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Fun with 4/3rds cameras/ Image Thread

Brian Mosley

New member
@Michiel, lovely brickwork - and that staircase going up into the archway... fantastic.

Thanks Ric, Jorgen... the 150mm f2 is unbelievable, and the E-620 seems to be recapturing the colour and DR quality of the original E-1 imho.

Here are a couple of snapshots from yesterday - wide open at f2.8 with the 1.4 x Teleconverter.

E-620 + ZD 150mm f2 + 1.4x TC
1/1250s f/2.8 at 212.0mm iso200


1/800s f/2.8 at 212.0mm iso200


Kind Regards

Brian
 

Michiel Schierbeek

Well-known member
Thank you all Jorgen, Cindy and Brian,

:banghead: Brian, Will you please don't use that 150 mm lens, it costs serious money! :toocool: Love the rendering of the backround of that lens :thumbup:
(still much into those icons) Did you know Brian someone is organising a Oly Saphari meeting in the Netherlands? Looking forward to it.

Cindy, here are a few more doors for you. Must go out sometime soon again to renew some of them because the E-300 at the time was very difficult in the handling of big dark and light (porches) differences. Also I always went out on sunny days which made it even more difficult.







 

Brian Mosley

New member
Michiel, I really think those brick buildings would be worth a serious project to capture - I'd consider looking for ideal lighting conditions, and perhaps use PhotoAcute to get the absolute best dynamic range and colours.

Remember to post a message on the Netherlands Local Safari Group Events discussion page here :
http://www.ukphotosafari.org/netherlands-rotterdam

...and I'll send an e-mail to all of our members in the area - this worked well for the Washington DC group, who got a lot of interest for their National Cherry Blossom Festival event.

Kind Regards

Brian
 

Diane B

New member
NOw that I think of it I do too :) I'm either shooting through them or at them.

The brick work is amazing. I would definitely look into shooting them again.
I agree--just totally amazing brickwork. In that last batch, the cylindrical columns on each side are just really something.

I'll have to look in the Amsterdam School--architecture is an interest. Very symmetrical--those same cylinders over the 2 red doors on each side of the stairway--but then they are turned. Are the ones you photographed in one particular area? I've just read a bit more about the the movement and will explore it more. Very interesting even beyond the wonderful craftsmanship, architecture with the social ideas.

Diane
 

Michiel Schierbeek

Well-known member
:confused:
NOw that I think of it I do too :) I'm either shooting through them or at them.

The brick work is amazing. I would definitely look into shooting them again.
:confused: Now I have to do all of them all over again :scry:
I do have better equipment as back then but some are still good enough, I think. I hope.
Michiel
 

Michiel Schierbeek

Well-known member
I agree--just totally amazing brickwork. In that last batch, the cylindrical columns on each side are just really something.

I'll have to look in the Amsterdam School--architecture is an interest. Very symmetrical--those same cylinders over the 2 red doors on each side of the stairway--but then they are turned. Are the ones you photographed in one particular area? I've just read a bit more about the the movement and will explore it more. Very interesting even beyond the wonderful craftsmanship, architecture with the social ideas.

Diane
Hello Diana,

It is an interesting phenomenon, if you consider this was also the era of modernism, such as De Stijl and Bauhaus.
These neighbourhoods were built for the workers by Housing Corporations with socialistic names like the " Break of day ". There wa so much craftmenship and love for detail and labour was cheap. Great bricklaying and carpentry. The design was subordinate to function. Also for example the windows were placed in such a way that it was hard to lean out of the window. The idea behind this was that people wouldn't hang out of their windows anymore to talk and shout with the neighbours and the people in the street, as they used to in the old days.
It was about the uplifting of the workingclass; they shouldn't hang out of their windows but read good books instead.
Well it did result in some amazing neighbourhoods spread out over the city.
They also made use off a lot great stained glass work. Frank Loyd Wright must have loved it.
Anyway, it's nice you like it.
Michiel
 

Bill Gordon

New member
Diane, Michiel and all the others that have participated in this post, I have really enjoyed not only the images but the dialogue. I also love doors, I have a lot of them from the UK and Belgium. In fact here are a couple of mine.
Well, perhaps not doors but close to it
 
R

Ranger 9

Guest
The design was subordinate to function. Errata should be:
The function was subordinate to function.
Sounds like a bulletin from the Department of Redundancy Department!

Your example of making windows so people couldn't lean out of them would be an example of design being subordinate to function -- i.e., function was more important.

But most of the examples look like design was a top priority -- someone thinking, "You want to see some fancy bricklaying? Well, watch this!" Regardless of the field, when master craftsmen start trying to one-up each other, interesting things often happen, as the photos show very well!
 

Diane B

New member
Bill, the door and, I assume, garage door, in purple with the wisteria is lovely and I really like the doorway with the 'stoop' surrounded by water and the wonderful reflections from the windows. I'd love to know more about this one.

Klaus, aren't they wonderful colors in that old door and hardware. The bit of fabric stuffed into the obviously unusable keyhole makes one wonder about that also--why??

I have a passion for doorways, pathways, passages and am enjoying these.

Diane
 

Michiel Schierbeek

Well-known member
Klaus,

Very nice paintwork and sharp lens, although I can't read what's on the paper. :bugeyes:
These doors say - no entance - but will be demolished one of these days.
The building must be already 20 years old.

 

Paratom

Well-known member
The 150mm shots are outstanding - very sharp. FOr me they pop out of the other images in this thread.

@Michiel, lovely brickwork - and that staircase going up into the archway... fantastic.

Thanks Ric, Jorgen... the 150mm f2 is unbelievable, and the E-620 seems to be recapturing the colour and DR quality of the original E-1 imho.

Here are a couple of snapshots from yesterday - wide open at f2.8 with the 1.4 x Teleconverter.

E-620 + ZD 150mm f2 + 1.4x TC
1/1250s f/2.8 at 212.0mm iso200


1/800s f/2.8 at 212.0mm iso200


Kind Regards

Brian
 

kweide

New member
I just tried the miniature effect i have seen in this forum. What a success. I checked it out with my neighbors ferrari and successfully shrinked it !! Now it fits into my cabinet.

 

Diane B

New member
This was yesterday morning--rain!! G1 and FD 35 f/2.8


This was this afternoon--more rain, fog--4 days last weekend--4 days (or more) this weekend LOL.
G1 and FD 135 f/2.8



Diane
 
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