[twitch]

Hehe I know the feeling :P. But this is seriously an awsome shot! I wish I had such arcitecture to shoot you manage to capture it very well!

Twitch and Downfall, fantastic shots from you both as always!

twitch and Downfall - great photos from you two as well. The standards of this thread are high indeed!

... I am stuck to your shots

wow twitch and simon those archi BWs are fantastic!!

Thanks all

[twitch]

Wow, fantastic work you guys! Looks like I need to get a set of ND filters myself...

I just got back from a camping trip with my family. We camped below Uncompahgre Peak, a 14er not far from here and the da15 got to come along. I'm still going through the 800+ photos but here are a few that grabbed my attention.

Nice shots Mike, I like all of them. That last one is really good but I suspect it's not from a DA15

[twitch]

Twitch, love the high rise shot! What did you use for an ND filter and what would you recommend? I need to buy one asap.

Thanks.

I've only ever used 1 brand of ND filter so can't offer you much of an informed recomendation, but FWIW I use a couple of B+W 49mm screw in ND filters. One is a 6 stop, the other a 10 stop. Downfall is a frequent ND user on this thread but I can't remember the brand he uses.

I do get a red colour cast with both my filters which is a common problem with all strong ND filters, and it varies from strong to barely noticable but I'm not sure why it differs shot to shot. I've been able to correct in post though.

I've posted this example before but can't find my old post.... so here's the example again of a shot with a strong colour cast

Out of camera colours with a 10 stop ND filter...



Now "corrected" for white balance (may have gone too far on the blues)...



B&W version....

[Colbyt]

Great shot! Funny thing though, I thought your center watermark was a billboard

SSH! Don't teach the photo rippers anything. 90% of them would never have caught that. I think it very clever.

[IS050]

Thanks.

I've only ever used 1 brand of ND filter so can't offer you much of an informed recomendation, but FWIW I use a couple of B+W 49mm screw in ND filters. One is a 6 stop, the other a 10 stop. Downfall is a frequent ND user on this thread but I can't remember the brand he uses.

Twitch, I am also interested to get a ND filter. I noticed B+W have both regular and Slim Mount, which one would you recommend?


David

[Digitalis]

mikeSF are you sure that top image you posted is from the DA15? - there is some horrid CA in the top left corner of that image. I haven't seen anything like that from my DA15 limited.

That shot looks like it is from the longer end of the Pentax 10-17mm fisheye.

[twitch]

Twitch, I am also interested to get a ND filter. I noticed B+W have both regular and Slim Mount, which one would you recommend?


David

Get the regular one, no need for the slim mount, and the regular has threads so you can still put the lens cap back on.

[IS050]

Get the regular one, no need for the slim mount, and the regular has threads so you can still put the lens cap back on.

Cool, I will get the regular one and saved! Look forward to seeing many more of your fantastic images. Thank you.


David

[twitch]

mikeSF are you sure that top image you posted is from the DA15? - there is some horrid CA in the top left corner of that image. I haven't seen anything like that from my DA15 limited.

That shot looks like it is from the longer end of the Pentax 10-17mm fisheye.

I don't see what you see in the top photo. In the last photo (actually taken with a DA40 it seems) there's some CA in upper left, but it's a very high contrast edge.

[mattb123]

Nice shots Mike, I like all of them. That last one is really good but I suspect it's not from a DA15

Thanks & oops, got a sneaky 40mm shot in there by accident.
I'll put it in a more appropriate thread!

[TOUGEFC]

Right back at you Simon! Good composition and exposure on this one. There are so many stars bursts that I cant even count them, great shot!

Whoa, Simon, that is awesome! Starburst overload!

twitch and Downfall - great photos from you two as well. The standards of this thread are high indeed!

wow twitch and simon those archi BWs are fantastic!!

Great shot! Funny thing though, I thought your center watermark was a billboard

Thanks for all the comments guys! Im glad you all liked it
I have decided to get that shot blown up on a big canvas in the near future

[Downfall]

Thanks.
I've only ever used 1 brand of ND filter so can't offer you much of an informed recomendation, but FWIW I use a couple of B+W 49mm screw in ND filters. One is a 6 stop, the other a 10 stop. Downfall is a frequent ND user on this thread but I can't remember the brand he uses.

I use a Hoya ND400 filter which is something between 8 and 9 stops. But I also many times stack it with my Hoya ND8 filter to gain 3 extra stops

I have decided to get that shot blown up on a big canvas in the near future

Sounds like a great idea









Pentax K-5 + DA15 Ltd

[Digitalis]

I tested using my Lee "big stopper" on the DA15 f/4 limited today, I typically use my Big stopper with a Lee polariser so the exposures are even longer. Initially I used a regular sized filter ring with the glass removed to use my lee filter holder to get past the Lens hood tabs on the DA15 - but that caused some pretty heinous vignetting, so I just settled for putting a slim 49mm polariser on the DA15 and attaching the lee filter holder to that - and it worked.

[twitch]

I use a Hoya ND400 filter which is something between 8 and 9 stops. But I also many times stack it with my Hoya ND8 filter to gain 3 extra stops


Sounds like a great idea









Pentax K-5 + DA15 Ltd

Very nice work

[twitch]

I tested using my Lee "big stopper" today, though I typically use mine with a Lee polariser so the exposures are even longer. Initially I used a regular sized filter ring with the glass removed to use my lee filter holder to get past the Lens hood tabs on the DA15 - but that caused some pretty heinous vignetting, so I just settled for putting a slim 49mm polariser on the DA15 and attaching the lee filter holder to that - and it worked.

Great solution, I'm looking at the Lee system but wasn't sure how I could get it on the 15.