Photography

alfredo

(60,071 posts) Sun Jun 22, 2014, 02:49 PM Jun 2014

Saturday Ramble

I set out to practice using a manual lens for street photography. I had my Tokina EL28 attached and I was ready to rumble. My target was the fountain downtown. On the way I came upon the end of a skateboarding competition. That was real luck because there was a Tee Shirt toss at one of the bowls. When I got downtown, the fountains were off, and downtown abandoned. Plan B was Gratz Park.

I nailed focus more often than not. F8 and F11 helped in that regard. Good enough for now. So here are my images:

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Saturday Ramble (Original Post) alfredo Jun 2014 OP

Cool shots! Blue_In_AK Jun 2014 #1

Thanks alfredo Jun 2014 #3

Sweet! Solly Mack Jun 2014 #2

Thank you. The blue house belongs to our mayor. alfredo Jun 2014 #4

Love to see the inside of either. Solly Mack Jun 2014 #5

Not sure if any of them are open. Across from them is the John Hunt Morgan house. alfredo Jun 2014 #6

Great shots... ohheckyeah Jun 2014 #7

Thanks. Even at f8, there's little difference between focus and out of focus. That's why I alfredo Jun 2014 #8

I switch back and forth between manual and auto focus. ohheckyeah Jun 2014 #9

Ouzo does the same thing to my eyes. I'm ready to alfredo Jun 2014 #10

I don't do Ouzo. ohheckyeah Jun 2014 #11

If it gets you through the night. alfredo Jun 2014 #12

Blue_In_AK

(46,436 posts)

1. Cool shots!

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 03:14 PM

Jun 2014

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

3. Thanks

Reply to Blue_In_AK (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 04:59 PM

Jun 2014

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)

2. Sweet!

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 04:07 PM

Jun 2014

Love the 1st one!!

All wonderful.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

4. Thank you. The blue house belongs to our mayor.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 04:59 PM

Jun 2014

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)

5. Love to see the inside of either.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 10:22 PM

Jun 2014

Is that possible?

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

6. Not sure if any of them are open. Across from them is the John Hunt Morgan house.

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #5)

Sun Jun 22, 2014, 10:41 PM

Jun 2014

The third and fourth are from the John Hunt Morgan house garden.

http://www.bluegrasstrust.org/hunt-morgan.html

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

7. Great shots...

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Mon Jun 23, 2014, 06:24 PM

Jun 2014

the first one especially is sharp as a tack.

alfredo

(60,071 posts)

8. Thanks. Even at f8, there's little difference between focus and out of focus. That's why I

Reply to ohheckyeah (Reply #7)

Tue Jun 24, 2014, 11:20 PM

Jun 2014

like manual focus at times. It makes me more deliberate.

ohheckyeah

(9,314 posts)

9. I switch back and forth between manual and auto focus.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 24, 2014, 11:59 PM

Jun 2014

It depends on which lens I'm using and how my eyesight is on that particular day. Ibuprofen can sometimes blur my vision a bit so I don't trust them on those days.