X-Pro1 in Myanmar

I like the first shot, maybe convert the 2nd to B&W as well.

The 2nd shot also need some cropping, the bottom right has a mysterious blob.

HI,

I love the second shot. Great subject, composition and color. It could work in BW too but because of the wonderful colors it will be better as it is.

ryan2007 said:

ryan2007 wrote:

I like the first shot, maybe convert the 2nd to B&W as well.

The 2nd shot also need some cropping, the bottom right has a mysterious blob.

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Thanks. I have left the set as a whole in colour (see the link at the bottom of my first post), including the first shot. I just particularly like that one (and the one below) in B&W.




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Cropping a good thought on the second shot. It's probably my knee: trying to shoot the monk without him noticing what I was up to.

Lovely set, looks like you had a great trip. The temples are remarkable structures, I remember them from when I visited Thailand a long time ago. Southeast Asia is lovely part of the world, lots to see and do and very warm, hospitable people.

Glad the "X" cam worked for you, but why did you take two bodies? Where there any moments when you wished you had the DSLR with you?

Thanks for posting and I enjoyed viewing the pics of your visit to Myanmar.

Mark Carr said:

Mark Carr wrote:

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Glad the "X" cam worked for you, but why did you take two bodies? Where there any moments when you wished you had the DSLR with you?

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Two bodies to save time changing lenses. With children in tow, avoiding delay of that sort is very welcome (if not a marital necessity), I find. There is also the insurance factor, but that was not what motivated me to have a second body. what did break during the trip was not one of the bodies but the 55-200mm zoom: it stopped focussing (manually or automatically) above 100mm or so. Still don't know what caused it. It appears quite a widespread problem with this particular lens. Since repaired and seems to be working fine.

No, at not time did I wish I had a DSLR with me: the prime mover was to save weight and my whole X system weighs about the same as the 1Ds plus 70-200mm zoom; and I also wanted to be less "in your face" than is the case with the bigger body and bigger lenses.

That is not to say that the X Pro 1 could do everything my Canon could: focussing on things on the move I really struggled with, which is limiting, especially if you are moving. It also finds low light possibly harder than the Canon to AF in. OTOH, things like changing focus-point (something I do a lot) is less fiddly with the X Pro 1 than with the Canon (possibly because I have very large hands).

On the whole, though, I was very, very pleased with my choice.

Great pictures and processing !

Love the black and white. It looks like a photo that could have been printed in Life or National Geographic magazines 50 years ago. Excellent!

The first one is very goof but I'd like see less HDR look.

Bottom line, I think the Fuji XE1 or XPRO1 is the ultimate travel camera set. Your photo set on Flickr is stunning. congrats.