POTW Nov 17, 2013

[hinman]

<p><strong>#1 Smith Corona</strong></p>

<p><a title="Smith Corona by hin_man, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5528/10618503474_1640ef76e6_b.jpg" alt="Smith Corona" width="859" height="1024" /></a><br /> K-5 and Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.0 (lens returned)<br /> <br /><br /><br />In Exploratorium of San Francisco, I ran into a wall decorated with a picture of Smith Corona typewriter disassembled with its intricate pieces neatly arranged through the wall. I was totally fascinated but my boys showed no interest with this oldie in the typewriter history. <br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /></p>

[hinman]

<p><br /><strong>#2 Go 49ers!</strong><br /> <br /><a title="Go 49ers! by hin_man, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5533/10857153383_5a555c8699_b.jpg" alt="Go 49ers!" width="1024" height="1024" /></a><br /> nex 5n and Sigma 30mm f/2.8<br />wide open in f/2.8 and iso 3200, 1/50 sec, 30mm, 0 Ev</p>

<p>Saw the fog early in the morning while waiting for my bus to work. It was dark at 6:18am in the morning. The scene at bus station was boring as usual but lighting in the fog was unique and when the bus came I was in luck for the day<br /><br /></p>

 

[hinman]

<p><br /><strong>#3 Sunset At Bus Station</strong><br>

<br /><a title="Sunset At Bus Stop by hin_man, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5494/10848396474_ffaee94ef6_b.jpg" alt="Sunset At Bus Stop" width="1024" height="576" /></a><br /><br />K-5 and FA 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5<br>

<br />The sun already disappeared below the mountain in the far distance when my bus arrived at my usual station. I scrambled to take a bunch of shots. No matter how hard I tried, only the spot metering gave me a lighting close to what I saw. It was a pretty sunset as the clouds formation added beauty to the scene. </p>

[bob_marz]

<p>#1 The rugged coastline of the Atlantic Northeast.</p><div></div>

[bob_marz]

<p>#2 Changing of the seasons from Fall to Winter.</p>

[bob_marz]

<p>#2 Changing of the seasons from Fall to Winter.</p><div></div>

[anirbanbanerjee]

<p>Here's one on my Sunday morning shoot downtown Bangalore, India. Tamron 28-75. Pentax K-50.</p>

<p><a title="17-11-1 by A n i r b a n, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2872/10903556853_5131195c41_c.jpg" alt="17-11-1" width="800" height="530" /></a></p>

<p>Off-topic: I have been putting up my B&W stuff on a <a href="http://grokkinglife.tumblr.com/">Tumblr page</a>. Any comments and critiques welcome!</p>

 

[Member69643]

<p>Love the seasons changing one, very nice contrast.</p>

[ukhov]

<p>1</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

<p>2</p><div></div>

[ukhov]

<p>3</p><div></div>

[htarragon]

<p>Haven't been here in a while. Just figured out how to just resize photos easily in CS4. It seems just as easy as in PE6. Other stuff, not so much. Thinking of going to PE12. Hopefully, Adobe will not have made things much more complicated. I was not thrilled with PE9.</p>

<p>Hin, your sunset is fabulous and Bob, I love that Maine coast.<br>

<br />Here three from me from a couple of weeks ago:</p><div></div>

[htarragon]

<p>Two</p><div></div>

[htarragon]

<p>Three</p><div></div>

[Member69643]

<p>Finding any color on a gray rainy day is hard, so I settled for this blue-marked tree. It's already been trimmed several times... does the blue signal its imminent demise?</p><div></div>

[shots worth sharing]

<p>Some recent birds with the K5IIs & Sigma 500/4.5 & 1.4x TC:<br>

<br /> <img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Nature/Fauna/i-dGQVxpp/0/L/_IGP5619.csm-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Nature/Fauna/i-BWBdXpN/0/L/_IGP6075cu-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p><img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Nature/Fauna/i-LjZ6GnC/0/L/_IGP7452csm-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[MattB.Net]

<p>My son and I are visiting my folks in Michigan for a few days. <br>

Record setting jet on display in the Denver airport<br>

K-3 & DA 15<br>

<a title="IMGP0775-Edit by MattB.net, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7323/10890439324_9b4d5a6731_z.jpg" alt="IMGP0775-Edit" width="640" height="426" /></a><br>

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K-3 & DA 15<br>

<a title="IMGP0817-Edit by MattB.net, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5491/10919632953_717f44192b_z.jpg" alt="IMGP0817-Edit" width="640" height="426" /></a><br>

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K-3 & DA 40 Ltd.<br>

<a title="IMGP0872-Edit by MattB.net, on Flickr" href=" src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3790/10919474784_8c8bdbf9f1_z.jpg" alt="IMGP0872-Edit" width="426" height="640" /></a></p>

 

[michael_elenko]

<p>My first soccer shots taken with the K-3 + Sigma 100-300mm f4. All in all I was pleased with the results, especially considering it was my first time using both camera and lens. I'm going to give it a month or so before deciding whether to ditch my Canon 7D. In daylight, the 7D's AF performance produces about 20% more keepers (which says something quite positive for Pentax), but where the K-3 really shows its value is under poorer lighting conditions. The second half of this match happened under the lights and I was able to get usable images at both ISO 6400 and 12,800. If I have to use the 7D beyond ISO 3200 then I put the camera away as the 100-400mm L lens is f4.5-5.6 and the 7D's sensor gets too rough.<br>

<strong>Example One</strong><br>

<img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-GLBdGDj/0/XL/i-GLBdGDj-XL.jpg" alt="" /><br>

f4.5 @ 1/1000, ISO 6400, 210mm</p>

<p><strong>Example Two</strong></p>

<p><img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-fkT88bN/0/XL/i-fkT88bN-XL.jpg" alt="" /><br>

f4.5 @ 1/750, ISO 6400, 100mm</p>

<p><strong>Example Three</strong><br>

<img src="http://www.smugmug.com/photos/i-qQ6Ns49/0/XL/i-qQ6Ns49-XL.jpg" alt="" /><br>

f4 @ 1/500, ISO 12800, 100mm</p>

<p>ME</p>

[shots worth sharing]

<p>Great action shots, ME!</p>

[michael_elenko]

<p>Thanks Dave. I'm looking forward to birds too. That yellow (warbler?) you captured looks so clean, sharp, and just beautiful. I think most of ours have scrammed until spring.</p>

<p>ME</p>

[markus maurer]

<p>A table top shot with my new macro lens</p><div></div>

[markus maurer]

<p>vegan hot Chili</p><div></div>

[michael_elenko]

<p>Markus, nice chili and an equally impressive fork. Please share a design link if you happen to have one. Thanks,</p>

<p>ME</p>

[shots worth sharing]

<p>Thanks, Michael! Definitely a warbler but I'm not sure which (Pine? Prairie?) It was very accommodating--not only got close but gave me both profiles ;~)<br>

<img src="http://dadipentak.smugmug.com/Nature/Fauna/i-W99Wrc2/0/L/_IGP5615ccsm-L.jpg" alt="" /></p>

 

[markus maurer]

<p>Thanks Michael :-) The fork was designed by Swiss artist Bruno Weber www.bruno-weber.ch and is not available anymore. It would have been quite expensive to buy since parts of it are made of real gold. I'm a friend of the family and got a set as a present.</p>