[mattb123]

I'll pile on to the skiing photo too! Great stuff, but conditions look brutal!

We need snow! I didn't ski this weekend but went on a hike with my family. Great skies today with crazy contrails. We are under a lot of flight paths!

[the swede]

We need snow! I didn't ski this weekend but went on a hike with my family. Great skies today with crazy contrails. We are under a lot of flight paths!

Very nice set! All three of them is great. I love the middle one, that shadow trail is crazy!

A couple humble ones from me.

[enoeske]

Yes! I got a bunch together, now I just have to finalize. There are a couple I think I had in mind that are no longer linked - going to ask the posters about those.

I plan to have the final list by the end of the weekend.

Can't wait to see your picks. I think we all have our own favorites.

[schimi76]

Airplane

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[mattb123]

the swede - Thanks! Love your last one!

schimi76 - Nice!

[dadipentak]

Really nice, schimi76!

[Ecaterin]

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Whoa, Jay. Once again, I adore your fearless use of BLACK

Skiing

This is an astonishing photo, just....wow. Excellent.

[causey]

I've seen every photo in this thread and while some are very good, some just don't do anything for me. I'm not sold on anything but reults... bling and popular opinion are meaningless...

So why did I sell my DA15? The clincher was seeing the same identical shot taken with both the DA 15 and 16-45. For a prime lens, the image taken with the DA15 didn't look the least bit better in any regard than the shot taken with the 16-45... And the 16-45 is half the price of the DA15 in Canada!! So why would I want to keep an under performing over priced lens?

Three reasons why I'm thinking of doing the opposite, that is, sell my 16-45 to fund a 15mm ltd.:
a) the prime is smaller (obviously), and I'd rather have a 15mm ltd. + A 28mm + 40mm ltd. in my bag (this combo having approximately the same weight as the zoom, and allowing for better weight distribution for my aching spine);
b) the 16-45 is exceptional for the money, and DxO turns its output into something fantastic, but primes--although I personally have no knowledge about 15mm in particular--are still better: 1) visibly better microcontrast, and 2) better resistance to PP;
c) I'm pretty sure there will not be as many functional 16-45mm zooms as 15mm ltd's in the next 10 years (I'm inclined to think some dis-alignment will take place among the elements of zooms).

To these I could add the following 'pseudo-'reason:
d) value: imagine Nikon starts producing their version of the 15mm ltd. now imagine the price.

[paperbag846]

d) value: imagine Nikon starts producing their version of the 15mm ltd. now imagine the price.

The nikon 14mm sells for an arm and a leg.

My first thought is that web-sized images do not do the 15mm it's full due, because it is stupidly sharp in the center. If you were compating the 15 to the 12-24, I could understand, but not to the 16-45.

16-45 wins in the bang-for-the-buck category for sure.

But the DA 15 also wins in flare resistance. I believe that some of the national-geographic esque shots into the sun we see here are best handled by the DA 15.

IMHO.

[the swede]

Got a set of Cactus V4 triggers, that i tried out. So the pics are not exactly DA 15 dedicated, and the idea was only to test the flash.

So heres my very not so natural looking christmas tree

[lowspark86]

Got a set of Cactus V4 triggers, that i tried out. So the pics are not exactly DA 15 dedicated, and the idea was only to test the flash.

So heres my very not so natural looking christmas tree

Using gifts to cover the base! Good idea


One from September (more shaddow clipping)

[twitch]

DA15 gets religion

[Jewelltrail]

Great compositional technique! Love the shot-- Any cropping?

[the swede]

DA15 gets religion

great shot! Is it HDR like PP involved?

[gtl]

Can anyone tell me how do I get the sunburst thing? I can't seem to get it.