flower, flowers, and more flowers!!! :-)

Mahesh · Aug 10, 2002

Taken with Fuji S2. 28-105 Nikon lens (most of the pictues in macro mode). Aperature priority. Tripod. Only post-procession was resizing and cropping. Enjoy! Comments, please...

Here's a sample of what you'll find in my gallery.

Here's the link to the gallery:

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/pictures?userid= {4FDA92BA-56F1-4F56-870B-DA8124FE03D0}&albumid={AF81F558-D0C8-4E2C-8DA6-0C09F1FE9DC2}

John P. · Aug 10, 2002

Mahese....very nice! I've read a lot about that lens...it gets very high marks and its macro ability is a plus. There's one particular picture where the reds in the flower petals seem to all flow together and are "oversaturated." But could be just my monitor. Here's the one I'm referring to:

http://www.fototime.com/ {6978ECD0-DD5F-4C25-9899-1E3F45305B15} picture.JPG

Mahesh · Aug 10, 2002

John,

Firstly, thanks for the compliment. I'm looking at the picture you're referring to right now and my monitor seems to show the individual petels pretty well demarcated on the original version (not the web version that's been cropped and resized). Comparing the web version to the original, I really can't say that my monitor shows the "oversaturation" or flowing together of the petels. The flower itself was quite red and kinda looked "oversaturated" to begin with. But I think your observation is a good one...the flower almost looks "unnatural" with all that red. Thanks again, John, for taking the time to look and comment.

Mahesh.

John P. said:
Mahese....very nice! I've read a lot about that lens...it gets
very high marks and its macro ability is a plus. There's one
particular picture where the reds in the flower petals seem to all
flow together and are "oversaturated." But could be just my
monitor. Here's the one I'm referring to:

http://www.fototime.com/ {6978ECD0-DD5F-4C25-9899-1E3F45305B15} picture.JPG

David's Digital Photography · Aug 10, 2002

John P. said:
Mahese....very nice! I've read a lot about that lens...it gets
very high marks and its macro ability is a plus. There's one
particular picture where the reds in the flower petals seem to all
flow together and are "oversaturated." But could be just my
monitor. Here's the one I'm referring to:

http://www.fototime.com/ {6978ECD0-DD5F-4C25-9899-1E3F45305B15} picture.JPG

--
Jon,

Viewing the flower in question the lens seems to have done an excellent job showing seperation in all the petals except a couple and that is due to the angle of the shot and the sun light.

Capture the moment for all too soon it's gone!
David Smith, P & C

deshawn · Aug 10, 2002

something this beautiful needs post processing.
when are people going to relize, every digital image
has a color cast, and need a tweek here and there.
if you drop this image into photoshop and do a
auto contrast, i'll bet one would see a remarkable
difference.

Mahesh Thapa said:
Taken with Fuji S2. 28-105 Nikon lens (most of the pictues in
macro mode). Aperature priority. Tripod. Only post-procession
was resizing and cropping. Enjoy! Comments, please...

Here's a sample of what you'll find in my gallery.

Here's the link to the gallery:

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/pictures?userid= {4FDA92BA-56F1-4F56-870B-DA8124FE03D0}&albumid={AF81F558-D0C8-4E2C-8DA6-0C09F1FE9DC2}

Mahesh · Aug 10, 2002

Thanks for the suggestion, deshawn. I'll try it out and see how much better it'll look. I kinda wanted to show people how pictures looked out of the camera this time around. But your suggestion is well taken. Thanks!

Mahesh

deshawn said:
Mahesh Thapa said:

Taken with Fuji S2. 28-105 Nikon lens (most of the pictues in
macro mode). Aperature priority. Tripod. Only post-procession
was resizing and cropping. Enjoy! Comments, please...

Here's a sample of what you'll find in my gallery.

Here's the link to the gallery:

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/pictures?userid= {4FDA92BA-56F1-4F56-870B-DA8124FE03D0}&albumid={AF81F558-D0C8-4E2C-8DA6-0C09F1FE9DC2}

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David's Digital Photography · Aug 10, 2002

Mahesh Thapa said:
Taken with Fuji S2. 28-105 Nikon lens (most of the pictues in
macro mode). Aperature priority. Tripod. Only post-procession
was resizing and cropping. Enjoy! Comments, please...

Here's a sample of what you'll find in my gallery.

Here's the link to the gallery:

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/pictures?userid= {4FDA92BA-56F1-4F56-870B-DA8124FE03D0}&albumid={AF81F558-D0C8-4E2C-8DA6-0C09F1FE9DC2}

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Hi Mahesh,

Your pictures are very good and I'm pleased to see how sharp the Nikon 28-105 lens is as it one I'm planning on purchasing.

Did you manually focus for any of these shots?

As I was looking at the various shots and their info I was quite surprised to see that even though you had the S2 set on Aperature priority the S2 still adjusted the aperature setting slightly from the standard setting of say f11 to f11.31 and from f5.6 to f5.66 etc.

