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"This physical world has no two things alike. Every comparison is awkwardly rough. You can put a lion next to a man, but the placing is hazardous to both."
– Rumi
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Here is comparison showing a capture made back in 2018 at 2 seconds & ISO 5000 and one taken last evening at 40 seconds with the star tracker mount. View large to see the differences.
Note, both captures taken here in Baltimore, Maryland
... one needs knowledge, a set of skills, good training and a sense of responsibility when getting gas pipes into the ground and making sure that energy arrives at people's homes. This is what we would expect, of course. However, and by comparison, you don't need any of these qualities if you want to become the British Prime Minister. Actually, the moral and intellectual requirements are so refreshingly low these days that any pig having its snout firmly in the trough could apply. And they did. Fuji X-E2 plus Helios 44M-7 at F11.
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View of Forum Romanum with the temple of Saturn and the temple of Vespasian and Titus.
The cult of the god Saturn in Rome is quite old - the temple remains are in comparison quite new (as an ancient Roman temple goes). The first temple in this spot was built around 497 B.C. These columns on the other hand dates to a temple building from 360-380 A.D. when the previous building had been destroyed by a fire. Much of this temple is built with parts from older buildings - but the columns are made in the style of late Antiquity, in white Thasian marble.
The two columns (it's actually three, but the third one is hidden from view) with a bit frieze remaining is the temple of emperor Vespasian and his son Titus. It was an expression of the Roman imperial cult - the temple was started by Titus after the death of his father, and then after Titus' death it was continued by his brother Domitian and finished some time around 87 A.D.
The Lower Christine Falls (seen in comments) gets most of the attention. The Upper Falls is more challenging to shoot, plus one must stand on the busy Christine Falls bridge while capturing this 32' beauty.
For comparison, the Lower Falls shown below drops 37'.
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Leica M Mono, Leitz Elmar 4/135 at F8. Of course, this comparison to the previous image is not straightforward. It is not just a different and much more expensive camera, the lens has a different focal range and is really old (over 60 years). But I do not think that the previous image, done with a "budget combo", is in any way inferior to this one. In fact, when it comes to judging an image as "interesting" or "artistic" I don't think that the question of budget or not plays a role at all.
"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Kimmeridge bay Dorset on the stunning Jurassic coast. Not a good sunset on this particular day but when the sun popped out for a minute the light highlighted Hen Cliff with the Clavell Tower or Kimmeridge Tower beautifully. The pile of stones found in this position on arrival was an added bonus, maybe put there in homage to the tower? ( at least that's what i'd like to think!)
On the left is a female or juvenile House sparrow, and on the right, an adult male Ruby-throated hummingbird
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Leica M Mono, Leitz Elmar 4/135 at F5.6. The settings for both shots are broadly the same (ISO 2500 corresponds to ISO 1250 on the M8) and I tried to edit both images in the same way as well. I am not trying to demonstrate that rangefinder cameras can do animal photography - we all know that other camera types do better in this regard. The comparison is rather between the old and low resolution M8 and the more advanced M Monochrome. It turns out that in terms of sharpness, the old M8 is still going strong. Resolution is more of a problem, especially at higher ISO settings (so, the M8 would struggle with nature and landscape photography). For portrait and street, in fact for all subjects where roughness is legitimate, the old camera is a wonderful tool. The Monochrome can do all of it and is more open to post-processing intervention.
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The bananas on the right look to be the perfect ripeness for eating (in my opinion—different people like different levels of ripeness when it comes to bananas). The bananas on the left appear too ripe for eating plain (again, my opinion) but they are excellent for baking or making smoothies. Both bunches of bananas are different in which ways they’re best enjoyed. When I compare my lack of capacity to achieve a lot of great things with someone in different circumstances who has the capability to do things I’m not able to it’s easy for me to fall into deep shame and guilt. I need to continually remind myself God created each of us unique and we have different experiences that shape us therefore it’s not always helpful to compare myself to others. It gives me the freedom to be who God created me to be with unique gifts and abilities and focus on growing in the ways He desires for me—which I’m still working on and probably will be for as long as I’m alive.
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My first attempt at developing film at home. For me it was an overwhelming process and I’m thankful I gave it a try. There is so much satisfaction and enjoyment for me to be able to accomplish this despite my fears and most of my days being about survival without having the capacity for much “extra” stuff. Being able to see the final image is so amazing after this whole process. It turned out much better than I expected. I’m still learning.
Nikon F100
Nikon 35mm f/2 D
Fuji Superia X-Tra 400
Self developed at home - Unicolor
Negative photographed with DSLR and converted to positive using Lightroom
Snow and Ross Geese side by side for comparison. I've been trying to get a shot like this for years.
