This month through your adapted lenses -- July 2019

Alan WF · Jul 3, 2019

Sjak said:
Not completely sure about the crop on this one... all I did was a slight rotate to try and get the vertical lines vertical, but maybe removing a bit on the foreground or on the top could be nice? Suggestions for welcome

Oh, you had a very good eye for this one. I'd crop tighter on the left and right -- more or less maintaining the spacing between the subjects to the edge of the frame -- and I think that would take care of the vertical expanse.

Regards,

Alan

Alan WF · Jul 3, 2019

ProfHankD said:
I really like this one... a completely unedited OOC JPEG

I really like this one too -- which is saying something as flower photos typically do not ring my bell -- but I'd go back tomorrow and shoot it again without the foreground greenery on the right (and regrettably probably without the bee).

Regards,

Alan

Don Karner · Jul 3, 2019

Nice pics. What on earth kind of adapter are you using? Thanks for any info.

Sjak · Jul 4, 2019

Alan WF said:
Alan WF said:

Not completely sure about the crop on this one... all I did was a slight rotate to try and get the vertical lines vertical, but maybe removing a bit on the foreground or on the top could be nice? Suggestions for welcome

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Oh, you had a very good eye for this one. I'd crop tighter on the left and right -- more or less maintaining the spacing between the subjects to the edge of the frame -- and I think that would take care of the vertical expanse.

Regards,

Alan

Thanks Alan, good suggestion, I will try later!

Additionally, I notice on my work-pc that I could brighten up the dog a little.

The scene is across the street from where I was sitting with a drink. The lady was apparently waiting for a friend, and I knew that if things aligned, it could make a nice geometry. So pre-focused and set aperture. When both she and her dog looked the same direction, I knew it was my shot and in a split-second raised the camera.

ProfHankD · Jul 4, 2019

Don Karner said:
Nice pics. What on earth kind of adapter are you using? Thanks for any info.

Nothing special; just a plain standard M42 to E/FE. This is one of the older M42 Mamiya/Sekors, which works fine that way. BTW, the IQ from both the f/1.4 and f/1.8 versions is very similar, but the f/1.8 is a little more intense on colors and doesn't work quite as well on a focal reducer (probably due to field curvature). Here's my 55mm f/1.4 and f/1.8 (f/1.8 on the adapter and A7RII).

I don't normally care what lenses look like, but I think these are really handsome lenses. The combination of chrome, black, and matte aluminum is quite distinctive. Sort of like the old zebra patterns, but less gaudy. There are also all black versions that are optically identical, but look quite ordinary.

The later SX M42 versions will not fit on a standard adapter because the aperture ring extends back over the M42 flange -- which standard adapters will not allow. Since I have an SX lens too, I designed and 3D-printed my own adapter that clears. Better still, here's a 3D printable M42 to M adapter that I designed which will allow M42 lenses, including the SX lenses, to be autofocused on a TechArt Pro LM-EA7. Here's that adapter with my 55mm f/1.8 on it:

Tom_A · Jul 4, 2019

Nice!

Miara · Jul 4, 2019

Chaplain Mark said:
Miara said:

Spider web with Zeiss Sonnar 50mm 1.5

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Very nice, love the vignetting…!!

it's really great to have some lenses with vignetting too!

Miara · Jul 4, 2019

Alan WF said:
This is superb! It's like a dream.

Regards,

Alan

tnx, I feel this lens has a touch of magic, it would be considered extremely bad to modern standards...

Tom_A · Jul 4, 2019

Yes, good idea!

Chaplain Mark · Jul 4, 2019

Miara said:
Chaplain Mark said:

Miara said:

Spider web with Zeiss Sonnar 50mm 1.5

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Very nice, love the vignetting…!!

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it's really great to have some lenses with vignetting too!

Yes, indeed....!!!

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Don Karner · Jul 4, 2019

Thanks you for the detailed info!

E Dinkla · Jul 4, 2019

Sjak said:
Sjak, keep as much of the verticales I suggest. And get rid of the light fall off in the corners, imho it does not add here. I already gave a thumbs up.

Met vriendelijke groet, Ernst
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Sjak · Jul 4, 2019

Thank you Ernst!

I fiddled a bit more, with your and Alan's recommendations, and also the dog's face brightened up.

So I cropped a bit on the left&right side, removed the vignetting, and also the gradient mask in the upper side of the frame.

For ease of comparison, I added the 1st edit (but now with the dog lit up), and also a hybrid version with the new crop, brightened dog and but still some light falloff (both vignette and gradient mask)

The thing I like about the darkest version is that it changes the background into something more abstract/geometric.

Removing the bike on the left certainly helps emphasize the lady.

New edit

initial edit but lit up dog's face

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"hybrid version" with gradient mask at 40% and vignetting at -0.25 instead of -1

M_digicapt · Jul 4, 2019

I like the new edit best...

Sjak · Jul 4, 2019

Thanks!

This has been a very interesting exercise. I tend to naturally drift towards a "film noir" look, and to avoid large (relatively) bright areas in images. It was very refreshing to try some different options, although I kept the basic recipe the same. For now, I'll leave the image, and maybe in a month or so, I'll have a new go at it.

kickoff3pm · Jul 4, 2019

I would cropped it a lot tighter, around the woman & dog and leaving in just the 2 grouped bikes - square crop. I would also just crop the bikes in to one image.

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ProfHankD · Jul 4, 2019

Alan WF said:
Alan WF said:

I really like this one... a completely unedited OOC JPEG

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I really like this one too -- which is saying something as flower photos typically do not ring my bell -- but I'd go back tomorrow and shoot it again without the foreground greenery on the right (and regrettably probably without the bee).

I know what you mean, but it needs something to balance the left side without being fully symmetric... and the greenery was there. ;-)

Sjak · Jul 4, 2019

7artisans 35mm

Sjak · Jul 4, 2019

Thank you! Good ideas too!

kickoff3pm · Jul 4, 2019

Sjak said:
Thank you! Good ideas too!

Wish I could shoot in B&W, when I tried it I just ended wishing I had shot in colour and when I edit to B&W I'm never happy with the result. Mind you I think it's because I don't photo people, most the best B&W photos I've seen have been people.

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