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Florida Nature Photographer · Jul 11, 2015

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NCV · Jul 11, 2015

For €60 I became the proud owner of a Samyang 500mm F8 preset lens, complete with dedicated 2 x converter to give a 1000mm and 2000mm 35mm equivalent lens on my EM5.

So I took it down to my photo gym to put it through its paces and to see what “artistic” possibilities this lens might give me. ( I always like to test gear in real life situations).

Below are some pictures of the Mediapadana Station in Reggio Emilia Italy, designed by Calatrava rendered almost abstract with this lens.

With my EM5 it suffers from severe chromatic aberrations or it might be the purple blob syndrome , so I will try it out on a Lumix body.

From a first outing with this lens, I think it will give me some interesting perspective crushing possibilities for some interesting pictures even if the optical quality is what one expects from such a cheap lens.

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Florida Nature Photographer · Jul 11, 2015

The first two I think have potential. The last three I'm not sure about but am posting here to find out if I might be wrong. These include some of the first photos I've processed from Capitol Reef National Park where I went after the Rocky Mountains.

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Florida Nature Photographer · Jul 11, 2015

I like the third one. The fourth is pretty good, as well.

tt321 · Jul 11, 2015

The first - there does not seem to be enough DoF? And in the upper middle region some clouds have two radically different textures. Not too sure if it's really like that in situ. If so that's a good unusual record of natural history.

The second - the way the light paints the landscape and the full capture of this by the photograph is just marvellous!

I like the composition of the third. Lighting is a bit bland but that justifies radical PP attempts, if you are so inclined.

As to the bridge, maybe if you went close to it and tried various angles with a WA? Just speculating as I am not good with WA's.

tt321 · Jul 11, 2015

When you give these numbers, are you including the first camera/lens portrait?

I personally found some of the shots mesmerising when scrolling. Superb vision seeing/predicting these framings with the naked eye.

Florida Nature Photographer · Jul 11, 2015

tt321 said:
When you give these numbers, are you including the first camera/lens portrait?

When you view photos at full size there is a number in the lower left corner 3 of 9 etc.

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Florida Nature Photographer · Jul 11, 2015

tt321 said:
The first - there does not seem to be enough DoF? And in the upper middle region some clouds have two radically different textures. Not too sure if it's really like that in situ.

I looked again and I'm not sure what you are seeing so I don't know if it is natural or not.

tt321 · Jul 11, 2015

Florida Nature Photographer said:
tt321 said:

The first - there does not seem to be enough DoF? And in the upper middle region some clouds have two radically different textures. Not too sure if it's really like that in situ.

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I looked again and I'm not sure what you are seeing so I don't know if it is natural or not.

This is cropped from a screen shot when viewing it at original size, inside Chrome on a Mac:

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The darker part has two textures, one with obvious multi-colour grain the other one not.

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Florida Nature Photographer · Jul 11, 2015

tt321 said:
The darker part has two textures, one with obvious multi-colour grain the other one not.

Yikes! Thanks for pointing that out. I had to look quite a bit to find it even after you gave me this very helpful screen shot but I found it. I did do some color enhancing in Lightroom that may have caused this. I'll have to look into it.

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Florida Nature Photographer · Jul 11, 2015

I like the first one quite a bit. The last one is an interesting artistic expression. The other two don't work for me.

Michael L NYC 99 · Jul 11, 2015

As you say, you won't get the sharpest shots, but it has possibilities for shots of a more abstract nature or where soft focus is wanted.

The biggest problem I see is carrying that around without knocking into someone or something.

It will definitely draw attention.

Michael

Michael L NYC 99 · Jul 11, 2015

I like all of these. They look better composed and more interesting than the previous shots from your trip.

I do think the clouds are too dark in the second shot with a wide view of the lake.

Michael

Michael L NYC 99 · Jul 11, 2015

I don't know if they're ugly, but the first 3 don't grab my attention. I do like the color in the last. Is that a posterized image?

Michael

Michael L NYC 99 · Jul 11, 2015

I was mostly coming up empty in Central Park until I saw this male northern cardinal. It has a meal in his mouth.

Here's the same cardinal on a different branch. He could have been heading back to a nest to feed his mate or some chicks.

Cottontail rabbit snacking on the plants at New York Botanical Garden

Eastern amberwing dragonfly at New York Botanical Garden

A pair of green darner dragonflies at New York Botanical Garden

The first 4 were shot with the 40-150mm 2.8 with MC-14 and the last with the 100-300mm.

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stinelise · Jul 11, 2015

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lahsrah · Jul 11, 2015

Bolte Bridge

Melbourne Star

Long exposure of the Melbourne Star lights

Winter fireworks

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tomrandall86 · Jul 11, 2015

Hi guys, first ever post on one of these "this week" topics. Spent a night in the lake district just over a week ago with a brand new Oly cam, still getting to grips with it and post processing!

Loving some of the images posted here, the nature and macro ones are my personal favourites!

Anyways here goes, a view from one of the Lake Districts many mountains!

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