Texture
Sep 2, 2018 22:25:17 #
SuperFly48
Loc: NE ILLINOIS
Put my 18-200 Nikon DX VR lens on my D850, mounted it onto a new tripod for some get acquainted work, took these shots along the Illinois River between Ottawa and Marseilles, IL. Part of the test was to check sharpness of the lens as a back up on the D850.
Sep 3, 2018 08:32:11 #
FlyGuy47, great photos and great photo equipment proving it's self in the hands of a skilled photographer. I like your photos, but the impact would IMO been better to show the BW on it own so that the viewer could ponder and taste the flavor. Composition very good indeed and the variations in grays and the rich texture of sky, sculpture and vegetation well done. I can almost feel it with my fingertips.
The other photos tell me a great story: sequence #4, oh drive gears, why? Yes to mesh with the mechanism in #5, but what does it do, aaaaha, #2 an old bridge ! Wonder when, wow, look at the history. Mechanical history of what men could do in historic times is intriguing as are the parts shown in your photos. You saw and photographed once living history part of the commerce of the USA.
These are great photos of documentation and a history that will be there for another 50 or more years. You inspired me to check the history of this bridge. I love mechanical things. "The first bridge built at this location was part of the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad mainline heading from Chicago to the Mississippi River." [1868]
https://www.johnweeks.com/river_illinois/pages/illC06.html
The other photos tell me a great story: sequence #4, oh drive gears, why? Yes to mesh with the mechanism in #5, but what does it do, aaaaha, #2 an old bridge ! Wonder when, wow, look at the history. Mechanical history of what men could do in historic times is intriguing as are the parts shown in your photos. You saw and photographed once living history part of the commerce of the USA.
These are great photos of documentation and a history that will be there for another 50 or more years. You inspired me to check the history of this bridge. I love mechanical things. "The first bridge built at this location was part of the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad mainline heading from Chicago to the Mississippi River." [1868]
https://www.johnweeks.com/river_illinois/pages/illC06.html
Sep 3, 2018 09:20:14 #
Sep 3, 2018 10:06:20 #
SuperFly48
Loc: NE ILLINOIS
Thanks for the comments and added history. I use both locations when I want to test a lens/camera combination. Lots of texture and detail at both for my purposes. Those gears were used to operate a sluice gate. Caught this tug pushing barges up river the time before. Actually tracked the tug and waited for it to get framed by the bridge before snapping the shot off. The other shot is the abandoned box printing plant where those gears are located. These two shots were taken with a Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 manual focus lens I had from my film days; both these shots were taken hand held; lens was on my D850. I like the detail those old prime lens give me on the D850.
Sep 3, 2018 11:26:19 #
Fine photos. I wonder if tightening your crops on some to focus more on the interesting thing about the photo might help. Some compositions are heavy on the right, and cropping might help there.
Sep 3, 2018 13:01:14 #
Sep 3, 2018 15:21:35 #
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