Mirrorless Monday_November 9th, 2015

[Sanford]

<p>Mecum Auction, Monterey</p><div></div>

[Sanford]

<p>Mecum Auction #2</p><div></div>

[Sanford]

<p>Concours on the Avenue, Carmel</p><div></div>

[david_smith110]

<p>The black and whites this week are with the FL 55/1.2. The color mushroom shot is from an FD 35/3.5 chrome nose with Minolta Close Up lens No.2 attached. All were shot on an a7.</p>

<p><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/742/21522961684_7a2cfbd3e7_c.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[david_smith110]

<p><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/724/22757982592_127b041211_c.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[david_smith110]

<p><em>self portrait in make up mirror</em><br>

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<em><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5770/22666539826_33b906f7f2_c.jpg" alt="" /></em></p>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Last week, in Borrowdale. I don't know if the soft filter effect will survive translation to 700 pixels.</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>...and another</p><div></div>

[famico]

<p>The award</p><div></div>

[sadanand]

<p>Water droplets - 1</p><div></div>

[sadanand]

<p>Water droplets - 2</p><div></div>

[sadanand]

<p>Water droplets - 3 (With close-up filter)</p><div></div>

[david_smith110]

<p>John, I would say the soft filter effect came thru. Your second photo is just lovely. Timeless.</p>

[Lou_Meluso]

<p>Been in Minneapolis this past week on business so no real time to shoot except a couple from the Sony RX100II. </p>

<p>Downtown</p><div></div>

[Lou_Meluso]

<p>Leaf-covered House</p><div></div>

[Lou_Meluso]

<p>Power Plant</p><div></div>

[anthea50]

<p>I agree with David - John that soft filter effect definitely came through, really lovely. I'm curious though, so can I ask what you used?</p>

<p>David, nice to see a close up from you.</p>

<p>Sadanand, lovely flowers images, that first one is quite striking.</p>

<p>My shots this week are from a patch of weeds I found in the back yard. It has been really windy for some weeks now, and because of the reach of the sun, later in the afternoon is better for shots, but worse for wind. I talking about trying to shoot little weed flowers being flung around by the wind. But an interesting side effect was a few missed focus shots - just as I hit the shutter button, the flower moved. Here is oof shot 1.</p><div></div>

[anthea50]

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

[anthea50]

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

[sadanand]

<p>Anthea - Thanks ! Your shot 1 is good one too. The square format suits well.<br>

John - Certainly that second frame is just lovely.</p>

[lahuasteca]

<p>Antigua Guatemala, Nov. 1, 2015. Kakchiquel Maya mother and daughter. Panasonic LX7</p><div></div>

[johnfarrar]

<p>Anthea, David, Sadanand - thanks. Anthea, the filter was a Nikon Soft 2, which gives quite a strong effect on M43. That and a little flattening of contrast in post-processing. Sadanand and David, I do like your close-ups. Anthea your second shot looks not so much oof as very selective focus on the anthers at the top; it works well. </p>

[Uhooru]

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18123701-md.jpg" alt="" /> Panasonic GX7 - Day of the Dead celebration in Santa Ana, CA</p>

[Uhooru]

<p><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/588/22449957907_f0af11ef15_o.jpg" alt="" /></p>

[mukul_dube]

<p>This young woman sells food -- remarkably cheap -- from a cart at the edge of the road close to where I live. She uses far more chilly than I can stand, unfortunately.</p><div></div>