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alfredo

(60,074 posts) Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:44 PM Mar 2015

Veterans Park with a Sears Lens.

Olympus EPM2 & Sears (Ricoh) 50mm 2.0 lens.

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Veterans Park with a Sears Lens. (Original Post) alfredo Mar 2015 OP

NICE, alfredo! elleng Mar 2015 #1

These are very sharp and clear, alfredo! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2015 #2

Hell yes. I love playing with old lenses. alfredo Mar 2015 #3

I like the water fall best,,, old is good with some things! juxtaposed Mar 2015 #4

With 2X crop factor, I was shooting with a 100mm lens. At times alfredo Mar 2015 #5

Those are wonderful! Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #6

Thank you. I am retired, so I have the time to take a bunch of photos and obsess over them alfredo Mar 2015 #7

I too am retired. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #8

One doesn't have to suffer for their art. I choose my location based on the close alfredo Mar 2015 #9

Good criteria. Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #10

That's a good way to hone your skills. What you alfredo Mar 2015 #11

After I wrote that post, Binkie The Clown Mar 2015 #12

My wife's art history book has helped me so much. So has the cinema. I keep coming back alfredo Mar 2015 #13

I spent an evening photographing old pocket watches. I might have to do that again. alfredo Mar 2015 #14

Wow! Dyedinthewoolliberal Mar 2015 #15

Thanks. It was nearing the golden hour, and the sky was mostly clear. alfredo Mar 2015 #16

elleng

(130,974 posts)

1. NICE, alfredo!

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Thu Mar 12, 2015, 11:47 PM

Mar 2015

CaliforniaPeggy

(149,640 posts)

2. These are very sharp and clear, alfredo!

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 12:13 AM

Mar 2015

Well done!

You're having fun, aren't you?

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

3. Hell yes. I love playing with old lenses.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 12:57 AM

Mar 2015

They feel good in the hand, and deliver images with wonderful "imperfections" like low contrast.

juxtaposed

(2,778 posts)

4. I like the water fall best,,, old is good with some things!

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 10:47 PM

Mar 2015

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

5. With 2X crop factor, I was shooting with a 100mm lens. At times

Reply to juxtaposed (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 14, 2015, 12:05 AM

Mar 2015

I was frustrated because I am so used to my 20mm (40mm) field of view. Then I found it useful in "cropping" out some trash along the creek. The dam is being undermined on the banks, but everything theres a big storm, trees and debris hangs up, sealing the undermined areas. The big tree trunk on the right helped seal a channel that opened there.

Maybe I should run down there tomorrow if the rain lets up. I'm sure it will be much higher. Maybe a swing by McConnell Springs to see if the Boils are more active.

A few days ago

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

6. Those are wonderful!

Reply to alfredo (Original post)

Sat Mar 14, 2015, 08:19 PM

Mar 2015

Would that I could do as well.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

7. Thank you. I am retired, so I have the time to take a bunch of photos and obsess over them

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #6)

Sat Mar 14, 2015, 09:21 PM

Mar 2015

at the computer.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

8. I too am retired.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 14, 2015, 10:30 PM

Mar 2015

But until a year or so ago I hadn't picked up a camera since high school in the 1960's. I do love the black and white treatment of those photos. I'm inspired to grab my camera and go down to the river to see what I can see. (But I'm such a wimp I'll wait till it stops raining. hehe)

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

9. One doesn't have to suffer for their art. I choose my location based on the close

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #8)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 12:28 AM

Mar 2015

proximity to good food and drink.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

10. Good criteria.

Reply to alfredo (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 01:19 AM

Mar 2015

I guess I should go for table-top photography in my dining room.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

11. That's a good way to hone your skills. What you

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #10)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 01:17 PM

Mar 2015

do there can be translated to the outdoors.

Note the groupings of threes.

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)

12. After I wrote that post,

Reply to alfredo (Reply #11)

Sun Mar 15, 2015, 10:26 PM

Mar 2015

more or less tongue in cheek, I started thinking about exploring minimalist still life compositions. It could be fun. How, for example, could you make an interesting photo with nothing more than a few pebbles? There their physical arrangement in the frame, the background (plain, textured, light, dark, wood, cloth, sand, ...) the lighting arrangement, depth of field, and so on.

Even something as simple as a few pebbles can provide a lot of opportunities to experiment.

alfredo

(60,074 posts)

13. My wife's art history book has helped me so much. So has the cinema. I keep coming back

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Reply #12)

Mon Mar 16, 2015, 02:45 PM

Mar 2015

to the the Coen Brothers movie "Barton Fink." The lighting and compositions could send you off into some creative directions. Check out some of Orson Welles' movies. A touch of evil is a feast for the eyes. The compositions, and how he uses them to advance the story is worth noting.

I know cinema is a different discipline, but each set is a still life. Everything is there for a reason, and if it doesn't advance the story, it is eliminated.