Posts for: RodB
Oct 19, 2017 22:46:09 #
A few more images... The last three at a family gathering. The use rate with this little model was about 30%, she's a natural.
RodB
RodB
Oct 19, 2017 21:50:52 #
I bought this lens about 4 years ago. ITs sharp as a tack and works great. I have used the Nikons and I agree with the review below, which is worth reading. The Tokina 100 macro is as good as any of the Nikons of same focal length. If money is not an object, get the Nikon 200mm medical micro.
This lens is truly hard to beat for the money. I got mine used for $375.
Its hard to find a better website that www.kenrockwell.com for solid information on anything Nikon or Canon including all the past lenses and bodies with tons of details as to what is good or bad about each item. Tons to learn for most amateur photographers for sure on all aspects of photography and equipment.
Quote: From Ken Rockwell
...The Tokina 100mm f/2.8 Macro is a fantastic lens.
It's optical performance is as good or better than the best from Nikon and Canon, and this Tokina's ergonomics, due to its unique focus clutch, is also better than any of Nikon's or Canon's 100mm or 105mm macro lenses.
All this, and this Tokina is less than half the price, just as well built, and smaller and lighter than any other 100mm or 105mm AF macro. Go get one!...
...The Nikon version 100mm f/2.8 AF works great with almost every film and digital Nikon camera made since 1977. You'll need to figure out a way to add a meter coupling prong for use with Nikons made from 1959-1976, if you want meter coupling.
The only incompatibility is that it will not autofocus with the cheapest D40, D40x, D60, D3000, D3100 or D5000, but if you focus manually, everything else works great. These cameras have in-finder focus confirmation dots to help you...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tokina/100mm-f28.htm
This lens is truly hard to beat for the money. I got mine used for $375.
Its hard to find a better website that www.kenrockwell.com for solid information on anything Nikon or Canon including all the past lenses and bodies with tons of details as to what is good or bad about each item. Tons to learn for most amateur photographers for sure on all aspects of photography and equipment.
Quote: From Ken Rockwell
...The Tokina 100mm f/2.8 Macro is a fantastic lens.
It's optical performance is as good or better than the best from Nikon and Canon, and this Tokina's ergonomics, due to its unique focus clutch, is also better than any of Nikon's or Canon's 100mm or 105mm macro lenses.
All this, and this Tokina is less than half the price, just as well built, and smaller and lighter than any other 100mm or 105mm AF macro. Go get one!...
...The Nikon version 100mm f/2.8 AF works great with almost every film and digital Nikon camera made since 1977. You'll need to figure out a way to add a meter coupling prong for use with Nikons made from 1959-1976, if you want meter coupling.
The only incompatibility is that it will not autofocus with the cheapest D40, D40x, D60, D3000, D3100 or D5000, but if you focus manually, everything else works great. These cameras have in-finder focus confirmation dots to help you...
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tokina/100mm-f28.htm
Oct 18, 2017 14:07:34 #
Great recommendations and both Canon and Nikon covered well... Lots of good discussion on budget and how to get the most bang for your buck.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/recommended-cameras.htm
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/recommended-cameras.htm
Oct 17, 2017 00:39:39 #
Thanks.... they do look better than I thought they would look... Next time.... Thanks for your efforts, I appreciate it.
RodB
RodB
Oct 16, 2017 15:40:17 #
Sure... I'd like to see the differences....
Oct 16, 2017 14:07:56 #
All you would want to know and exactly how to set it up with simple explanations as to how and why.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d7100.htm
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/d7100.htm
Oct 16, 2017 13:48:27 #
As a Tarpon fisherman I really liked the marine art in those shops. Thanks for the comments.
RodB
RodB
Oct 16, 2017 13:33:28 #
Thanks for the "Snapspeed" tip... I use a iPhone. I didn't bother to correct converging lines in this case as these were mostly for my boat repair website www.brinkboatrepair.com. BTW, I supplied all photos on my website for boat repair.
In the past I used a 4x5 for lots of jewelry/product photography and some architecture. I used a Nikon tilt-shift lens in the past too, but mostly used my Toyo 4x5. You remind me, I still have a set of 12 " Riteway" film holders that I need to sell..
Anyway I need to mess with some of the newer perspective correction software but mostly I just use Photoshop.
Thanks for the comments.
