Non Aviation Photography Thread

[Jeff D. Welker]

File this under the heading of "aging shooter forgets his roots and how spoiled he has become shooting with modern camera/lens technology".

As I'm slowly learning, shooting tight head shots of the grandkids at f/2 is a tricky business - especially with my manual focus Super Tak lens. I missed on this image by a fraction and it is a tad soft. Gratefully, the impromptu pose saves the day. Grandson #1 is a stud to hang with Papa while I fumble turning the focus ring. His little sister is just a natural born poser. Now I just need to get my middle grandson to hold still for just a moment 

[Joe Copalman]

LEARNING THE ROPES

A PJ from the 304th RQS trains a Marine from 1st Force Recon during high-angle rescue training on Mount Lemmon.

[Jeff D. Welker]

LEARNING THE ROPES

A PJ from the 304th RQS trains a Marine from 1st Force Recon during high-angle rescue training on Mount Lemmon.

Terrific photograph Joe. Where you likewise harnessed and hanging?

Clearly, I've been in a rut lately photographing my grandkids heads and testing my new/old Super Tak lens. Here are a couple from this afternoon. We'd just got chased off the Falcon Field park by a excellent thunderstorm and the youngsters were in a funk due to being confined indoors until the rain stopped. It gave me just enough time to catch them unawares...

[Scott Youmans]

LEARNING THE ROPESA PJ from the 304th RQS trains a Marine from 1st Force Recon during high-angle rescue training on Mount Lemmon.

Great shot Joe, well executed use of selective focus.

[Mike Margolis]

Not much aviation stuff going on here of late... Wife and I have taken a few nature type trips over the last couple months. Last weekend we set out for Ramsey Canyon south of Tucson and had a great and relaxing time. I figured I'd try out some good glass and rented a 200mm f2 Canon lens. Wow!! I understand now just how amazing glass can be. I also understand why folks with an 8+ pound rig only lift it for the best shots! Hand holding a big lens while waiting for very skittish hummingbirds can get rather fatiguing. I also learned to appreciate a really shallow depth of field. Shooting comfortably in very low light was amazing! ~ This shot was after sunset, out our kitchen window ~

Kitchen Hummingbird Hover Shallow DoF-3566 by Mike Margolis, on Flickr

[Scott Youmans]

Wonderful shot Mike! Your observations are all very accurate!

[Anna M. Wood]

Wonderful shot Mike! Your observations are all very accurate!

^^^^^ What Scott said....  +1

[scottcolbath]

Very nice Mike. That's some awesome detail.

S.C.

[Scott Youmans]

Fujifilm X-T1 up close - Shot with Nikon Df, 50mm f/1.2 and extension tube

[Jeff D. Welker]

What a terrific image using some wonderful Nikkor glass. Razor thin DOF and creamy bokeh.

[Scott Youmans]

Thanks Jeff! I actually had it stopped down pretty far to get a little broader depth of field. EXIF shows f/8. It also says 55mm but that's in error due to the set up on the Df. The images shot more wide open were more extreme. I'll post one tomorrow.

[Ned Harris]

Peregrine Falcon In Pursuit, Del Mar, CA, 5/29/15.

_31A7738 Peregrine in pursuit by Ned Harris, on Flickr

[Jeff D. Welker]

Well done Vance. Sounds like a great event and a wonderful opportunity. Looking forward to more images.

Here are a couple of "macro" images I shot at lunch using my 5D3 and an Asahi Pentax SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4 lens. I also added the #1 (shortest) M42 Pentax extension tube. I've never shot with extension tubes before and wanted to test this setup. Nothing special about the subject matter, just a couple of items handy to photograph. While this lens shoots wonderfully wide open at f/2, I had to close it to f/11 achieve a workable DOF (still small) for these macro shots. At f/2 the DOF is waaaaaay too thin. I like the results of this lens that was made over 40 years ago 

[wingsnstuff]

Thanks Jeff.  The macro shot is impressive.  Sometimes it takes lots of fiddling around to get the good shot.  Your results are stunning. 

[Jay Beckman]

As if the Corsair isn't already a handful...