I made plans to photograph the November 8, 2022 lunar eclipse over some petroglyphs in Bishop, California. It made sense to photograph something timeless over something ancient. But the weather forecast turned terrible, and a storm was forecast to cover most of California. The trip's goal morphed and became "let's photograph snow at the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest." The Bristlecones are the oldest trees on Earth, with some of them reaching 5000 years old.
As Matthew Saville and I drove from Los Angeles north toward the Sierra mountains, we noticed the storm was predicted to hit the Bristlecone Pine Forest shortly before sunrise. The eclipse might be possible after all!
We set up cameras, expected the worst, and went to bed. I awakened in the twilight before sunrise and a few inches of snow had fallen. I woke up Matt and we ran to collect the cameras, which had been partially buried. As we reviewed the photos in the blustery, well-below-freezing predawn air, we were amazed to see that the storm clouds blew in exactly as the eclipse ended. We had managed to photograph it! We captured the timeless over the ancient after all.
This photo is a stack of about 300 30-second exposures on a Sony A7R3 and a Sigma 20mm f/1.4. I also did a single long exposure, and might post that as well for comparison. Update: here.
Here you can see the colouring and bill differences between an immature male and an older male Surf Scoter.
Kentmere films. Recently I started using Kentmere 200, so I wanted to have a look against Kentmere 400, the film I have been using alongside HP5+ for a long time. I concluded that in most cases, in normal lighting like this, there is not an enormous difference between the two. I will, over time, discover how it'll go in more challenging lighting scenarios.
200 on the left, 400 on the right.
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A comparison shot with the previous photo in the stream – VPL629 may now be with London Bus Group, but used to be with Metroline and based at their Holloway Bus Garage.
This photo of it was taken at Aldwych in the evening rush hour, carrying a decent load of passengers on the busy Fleet Street-Waterloo corridor. Although not busy at the time this photo was uploaded!
It's also carrying an advert for the Turbo film, with an application around the wheels which looks rather unusual.
White tailed eagle in company off some hooded crows. Now you can see the difference in size,birdwise. But also that the crows are not scared of this mighty eagle who I thought was king :-) and in this picture you can see his white tail..
Scratch (bantam Old English Game hen) egg on the left.
Ameraucana (standard Wheaten) egg on the right.
I've heard that first eggs are usually small, so I'm guessing that since the Ameraucanas are just beginning to lay (one of them laid her first egg just before we got her on Tuesday) this is the other hen's first egg. I hope they'll get bigger over time, especially since they're getting lots of good food now.
I did a bit of an "experiment" the other day with my 50mm lens. I haven't been able to get a decent comparison shot of the difference in Dof, and I finally did.
But, for those of you who didn't know, the smaller your aperture (the larger the f number) the clearer the background becomes.
Created for DU Challenge ~ November 2024
Thanks to Temari 09 for starter image.
All work done in Photoshop 2025
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I have never done this before, but I had to put these two pictures together so that you can compare the differences. I used the identical prompt in MidJourney and DDT2D and this is the result. Basically I asked for a woman who was not feeling well, sitting in her bed and working on her laptop. I also wanted it in the style of Norman Rockwell. I did MJ first and was disappointed, and then I tried DDT2D and was blown away!
Don't get me wrong, I have had some incredible MJ results, but in this case, DD walks away with the honours!!
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Olympus versus Canon
DATES 1970-1979(?)/ 1961-1965
WEIGHT 410g/ 895g w/this lens
LENS 42mm 5/4 - 50mm 6/4
fixed/ interchangeable
BASELINE 35mm / 63mm
SPEEDS 1/15 - 1/500 - 1 - 1/1000
2-blade leaf / focal plane
BATTERY mercury/ selenium cell
PRICE new $120/ $132 w/this lens
"Camera 35" magazine tested the RC lens to resolve 80+ lines/mm center resolution, from f/5.6 to f/16.
The Canon f/1.4 is considered the "Japanese Summilux." No less an expert than Jonathan Rask said "this lens is the best vintage lens I have ever mounted onto my cameras." In the Canon 7 manual, there are *20* Canon lenses in 11 focal lengths that fit the 7 body. The Canon NEEDS the longer rangefinder baseline to utilize the 85mm and longer lenses.
The RC has both aperture and shutter speed setting visible in the window. It literally weighs so little (for an all metal! camera) that you forget you have it. It has an accessory shoe, the "7" does not.
The 7 only shows the lens focal length (which must be user set) and corrresponding bright-line, but it's the brightest rangefinder window I've personally viewed.