RodB
In the past I used a 4x5 for lots of jewelry/product photography and some architecture. I used a Nikon tilt-shift lens in the past too, but mostly used my Toyo 4x5. You remind me, I still have a set of 12 " Riteway" film holders that I need to sell..
Anyway I need to mess with some of the newer perspective correction software but mostly I just use Photoshop.
Thanks for the comments.
RodB
Oct 14, 2017 21:45:59 #
RS wrote:
Very nice art work on both ends - the original artists' and yours.
Did you have to get an okay to take the photos? I have run into both kinds of responses when
I asked permission to take pictures of artwork - "Sure, feel free!" and "Not no, but hell no!"
I can see the reasonings behind both responses.
Did you have to get an okay to take the photos? I have run into both kinds of responses when
I asked permission to take pictures of artwork - "Sure, feel free!" and "Not no, but hell no!"
I can see the reasonings behind both responses.
I asked about one but I just took pics when I liked one....
This sculpture was the only one I asked permission to take a pic.
Thanks for the comments.
R
Oct 14, 2017 21:44:28 #
That shop had lots of large windows, but that artwork was valuable... I'd be surprised if they didn't board up the windows on that concrete building and/or move the stuff.
R
R
Oct 14, 2017 20:13:13 #
These are some photos I took in art shops in Key West this past May. The artists were from all over the country and the prices were out of sight.
R
R
Oct 14, 2017 19:32:21 #
Thanks for the comments....
One of my interests has been not only classic boats (I have the plans for a few) and boat repair but also colorizing line drawings of them in Photoshop... adding detail of wood grain from actual photos of that wood pasted into the shape/selection as seen here. After making sure the line drawing is accurate... colors with gradients are used to get shape. These are all famous classic designs ... Atkin,s "Amos Brown", Albert Strange's "Cherub III, and Crocker's "Sea Dawn" in that order.
The two photos are of L. Francis Herreshoff's "Araminta" a beauty kept at Mystic Seaport Museum and available for daily charters... a real sailing machine.
These drawings are a few I produced for my own interests to hang on the wall 16x20. Sometimes I think perfectly drawn boat designs give photographs a run for their money.
R
One of my interests has been not only classic boats (I have the plans for a few) and boat repair but also colorizing line drawings of them in Photoshop... adding detail of wood grain from actual photos of that wood pasted into the shape/selection as seen here. After making sure the line drawing is accurate... colors with gradients are used to get shape. These are all famous classic designs ... Atkin,s "Amos Brown", Albert Strange's "Cherub III, and Crocker's "Sea Dawn" in that order.
The two photos are of L. Francis Herreshoff's "Araminta" a beauty kept at Mystic Seaport Museum and available for daily charters... a real sailing machine.
These drawings are a few I produced for my own interests to hang on the wall 16x20. Sometimes I think perfectly drawn boat designs give photographs a run for their money.
R
Oct 14, 2017 15:16:51 #
Just perusing files of personal photos thru the past years... and thought I'd post some. The aspens were in Colorado, the waves/rocky beach Hawaii, the black Q boat in Rhode Island at the Herreshoff Rendevouz...
RodB
RodB
Oct 14, 2017 14:27:18 #
The following are photos using my 11-16mm wide angle lens for interior shots of a sailboat I had done extensive work on ... replacing the teak and holly floor (cabin sole), building a new navigation station, repairing the galley table top and replacing all the cabin ports (windows). This was similar to commercial photography I have done in the past... I thought I'd post these in this category. Between photography and boat repair I have documented most work that will add to my website for boat repair.
These shots were done on a cloudy day with the sun coming in and out. When necessary light was blocked from direct sun with foam core cards. The most common issue was sunlight entering the cabin top hatches... this was blocked or the shots were taken once the clouds covered the sun. I usually document the entire process of most repairs so I take many photos...many times with my 12 mb iPhone but these shots required an wide angle.
These shots were done on a cloudy day with the sun coming in and out. When necessary light was blocked from direct sun with foam core cards. The most common issue was sunlight entering the cabin top hatches... this was blocked or the shots were taken once the clouds covered the sun. I usually document the entire process of most repairs so I take many photos...many times with my 12 mb iPhone but these shots required an wide angle.
Oct 14, 2017 12:52:51 #
jackpinoh wrote:
You can't, unless you photograph the bird away from a colored surface that reflects light. (A color filter will cause as many problems as it corrects.)
Absolutely right. I bet that bird's feathers do darken slightly in that color family naturally.