Post your UWA photos

[KevinBarrett]

That second shot is stunning, caporip!

[bakubo]

caporip, I agree, I especially like that second B&W photo.

[Greg Beetham]

I don't mind the low light shots gio67. I also like the dramatic simplicity in the B&W caporip, the others are very enjoyable as well.
Greg

[aster]

Impressive shots all the way, guys!

You've put those UWA to some neat use in those frames... Portraits, architecture and vast fields, they all look especially attractive.

Yildiz

[Birma]

Fabulous UWA pictures from one and all. If anyone on the forum ever asks why they need an UWA in their kit this thread will be a fantastic answer .

Here are a couple of mine. It was tricky to track down as I don't tag based on focal length or lens and so I had to search through the archives trying to remember when I had got the UWA lens out. I'm sure I've posted them on the forum before, probably in the flower thread


Knapp Snowdrop 3 by Birm, on Flickr


Rhododendrons and the House by Birm, on Flickr

Both with A700 and Tamron 11-18. Funnily enough both shot at 13mm, can't remember why!

[InTheSky]

Ultra wide angle ... , hum. the best I can go for now is 15mm on Full frame with the Old Tamron SP 2.8.

I was exploring the UWA in low light condition in very small place:




Miam miam:


Thank you very much for this idea of posting, because today I put back from the closet the Tamron, I think I had not used since a good year (using the Minolta 16mm 2.8 Fish eye instead).

Regards,

Frank

[bakubo]

gio67, Birma, and Frank: All good shots!

Frank, yes 15mm is definitely <= 20mm on FF. I especially like those first 2 of the band.

[bakubo]

This is a headstone at a cemetery in Tokyo with flowers and a can of beer in 1993. I took this with the Minolta Alpha 707si + Tokina 20-35mm f3.5-4.5 at 20mm.

[InTheSky]

Well, I have tried the UWA with Evan yesterday after dinner, I wanted to create movement effect :


And an another : "The big shoes of Dad":



Frank

[DrScottNicol]

This thread inspired me to take the Tamron 10-24 out for another spin one evening last week whilst I was away on meeting in Wales. Unfortunately, low light shooting does not play to this lens' strengths (plus I was travelling light and only had a gorrillapod for long exposure shots) so a lot of the shots came out a bit softer than I'd like - I've developed a bit of a love / hate relationship with this lens - it can be sharp when it wants to be (or when I use it correctly , but when its soft, its really soft. Also, in conditions like these you are not only dealing with accommodating distortion in the corners, you have to come up with a reasonable argument as to why you WANTED so much flare and starlight type effects in the images .

Still, a few of the shots came out fairly well..

All shots using a55 / tamron 10-24 aand were taken in the Cardiff Bay area.


10mm, f11, 1.6 second exposure


15mm f11, 6secs


11mm, f3.5, 1/4sec (iso 800)


Scott

[DrScottNicol]

Oh and Birma - really like the flower shots and Frank - like the low angle on the 2nd band shot and the 'Huge shoe' effect on your second batch of photos.

Scott

[InTheSky]

I like the composition of the headstone, and Scott, you make us feel like if we had done the walk with you. I like the color and the three different angle you choose.

I was lost in the long angle view since a few moment (mostly after buying the big 400mm 4.5). It is good to come back on the other side of the spectrum.

Again thanks for this good idea.

Regards,

Frank

[Greg Beetham]

Nice work all. I like that first one Scott especially.
Greg

[shahrulz]

Shared mine.. SAl11-18

Bridge of Vision, Putrajya, Malaysia..

[Birma]

Very nice shots Frank, Scott and Shahrulz