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[jp]

Sand Beach in Stonington Maine. I went there for work again (installing electronics on boats), and took my cameras for some after work exploration. Too windy for LF. Temperature in the teens and wind was very steady, so it was probably <0f wind chill. Used my Nikon d810 with Sigma35 and Velvet56 lenses. 2nd photo I love to see sunshine on ice and think of the pictorialists using their imagination with the bright glowy spots.


_DSC8451 by Jason Philbrook, on Flickr


_DSC8432 by Jason Philbrook, on Flickr

[Ron (Netherlands)]

Being long inside the house during lock down, I wanted to try something on the table with a fully black background. I thought, ok what is nice to put in front of such a background, and since brass may light up quite well, I took my little collection of brass lenses as a subject.
Although I had some nice results with artificial lights, the once shot with natural daylight came out better with respect to color rendition and contrast. I made one attempt with flash, but that ruined the background.

(if you click on the picture, you find some info on the different lenses)

Vintage brass lenses by Ron (Netherlands), on Flickr
EOS 450D with 50mm lens.

[Tin Can]

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Being long inside the house during lock down, I wanted to try something on the table with a fully black background. I thought, ok what is nice to put in front of such a background, and since brass may light up quite well, I took my little collection of brass lenses as a subject.
Although I had some nice results with artificial lights, the once shot with natural daylight came out better with respect to color rendition and contrast. I made one attempt with flash, but that ruined the background.

(if you click on the picture, you find some info on the different lenses)

Vintage brass lenses by Ron (Netherlands), on Flickr
EOS 450D with 50mm lens.

[Pali K]

Got my EOS RA today and made another go at Orion Nebula. What a difference but still no telescope yet so can't wait to see it properly lit with a telescope

Canon EOS RA | 70-200 F4L w 2x Extender | 50 30s Subs at ISO 1600 | Celestron CGX Mount

Pali

[martiansea]

My story for this: after getting neck-deep in film and large format photography, regular ol' digital DSLR shooting gets pretty boring. To have some fun, I decided, OK, going to use only this one simple lens, and no RAW files. So, I put my trusty Industar 50-2 50mm f/3,5 Soviet Tessar style lens on the D800 with the image area set to 5:4, and set the file format to TIFF with the Monochrome color setting. Walked around Danby State Forest and got a roll full of great pics, my favorite being this:

Which, I later printed as an Argyrotype and presented in a solo exhibition with the name "Blasted Twins." You can see a scan on my website. But here is a jpeg straight from the original tiff for everyone to see. Wasn't even trying for it, but I nailed the hyperfocal focus with that lens. It can be a miracle worker when it hits the sweet spot. Made digital shooting fun again.

[Pali K]

What this beauty looks like in full frame godness with a proper telescope. Wow!

Celestron EdgeHD 8" | Canon EOS RA | CGX Mount
DSS Stacked: 60x 30 Seconds Exposures at ISO 1250 | 25x Darks

Pali

[Tin Can]

Mystery Majesty!

What this beauty looks like in full frame godness with a proper telescope. Wow!

Celestron EdgeHD 8" | Canon EOS RA | CGX Mount
DSS Stacked: 60x 30 Seconds Exposures at ISO 1250 | 25x Darks

Pali

[Peter De Smidt]

Really good, Pali!

[jon.oman]

What this beauty looks like in full frame godness with a proper telescope. Wow!

Celestron EdgeHD 8" | Canon EOS RA | CGX Mount
DSS Stacked: 60x 30 Seconds Exposures at ISO 1250 | 25x Darks

Pali

Nice! Does it have a name?

[Pali K]

Thank you Randy, Peter, and Jon. It’s called the Orion Nebula located in the sword of the Orion constellation.

About 1300 light years away and one of the brighter nebulas that can be viewed with a telescope eyepiece on a clear night. The colors are breathtaking.