Mirrorless Monday_June 29th, 2015

[Sanford]

<p>Ripplewood, Big Sur</p><div></div>

[Sanford]

<p>Antique Mall</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Dune violets</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>..and more dune violets processed a bit like David Smith does</p><div></div>

[david_smith110]

<p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/551/18968245149_206483a38a_c.jpg" alt="" /></p>

<p>All shots this week are from a local water park where my little girl was taking some swim lessons. I grabbed my A7 and the most telephoto lens I own to capture her at a distance. The lens is an old Mitakon 500/8 mirror lens in Nikon mount. It is not what I would call a great lens by any means but it has a certain look to it. I really love mirror lenses for their unique bokeh and like to use them to paint a scene with the no focus style of photography I shoot from time to time. Hope you enjoy.</p>

<p>BTW Sanford, I really love Big Sur. I used to ride my motorcycle through there all the time.</p>

[david_smith110]

<p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/310/18966686600_b8ba76368d_c.jpg" alt="" /><br>

My little girl.</p>

<p>John, I do like the processing. :)</p>

[david_smith110]

<p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/545/18968251519_2ea1339c8f_c.jpg"" alt="" /><br>

<em>conserve</em></p>

[Ken Katz]

Metropolitan Museum of Art - Roof Garden - NYC<div></div>

[wgpinc]

<p>Townsman trucking along! Sony A6000 / Sony 35mm 1.8.</p>

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[Lou_Meluso]

<p>Sony A7, Canon EF 85mm f/1.8</p><div></div>

[Lou_Meluso]

<p>Sony A7, FE 28mm f/2</p><div></div>

[sadanand]

<p>No 1</p><div></div>

[sadanand]

<p>No 2</p>

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[Brad_]

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[anthea50]

<p>The tree stump in the middle of our now waning pumpkin patch continues to delight me. Recently I found some seed pods (or some such) that had landed there, blown from the paper bark tree nearby.</p><div></div>

[anthea50]

<p>Second one...</p><div></div>

[anthea50]

<p>The overgrown grasses at the back fence are also fun to explore...</p><div></div>

[Karim Ghantous]

<p>Anthea, that last shot is wonderful. A little too sharp, IMHO, but a nice composition. :-)<br /><br />David, I love the one of the girl under the shower. Such a mood to that one - I'm trying to find words to describe it. It's a little bit brooding, a little bit of anticipation - is something going to happen? What's she thinking? It makes me think of traffic and rooftops late in the summer day (i.e. what's around her and where she's going). Unknowingly, she has posed as an ancient statue.</p>

<p>This one here is from the play, <em>Shush</em>, performed by Peridot in Mt. Waverley (eastern suburbs of Melbourne), taken earlier this month. I think the colour balance is a bit too warm, so I'll take them all down a notch before delivering the final cut.</p><div></div>

[kylebybee]

<p>Went out yesterday with my new Fuji xt1 and the 18-135 kit lens.</p>

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[kylebybee]

<p>These were shot in jpeg with the in camera sepia filter.</p><div></div>

[Sanford]

<p>So Kyle, looks like you are keeping the XT1. Did you find that the auto focus is satisfactory now after the firmware update? My XE1, even with the latest update is still much slower than my Nikon D50 or various Panasonic P&S cameras I have. </p>

[kylebybee]

For what I've done so far it's good.

[david_smith110]

<p>Im glad you feel that way about the shower girl photo Karim. That one stands out as special to me as well. In relation to the photo my little girl was down in the pool under the bottom of the photo, where the rails enter the water. I had moved around to this location to grab some more shots when my eyes focused past the railing and I saw the young girl.</p>

<p>It was one of those epiphany moments when I saw her standing starkly against the wall. I quickly raised my camera, focused and fired off two shots. Being surrounded by parents who were watching their kids splash around there was some trepidation about taking photos of a young girl showering if anyone noticed. But I simply could not let the moment pass in sort of a HCB decisive moment way. I was full well ready to defend myself if someone approached me and demanded to know what I was doing.</p>

<p>As it was...nothing happened. I actually wish I could track down her parents and offer them such a powerful image of their child. But it is probably not worth the can of worms that might open so she will just have to remain an unknown girl in a beautiful photo.</p>

<p>On the technical side, the rendering of the old mirror lens in this capture is very pleasing. There is a softness to it, a film like rendering which lends a powerful overall mood to the image which I don't think would have been there had I used another lens.</p>

<p>Thanks for you comments as always Karim. :)</p>

[Uhooru]

<p>I like that one also David. Very atmospheric. Here's one with a GRD of Not a morning person:) <a title="Untitled by Barry Fisher, on Flickr" href=" src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3141/3018745548_2ff79da612_o.jpg" alt="Untitled" width="820" height="615" /></a></p>

[mukul_dube]

<p>John, it surprises me that your shots with a Jupiter-8 are not sharp anywhere. I have had two examples of the lens, and they were sharp even at f/2, at least in the centre.<br>

<br />Louis, my guess is that you will have had to do things to keep Suzie's face from turning blue.<br>

<br />Karim, by taking the teeth as grey point I got something that looked realistic.</p>