I've been going so deep into black & white for a longer period now that I've totally forgotten about colours!
Actually that is how I felt when I started editing these, it was kinda too much haha
Grasshopper on our banana flower
This was to test my old Minolta 70-210/4 Beercan, even though the AF is slow it still locked in time to get this grasshopper!
I'm contemplating bringing this gear on the long trip instead of the old Nikon stuff, so gotta know it will do almost all sorts of jobs...
Random flower
I know that the pastel colours that I found using auto levels is in there, in the combination of the Sony A900 and the Beercan, which is one of the main reasons that I got it all around a decade ago.
Twig
Maybe too much? But still, these colours are in there, just gotta whack the files hard in post hehe
Sharpness is no problem
All of these are at f4, its sharp enough to tackle anything really.
Spider web
Of course this could be better technically, but it will do for almost anything I'll get across. Also this was manual focus, I didn't think the matte screen and viewfinder would make it possible to focus like this, never really tried before!
Amulet and my Nikon gear
I found a tiny amulet on the floor, of course its the cats that are responsible for that...
Zelda is happy
The A900 has built in stabilization, so any old lenses will get that by default! Which makes it far easier to get things like this right a around 1/4th of a second, even with that mirror clacking...
This one is with the Minolta 20/2.8, which is a lens I should really explore more. I got that and a 24/2.8 for a very low price, never had the time to use them much, and now I realize that they both can focus all the way down to 25 centimeters!
Now that is something I can use creatively, and on the road with ease...
I think this might end with me selling (dumping, really) my Nikon gear instead of this!
We'll find out soon 😁
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Great shots 😍
Thanks! Its kinda easy doing this when the sun is out, I can keep'em coming :-)
Looks like the sun’s your secret editing assistant! Keep 'em coming – I’m not getting tired of the view!
Many years ago, when I lived in the USA, I used to have an ebay account with high rep and tons of sales. A friend of mine who was really struggling, tells me he could use my help to sell some of his old camera equipment.
Me being completely ignorant of the subject, ask him how much he expects to get from it, he says: For the cheap lens... maybe 600 bucks at least.
Cheap? - I said... What do you mean cheap? 600 bucks is cheap?
He then, proceeded to explain to me the world of cameras. I paid attention, I really did, but retained little in the way of brands and collectibles.
I think these days, more so because I have some background information on this whole thing. I appreciate very much people who take the time to capture the magic, more so than the people who get really good at polishing it up afterwards.
There's a certain rawness to these pictures that pay tribute to a decade or even two ago..
Funny thing... I always forget how pretty the banana flower can be, and I eat those darn things every single day.
Thanks, yeah I guess its my default even with colours!
But without getting it right on the spot it will just be a mess yes, or some lifeless, pixel perfect meh thing.
We used to do pixel perfect in the agency of course, but with this new workflow I've made seemingly imperfections to a feature ;-)
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Wow nice photoshoot 👌🤝