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Holy Crap this is killer :thumbup::thumbup: :thumbup::thumbup:We just got back from our Winter workshop, here are a few of my images from it -- similar to others, but we compose and process slightly differently:
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Mamiya 55-110 zoom at 55mm:
Jack, I have that same lens and cannot bring myself to sell it. It is a great focal length for full frame MF. A tad soft compared to the 75-150 but before the cambo it was my go to lens.PS: Irony of ironies, that is arguably the worst lens technically in my entire MF stable, yet it continually produces some of my best images! :ROTFL:
Exactly -- and even then, I may keep the old 55-110 just because! I know, :loco:I decided I would hold on to it until (if ever) they get the 35-90 digital zoom in production. :deadhorse:
I am enjoying seeing your artistry expressed with the new "toys".Jack and Guy... truly fantastic work. Loving the light quality in the workshop images. I've got my first visit to the GC this coming July... VERY excited.
One from the other night:
Cheers!
Shelby
You know... what I really enjoy about these images, Jack, is that although they have a clarity, resolution, and depth to them that you only get with MF, you still didn't artificially crank up the contrast a ton and destroy the turbidity (dustiness, if you will) of the air.I grabbed this shot with the 105-210 at around 170. It's amazing how well these old Mamiya "junker" lenses work:
preeeeety!!Jack and Guy... truly fantastic work. Loving the light quality in the workshop images. I've got my first visit to the GC this coming July... VERY excited.
One from the other night:
Cheers!
Shelby
Ditto 100%! I think that is what gives Jack's (and Guy's) images such presence.You know... what I really enjoy about these images, Jack, is that although they have a clarity, resolution, and depth to them that you only get with MF, you still didn't artificially crank up the contrast a ton and destroy the turbidity (dustiness, if you will) of the air.
The way the light has filtered through the air makes a huge difference on these... it gives them a real-ness; a bit more "life". The gradual lowering of zone placement as you get closer to the foreground also helps (I know you "helped" this a bit), but not near as much to my eye as the lessening of contrast as the distance-from-camera increases. It's as is if that pale blue sky is gradually swallowing the rock formations as one peers further into the distance.
Lovely.
:thumbs:
Ditto 100%! I think that is what gives Jack's (and Guy's) images such presence.You know... what I really enjoy about these images, Jack, is that although they have a clarity, resolution, and depth to them that you only get with MF, you still didn't artificially crank up the contrast a ton and destroy the turbidity (dustiness, if you will) of the air.
The way the light has filtered through the air makes a huge difference on these... it gives them a real-ness; a bit more "life". The gradual lowering of zone placement as you get closer to the foreground also helps (I know you "helped" this a bit), but not near as much to my eye as the lessening of contrast as the distance-from-camera increases. It's as is if that pale blue sky is gradually swallowing the rock formations as one peers further into the distance.
Lovely.
:thumbs:
Thanks Ralf. I'm not a wildlife photographer, per se... but the campus lakes here at LSU (Baton Rouge, LA) have a lot of birds that are pretty used to people. That little guy just seemed to sit there and pose for me!I really like this one and few more from previous posts :thumbs:
It is not so many MF wildlife photographer
/Ralf