2022 July "Classical Subjects" - Talk Thread

Thanks for the clarification and I hope you will recover fast and fully.

The first week of the challenge is behind me, allthough not a set goal I managed pic-a-day this week and posted something for all four subjects on the day the shot was taken

I hope to keep my shooting/posting on this schedule but I already know that due to different things planned the coming three weeks it will for sure not be achieved fully.

Sofar contributions are limited so probably it's too early to start commenting, hopefully next week there will be enough there to get started, we'll see.

Well, I finished the first week - Macro at MFD. A couple of months ago I picked up a Sigma 105/2.8 OS to digitize film. I never had a (true) macro before and this week was the first time I really used it as a macro lens. Boy oh boy, it was a challenge. But I feel I have enough pictures to share....

Really enjoying my Ricoh GR III for street this week

OK, I have 15 shots in now and so far I've managed pic-a-day but by using the flexibility to mix the subjects/themes of the four weeks. But choices are getting more limited as the month progresses and filling the remaining holes will probably start seeing photo's taken on other days then the indicated ones.

Commenting is also difficult, but I'll give it a go now based on the thumbnails posted sofar

gregja, less "abstracts" as we tend to see from you in challenges but some top shots sofar. I especially like the Cranes Newsagency and the (nighttime) restaurant scene.

Jozioau, I like your macros but probably would like to see a little more dof. Day 5 and 6 from your scapes are really good, you wouldn't guess it's winter now down-under. And I might steal your "neon" artificial light idea, I'm struggling with that theme and this is a really good idea to explore.

mariuszlo, very nice and varied set, you found some nice beetles for the macro (especially the Japanese one). Your scapes are all interesting, is the swamp the big one between Chatham and Basking Ridge? And your Urban Cowboy streetshot gave me a big smile

Hezu, kudos for your wide angle macro shots, I tried some with my Tamron 20 which goes to 1:2 and I found it very hard, you're doing much better. From your street shots I wonder how the cathedral stairs would look if you would give it a perspective correction? As it is now it looks a bit weird with the cathedral falling over.

LAbernethy, the rising smog and sleeping cat are my favourites in your submissions. And you even bring a lot of variety in subjects/objects between the shots of the same week/theme. I would have never thought of a fishing line or a vase with marbles as you did.

Robbie, glad your thumbnails are now showing. I'm intrigued by your study of folded fabric, nice theme. Also fountains seems to be a popular subject for you where the street shot version is very recognisable.

addy landzaat, RonnieJ and Tricky01, I hope to see your thumbnails soon

pegelli wrote: OK, I have 15 shots in now and so far I've managed pic-a-day but by using the flexibility to mix the subjects/themes of the four weeks. But choices are getting more limited as the month progresses and filling the remaining holes will probably start seeing photo's taken on other days then the indicated ones.

I have sadly fallen behind the pic-a-day pace due to couple days of photographic inactivity and did abandon my original idea of tacking one subject per week and have now posted pictures from three different subjects so far. Macros I did finish today, but haven't yet posted any 'scapes, although I do have couple potential photos for that subject, which I haven't posted yet, but may use if this and next week don't offer decent opportunities for landscape photography. I'm also slightly surprised, I have already have posted three photos for artificial lighting and street photography, although these are not necessary the easiest subjects for me. I remain confident that by end of this month I have filled the slots for all 28 challenge photos and hopefully with decent pictures.

pegelli wrote: Hezu, kudos for your wide angle macro shots, I tried some with my Tamron 20 which goes to 1:2 and I found it very hard, you're doing much better.

Wide angle macro photography sure isn't the easiest thing to do and my LAOWA 15 mm isn't the easiest tool for that. But practice helps a bit.

pegelli wrote: From your street shots I wonder how the cathedral stairs would look if you would give it a perspective correction? As it is now it looks a bit weird with the cathedral falling over.

Yes, somehow I hate myself for shooting that scene with the zoom at its widest, but perhaps it was too fast situation that I kinda forgot the existince of zoom ring in the lens. Idea of perspective correction is interesting, but I am not sure if I have any suitable tools (and skills!) to test that and it might be possible that the scene is tad too busy for such editing.

With the challenge sitting at 75%, the entries are starting to fill up across the categories, and there are some very interesting images being posted.
I appreciate Pieter's comments, but have decided that since there are relatively few participants, I will wait for the end of the month to chime in, as by then I'll have the ability to comment across each of the categories in turn and that appeals to my sense of order and commonality.
So I'll be able to comment in a series of 4 posts on Macros, on 'Scapes, on Street, and on Artificially Lit.
Others, of course, can chose to comment how, and as and when they feel inspired to do so.

addy landzaat wrote: mariuszlo wrote: This view could not be missing :) Testing the MC Rokkor 50/1.4 lens. Sony A7R "There is an abundance of manual 1.4/50 lenses available, is there anything which makes the Minolta MC 1.4/50 special?" Philip Reeve asked. Well, lovely bokeh, sharp stopped down. It is an old lens, but the PG is arguably my favourite 50mm lens. Enjoy it!

Personally, I prefer MD. And I tested the MC before selling;)