Nice Photos.

Posted by: u5227470736789439 on 27 February 2008

Most of us have taken one or two nice photos.

Here is my candidate as being almost quite good. In fact it is two painstakingly joined.

Taken up in the mountain at Skurdalsvatn in 2000.

Though this one takien in Warsaw in November 2006 is not bad:

I know there are several good photgraphers here, and it would be nice to see some of you best efforts if you feel inclined to share!

George

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by BigH47

Ifield Water Mill.

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by Cbr600

Originally Posted by winkyincanada:

DSC_5416 by winkyintheuk, on Flickr

what an amazing discovery, super image

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by Cbr600

Originally Posted by winkyincanada:

DSC_8853 by winkyintheuk, on Flickr

Whats the dogs name, definitely should back it next time at white city

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by Cbr600

Originally Posted by winkyincanada:

DSC_8709 by winkyintheuk, on Flickr

looks like the start of another shaggy dog story

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by Cbr600

caterham 7 at silverstone just getting ready to start drifting

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by BigH47

Ah yes drifting, the biggest waste of time and space since "banger" racing.

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by Cbr600

driving along Amalfi coast and saw this fire fighting plane picking up sea water to drench the hill fires

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by Cbr600

Originally Posted by BigH47:

Ah yes drifting, the biggest waste of time and space since "banger" racing.

The kids love it though, have to let them have some interests

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by Haim Ronen

Mezzanine

http://www.flickr.com/photos/h...hotostream/lightbox/

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by winkyincanada

Originally Posted by Haim Ronen:

Mezzanine

http://www.flickr.com/photos/h...hotostream/lightbox/

Well that's strange.

Posted on: 07 January 2013 by Haim Ronen

Originally Posted by winkyincanada:

Well that's strange.

River's water level dropping and then freezing again.

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Cbr600

the Amalfi coast

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Kevin-W

Originally Posted by Fabio 1:

Tree climbing today.

Beautiful moggie Fab. Nice capture too.

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Kevin-W

Straight outta the camera (well, a tiny adjustment to white balance)

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by rodwsmith

This is a Nice photo in (only in) the sense that I took it on Sunday running the Nice Prom Classic 10km, so it's of Nice.

With the phone, and on the move. The mountains looked better than that.

Managed the run in 48:37 with which I was quite pleased (some bunching at the beginning).

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by JamieWednesday

Originally Posted by Haim Ronen:

Mezzanine

http://www.flickr.com/photos/h...hotostream/lightbox/

How Bizarre

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Fabio 1

Originally Posted by Haim Ronen:

Mezzanine

http://www.flickr.com/photos/h...hotostream/lightbox/

Nice and strange.

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Fabio 1

Thanks Kev

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Kevin-W

Originally Posted by count.d:

The Nikkor 50 f1.4 is okay, but it's a slow focuser, has barrel distortion, not the sharpest lens (f1.4 never do) and the most important fact that 50mm really does ruin 95% of shots. There's someone here, I think from looking at their pics, that uses 50mm on everything and it's a shame because they are all seriously lacking drama and perspective. It's a very specialised focal length and should be used very rarely, like the square format! You should learn when to use it and that's all part of the skill in photography.

The 35 f1.4 is a wonderful "standard" lens that stays on the camera. It will draw you (physically) into the subject, whilst the f1.4 will isolate it beautifully. It's one lens that will force you to take better pics.

The 14-24 f2.8 is a pain regarding filter size, but the optics are superb and the range allows for shots previously unattainable.

I have found all modern Nikkors better than the older equivalents.

All these rules! Who makes them up?

And there was me, naively thinking this was a fun thread where enthusiastic amateurs shared their pics - a lot of them very good.

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Kevin-W

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Cbr600

Sounds like the photographic equivilant of the 500 / cute arguments

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Kevin-W

Originally Posted by Cbr600:

Sounds like the photographic equivilant of the 500 / cute arguments

Don't know those ones Paul - any pics of it?

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Haim Ronen

Originally Posted by Kevin-W:

Originally Posted by count.d:

The Nikkor 50 f1.4 is okay, but it's a slow focuser, has barrel distortion, not the sharpest lens (f1.4 never do) and the most important fact that 50mm really does ruin 95% of shots. There's someone here, I think from looking at their pics, that uses 50mm on everything and it's a shame because they are all seriously lacking drama and perspective. It's a very specialised focal length and should be used very rarely, like the square format! You should learn when to use it and that's all part of the skill in photography.

The 35 f1.4 is a wonderful "standard" lens that stays on the camera. It will draw you (physically) into the subject, whilst the f1.4 will isolate it beautifully. It's one lens that will force you to take better pics.

The 14-24 f2.8 is a pain regarding filter size, but the optics are superb and the range allows for shots previously unattainable.

I have found all modern Nikkors better than the older equivalents.

All these rules! Who makes them up?

And there was me, naively thinking this was a fun thread where enthusiastic amateurs shared their pics - a lot of them very good.

No rules make sense. It comes to personal preferences and comfort zone with different focal lengths. Anyone who ruins 95% of his shots just does not know how to use this lens.

I love my Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 G despite its minor imperfections. I find it quite sharp with excellent resolution and contrast. It has a lovely bokeh (area out of focus) and the colors are rich and vivid, a pleasure to compose with. Focus (always in manual mode) is precise and its light weight makes me more nimble and creative:

Union station

http://www.flickr.com/photos/h...8154864984/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/h...8154864984/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/h...8154864984/lightbox/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/h...8068932220/lightbox/

All these images retain the full original compositions made in the field. No crop was used.

Haim

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Clay Bingham

Great stuff Haim. Am I correct that you were using film? If not, you completely fooled me. A noticeably different style from your work posted here in the past.

Posted on: 08 January 2013 by Haim Ronen

Originally Posted by Clay Bingham:

Great stuff Haim. Am I correct that you were using film? If not, you completely fooled me. A noticeably different style from your work posted here in the past.

Thanks, Clay. Images are digital, captured with my five years old Nikon D200. I much prefer the film look so I am carefully avoiding over saturation and sharpness that typify digital photography. The 50mm lens helps achieving it. How about posting some of your images?

Regards,

Haim