single photos ii Magic Bunny Lane

Suburban Landscape--WEIRD suburban landscape down my street. Commentswelcome.I was doing test shots at 200mm and f/2.8 and discovered uponpost-processing that I had captured this, whatever it is.

--Lannie

Here is the original, resized.  The bunny is tucked in there somewhere above the drive at the left, in the dark.

 

The original was simply a test shot to see what I could pull out at f/2.8 at the long end (200mm) of the zoom.  ISO was 100, and the shutter speed was whatever it was.

 

--Lannie

The posted shot is a 100% crop, albeit with a witches' brew of curves, shadows/highlights, levels, and whatever else was needed, with a pinch of unsharp mask thrown in at the end.

 

--Lannie

Lannie:  I don't see anything strange about this photo.  It's a good example of the capability on a modern digital camera with a good lens.  Tom

Hi Lannie,

A nice crop of the left side of the original image shown in your insert.

I have all the versions of the Nikkor 70-200 and 80-200 telephoto lens , and one predominant aspect of the design is that they are all optimized for the longest end (200mm) when shot wide open.

A lesser design would begin to "roll-off" its performance level at higher magnifications, but Nikon did a good job to keep the clarity level above average. There are not many changes from the earliest designs to the present, but I favor the the earlier designs because of their build quality (lack of plastic) and the glass quality used was better than it is today, too.

Only the fixed focal length ED Nikkors show a significant higher level of performance.

Best Regards my friend, Mike

Thanks, Tom and Mike.  I overcooked this on a bit in Photoshop, but the area this was cropped from was really quite dark--and bland.  For the record, I was trying to center on the fire hydrant (for test purposes) but I overshot and got the area behind it in sharpest focus.

 

Mike, you do know your lenses!  I will keep trying to learn, but you will always be just a few light years in front of me.

 

--Lannie

Hi Lannie,

You are doing quite well my friend.

I have studied many designs and the lens over the years, but it is a never ending task since there are so many variables in producing a lens, and then many more conditions when the lens is used in the field.

Best Regards, Mike