobat, I am never sure if my random subjects find much favour here so your comments are very encouraging, I carry the camera with me at all times resulting in the randomness of my images, they are just what I observe on my daily leisure travels, the benefit ? of being retired 8)
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same here, except I'm not retired yet.
As this was my Voigtländer 58/1.4 week, here's a shot from Tuesday (@f/5.6 and minimum focus distance)
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I carry the camera with me at all times resulting in the randomness of my images, ...
Randomness or not. I feel I am not a one trick pony. And you are not. I am too old to think much about what other people say. As long as I keep my level in my book and as long as I keep getting better I am happy. I feel photography is very deep and high a subject to learn. Keep going. I keep enjoying. Thank you