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PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:53 pm    Post subject: Rain (leave camera at home?) Reply with quote
Do you think that with rainy weather, you should leave your camera at home?
I don't !


Photos 01-13: EOS 5DII, Vario-Sonnar 3.5/40-80 :








































Photos 14-16: EOS 5DII, S-Planar 1:2.8 f=60mm :









PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You are right, Orio.
Nice results.

I'll do the same when I'll have some time.

Mmmhhh... what lens for that light and colours ?


PostPosted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 11:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Olivier wrote:

Mmmhhh... what lens for that light and colours ?


photos 1-13 it's Vario-Sonnar 40-80 (first Contax zoom, not easy to find)

photos 14-16 it's S-Planar 1:2.8 f=60mm (1:1 macro lens, only lens in the Contax line to have the name written in the old Contarex format -expanded- instead of the more synthetic Contax format)

for the curious:

Contarex format: "aperture unit : largest aperture" "f=focal lenght + mm"

Contax format: "widest aperture / focal lenght"


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 12:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Interesting , poor light gives great images

but i'm disseapointed a bit i expected you to take your camera when it was actually raining. cheater Wink


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Inclement weather hasn't stopped me in the past. And I don't reckon it will in the future. I've got better rain-soaked images around here than these, but they'll have to do for now.







PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
hexi wrote:
Interesting , poor light gives great images

but i'm disseapointed a bit i expected you to take your camera when it was actually raining. cheater Wink


It was raining, albeit lightly.


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
cooltouch wrote:
Inclement weather hasn't stopped me in the past. And I don't reckon it will in the future.


The best part for me are the colours. You get incredible shades of colour when it rains, because the rain makes things shine and so also the colours that normally would be too dull to be noticed, come out to life. All the shades of brown and reddish that I got from the naked and autumn trees in these photos, would be impossible to obtain from a sunny day. And yet, there are many photographers who only photograph with the sunlight, missing out all that richness.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I know you are right Orio, but it's so cosy and warm inside Wink

(Shot through thick double-pane glass with the Cyclop 85/1.5):



I want to go to the village tonight for a photo assignment, preferably at near-dark. maybe I can take some stunning shots with the Cyclop. Wink


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
@spotmatic
Did you let the cat in??? Very Happy


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Spotmatic wrote:
I know you are right Orio, but it's so cosy and warm inside Wink


Art means suffering, Spot Laughing


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mo-Fo wrote:
@spotmatic
Did you let the cat in??? Very Happy


Of course not! I hate cats as pets, but I'm perfectly happy when they just walk around outside, unless they use my garden as a litterbox, in which case a bucket of water is a great solution Razz Wink


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Laughing Laughing That explains the pensive look in the cats eyes.....will I run or will I stay.

Orio do you find there is a clarity after the rain....a certain brightness that clears the haze and whatever else is in the air?


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mo-Fo wrote:

Orio do you find there is a clarity after the rain....a certain brightness that clears the haze and whatever else is in the air?


Well, it surely can be, Mofo, but in this case, I was refering to the shining quality of the surfaces. The rain cleans leaves and branches from the dust and gives a glossy patina that bounces the light back stronger, thus making visible subtle shades of coours that would normally be lost.

See for instance in this picture, please count how many shades of browns, greens, and yellows you can see from simple barren or half-barren trees:



If you would take this picture on a dry sunny day, it would miss half of the subtle hues.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very Happy wow I can see what you are saying.Beautiful and so simple.I must slow down and study what I am looking at.


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 9:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
nice demonstration, wet nature shine


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
It depends. Heavy rain or light? Digital for film cam?

If it's pouring, I would not take my cam outside.
And what is more, I am much careful with my digital cams than with my film cams.


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 11:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
LucisPictor wrote:
It depends. Heavy rain or light? Digital for film cam?

If it's pouring, I would not take my cam outside.
And what is more, I am much careful with my digital cams than with my film cams.


It is easy to protect a camera. Take a transparent plastic bag, put the camera inside and wrap the open edge around the lens with a rubber band. Then make a small hole where the viewfinder is, and you're done. If you photograph with liveview you don't even need to cut the viewfinder hole.

If you're concerned about the front glass, put a protection filter on.


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio wrote:
LucisPictor wrote:
It depends. Heavy rain or light? Digital for film cam?

If it's pouring, I would not take my cam outside.
And what is more, I am much careful with my digital cams than with my film cams.


It is easy to protect a camera. Take a transparent plastic bag, put the camera inside and wrap the open edge around the lens with a rubber band. Then make a small hole where the viewfinder is, and you're done. If you photograph with liveview you don't even need to cut the viewfinder hole.

If you're concerned about the front glass, put a protection filter on.


I know, Orio. There have even been some special plastic covers for cams and some kind of plastic food bags which already have a rubber band included and I always have some of those in my camera bag, just in case.
But I don't feel well when using my DSLR in the rain - plastic bag or not. Wink

I don't worry about the older film cams. Nothing can really happen to them when they get a little wet. Wink


PostPosted: Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
40-80 actually seems like it would be a wonderful range for a lens. Nice work.


PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 1:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Orio

Masterly command and a neat reminder for all of us faced with the poor weather of winter


patrickh
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