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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #15 on: November 25, 2015, 09:13:30 »
Great get together! I like the tight framing of the first pano, really intense!

Thanks, Erik.  The panorama head I assembled for handhold work seemed to work well.  The original TIFF is nearly 70MP.  :)

Mike, thanks for the follow-up.  Our images were literally bursts of colors!
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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #16 on: November 25, 2015, 09:15:59 »
I've been either sleeping or travelling since we went our various ways yesterday, so I'm a little late with this (coming from cold, rainy Nagano Prefecture - just like Scotland   :-[ ).

Our second meet was very enjoyable, like the first, and the opportunity given by both NG and NG-Revival to meet other committed photographers from around the globe is - as nfoto says - one of the best things about these two special forums.

1. The Tokyo Dome Hotel from Koishikawa garden.
2. A young heron, just having been driven off by a parent bird.


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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #17 on: November 25, 2015, 11:51:39 »
Dave, thanks for the follow-up.  The heron was fairly close to us (around 10m or so?).
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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #18 on: November 25, 2015, 11:57:17 »
Here are some bursts of colors.  Since almost everything is in prime colors and the leaves in the original images were highly saturated, the post process was quite tricky...
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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #19 on: November 25, 2015, 12:19:55 »
...and this is a handheld 6-stitch pano...
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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #20 on: November 25, 2015, 12:38:15 »
FWIW, all of my images were shot with no other than Olympus E-M5 MkII with 25/1.8.
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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #21 on: November 25, 2015, 13:05:44 »
FWIW, all of my images were shot with no other than Olympus E-M5 MkII with 25/1.8.

In other words, all made with that most difficult of focal lengths (to have as your only lens), the 50mm or equivalent. I am not so disciplined and used two zooms to make the following images -

1. Nature in a glass cage.
2. Maple leaves.
3. Red tree, white bridge.
4. Dusk - back in the world.


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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #22 on: November 25, 2015, 13:40:22 »
In other words, all made with that most difficult of focal lengths (to have as your only lens), the 50mm or equivalent. I am not so disciplined and used two zooms to make the following images -

Not really.  In this digital era, we can do a lot of different things in the post process.  Pano stitching is a good example.  We can use a prime lenses in various ways.

Love your closeup of maple leaves.
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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #23 on: November 25, 2015, 13:51:38 »
I think it's great that you got together and that you are sharing your lovely images with us!
Any photos of you guys in action?
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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #24 on: November 25, 2015, 13:59:58 »
Jakov, thanks.  Here's Dave in action.  Sorry I failed to shoot Mike in action...
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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #25 on: November 25, 2015, 14:08:50 »
There were still some flowers and berries.  It was a bit tricky to achieve decent shallow DOF with the 25/1.8 lens.
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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #26 on: November 25, 2015, 14:44:41 »
I think it's great that you got together and that you are sharing your lovely images with us!
Any photos of you guys in action?

Here are a couple of us (plus others - we were never alone there):

1) Akira - aiming high

2) Dave and Akira - across the pond
Mike Selby - Sydney

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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #27 on: November 25, 2015, 14:55:07 »
A little patch of colour in a dark corner of the park...
Mike Selby - Sydney

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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #28 on: November 25, 2015, 14:57:53 »
First shot with a brand new (early Christmas present) 200/4 macro lens. Now to figure out how to put it to good use......
Mike Selby - Sydney

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Re: November 24 Tokyo Meet Up
« Reply #29 on: November 25, 2015, 15:07:55 »
I wish I was there with you guys with my Zenit :)
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