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Forum: Post Your Photos!
10-15-2009, 11:15 AM
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Enjoy!
Playing in the mud...
Horsemanship...
Charging into Battle...
Shattered Lance...
God Save the Queen...
Dead tired from walking around all day! :p
After the fact, I had wished I took my 50-200 as well but all these are taken with either the 18-55 or the A-50.
Your comments are welcomed, Thanks for Looking!
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-08-2009, 07:05 AM
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Thanks for the feedback... i would love to have a dedicated macro lens, but, i guess i just don't know what to look for.
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
10-07-2009, 08:11 AM
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My kit is kind of limited, but wanted to test what kind of results I could get with the following set-up.
The only manual lens I have, pentax-a 50mm 1:2
A Raynox 150 macro lens
A cheapo extension tube set from ebay
and a Digital Concepts flash unit
all shots were taken at iso 100, f11, with flash (in manual mode) and some white paper to try and bounce the light around a little. Very crude in all, but the result are very good... I think. Oh, and all hand held, because I have no decent mini tripod.
The subject is a little toy (bobble head like), to give some scale, the width across the eyes is about 1/2 inch.
The photos are not cropped (just resized), but lighting and contrast was adjusted some.
#1 - 50mm with #1 tube only.
#2 - 50mm with #2 tube only
#3 - 50mm with #3 tube only
#4 - 50mm with #1, #2 & #3 tubes together
#5 - 50mm with #1, #2 & #3 tubes + raynox 150
What do you think... not bad? The reason for the testing is my father-in-law wants me to take pictures of his antiques and some are very small.
Thanks for looking,
Trevor
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Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion
09-24-2009, 08:13 AM
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Does this seem like a good deal... I'm thinking about it ;) .
ebay 28mm lens |
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-22-2009, 06:10 AM
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Thank You... I have tried posterizing other photos and the results are usually not very good, this one worked so well so just wanted to show it. As a graphic designer/artist, it's something I would use more often, with results like that one.
Thanks... I enjoy doing these kinds of effects, just have restrain sometimes from getting too carried away.
Thank You, glad you like the work.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-21-2009, 06:19 PM
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-21-2009, 02:16 PM
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U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center is part of the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, PA. It is described as an interactive outdoor museum.
This past weekend was an event of revolutionary war era 'military' life.
Although I am usually 'under orders' to take the family snapshots, I was able to get some shots that were worth processing (maybe to much :p ).
A british headquarters...
The local blacksmith...
Heading for the bunker...
A tank (sorry, i don't remember what the sign said about it)...
Thanks for looking and your comments.
Trevor
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
09-10-2009, 01:30 PM
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Taken with K2000 - 55-200 kit lens + raynox 150 macro lens.
Thanks for looking, and comments.
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
08-25-2009, 02:01 PM
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Thanks, the other two are much sharper as well, but when I uploaded to here, it resized them.
Trevor
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Forum: Lens Clubs
08-25-2009, 01:49 PM
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Bought my first prime over the weekend for $10 at a local flea market. It's the "A 50mm F2". Very happy with it's performance.
One of my better shots with the new lens...
Trevor
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
08-25-2009, 01:22 PM
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Picked up a Pentax-A 1:2 50mm over the weekend, at a flea market for $10 :D .
Very happy with my purchase, everything works great. This is my first lens purchase and without this forum I would not have known what to check, or look for. The lens didn't look the greatest, little dusty/dirty, fingerprints everywhere, but everything else checked out.
So here are a few shots, only some very minor pp.
Thanks to everyone for the great info here.
Trevor
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
08-10-2009, 01:57 PM
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More precisely, Gettysburg area.
I've been lurking around here for a couple of weeks now, ever since I got my K2000 with the 18-55 and 50-200 kit lenses. I am extremely happy with my choice. For years I new it was a Pentax I wanted.
My first "real" (digital) camera (one that I could set the modes and adjust things like shutter, ISO, exposure, etc.) is a Kodak 6490. Still have it and love to use it, the pictures from that little camera are just brilliant.
My next step was a Kodak 712. This was a 5mp but had a lot more manual control ability than the previous. So I had all the gadgetry with that one... external flash, lens tube and filters, telephoto and wide angle lenses. But that camera never seemed to get the image quality I had expected. It was just recently that I finally was able to sell it though.
The next big jump was to the Panasonic FZ50. Now this was my pride and joy for about three years. Awesome performance, the closest you could get at the time without spending a grand on a DSLR. But I have now outgrown that as as well. The little things I was longing for, no shutter lag, some better higher ISO performance, etc., it just couldn't deliver... It's now on ebay as we speak.
Then, one day, I found "the deal". A really good price for a K2000 kit with the two lenses. Convinced the misses then eagerly awaited the UPS truck!
So now I'm learning, again... Just as a hobbyist, but I really enjoy taking "the good" photos and setting my pictures apart from the others P&S snapshots. Yeah I get the ribbing when I'm laying on the ground for the right perspective, or trying to get to that perfect spot where I need to contort in some weird fashion to see the viewfinder. Oh well, every time they (usually family members) see my photos, they always ask, "...why don't I get pictures like that?" :D
I am hoping to get a flash very soon, and have my eye out for a 28mm or 35mm prime lens to play around with.
Ok, enough rambling from me. I want to thank everyone on this board for making a wealth of information available.
I have included some shots from the weekend. This was first "real" outing with the K2000, some things I got right, others not so much.
All taken with the 18-55, except the macro, this was the 50-200 @ 200mm and the Raynox 150.
Enjoy and Thank You,
Trevor
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