Shooting with 50's on G1--Share Your Pics!

[Cindy Flood]

Just popped in to look
Lots of lovely shots.
Godfrey - the two black and whites are fabulous
Cindy - love the columbines - excellent.
Raf - I think you'd better buy that macro lens!

Thanks, Jono.
Godfrey, Your black and whites are wonderful.
Raf, You did an excellent job with that Nikon lens. If you are thinking of a macro, check into the Oly 50 f/2 ED. It is as sharp as they come.
There are so many wonderful shots in this thread...keep them coming.

 

[Jonas]

I shot 4 frames of the Columbine with the G1 and Oly 50 f/2 macro and blended them with Helicon Focus.

And exactly how pleasing to the eyes isn't this image!?
(Also, the focusing stacking worked very well here.)

/Jonas

 

[Godfrey]

thank you, cindy, jonoslack and jonas, for the comments and compliments!

 

[Cindy Flood]

Jonas, Thank you.

I started with the tip of the white petal on the left-hand flower and shot till I had the front flowers in focus. I never did focus stacking before, so I tried Photoshop first. Photoshop decided to make the middle flower the one in best focus and the flower on the left was left somewhat OOF. That is not what I wanted. I downloaded the trial of Helicon Focus. It is super easy to use. I recommend that everyone give it a try. You can use it for 15 days for free and they don't ruin your photo with a watermark.:thumbs:

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

Raf, You did an excellent job with that Nikon lens. If you are thinking of a macro, check into the Oly 50 f/2 ED. It is as sharp as they come.

thank you, Cindy, for your praising words and advice !

I took a look, but they are quite expensive new here, and nothing on the evilbay. So I took the plunge for a pristine second hand (have to watch my budget since I bought that 7-14mm) Nikon Micro 55/2.8

I'll post a pic as soon as it arrives !

C U
Rafael

 

[monza]

Carl Zeiss Opton Sonnar 50/1.5 @ f/2.0

 

[monza]

Also at f/2.0

 

[monza]

 

[woodmancy]

They talk about lenses that draw. But lenses also paint. I love these images.

Keith

 

[monza]

Thanks Keith, the Sonnar is my favorite lens. You should see these in larger size! What a fantastic paintbrush it is, and it's only 55+ years old.

 

[Vivek]

http://www.restoration35.com/photo_posts/flowersonnar.jpg

Awesome, Robert! Fantastic frame you have there! (couldn't care less if it was Sonnar or Tessar) Everything is put together so nicely!

 

[apicius9]

Wow, these Sonnar pictures are beautiful Robert. You guys make it really difficult for beginners to find the courage to post here. I'll try anyway... Here are a few from today at the farmers' market. All taken with a Summicron R 50 and my new direct adapter from JR, only automatic sharpening and contrast in Picasa applied (my PC with the 'better' software crashed yesterday...). They look o.k. on my subnotebook, I hope they'll hold up on your screens.

Stefan

 

[Cindy Flood]

Robert, I love all of your shots from the sonnar. They are lovely.

 

[Cindy Flood]

Wow, these Sonnar pictures are beautiful Robert. You guys make it really difficult for beginners to find the courage to post here. I'll try anyway... Here are a few from today at the farmers' market. All taken with a Summicron R 50 and my new direct adapter from JR, only automatic sharpening and contrast in Picasa applied (my PC with the 'better' software crashed yesterday...). They look o.k. on my subnotebook, I hope they'll hold up on your screens.

Stefan

Stefan,
Sorry to hear about your computer crash.:scry: Your pictures are beautiful from the Summicron R... wonderful Leica colors.

 

[monza]

Thanks Cindy.

Stefan, I'm curious what the contrast is like out of the camera on those shots. They look great. On the Sonnar I have to boost contrast a bit, not unexpectedly for a single coated ancient lens.

Here are a couple more.

 

[apicius9]

Hi Robert,

I'm not sure how that comes out with attached pictures, but here is one straight from the camera and again after auto sharpening and auto contrast in Picasa. I think it clearly makes a difference and I am surprised how well the auto function works, but then again I only see it on a 10" screen ATM... I also took pics with the Canon TV 25/1.4 and 13/1.5 today and especially the 25mm - while really easy to handle and generally sharp - benefits from a contrast boost. With the Switar 75/19 the difference before and after was the smallest - I like that lens more and more every day...

I know that some of you perform magic with their talent and skills - while an after taking the shots - but I am just getting back into this and want to work on the picture taking first, on PP later. After all, I enjoy taking pictures because it takes me away from the computer for some time... So, if Picasa or PS Elements produce reasonable pictures with minimal effort, I am fine for now. Next step is learning to deal with RAW format...

Stefan

 

[JerryMK]

Wollensak Cine Raptar 1 Inch, f/1.9

Wollensak Cine Velostigmat 1 Inch f/1.5

They sure shoot fine these old 16mm c mounts

 

[monza]

Hi Robert,

I'm not sure how that comes out with attached pictures, but here is one straight from the camera and again after auto sharpening and auto contrast in Picasa.

Nice improvement Stefan, hard to argue with those results.

 

[monza]

Yet another Sonnar shot.

 

[f6cvalkyrie]

Here's some flower close-ups that I did during my lunchbreak today :

and this is how this plant looks :

much like a waterfall of flowers, don't you think ?
All with Nikon 50/1.4

C U
Rafael
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