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Fun w/Digital M Images

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m_driscoll

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Retow: The Eiger North Face looks scary to me! We were in Grindelwald, several years ago, but the weather wasn't this nice.
Patrick: It looks like you all had fun in Seattle (except for the mugging). Great photos.
Andrew: More excellent photos from Shanghai! I esp. like the first one with the 'Mao' statue (why does he look proportionately smaller then the soldiers?)
Woody: Really like the streetcar from Milan. Hard to get that 'filmic' look, anyway, but film.
Andrew: Thanks for your kind sentiment.
David: I like the 2nd shot of the pool with context and the 'ribbon' of people.
Matt: Beautiful images and tone. Like from an old Western (except, the first, of course).
Patrick: Always cool photos of Hillary!
Gary: Slight color cast. Which side is North?
Lloyd: 'Camera porn', yes, indeed!
Jono: Nice portrait; skeptical look?
Robert: Cool airplane stuff! Is the 6th photo, the Tiger moth?
Mohammad: Thanks! I wasn't sure if i'd offend anybody here?
Mohammad: Brilliant portraits. Did you get 'caught', or did they know in advance? The second one's my favorite.
Steve: I like the image and timing of the 1st.
Bob: Lovely photos. Congratulations!
Patrick: Always a vicarious journey!
Ashwin: Nothing to fault with your shots!
Robert: Nice cast!
Robert: Great angle and composition on the plane!
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Cheers, Matt

Zenfolio | Matt Driscoll
 
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m_driscoll

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Well, since, I'm waiting for an HVAC repairman (8-noon window!), I'll continue on.
Jason: Great stuff! Esp. your daughter.
Gary: Clams in Alberta? The second shot makes me want to take a drive up to the Mtns.
Patrick: The guy's a fireworks expert photog! Does Hillary ever frown?
Michael: Nicely done. I like that last shot, too.
Michael: Great second set!
David: Vegas!....Vegas! I like the last shot of 'Rome'.
David: More Vegas! I like the second shot with the flowers.
Speaking of Vegas...where's DavidE been?
Michael: Just what Lloyd said!
Victor: I like the first shot!
David: The last, 'Leaving Las Vegas' is my favorite.
Lloyd: Excellent! I still love the 'signature' of that lens.
Robert: But, is it 'safe at any speed'? don't get too close.
Robert: Always good to look back for 'gems' like this.
David: 1st and 3rd. Vegas in the abstract and obscure works for me.
Brian: Beautiful portrait. Another lens to investigate.
Robert: Like the 2nd shot and the tone of the 3rd.
David: Great composition and tone (even if it was Las Vegas!)
Matt: You should come around here more often! Good stuff, and. you wouldn't always be so far behind! :(
Robert: Thanks for the info.
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Cheers, Matt

Zenfolio | Matt Driscoll
 

Andrew Gough

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Thank you everyone for your kind comments!

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David, thank you for pointing out the designation on the image. I really like your 911 memorial shots, nice texture and processing.

Matt, Great shots of your trip! I would love to travel in the old car and trailer as well.

Patrick, congratualtions on the Elmar! Nice high key images of Hillary!

Gary, thats the greenest outhouse that I have ever seen!

Matt D, thanks for the camera porn!

Rob, I like the aircraft shots, the planes look almost new. Years ago, I flew a Fleet Canuck for a summer.

Mohammad, Nice BW captures, and those eyes...

Steve, I like the grittyness, if there is such a word, of you subway shots.

Bob, congratulations to you and your family! Both the baby and mom look amazingly well.

David, congrats on the new lens!

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Patrick, Hillary has a cute sister! I like the last shot as well.

Ashwin, nice captures from the SLR Magic Lens.

Rob, nice Harvard capture!

Jason, Like the Cow shot and also a cute image of your daughter!

Gary As on the other forum, #2 for me.

Michael, tough to shoot portraiture in bright daylight, well done!

David, Vegas certainly looks different in you shots, well done! I like the last one in your second set.

Michael H, nice photos of your lady, she is quite photogenic!

Lloyd, I didn't know that you owned a Noctilux! I hope to see more from you with this lens!

Rob, sweet car shots with the rigid!

Andrew

Victor, I like the close up of the lady the best, but its a nice set!
 

Hosermage

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Andrew, like the BW bicycle shot the best! Wet clothes on a stick leaned against some powerlines... what could go wrong?!
 

