Lone Photowalk with the Jupiter-9

cmontoya · Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 6:12 am Post subject: Lone Photowalk with the Jupiter-9

I finally had time to test the manual focus lens Jupiter-9 85mm f/2. It was also my first time to do a photowalk downtown alone. I wasn't scared at all. I was scared to ask the pretty Chinese lady in Sto. Nino whether I could take her photo though. Ha ha. I lost my touch.

In-Camera

1. Daylight
2. Aperture @ F/4

Lightroom 2

1. Exposure correction (but not all)
2. Default tone curve: medium contrast (except for some that were backlit)

Adobe Bridge
Batch save as smaller size JPG files (quality: Cool

Weakness: Haze T_T

I have a total of 29 photos to share so I hope you guys don't mind if I share them all gradually.

Please visit my flickr page if you want to see the larger versions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlo_montoya/

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1 A boy and one very big fish. Captured inside Fort San Pedro.

2 These lanterns would probably look better at night when they're lit (obviously).

3 This building must have been shot hundreds of thousands of times by different tourists. Sigh, only if I could be so popular. Ha ha.

4 The customary flower shot. I like flowers. :3

5 I always shoot chains when I can. I don't know why I like them.

6 I noticed that old lenses produce the best yellows compared with modern lenses. That or it's just my imagination. Smile

7 I assume these are those fibre-optic light thingies. Also a good candidate for low light photography.

8 Guess whose feet are those. Do I have clean toenails? They say women look at those too to identify potential mates. :3

9 Another flower shot. Didn't I just say I like them. :3

10 I took a photo of this guy while he was taking a photo of me. He must have found me attractive. :3

heartcat · Joined: 31 Dec 2009 Posts: 371

Great photos!

I received this lens recently but haven't really had a chance to test it out yet.

I took a photo of this guy while he was taking a photo of me. He must have found me attractive. :3

It was probably the toenails. Wink

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

Great lens isn't it ?

cmontoya · Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:31 pm Post subject:

@heartcat: Ha ha, you're probably right.

@Attila: Yes it is but I have a love-hate relationship with pre-set lenses. I sometimes accidentally bump the aperture ring and open the lens again Smile

Attila · Expire: 2025-11-18

pre-set just pleasant on DSLR at least I love them I like even more Exakta adapter with Pentacon six lenses. I can focusing always wide open with this set and press external bulb on exakta adapter and close blades before press shutter release button on camera.

cmontoya · Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2011 10:41 pm Post subject:

Here's set 2/3 of the lone photowalk

11 This blind man sang,

"I walk along the city streets you used to walk along with me, and every step I take reminds me of just how we used to be.
Well, how can I forget you, girl?
When there is always something there to remind me. Always something there to remind me. ..."

I gave the fella 20 bucks for making me feel young again.

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12 The belltower of the Cebu Metropolitan Cathedral. I've never been inside one. It would be great to ask for permission to go up there huh?

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13 Do angels really have wings? If they're real, they're said to travel at the speed of thought so I doubt they need wings.

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14 This man looked like he has a BIG problem. And when people have BIG problems, they ask God for help. I'm at an age when I question things about the universe. Why are we here? What happens when we die? If there is no heaven, then what's stopping all people from living an 'evil' life. Life can be so mundane but it can also be so mysterious. I need answers to many questions myself. I need to know the truth so I can be set free.

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15 I wonder if this is what Jesus really looked like. According to the Bible, he had an unremarkable countenance. He was ordinary looking. He certainly didn't look like Brad Pitt.

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16 Religious statues give me the creeps. I must be watching too many horror movies.

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17 I so love the design of this wall lamp. It's truly a work of art.

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18 "I had to pay the woman who owns these two bucks (1 buck per candle) to 'pray' for me. She didn't even ask for my name so I don't know how that would help me. I don't even know how divine intervention is supposed to work. Does a deity influence people's thoughts? Like, ""Hey, Carlo's boss, give him a salary of 1 million pesos per month." I certainly doubt that.

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19 I consider this one of my best captures to date. He he.

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20 One of the many old women selling prayers. Can't people just pray directly to whatever deity they believe in?

cmontoya · Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:19 am Post subject:

Last set of this series. It was fun taking out the Jupiter-9. I'll probably still use next time because I still need to get used to it.

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21 "F is for friends who do stuff together
U is for you and me
N is for anywhere and anytime at all down here in the deep blue sea"

22 Pay for a candle, light it, and pray. I just don't get it.

23 Reusable schmucking machine. Just buy these candles once, collect the melted ones, and make new candles. Man, I should start my own religion.

24 I chanced upon a feeding program near Magellan's Cross. People really need help but for some reason only a few really do something about it. I for one am a confused bastiche. I want t help but I don't know how. I'm not rich and even if I do help, will I get something out of it except a "good" feeling. If there's no heaven, where will I get a reward for doing good deeds. Ha ha.

25 Another recipient of the feeding program. She's one of the many dancing prayer ladies in yellow. I don't know what makes them different from the others. Probably Cory Aquino's fans. Tie a yellow ribbon…

26 Ooh, crayons.

27 A stamp maker's hands.

28 The owner of the hands. He was kind enough to let me shoot him while he's working. His friends kept teasing him to smile.

29 A shot from inside a jeepney. I wanted to shoot the cute college student in front of me but I didn't feel particularly brave today plus it would be dangerous for me to initiate some kind of conversation with single ladies alone. The temptation would be too great to start playing with fire. Mwa ha ha.

martinsmith99 · Expire: 2013-11-18

Great set of images. Flowers and people are my favourite with that lens.

poilu · Expire: 2019-08-29

nice series, it make me travel to your place Very Happy

cmontoya · Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:17 pm Post subject:

@martin: Thanks. The flowers this time aren't really good looking. It's too cold for them to bloom. Maybe during the summer.

@poilu: Thanks too. If you plan on travelling to Cebu City, Philippines, make sure it's summer which would start around April and end by mid-June. Smile

Let me know when you're coming.

cmontoya · Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:55 pm Post subject:

This so yesterday but I just found out how to do this using history brush Smile

I wish there was another object colored yellow in this picture but I didn't want to fake that.

As many pro photographers would say, don't throw away pictures you don't like, instead Photoshop them to the extreme or something like that. Ha ha.

Photoshop is AWESOME.