Nice Photos.

You might recognise this.

If you've ever had one of these:

Very beautiful Yangshou

Neat

The first Christmas Day Coffee for me. Our celebration is in the evening of the 24'th rather than on Christmas Day.

MR FJELD,

That looks like a well composed studio shot. How many assistants did you use for the set-up?

Haim Ronen posted:

MR FJELD,

That looks like a well composed studio shot. How many assistants did you use for the set-up?

Thanks Haim  Food, beverage, location managers etc. was provided by yours truly, a tripod and a timer. In hindsight there is a lot I could have done differently such as a better contrast with the poured coffee and a less cluttered background. But this is the result and I'm fairly happy about it. 

We really should have a seperate coffee thread though as I remember seeing a few exotic coffee machines and techniques on this forum?

Losing the thread...

Late evening outside the old Bank Banco Rotto in Bergen.

Timeline

Haim Ronen posted:

Timeline

I do hope that your subject hasn't had as bad a Christmas as he looks like he might have had...

Eloise posted:

Haim Ronen posted:

Timeline

 

I do hope that your subject hasn't had as bad a Christmas as he looks like he might have had...

Picture is not that recent, taken in October of last year. The guy was deeply involved with his smart phone, completely oblivious to the sunset and the lake scene.

Haim Ronen posted:

Timeline

A very nice atmosphere of solitude. I like how the photography is divided into geometric shapes. And also impressively focused over a large area - also in front! Must have been at F11 - or stopped down further?

Vienna, just before Christmas. Just an iPhone snap.

Hungryhalibut posted:

Vienna, just before Christmas. Just an iPhone snap.

Nice! Reminds me of how winters usually look in my whereabouts. Not this year though.

Hungryhalibut posted:

Vienna, just before Christmas. Just an iPhone snap.

Takes me back 40 years.....

Mr Fjeld posted:

A very nice atmosphere of solitude. I like how the photography is divided into geometric shapes. And also impressively focused over a large area - also in front! Must have been at F11 - or stopped down further?

Thanks. You can always click on my images to see the picture's data (it takes you to my flickr). I chose an f/4 to keep the hand-writing on the light-house soft, not wanting to add definition to the atmospheric scene. The place is on a tail end of  half a kilometer long sea wall making you feel really lonely being so far away from land. This is half way to the light-house:

Haim

Haim Ronen posted:

Mr Fjeld posted:

A very nice atmosphere of solitude. I like how the photography is divided into geometric shapes. And also impressively focused over a large area - also in front! Must have been at F11 - or stopped down further?

Thanks. You can always click on my images to see the picture's data (it takes you to my flickr). I chose an f/4 to keep the hand-writing on the light-house soft, not wanting to add definition to the atmospheric scene. The place is on a tail end of  half a kilometer long sea wall making you feel really lonely being so far away from land. This is half way to the light-house:

Haim

Nice! This one is way sharper in the foreground than the other - and at f13. I wouldn't have guessed the first photo taken with a 20 mm wide angle lens but that's why it's relatively sharp in the foreground I suppose.

Mr Fjeld posted:

Nice! This one is way sharper in the foreground than the other - and at f13. I wouldn't have guessed the first photo taken with a 20 mm wide angle lens but that's why it's relatively sharp in the foreground I suppose.

Thanks again. This is almost a similar focal length, equivalent to 18mm, employing a smaller (DX) sensor. Today I wouldn't dream of using such an extreme f-stop, especially with a high MP body because of details loss due to lens diffraction kicking in. Shooting at wide apertures helps me difuse the access sharpness of digital imagery.

Haim Ronen posted:

Mr Fjeld posted:

Nice! This one is way sharper in the foreground than the other - and at f13. I wouldn't have guessed the first photo taken with a 20 mm wide angle lens but that's why it's relatively sharp in the foreground I suppose.

Thanks again. This is almost a similar focal length, equivalent to 18mm, employing a smaller (DX) sensor. Today I wouldn't dream of using such an extreme f-stop, especially with a high MP body because of details loss due to lens diffraction kicking in. Shooting at wide apertures helps me difuse the access sharpness of digital imagery.

So far I only have two lenses although a used 90mm is on the way, but I mostly use between f5.6 and f11. I also use f16 on occasions but absolute sharpness isn't really important for me. I also like to use a high ISO to make the picture resemble a photo from the good old film days.

Staying outside on a day with strong daylight suggests stopping down a bit to avoid blown out highlights as I cannot go lower than ISO 320.

The photos below of my grandchildren is f2 though

Very sweet grand kids. What camera do you use that you cannot go bellow ISO 320?

Haim Ronen posted:

Very sweet grand kids. What camera do you use that you cannot go bellow ISO 320?

Thanks Haim  I use a Leica M 246 Monochrom. It excels  in most circumstances but strong daylight.....

'Among the Shoppers'

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'Capsule Barrista'

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'Fat n' Fit'

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GraemeH posted:

'Fat n' Fit'

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Wonderful photos Graeme! The thin one wouldn't happen to be by Giacometti?