You guys are killing me.
Don't know if I want to post anymore images. (I have a
lot more to learn...)
A lot of beautiful shots the last week or so.
Originally posted by itshimitis My wife and I celebrated our 9th wedding anniversary last week and we spent a few days in the very pretty little village of Painswick. It is a very quiet place indeed - it felt like a Sunday on both Thursday and Friday!
This is Painswick's pretty church - quite contrasty so decided to convert to black and white in Silver efex pro 2
Canon 5D mk III EF 16 - 35mm L II at f/16 and 16mm 1/30 ISO 200
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Nice series - love the conversion.
Originally posted by jsherman999 My Nikon wide-angle lens right now is the 20mm f/2.8D, which I love for it's size and center sharpness on my D700. Yesterday
I was able to go on a quick walkabout through some cityscape for a D800 + 20mm trial.
Initial conclusion: Flare, CA on backlit edges can be a problem, mustache distortion as well - but the distortion seems to
be handled fairly well by the 20's shipped lens profile in LR 4. Sharpness is very good at f/8, acceptable at the very edges,
although I would love to compare it directly to a 14-24 2.8, 16-35 4, 17-35 2.8 or Zeiss 21 - none of which I have. And of
course, I find the detail retained by this sensor + lens amazing.
It should be mentioned that the size was extremely nice on this walkabout - the D800 with the 20 mounted fit in to a very
small Tamrac Velocity 6x sling bag along with the 50 1.8. This is the bag I use to carry my non-telephoto aps-c combos
around, so essentially no size issue here.
Images below, all NEF 12-bit converted in LR 4.1 with some sharpening and slight clarity adjustments on a few, and later
some small contrast bumps to retain color in the shots I took after the clouds moved over.
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That first shot is stunning IMHO. I can see that printed and hung as art.
Thanks for the impressions regarding the 20mm - I have the Voigtlander 20mm and will be back to visit your post when I get out and use it some more. Of course I'm still struggling with the use of an UW...
Originally posted by TOUGEFC Awesome shots Jay, looks like your enjoying the D800!
Looks sharp there Steve!
From tonight-
That's an excellent shot!
Originally posted by IIGQ4U Here is one from last night:
Single exposure with Nikon 35-70mm F2.8.
Wow - love the colors.
Originally posted by jsherman999 .
I PP'd for a particular wall, and boy does it look nice in print:
Love it!