Day prime 2022

pegelli wrote: Nice series Leo, I recognise some spots we did last year around day 22 if I'm not mistaken. The bandstand and forbidden fruit look like Nisse and I also recognise the crane in connected. And is the house in Mr Blue sky the 'Huis van AF'? Main conclusion is that fish-eyes and ultra wide angles give a considerable different perspective, even when comparing to my 20 and 24 mm shots from there last year

You read these shots well Pieter, you're spot on! When I'm in Nisse I'm always thinking of our meet there, and I share your thoughts about the way lenses influence the shots we make.

A bit of a medieval mood from New York. The Met Cloisters!
Minolta AF 16 / 2.8 with Sony A99II.
#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

Finally I got myself out of home to shoot some Day Prime Challenge shots (and I guess I'll have to do that more in the fortcoming days too, still two lenses for this week).

HK10.0

α7R III + LAOWA FE 10-18mm F4.5-5.6 C-Dreamer @ 10 mm, f/11?, 1/80 s, ISO 125

And already with the first photo I broke the rules: I did crop a slice out of the left side since there was an ugly lamp I was aiming to get out of frame but sadly eventually I didn't succeed in that attempt...

HK10.1 Powerline

α7R III + LAOWA FE 10-18mm F4.5-5.6 C-Dreamer @ 10 mm, f/11?, 1/80 s, ISO 500

Great work with all the wide angles and fish-eyes here. I like the fact that day prime is still gathering a lot of energy year by year and especially at the wide-end side I really admire all the different angles people use to make the best use of them.

Yesterday I visited Liege (Luik) with two other photographers and obviously my two primes for the week went along. We first visited the Citadel (or what's left of it after they built a hospital tight on top somewhere in the 60's or 70's) and then took a stroll down to the river Meuse (Maas) and then back up to Fort Chartreuse, which was a fort until somewhere in the 1800's but became more of a barracks until the Belgian Army deserted it in 1988. Since then it's a place for graffiti artists and begining urbex shooters.

Let me continue with my 12 mm shots I took at Fort Chartreuse

12-3: One of the barrack buildings, built in 1939



12-4: One of the very many (I guess hundreds) troup rooms



12-5: Washroom



12-6: You can see in 12-3 at which floor this photo was taken



12-7: The central stairwell in one of the older buildings on the site


All A7ii + Voigtländer Ultra Wide Heliar 12/5.6 (E-mount)

This is a special year as we have day twelve and a half.


Dino wall

Camera Model: ILCE-6100
Lens: Carl Zeiss Jena 1Q Flektogon 2.8/12.5
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.033 sec (1/30)
ISO: 160

Reflection

Camera Model: ILCE-6100
Lens: Carl Zeiss Jena 1Q Flektogon 2.8/12.5
Aperture: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 0.006 sec (1/160)
ISO: 100

Samyang (mine says Rokinon) 12/2 with hood removed on a7ii
A 1x1 crop is almost clean, a 4x5 crop has black corners.

12.1 two hawks

f8
I was "in the spirit of Dayprime" and only had a 12mm, so naturally there were two hawks perched in the tree above me

UWA give not only feet but shadows

12.2 forklift f2


12.3 forklift f5.6


12.4 community library

f2 with 4x5 crop

Day 15 - 15mm f4.5 Voigtlander

I had hoped the promised turbulent seas and weather promised by Tropical Cyclone Cody (now Tropical Storm Cody) were going to generate some wilder seas for a seascape, but it passed too far east of us. By the evening Tāmaki-Makarau (Auckland) had become clear and calm.

So I changed tack and attempted a scene at Island Bay with the setting sun, exploiting the Voigtlander's ability to produce attractive sunstars.


a7Riii with Voigtlander 15/4.5, at ISO400, 1/200s, f13.