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Bird, I went to get some chocolates. There is a natural reserve near the place so I tried to get some pictures. I tried different configurations with the teleconverters, this is the only reasonable picture that came out with 2 teleconverters, but also there not many hits.

Failure, taking the advise above I had a bird close to the road, so no teleconverter and a long set-up (put the gimbal on the monopod and then got the 500mm out of the box). The bird was gone. After some waiting it came back, but not close to me. So I could not crop more then this: The main...

NAS is kicking in. I was going to wait some more months for a next camera, but might want to do an offer on a D3s, now that it is on the market. I believe what I need to do more in my style of photography is some better ISO performance and even if that is not that difficult starting from a...

Since a few days there are videos showing a "problem" with the D750. I read some other people have taken some D750 cameras back for issues with light on the top right, tried some D750 cameras and found some without the issue. It seems an exaggeration to me, people want to find issues with the...

Teleconverters the truth 2: I was recently with someone who sold all his TCs, using the Nikon 28-300 and the Sigma 50-150 he coherently had better results without TC: This was the test set-up with my Sigma 500mm (50mm equivalent view): Principle was to use the best f stop. The eye in the...

Teleconverters the truth 1: I`m testing teleconverters. This is something you should not do people say, it can not give sharp results: 50mm f1,4 Konica (very sharp lens) + Osawa MC4 2X TC for Konica + Fotodiox Adapter Konica to Nikon (1,4X TC optical corrector) + Kenko 1,4 TC + Kenko 2 TC...

Bokeh in B&W:

Lenses re-edited: what a day of reflection and inspiration from Marcel can do: Today went in the woods and got some mushroom shots (still Marcel`s inspiration): Some not mushrooms:

Lenses, I have to redo this, but the point is clear, I had a Konica T2 with a 52mm f1.8; I wanted a portrait and wide angle to complement that and then this happened in the last 4 months: The Vivitar is on my D70s with a Fotodiox (optically corrected) adaptor, average price 50€ a lens, I also...

Night on the town. My partner ill and having something to arrange, I ended up alone on Saturday. I went for a pizza and night photography. The restaurant was in renovation and closed (did couscous in stead): So lets take you in the alley just next to that: You go to the castle and...

Mushroom, I got a lot of them in the lawn, more in quantity and variety then ever before. This one was a few weeks ago:

Sat pictures, I just was escaping bad weather by buying more gear. Then the sun came out:

This was a part of an experiment that just ended. The same, but then with Konica T2 + 135mm f3.2 with Fujifilm Superia 200 (expired in 2009): My mistake to underexpose the yellow flower on the Konica, but was able to recuperate it well. Do not know why I felt like editing it darker then the...

From a while ago: My favourite:

I have done some, today I did not even see the guy when taking the picture: I had a little chat when we left the nature reserve at the same time, D800 + Nikon 500mm + Gitzo stuff; a lot higher budget then me.

Aperture test: I did 2 series: 1.4/2/2.8/4 (just to explore the haze on my new lens) Just cropped: Cropped and edited: where it looks full of detail but hazy at f1.4 SOOC, the hazy can be edited away it seems. Sure sharpness improves at f2.8 and f4, but after editing I quite like the f1.4...

Sharp dressed Lily. I would now have one of the sharpest lenses ever with the Konica Hexanon 50mm f1.4 (I got a cheap scratched version), I`m having trouble from f1.4 to f2.8, but then: Actually it is a protected natural reserve and essential for migrating birds in spring, I was doing a...

Tests just one other day: Bokeh I tried how stable I was in low light; 1/80 ISO640 should have given sharp, it didn`t, but I still like it: I did several shots, but my CF card seems to have trouble in the D70s the last days, so they seem to have not been registered.

Story of a walk. I took half a day of holiday to go walk on a trail: When I saw the support I knew I had arrived: So I found a parking spot and was already impressed by the scenery: I came across some signs of abandonment: I walked up to a little reserve of water: Following where...

Into the sun