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May 21, 2012

How does your son get not to look goofy in prom wear, Jemal? Congratulations on that (and, oh yeah, the academic stuff too ;~)

May 20, 2012

Wow, lacrosse in Charlotte?! Hoodathunk? With Clara's lacrosse season just ended (with a loss to a better team in the championship game), I've turned my attention to birds. I have the 1000/8 "Black Dragon" set up on the porch but these were taken with the Sigma 500/4.5 (all were substantially cropped.) I used the 1.4x TC for the last two.

Pileated Woodpecker

Ceder Waxwings

Flicker

Quite the adventure Doug--glad to hear that kid's ok. Congrats on the frog!

May 19, 2012

It doesn't make sense to me to look at Pentax lens offerings in isolation. There are a lot of 3rd party lenses out there and some are really very good. Pentax is in a pretty competitive environment in that regard so I think they need to pick their shots pretty carefully. I hope they make a point to make quality one of their strong points--they've had some hits and some misses in that regard..

May 19, 2012

It doesn't make sense to me to look at Pentax lens offerings in isolation. There are a lot of 3rd party lenses out there and some are really very good. Pentax is in a pretty competitive environment in that regard so I think they need to pick their shots pretty carefully. I hope they make a point to make quality one of their strong points--they've had some hits and misses in that regard..

May 14, 2012

Sarah, I had one of those. Neither of the conditions you describe are "normal" in terms of my experience so I agree with Doug about having it serviced.

I have the K-mount version of that lens, JDM--It has obvious limitations but the optics are impressive. I'll be setting it up in the next week or so.

May 7, 2012

Good advice, Jemal.

May 6, 2012

There's a spot near Clara's school I like to visit when I get the chance. I've posted a fair number of shots from there. It's got birds and a varied landscape--including a protected soggy stream floodplain. I was there last week but didn't have the time or energy for a serious birding expedition so just wandered a bit with the 100-300/4 Sigma I had with me for the 4pm lacrosse game (but I did put the 1.4x in my pocket.)

Cattails

Skunk Cabbage

I needed the TC for this one. They may have been at one time (not sure) but Orioles aren't that common in the region so I was pretty happy to get this--it was a very brief opportunity.

April 30, 2012

Nice Cypress, Robert!

April 30, 2012

Fun set of photos, folks! Here are some from a walk around the grounds with the Sigma 70/2.8 Macro:

Weed

Damaged Leaf

"Soft Sculpture" detail

April 22, 2012

Nice to see you back, Duane! Those icebergs are really impressive.

Doug's snake and Howard's profile also struck me as particularly nice as well as Steve T's cityscapes.

Here are some incidental shots. The first two, taken with the A 20/2.8

This one was taken in my neighborhood with the Sigma 100-300/4.

April 17, 2012

I have to admit to some concern about the sparse protection in girls lacrosse, Michael, but the rules are much more civilized than the boys game--and strictly enforced. Still, there have been a couple of head-clunking & face-scraping incidents this season.

The boys wear a lot more protective gear these days than we did when I played: all we had then was a helmet (with face guard) and a pair of padded gloves but that was back in the in the "wooden sticks/iron men" era.

April 15, 2012

It's been mostly by request photography for me this week.

Mostly lacrosse--a lot of lacrosse! We won this one in triple overtime despite periods of sleet.

Sigma 100-300/4 (of course)

Then there was the group photo documenting a day of community trail maintenance.

Tamron 28-75/2.8

Special Bonus: me setting up for the previous shot (Canadians will understand why I'm such a fan of Red Green ;~)

April 12, 2012

There was only the price increase.

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They could at least lengthen the warranty period on cameras and lenses to 3yrs.

April 9, 2012

What Justin said.

April 9, 2012

I think Ricoh is managing the perception of the Pentax brand upward

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Oh great: "Pentax--the Camera of the 1%" ;~\ Well, if you're going to be a niche brand, might as well choose a cushy niche, I guess. Still, I'd think that raising prices has to be accompanied by other maneuvers (like, say, marketing?) as part of a general strategy (but perhaps it makes sense to re-set the price point in advance of that push.)

April 8, 2012

Wow this is a nice lot of photos straight through!

It's been a really nice spring here--for once, we didn't lurch straight into summer. With the cool weather, the bloom has held up very nicely. The redbud has been gorgeous for two weeks and, in general leafing out has proceeded in a leisurely pace. It's been pretty spectacular in the clear bright light we've been having. I haven't had much success capturing landscapes but here are some Spring things (taken with three Sigma lenses as it happens):

Azalea (Sigma 70/2.8 Macro)

Return of the Yellow Crowned Night Herons (Sigma 500/4.5 &Sigma 1.4x TC)

Lacrosse (Sigma 100-300/4)

April 8, 2012

Wow! I'd heard that they'd hiked the prices but had no idea it was that drastic. All of a sudden, my foolish lens-buying binge looks like genius--Clara's college fund has appreciated by 50% overnight! Fortunately, I'm pretty much out of the lens market but I really don't understand Ricoh's thinking on this.

March 12, 2012

"my wife was blocking my view of the No Photography sign."

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A skilled accomplice!

March 11, 2012

All three of yours are nice, Howard, but #1 is especially lovely.

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March 8, 2012

It must have taken a lot of exacting and tedious work but it was certainly worth it!

March 2, 2012

I have the 15/4 & 35/2.8 macro. The 15 gave me some great shots in China and was really invaluable in close quarter settings. I just recently acquired the 35 macro and agree with ME 100%.

February 26, 2012

I'm having fun with that lens too, Hin ;~)

Winter in the Bottomlands

Crocus, 2012

Afterlife

February 26, 2012

This is going to become the butt (ahem) of many jokes.

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Anything to take it viral (as long as the camera is top-notch.)

February 19, 2012

No snow here and birds have been few & far between. It's been pretty mild (so far) but still recognizable as winter.

A*135/1.8 [1/320, f3.2, ISO 160]

I got myself a DA 35/2.8 Macro Ltd for my (upcoming) birthday. I like it and have convinced myself that it's sufficiently distinct from the FA 31/1.8 Ltd to justify keeping both.

[1/100, f4, ISO 400]

Mostly, I've been shooting basketball with the Sigma 50-150/2.8. I've been able to get pretty decent results most of the time but in some cases, the lighting is an insurmountable obstacle and the best I can do is 'Norman Rockwell' rendering--like this.

[1/500, f2.8, ISO 10000]

February 18, 2012

clearly the film camera body is preferred by photographers for cameras with a finder.

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This may just be the QWERTY phenomenon--the tendency to stick with the familiar despite theoretical drawbacks.

My concern is very practical--set a cylinder down on a raised flat surface and it will probably roll off.

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