Capture the moment for all too soon it's gone!
David Smith, P & C

Mahesh · Aug 10, 2002

David's Digital Photography said:
Hi Mahesh,
Your pictures are very good and I'm pleased to see how sharp the
Nikon 28-105 lens is as it one I'm planning on purchasing.

Thank you for the compliment, David. The lens is indeed quite sharp; much sharper than I expected...a nice surprise. I was even more amazed with the macro capabilites. 1:2 is quite good, I think for a $350 lens.

David's Digital Photography said:
Did you manually focus for any of these shots?

Yes, I did manually focus a couple of shots, but the majority of them were autofocus.

David's Digital Photography said:
As I was looking at the various shots and their info I was quite
surprised to see that even though you had the S2 set on Aperature
priority the S2 still adjusted the aperature setting slightly from
the standard setting of say f11 to f11.31 and from f5.6 to f5.66
etc.

Funny thing is I was a bit taken aback by the fine tuning of the aperature also. I don't mind it though as the pictures turned out pleasing enough for me. Thanks again, David. I really appreciate your taking the time to look at my photos and comment on them. Also thanks for replying to Jon's querry about the red flower. I think your words were much more to the point and helpful.

David's Digital Photography said:
Capture the moment for all too soon it's gone!
David Smith, P & C

Sincerely,
Mahesh

David's Digital Photography · Aug 11, 2002

Mahesh Thapa said:
Mahesh said:

Hi Mahesh,
Your pictures are very good and I'm pleased to see how sharp the
Nikon 28-105 lens is as it one I'm planning on purchasing.

Click to expand...

Thank you for the compliment, David. The lens is indeed quite
sharp; much sharper than I expected...a nice surprise. I was even
more amazed with the macro capabilites. 1:2 is quite good, I think
for a $350 lens.

The compliment is well deserved as I believe that I can see your tendency toward being creative rather than just straight shots. One thing to remember, which you may be familiar with is, 'You don't just take a picture you create a picture' by putting all the elements together in a pleasing fashion!

Mahesh said:
Mahesh said:

Did you manually focus for any of these shots?

Click to expand...

Yes, I did manually focus a couple of shots, but the majority of
them were autofocus.

I thought maybe you did, I assume it's just a matter of repositioning the adjustment on the lens mount to manual??

Mahesh said:
Mahesh said:

As I was looking at the various shots and their info I was quite
surprised to see that even though you had the S2 set on Aperature
priority the S2 still adjusted the aperature setting slightly from
the standard setting of say f11 to f11.31 and from f5.6 to f5.66
etc.

Click to expand...

Funny thing is I was a bit taken aback by the fine tuning of the
aperature also. I don't mind it though as the pictures turned out
pleasing enough for me. Thanks again, David. I really appreciate
your taking the time to look at my photos and comment on them.
Also thanks for replying to Jon's querry about the red flower. I
think your words were much more to the point and helpful.

Yes I also feel that the fine tuning is to our benefit and shows the complexity of the S2 although maybe Canon and Nikon do the same thing??

Anyway I'm pleased to see it also as it only serves to enhance the image we are attempting to capture. From your images and some from others I can see that the S2 seems to be the most advanced system at present for the money.

I'll tell you one thing for sure, the S2 and others are so far advanced compared to what I'm use to working with it's like the darkest night compared to bright sunlight.

Mahesh said:
Mahesh said:

Capture the moment for all too soon it's gone!
David Smith, P & C

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Sincerely,
Mahesh

Sincerely
David Smith

Emanuele Chiocchio · Aug 11, 2002

Just to share what this camera is capable of without any tweak on the images. The only thing I've made is resize. Period. Lens used: Nikkor 18-35 D ED.

The colors are as they're in the reality. Hope u'll like this humble try.

Ciao,

Emanuele Chiocchio

--
S2 Pro de-moire actions
http://www.atris.it/temp/s2/S2ProMr.htm

High Performance Cooling Solutions
for Graphics Workstations and Servers
http://www.d-uranium.com/index_e.htm

Emanuele Chiocchio · Aug 11, 2002

Just to share what this camera is capable of without any tweak on the images. The only thing I've made is resize. Period. Lens used: Nikkor 18-35 D ED.

The colors are as they're in the reality. Hope u'll like this humble try.

Ciao,

Emanuele Chiocchio

--
S2 Pro de-moire actions
http://www.atris.it/temp/s2/S2ProMr.htm

High Performance Cooling Solutions
for Graphics Workstations and Servers
http://www.d-uranium.com/index_e.htm

Emanuele Chiocchio · Aug 11, 2002

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Don Dugmore · Aug 11, 2002

Great picture Mahesh, I wonder if the 60mm macro lens
could do as well.. Is the flower a Gerbera?

