Magnolia - some pics with the DA 70 Ltd.

Magnolia - some pics with the DA 70 Ltd. · 03:16 PM

Made the day before yesterday. I only own the DA70 for some days now, but I like this lens very much! The 3 photos were all made with the lens wide open. Straight out of the box, no PP, exept some minor cropping in #3.

It's the best Magnolia year for several years, because of the long winter. It caused a late blossom, and therefore the flowers are not damaged by late night frosts.

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iced · 04-12-2009, 06:04 PM

Beautiful flower, nice job looks great against that blue sky, thanks for sharing.

roentarre · 04-12-2009, 10:04 PM

Incredible set of images in deed.

I love this lens too and continue to use til today after 2 months or so.

Pentax Da 70mm f2.4 Images

**Rense** · 04-13-2009, 12:09 AM

Iced, James, thank you both. I think this lens would do a great job in street photography, but then, in my home town, street photography is not the most interesting, especially not during these holidays, when there are hardly any people out. So, I have to stick to this kind of images for a while.....

legacyb4 · 04-13-2009, 12:19 AM

The DA 70mm does an amazing job with flora; the magnolias are starting to blossom here and you can see every detail of the furry outside when shot with that lens!

**dadipentak** · 04-13-2009, 05:21 AM

Very nice shots Rense, but why no pp? A little more contrast & brightness would do wonders.

**Rense** · 04-13-2009, 05:26 AM

Originally posted by dadipentak

Very nice shots Rense, but why no pp? A little more contrast & brightness would do wonders.

Thank you! Why no pp? Because they looked fine, but once exported and uploaded, they became a little dull indeed. And now I'm trying to find the cause of this all, but I can't find it. Colour space doesn't seem to do too much, and I don't realy know what could be wrong with it..... I will look further....

**Rense** · 04-13-2009, 05:44 AM

I realy don't know why the colours of the magnolia flowers change in the uploading process. I try one as attachment....

EDIT: after all it is a colourspace issue.... the two photos below are in sRGB (the upper) and AdobeRGB (the lower). The upper one resembles reality much more!!

**Sailor** · 04-13-2009, 06:03 AM

Nice images, Rense. We have a Magnolia in our front yard - stays green all year around, but only occasionally produces blooms.

Jer

**Rense** · 04-13-2009, 06:08 AM

Originally posted by Sailor

Nice images, Rense. We have a Magnolia in our front yard - stays green all year around, but only occasionally produces blooms.

Jer

Thank you Jer. There are many species, I've seen several wintergreen species in Mediterranean Botanical gardens in Italy (e.g. Magnolia grandiflora). But here, we have only two or three deciduous species in gardens.

**dadipentak** · 04-13-2009, 06:22 AM

Yes, I don't really understand color space but that's much better. ;~)

**Rense** · 04-13-2009, 06:25 AM

Originally posted by dadipentak

Yes, I don't really understand color space but that's much better. ;~)

Thank you, I agree

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04-13-2009, 05:44 AM	#8
Rense Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Zetten - The Netherlands Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,050 Original Poster	I realy don't know why the colours of the magnolia flowers change in the uploading process. I try one as attachment.... EDIT: after all it is a colourspace issue.... the two photos below are in sRGB (the upper) and AdobeRGB (the lower). The upper one resembles reality much more!! Attached Images

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Rense Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Zetten - The Netherlands Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,050 Original Poster	Iced, James, thank you both. I think this lens would do a great job in street photography, but then, in my home town, street photography is not the most interesting, especially not during these holidays, when there are hardly any people out. So, I have to stick to this kind of images for a while.....

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legacyb4 Inactive Account Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Tri-Cities, British Columbia Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,784	The DA 70mm does an amazing job with flora; the magnolias are starting to blossom here and you can see every detail of the furry outside when shot with that lens!

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Rense Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Zetten - The Netherlands Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,050 Original Poster	Originally posted by dadipentak Very nice shots Rense, but why no pp? A little more contrast & brightness would do wonders. Thank you! Why no pp? Because they looked fine, but once exported and uploaded, they became a little dull indeed. And now I'm trying to find the cause of this all, but I can't find it. Colour space doesn't seem to do too much, and I don't realy know what could be wrong with it..... I will look further....

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Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 26,205	Nice images, Rense. We have a Magnolia in our front yard - stays green all year around, but only occasionally produces blooms. Jer

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Rense Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Zetten - The Netherlands Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,050 Original Poster	Originally posted by Sailor Nice images, Rense. We have a Magnolia in our front yard - stays green all year around, but only occasionally produces blooms. Jer Thank you Jer. There are many species, I've seen several wintergreen species in Mediterranean Botanical gardens in Italy (e.g. Magnolia grandiflora). But here, we have only two or three deciduous species in gardens.

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dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Yes, I don't really understand color space but that's much better. ;~)

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Rense Site Supporter Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Zetten - The Netherlands Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,050 Original Poster	Originally posted by dadipentak Yes, I don't really understand color space but that's much better. ;~) Thank you, I agree !

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