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A path leads down into Bryce Canyon. Late in the day, shadows become interesting.
Photographed using a Sony A7R.
Travel becomes more beautiful when you see serenity and shadows at the same time. It was a wonderful day when I was traveling and reading book in my iPad and suddenly saw outside and couldn’t resist myself to capture this view.
Another year is almost over, hopefully we can emerge from the shadows soon although much still remains out of focus.
Handheld shot with FE 85mm f1.4 GM late in the evening along this historical street.
Haven’t bought any photographic gear this year although a couple of lenses are firmly in my sight.
The 70-200mm f2.8 zoom is a lens I’ve avoided thus far as it typically weighs as much as a high end 100-400mm zoom which is too much unless we are just carrying this lens alone.
Then came Tamron FE 70-180mm f2.8 (815g) and Canon RF 70-200mm f2.8L IS (1,070g), both however do not work with teleconverters (TC) and the Tamron additionally omits lens stabilization.
Had some initial interest in the Tamron but the just released Sony FE 70-200mm 2.8 GM OSS ii (1,045g) has both lens stabilization which is more effective than IBIS at the long end and works with TCs which can get me to 400mm f5.6 if needed. My FE 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 GM OSS works flawlessly with 2x TC and I expect the same for the new FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM ii.
The Tamron is $1,199 vs the Sony GM ii $2,798 (same as Canon’s RF version), a substantial difference. Looking at the photos taken with the Tamron, it’s a nice lens but there’s no “wow” quality in the photos taken and there are also some distracting structures within the specular highlights.
The photos from the new FE 70-200mm f2.8 GM OSS ii however, are impressive. If we don’t use a 70-200mm f2.8 zoom too often and does not need more than 8fps or TC compatibility, the Tamron version makes a lot of sense. Canon and Sony users have access to lots of lens choices, the same cannot be said for Nikon however.
It seems that Sony achieved significant weight reduction without making compromises in TC compatibility or omitting stabilization but with a more efficient design with less glass used in GM ii with 17 elements compared to 23 in the older version. Is this advancement all due to improved glass quality or software?
I do wonder if they can do the same with their future generation 2 100-400 GM and 200-600 G zooms when the time comes, perhaps even with the soon to be launched 24-70 GM ii?
Meanwhile Tamron has just released their FE 28-75mm f2.8 G2 which appears to be an improved version of its highly popular 1st Gen lens. Personally I’ll rather wait and see what Sony will do with their imminent FE 24-70mm f2.8 GM ii replacement.
Advances in lens making have produced zooms capable of matching Prime lenses at equivalent apertures. For this reason, I stopped bothering with Primes which are just 1 stop faster than f2.8 zooms especially at focal lengths below 85mm.
Those who had aggressively suggested that the Batis 135mm f2.8 was reasonable at $2,000 are clearly shills, you can easily identify these fellas from the various gear forums by now. I’ve spoken out against the value of Batis lenses from inception and in particular the 135mm f2.8 since its release. We really need to be wary of these marketing shills as they are so rampant in gear forums masquerading as hobbyists these days. flic.kr/p/GC4PWY
For the wonderful nailbender !
Okay okay.. i did this sketch too fast.. i wish i had taken my time to do it better.. i might redo it again with color.. duno...
Lets see what nailbender thinks of it first !
Any constructive criticisim would be glad to hear it
---> Oh and sorry if i'm boring you guys with all my shadow images.... duno wazzup with me and shadows these days.. they seem to follow me everywhere !!
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"Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?"
- Pablo Picasso.
Explore Highest position # 316 on Sunday, March 15, 2009
Very simple shot for today. I can't access any photos on my PC since it doesn't work. I have to bring it to fix tomorrow. The above photo is the one I can post using my notebook. The shadow of a bicycle taken while walking alond the beach in Macau.:)
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Exposure: 1/250 sec, Aperture: f/11, Focal Length:24 mm, ISO: 200
Nikon D700, Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
Plain single shot
(No very long multi invitations please.:))
Never fear shadows. They simply mean there's a light shining nearby
~Quote by,
Ruth Renkel
Went to the nature pond at the college today.. This hall leads to the cafeteria that overlooks the beautiful nature pond..
A shadow of me and my bike on our drive, but playing with the processing I think it looks a bit like a shadow in the night sky full of stars.
just having a coffee in Costa in marbella when a sparrow popped in looking for a snack .Luckily I had my camera ready to shoot it.
My 5th and final entry for round 2 of the Iron Forge, inspired by Eero Okkonen’s incredible brick-built figures. I had the idea to use the wrenches for a tattered cloak early on in the week, but wasn’t entirely sure how to pull it off. After building several other entries, I decided to give it a go and see how it went – so Thursday morning I started work on it, thinking the deadline was Saturday afternoon. However, after realizing that the deadline was in fact Friday afternoon, I was a bit panicked that I wouldn’t be able to get it done in time. Fortunately, it came all came together well today. There are still a few things I would refine if I had more time, but overall I’m happy with the result.
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Shadow - I am sooo happy for Shadow and MC! When I would go out to the alley in the cold, dark -20C weather to feed them, I would sit in the car warming myself up before going back out to interact with them and I would dream of somehow making their lives better. That was only 5 months ago.
They are now living my dream come true. I could not imagine a better home and a better situation than the life they are living now. Both cats have free run of the entire house now and Shadow is almost totally to the point where he is permitted to be outside unsupervised. MC is a little slower in adapting, but she IS adapting and she seems to be enjoying her new life.
Although it is my dream for them that they are living, I think they are happy with it and I believe that if they could choose between their former life in the alley and the life they have now they would choose this new life as house cats. Yes, I am very happy for these cats!