Regards,

Mahesh Thapa said:
Taken with Fuji S2. 28-105 Nikon lens (most of the pictues in
macro mode). Aperature priority. Tripod. Only post-procession
was resizing and cropping. Enjoy! Comments, please...

Here's a sample of what you'll find in my gallery.

Here's the link to the gallery:

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/pictures?userid= {4FDA92BA-56F1-4F56-870B-DA8124FE03D0}&albumid={AF81F558-D0C8-4E2C-8DA6-0C09F1FE9DC2}

--
DRD

Artichoke #46716 · Aug 11, 2002

lovely photos...may I jump in?

here is a freesia I took with my S1, just to honor our heritage

Nikkor 105 mm, f2.8

hand held, sunlight

minimal PS processing

http://www.pbase.com/image/3757892

Artichoke #46716 · Aug 11, 2002

exif says I used flash
sorry

jdavis37 · Aug 11, 2002

It is actually very nice to see pictures straight from the camera without any post processing. I think most by now realize post processing is part of the digital fun and is great having so many optins ot make a picture really look great.

BUT seeing pictures straight from the camera gives us an idea of how much post processing will be required as well as if the camera doe s adecent job of processing when desired. Family picnics, kids soccer games, dogs in the park, etc arent always about creating a wonderful masterpiece but rather about capturing the moment. An dif I shoot 200 shots on an outing I certainly dont want to HAVE to spend 30 minutes per picture post processsing. On flip side some pictures are worthy of that time.

Great looking out of camera pictures. Does a great job showing what the camera can do on its own. Many times we see a picture posted and it is breathtaking but only later do we realize the skill level of the person doing the post processing work. Least the S2 can deliver decent colors and sharpness straight form the camera WHEN desired!

deshawn said:
Mahesh Thapa said:

Taken with Fuji S2. 28-105 Nikon lens (most of the pictues in
macro mode). Aperature priority. Tripod. Only post-procession
was resizing and cropping. Enjoy! Comments, please...

Here's a sample of what you'll find in my gallery.

Here's the link to the gallery:

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/pictures?userid= {4FDA92BA-56F1-4F56-870B-DA8124FE03D0}&albumid={AF81F558-D0C8-4E2C-8DA6-0C09F1FE9DC2}

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Mahesh · Aug 11, 2002

Thank you, Don. I'm so embarassed to admit that I know next to nothing about flower names. I'm sorry, but I really couldn't tell you if the flower is a Gerbera or not. If it's not a rose, tulip, daisy, or lilly then I'm stumped

Maybe someone else of this forum could help.

I've never used the 60 mm macro. I'd love to see some posts of it's ability if at all possible.

Regards,
Mahesh

Don Dugmore said:
Great picture Mahesh, I wonder if the 60mm macro lens
could do as well.. Is the flower a Gerbera?

Regards,

Mahesh · Aug 11, 2002

Emanuele,

Such a lovely picture! I wish I had a wide angle lens when I took my pictures. That'll HAVE to be my next purchase. From the quality of your post, it seems ike the 18-35 is simply awesome. Thanks for sharing, Emanuele. And please post some more if you get the chance.

Mahesh

Emanuele Chiocchio said:
Just to share what this camera is capable of without any tweak on
the images. The only thing I've made is resize. Period. Lens used:
Nikkor 18-35 D ED.

The colors are as they're in the reality. Hope u'll like this
humble try.

Ciao,

Emanuele Chiocchio

--
S2 Pro de-moire actions
http://www.atris.it/temp/s2/S2ProMr.htm

High Performance Cooling Solutions
for Graphics Workstations and Servers
http://www.d-uranium.com/index_e.htm

Robert M28897 · Aug 11, 2002

Very nice shots, Mahesh...some of them might benefit from a slight bit of fill flash. I try to avoid flash generally, but for the flower closeups, a small amount (emphasis on small) can really bring life to certain details while omitting other distracting details, and overall producing a more vibrant exposure.

Nice work,

Robert

Mahesh Thapa said:
Taken with Fuji S2. 28-105 Nikon lens (most of the pictues in
macro mode). Aperature priority. Tripod. Only post-procession
was resizing and cropping. Enjoy! Comments, please...

Here's a sample of what you'll find in my gallery.

Here's the link to the gallery:

http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/pictures?userid= {4FDA92BA-56F1-4F56-870B-DA8124FE03D0}&albumid={AF81F558-D0C8-4E2C-8DA6-0C09F1FE9DC2}

Michael Demyan · Aug 11, 2002

Don Dugmore said:
Great picture Mahesh, I wonder if the 60mm macro lens
could do as well.. Is the flower a Gerbera?

Regards,

DRD

Hi Don:

I took some photos with the Tamron 90mm f2.8 at a nursery recently, using my S-1 - very sharp lens. Photos available for viewing at
http://home.ptd.net/~mdemyan
--
Mike Demyan
S-2
http://www.pbase.com/mdemyan
http://home.ptd.net/~mdemyan

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