First decent shot with my 55 yr old CZJ Tessar!

dude163

Taken on my Pentax KX , and of course it has POWER LINES in it, gah! I cannot win!!

This is taken through a car window after the sun went down, the blue sky gave her a beautiful cobalt blue tint, and using manual focus let me focus on her and not the glass

I dont know what to think of the tessar yet, but its pretty neat as a mechanical object, as a lens, we shall see.....

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

Great capture! I have many Tessars I just love them , no exception. Laughing

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

WOW !!

This is a magical picture !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doesn't even look like a photo, more like an airbrushed illustration.
Great work !!

dude163 · Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:27 am Post subject:

Thanks guys

if I knew how to do better Post processing, Id clone or clean up the bottom left corner and remove those damn power lines!!

Himself · Expire: 2013-05-30

Beautiful candid!
My first impression was that you forgot the camera set to tungsten.

Orio · Expire: 2012-12-04

Removing the power lines would not be difficult but it would spoil the image in my opinion.
With the lines in, it reveals itself for what it is: a beautiful snapshot.
Without the lines, it would look like the postwork of a normal photo, and actually a normal photo postworked would look cleaner.
But everyone can make a postwork of a normal photo, while this capture, it's only you who could make it. It's unique.

One thing I would clone out instead are the sensor dust blotches.

dude163 · Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:55 am Post subject:

Hi Orio

you are the 3rd person tonight to say that this has a unique look to it

re: sensor dust, its actually on the lens, I was so excited I forgot to clean it before I used it Smile

who knew that a lens 50+ years old would have dirt on it! Thats my first task tomorrow AM

to the person who mentioned Tungsten WB, I have done that before actually, and the picture came out better!

BRunner · Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Posts: 705 Location: Czech Republic

Great catch! I won't remove the power lines, because they add more to the story.... because they are smeared, you can feel the movement. Without them, the photo will look more static.