StephenPatterson

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Still learning my way around the forum. Here's my first attempt at uploading a photo. If anyone could advise what sizes and resolutions work best I would be extremely grateful.

Cheers,
Stephen

"Farmer, Hubei Province, China"
 

StephenPatterson

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Even more from Shanghai



Andrew
Andrew, I'm always a bit embarrassed when I see Chinese panties hanging on the line, but it doesn't seem to bother anyone here. Can you imagine this in the West? I know some American ladies that if they hung their panties on the line the whole street might sail away...
 

Hosermage

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If anyone could advise what sizes and resolutions work best I would be extremely grateful.
Hi Stephen, I have a lightroom export preset for web sharing with max long edge 800px. However, I'm thinking of changing it to 1000, since most people have higher resolution monitors now. Personally, I think 800px max is good enough for portraits, but for landscape/architecture, it needs to be bigger for the full "effect". Nice shot with the hyperprime!

edit: I just noticed his "belt"!
 

StephenPatterson

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Thanks David, I will try your recommended settings. This farmer works a small plot of land near my apartment, and I always give him a smoke when I see him. His belt is also not for "show", as the culture here is to waste nothing and use whatever works while spending as little as possible. I honestly have never seen a more frugal people than the rural Chinese in this Tujia minority region of Laifeng.

As for the Hyperprime, well I have always been a fan of it's optical properties when properly calibrated and not falling apart. This shot is from my third example, before the lens started shedding the coatings on the aperture blades and internal lens barrel and filling the lens with debris. I do prefer the bokeh of the Noctilux 0.95, as I think it is rather swirly and busy here.
 

ashwinrao1

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So awesome to see you sharing here, Stephen!!!! Great images...Seen the smoking guy before on FB, but nice to see it here on "the thread"!

Here are a few revisits:







 

ashwinrao1

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Grat images

1. Andrew, I love your style
2. Robert, I love what you do with those vintage lenses...rigid cron, all day long. Great work!
3. Matt, stunning captures, especially the marina and boy in motion (Both BW's)
4. Brian, lovely classic look to the image of the young woman
5. David, the patterned images blow me a way. I love how you are seeing the world with the M!
6. Stephen, fantastic to see you here...it's a bit kinder and calmer here ;)..lots of talented photogs, and now you are here to share as well..awesome!


One more re-visit in color:

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D&A

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So many great images being posted as usual and the quality of most is simply astonishing, both from an artistic as well as technical point of view.

Ashwin, your shot of the Taj (which I've seen previously) is one that I love. It reminds me of a movie set (on location) whereby the "extras" and crew are milling around waiting for filming of the action to begin. It's a look to the Taj I've haven't seen quite this way, where so often it's basically the same familar shot.

Extremely nice everyone!

Dave (D&A)
 

Hosermage

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I don't suppose it's too much to ask for those people to get out of the shot? :D From what I read, it's impossible to get a shot of the the Taj without people around since so many people visit it from open til close. Ashwin, you've really been around! :) If you don't mind me asking, what's your wide angle lens of choice? It's been on my mind lately.
 

ashwinrao1

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Hi David,
I have 2 ultrawide lenses, the 24 lux and the 21 Super elmar. Both are awesome, though the lux is magic...however, it's much bigger. For travel or practical use, I'd recommend either the 21 or 24 super elmars (plus their finders)...just depends on how wide you wish to go...both are fantastic! The Taj is a challenge...to get anything unique...I travel as much as I can, which is quite a bit LOL...the past few years have seen New Zealand, Vietnam, Egypt, India, Argentina and Uruguay, and Paris...plus all of the usual U.S. stops ;)
 

Andrew Gough

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David, Like the abstract nature of image one

Brian, any chance that you could post some more from the summarit? I have a chance to buy a clean copy and it would be nice to see more images from you! Was your lens modified for close up work?

Robert, wonderful images of the New Yorker, your 50mm Rigid? renders beautifully! Nicely done!

Matt, looks like a nice time in Hawaii? I am not sure why Mao was shorter...

Stephen, living in China, you are a patient man! Hubei province looks to be a fascinating region, I look forward to more of your images!

Aswin Was your trip to Egypt pre or post revolution? If it was post, did you have any issues? I like the Taj images, a very cool place!

Andrew
 
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