Marcel's Daily pics 2013

[nikonpup]

may 8th. Went for a 35 km cycling ride and came back with 2 ok shots: D7000, 28-80 3.3-5.6 nikkor

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biggest hill i have is getting on the bike. was the shacked processed?

 

[Marcel]

biggest hill i have is getting on the bike. was the shacked processed?

​Yes a bit. HDR.

 

[Marilynne]

Every other day when weather permits. But there are hills here, many of them.

We don't have hills in south FL. I went over the only hill in our area and didn't make it. That was in March when my bike and I tumbled and I fractured my elbow.

 

[Marcel]

May 10th, House installation in my neighbourhood. D600, 24-70

HDR from another angle

 

[TedG954]

I wouldn't have thought the 24-70 would have so much distortion.

 

[Dave_W]

I'm not seeing any aberrant distortion. I think what you're seeing is the slight bend common to all wide angle lenses due to the convex nature of the front element and the amount of curvature in the 24-70mm is relatively small when compared to all other lenses. In addition, this curvature is even more pronounced when you take your image from a low point and your subject is at a high point. The only way to avoid this curvature is to use a tilt-shift. One of these days I'm going to own a tilt-shift lens...fingers crossed!

 

[Marcel]

Well, I kind of forgot to do distortion correction. But I tried it afterwards and there is not much difference. I think what Ted sees it just the convergence produced by any wide angle lens when you're shooting from either above or below. Try it in a square room and you'll see what I mean.

 

[Marcel]

2 more shots for today:

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

Nice Marcel, both are!! I am mesmerized by the light and detail in the first shot!

Pat in NH

 

[Marcel]

May 11th, few shots with my Sigma 105 macro and the D700:

D600:

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

They are all great but I really like the one of the Fiddleheads

 

[fotojack]

Gorgeous shots, Marcel. Well done!

 

[nikonpup]

may 11th, few shots with my sigma 105 macro and the d700:

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d600:
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which sigma 105? Your photography is getting better. Lol

 

[Marcel]

May 12th, Mother's Day, I invited my Mom for lunch and made her this Blueberry Yogourt. Took a few shots:

 

[Phillydog1958]

Yummy. Looks good, but also healthy.

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

Excellent Marcel... # 2 looks especially good to me!

Pat in NH

 

[piperbarb]

Yummy! Is there any left?

 

[Marcel]

May 14th, piano person of the day, D600 24-70 2.8, iso 1000

 

[Marcel]

Went back out with my Sigma 105 2.8 macro to try getting a beauty shot of some wild apple flowers just coming out in my backyard. Wind + macro don't go well together outside...

I did get one interesting. Here are the two versions of it:

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

Marcel, prefer the first one.. it looks like some artificial manipulation of the back ground was going on in the second.. (blur in PS?)
Because of that, the first looks cleaner...

Pat in NH