Photographer's thread

[Wally86]

Originally Posted by Spuds

SoMD, but I'm a transplant lol.

So not a smib but working towards it. Gotcha

Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding

Isn’t MD just 5 miles wide? Down here if you can make the drive from Houston to El Paso you’re over halfway to LA.

Here to LA is only 41 hours. Don't ask me how I know. I'll (hopefully) never do that again.

[The Red One]

Another month another rally.

Was up to check out the Tall Pines Rally up in Bancroft.
Had a great weekend in an area I don’t really know.
The competitors and local support were quite friendly, humorous & patient.
Points to Bancroft Brewing, we had to do 2 visits to get enough of the required souvenirs…

Expectations were for a cold and snowy weekend but the sun turned up and that made for a very pleasant day.
The stages in the morning being snow & ice to turn into some beautiful dirty mud by noon…
Quite challenging photo wise to cover some speed in the shade & then max out in the sun and snow.
Here are a few that popped out of as being worthy to show:


f/5.6, 1/3200sec, 500mm, 500 iso


f/4.5, 1/800 ,70mm, 250 iso


f/5,6, 1/1250, 500mm, 500iso


f/5.6, 1/640, 500mm, 500 iso


f/6.4, 1/250, 85mm, 800 iso


f/7.1,1/800,500mm, 800 iso

We got back quite late at my brothers place where I had left “rusty” to discover I had a flat from a misplaced screw.
After contemplating a fix for 10 seconds it was decided some sofa surfing for me for the night with some souvenir sampling was a better option.

And for a few more 86 specific rally pict there’s a few more in here:
https://www.ft86club.com/forums/show...105692&page=10

[Stephen W.]

Bancroft is about an hour and twenty minutes straight north from my place. I have only missed a few years in the last couple of decades. Unfortunately I'm still recovering from my last bout of pancreatitis so this year I had to pass. Glad you enjoyed yourself. There are lots of great roads in the area although, there are more and more summer camps, cottages and full time homes being built. This causes "slow" traffic and other hazards plus an increase in police patrols.

[shiumai]

[The Red One]

I have the rally down on my repeat to do list after seeing the compact area they use compared to the spread out scenario used in Charlevoix that I was at last month.
I always thought Tall Pines was lost up north somewhere in central Ontario where you keep the polar bears and up to this year checking the location on a map never occurred to me.

I did it with my brother CB750F(that cone killer) in his new Ranger as both of the BRZ are now in hibernation.
We were the only ones on those roads 90% of the time and reference to being in our BRZ’s instead came up a few times...
My niece is just outside of Pakenham since the spring, we had a sewing machine & workbench to drop off Friday,
we then cut thru to Calabogie on our way to Bancroft and any road we got lost on had excellent pavement & Twisties.
We made it again Saturday night back to her place for a supper.



I found out I can do this with the mess of pictures I get when the shutter gets stuck.
32 pictures on the first car to do a pass, Having an unlimited buffer available makes this a piece of cake.

[Stephen W.]

Neat photo stitching but... Boy, did he blow that corner. Missed the apex by a mile!
Looks like you were near where I usually place my chairs. They do 3, some years 4 passes so I like to walk over to the Iron Bridge to catch at least one pass in this direction.

[Wally86]

Just picked up a Sigma 135 f/1.8 ART and hoping to use it for a wedding in Vegas later this year. Took it out yesterday and I'm not mad it.



Versus the Sigma 24-35 f/2 ART:



The bokeh on the 135 is nuts:






Part of me is really hoping I can use this 2.6lb monster to replace my Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 but a bigger part of me knows how useful that lens is even at 2.8 with VR. Photographer problems amirite?

[Capt Spaulding]

Impressive. 70-200 is hard to replace with primes. It takes you from a long normal to short-to-mid tele in one package. Mine’s a Nikkor f4. Don’t really need the low light capability nor the weight for what that lens does.

[Wally86]

Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding

Impressive. 70-200 is hard to replace with primes. It takes you from a long normal to short-to-mid tele in one package. Mine’s a Nikkor f4. Don’t really need the low light capability nor the weight for what that lens does.

