Mirrorless Monday_August 24th, 2015

[Sanford]

<p>A few from the Mecum Monterey auction.</p><div></div>

[Sanford]

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

[Sanford]

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

[david_smith110]

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<em>coco thru two windows, real and reflected</em><br>

<em><br /></em>a7 II • FDn 50/1.7</p>

<p>My nephew runs an English school over in China. This last couple of weeks he has had some of the families of the children he teaches over in San Fran for an American trip. I was fortunate enough to get to hand out with them for a while since I live not to far away. Some of the families even hired me for a day to follow them around and document their trip. I shot over 2000 photos for that event alone and I am still sorting thru them, but here are a few of the ones I have ready.</p>

[david_smith110]

<p><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/391/20488504652_3ed3bfd9af_c.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<em>waiting in the low room</em><br>

<em><br /></em>a7 • FDn 50/1.7</p>

<p>My daughter is the shadowy figure in the bottom left corner. I shot this as she played with some kids in one of the displays in the Exploratorium.</p>

[david_smith110]

<p><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/389/19856584103_b5cd7d3bd0_c.jpg" alt="" /><br>

<em>colonial breakfast</em><br>

<em><br /></em>a7 • FDn 50/1.7</p>

<p>A morning shot as people were getting up and having breakfast. Again, that's my little girl on the left. Jeeze, do I like the FDn 50/1.7 or what?</p>

[wgpinc]

<p>Sony A6000 / Sony 35mm 1.8.</p>

<center><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18062512-md.jpg" alt="" /></center>

[abib_b]

<p>A rest stop on a forest walk.</p>

[abib_b]

<p>Here it is</p><div></div>

[chansonbleu]

<p>At the Cornish Fair.</p><div></div>

[mukul_dube]

<p>I first photographed this girl when she was four hours old. We no longer meet as often as we used to.</p><div></div>

[vrankin]

<p>Victoria fishing</p><div></div>

[anthea50]

<p>David, I really like those shots, especially number 2. Not sure if anyone outside Oz knows this, but recently 100 wharf workers were suddenly made redundant. To add insult to injury, they were informed via email and text messages at midnight! So a permanent job one day, and redundant the next. Apparently the sacked workers are to be replaced with automated technology. Since the messages were sent, there has been a 24 hour picket line outside the entrance to the wharf, effectively shutting down all work. A friend and I went to visit the picket line and show solidarity. While I was there I took the opportunity to grab a few shots. The first shot is of the various picket line members gathering to hear a speech.</p><div></div>

[anthea50]

<p>A lot of other unions and groups have joined the picket line - here is a shot of some of the flags from the various supporting groups.</p><div></div>

[anthea50]

<p>Lastly, a shot of the giant cranes from another part of the wharf.</p><div></div>

[david_smith110]

<p>Thanks Anthea, I believe that is my personal favorite from all my trip photos as well. I love creepy, dark shots. And for some reason I listed all the photos as being taken with the FDn 50/1.7. Derp, no such animal exists. I meant to say it was the FDn 50/1.4. Must be getting old.</p>

<p>And it is such a shame to hear about the workers being replaced, but even more so about how they were notified. That is absolute bull crud.</p>

[HarryBaker]

<p>St Albans market, UK</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>David, even by your usual high standards those pictures are excellent. Anthea, interesting to see you doing a Mukul and giving us a slice of local life; I often wonder what the politics of contributors to this site are!<br>

River Esk.</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Woodland</p><div></div>

[kylebybee]

<p>I set my XT1 to B&W and played around with it. When set this way it shoot jpeg only so the post processing can't be manipulated as much. on this shot I just cropped quite a bit to zero in on the boy. I was using the 18-135 lens at 135mm.</p><div></div>

[kylebybee]

<p>This is the un cropped shot </p>

[mukul_dube]

<p>Why the polariser, John? I've used them only for reflections and skies.<br>

Good work, Kyle.</p>

[david_smith110]

<p>John, thank you for that very kind comment. :)</p>

[Andy Collins]

<p>Cool shots, <strong>David</strong>!<br>

<strong>Mukul</strong>, I love her smile; it lights up the whole picture!<br>

<strong>Kyle</strong>, <em>"fun at the races"</em> is cute as can be!</p><div></div>

[mukul_dube]

<p>Andy, over the years I have seen many being bowled over by that smile. I think it was most lethal when she was three.</p>