May 2017

[Fons Baerken]

Thank you Frank

[John Geerts]

Thank you Akira. I promise myself that I will not shot another wedding (again) but he is a close friend. That means I was closer to the action too.

Great shot, Paco, with the symbolic reflection.

[John Geerts]

https://www.neerlandstuin.nl/bomen/paulownia.html

Great chance you had for a flower closeup.

Thanks for the Info, Fons.

Still cloudy and cold.

Now with the Df - 55/3.5 comp.

[Fons Baerken]

P. t., a difficult tree in dutch conditions

[Frank Fremerey]

Thank you Frank. I also think Fons shot is very cool. The rendering of the lens fits the subject beautifully.
   Intrigued by yours... And hiw are you liking the 105 after all this time?

The 105E I liked from the beginning, I use it as often as possible. Wonderful lens, very versatile.

The only thing is that I bought a lot of very nice lenses in the past two years  and although I shoot a lot I feel the lenses do not get enough workout.

I recently aquired the 4/300PF, the 1.4/58G, said 105E and the 1.8/20G.

I still love the 1.4/24G and the 1.4/35 Ai-S very much and use the 60G Micro and 200 Ai-S Micro for food, plus there is the Sinar Equipment.

So a lot of glass and always little time to shoot and develop...

[Fons Baerken]

May 5



D800, 58mm f/1.4

[golunvolo]

Thank you Frank. I´ve recently got my hands on a 58mm 1.4 and I´m very happy with it too. I can see Fons happy with it too


  this was taken today with a el-nikkor 50mm 2.8 and the helicoids and adaptor I got from Dr. Klaus.

  "That is no moon!"

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Spring is upon us here in the high North - signalled by one of the very few magnolia trees around coming into full bloom. Nice and warm weather for a change, too.

D500, 24/1.8 AFS

[golunvolo]

Same combination as before: el-nikkor 50mm 2.8 (@ f/4-5.6 range) with Dr. Klaus helicoids.

   "colors on my terrace"

[Akira]

Bjørn, this is a beautiful closeup of magnolias.  Did you really use AF-S 24/1.8G?  I used to have one, and am sure that has seven aperture blades that should yield 14 light rays from the sunstar.  The sunstar in this image has eight light rays...

Paco, this is a nice color composition!

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Akira: yes, I used the AFS 24 mm f/1.8 G. In fact,all photos with the D500 (yesterday) were acquired with that lens.

The front element was quite dusty, so I got a lot of unwanted reflections on many of the frames. However, this one came out clean. Apparently the nano coating can work wonders once in a while, like it does with the 20/21.8 G.

I used f/16 for the Magnolia capture, by the way.

PS: some of the other Magnolia picture came out with 14 defined sun rays. No idea why there is such a difference using the same aperture setting and lens. DS

[Akira]

Bjørn, thanks for the details.  It is really strange, but that wouldn't degrade the image!

[John Geerts]

Great shot, Bjørn !

At last we had sun today. 

A revisit (again, well a 2 minute walk  ) to the  -Paulownia-tomentosa-   

Df   17-35/2.8

[Fons Baerken]

May 6

Iris early stage



Df, 55mm f/1,2

[simato73]

From yesterday afternoon.
Marbury Country Park.