I need as much low light capabilty as I can get (which is why 2.8 is the slowest of all the lenses I own). Shooting weddings is fun but you need the stops when you can get them. Nothing like the light you can gather at 3200ISO at f/2 or faster And I say this as an OCF whore lol. Even the couple pictures above have a Godox flash, camera right.

[The Red One]

Originally Posted by Wally86

Just picked up a Sigma 135 f/1.8 ART and hoping to use it for a wedding in Vegas later this year. Took it out yesterday and I'm not mad it.

The bokeh on the 135 is nuts:



Part of me is really hoping I can use this 2.6lb monster to replace my Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 but a bigger part of me knows how useful that lens is even at 2.8 with VR. Photographer problems amirite?

Nice complement to the telephoto zoom even if the VR (3 to 4 stops?) on your zoom kind of defeats the one stop you save.
Acceptable DoF in focus begins to be quite shallow at 135mm.
Enjoy.

As much as I will never sell off my zooms I do appreciate old primes for the weight & bulk savings..
A few years ago I got a gently used 135 F 2.8 AIS and it became my go-to Outdoor evening concert lens
for use in the crowds close to the smaller stages along with a 85 F 1.8.
Quite poketable compared to any 70 200. Also forces you to reflect on your viewpoint to subject if you can
move around you should not miss the zoom by much.

About that nutty bokeh…
Since the Elija juice is much gone I would not have much accuracy to focus by then either even with AF.

[Capt Spaulding]

Originally Posted by Wally86

I need as much low light capabilty as I can get (which is why 2.8 is the slowest of all the lenses I own). Shooting weddings is fun but you need the stops when you can get them. Nothing like the light you can gather at 3200ISO at f/2 or faster And I say this as an OCF whore lol. Even the couple pictures above have a Godox flash, camera right.

My hat's off to anyone who does weddings and makes it work. I, ... , well I just don't take many pictures of people. None for payment. I have a rudimentary OCF kit. I use it so seldom I forget how between outings. I'll stick with landscapes, wildlife, and motorracing ( when I can). People are too unpredictable and likely to turn on you and bite.

[Wally86]

Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding

My hat's off to anyone who does weddings and makes it work. I, ... , well I just don't take many pictures of people. None for payment. I have a rudimentary OCF kit. I use it so seldom I forget how between outings. I'll stick with landscapes, wildlife, and motorracing ( when I can). People are too unpredictable and likely to turn on you and bite.

People have a rhythm to them and you just have to find it to really grab great images.

For OCF, a couple of triggers and a boat load of lights are the way to go. I have half a room of modifiers on top of that. It's a lot of work and a good time.

Landscapes and wildlife are boring to me but the people that love it make it look amazing.

Originally Posted by The Red One

Nice complement to the telephoto zoom even if the VR (3 to 4 stops?) on your zoom kind of defeats the one stop you save.
Acceptable DoF in focus begins to be quite shallow at 135mm.
Enjoy.

As much as I will never sell off my zooms I do appreciate old primes for the weight & bulk savings..
A few years ago I got a gently used 135 F 2.8 AIS and it became my go-to Outdoor evening concert lens
for use in the crowds close to the smaller stages along with a 85 F 1.8.
Quite poketable compared to any 70 200. Also forces you to reflect on your viewpoint to subject if you can
move around you should not miss the zoom by much.

About that nutty bokeh…
Since the Elija juice is much gone I would not have much accuracy to focus by then either even with AF.

LOL. It's just ECBP, nothing magical. I dont' think the proof is over 140 so it's all good

[The Red One]

Originally Posted by Capt Spaulding

I'll stick with landscapes, wildlife, and motorracing ( when I can). People are too unpredictable and likely to turn on you and bite.

I love street photography especially at street events and festivals, just watch out for the Karens with kids
they call on the cops way too easily on you just because you have a camera!

Same here Cars, landscape, travel and going(getting) to the Birds.

After my cousin asked me for her 3rd wedding(differend guy) shoot I kind of retired from that along with using film...

[Capt Spaulding]

Lol. For me. Working with people is like working with bears and wolverines. Everything is fine, until it isn’t. Lol. Good for you though. I’m still a tyro. Good thing my livelihood never depended on my photographic skills.