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by Cogito
Tue Jul 17, 2018 12:43 am
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Night shots - open thread
Replies: 44
Views: 26669

Re: Night shots - open thread

How disappointing. Not only does the thread title NOT indicate that required posts need to be over saturated, over processed city images, without EXIF data but to cap it all, Yildiz, who is obviously a respected member, chooses to totally ignore me. Probably because I objected to his/her accusation ...
by Cogito
Tue Jul 10, 2018 1:46 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Night shots - open thread
Replies: 44
Views: 26669

Re: Night shots - open thread

Smulnik, looks like you could offer this as a shot in the "Colour Purple" thread!
by Cogito
Sun Jul 08, 2018 11:50 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Color Purple - Open Thread
Replies: 9
Views: 5180

Re: Color Purple - Open Thread

Nice ones, Henry!
by Cogito
Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:00 am
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Night shots - open thread
Replies: 44
Views: 26669

Re: Night shots - open thread

Minolta 7D

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Sony A57

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by Cogito
Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:04 am
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Color Purple - Open Thread
Replies: 9
Views: 5180

Re: Color Purple - Open Thread

With a Sony A57

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With a Minolta 7D

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Exif data is there.....
by Cogito
Sun Jan 21, 2018 9:59 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Colorful Animals - Open Thread
Replies: 14
Views: 8550

Re: Colorful Animals - Open Thread

Thank you, Sig!
by Cogito
Thu Jan 11, 2018 12:36 am
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Colorful Animals - Open Thread
Replies: 14
Views: 8550

Re: Colorful Animals - Open Thread

Nice shots Suri, Henry & smulnik !! A couple from me. This in a Seattle Aquarium with a Minolta XM https://g1.img-dpreview.com/0DFD5E716EC94715B2D3DB3B2BE9C2BB.jpg This with a Leica Digilux 2 inEdmud (OK) zoo https://g3.img-dpreview.com/7F7BEDD3D3E34334BC5CC2D3A242CEB6.jpg and this with a Minolt...
by Cogito
Tue Jan 02, 2018 3:41 pm
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Blur/Bokeh - Open Thread
Replies: 29
Views: 14479

Re: Blur/Bokeh - Open Thread

Thank you, Sury. Both shots are of the same plant. I started at 1:10 and ended up at 1:1.

This on the way at 1:5

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and this at 1:2

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by Cogito
Tue Dec 26, 2017 12:27 am
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Blur/Bokeh - Open Thread
Replies: 29
Views: 14479

Re: Blur/Bokeh - Open Thread

Thank you, Henry. Of your two, I like the first but maybe they could both use a little more contrast or clarity?
by Cogito
Fri Dec 22, 2017 2:05 am
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Blur/Bokeh - Open Thread
Replies: 29
Views: 14479

Re: Blur/Bokeh - Open Thread

Just a rose in the garden.
Shot with a macro lens at 1:1. Minolta 7D . Not too much blur or bokeh but ....

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This at 1:10

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by Cogito
Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:10 am
Forum: Aster's Photo Challenge
Topic: Challenge #62:"Patterns of: Frozen; Dead; Lifeless Forms"-Submissions until 01 November 2016
Replies: 24
Views: 27439

Re: Challenge #62:"Patterns of: Frozen; Dead; Lifeless Forms"-Submissions until 01 November 2016

Well, here's something dead with someone live mocking it's tongue hanging out! This was Elizabeth's deer from the youth hunt in 2013. Emma goes with me this year Oct 29/30, so maybe I'll get to submit another. Dusty How unpleasant to see a child mocking death - your words - and with the obvious app...
by Cogito
Fri Sep 23, 2016 11:59 pm
Forum: Alpha A-mount System
Topic: A57 v A77 Image quality
Replies: 23
Views: 17354

Re: A57 v A77 Image quality

As I've said before, I really regret selling my Minolta 7D.
by Cogito
Wed Sep 07, 2016 1:02 am
Forum: Give it Your Best Shot
Topic: Long Exposures
Replies: 41
Views: 23988

Re: Long Exposures

Nice shot but I'm afraid there's no EXIF data, so how long is a long exposure?
by Cogito
Fri Aug 26, 2016 10:50 pm
Forum: Lens Lore
Topic: How wide is wide enough?
Replies: 41
Views: 36599

Re: How wide is wide enough?

Tony, Thank you for the examples. I thought I would see more distortion at these focal lengths. Sury Sury, the link I provided to Dyxum is really quite informative. If you click on a lens, towards the bottom of the lens description you'll see a link to "Dyxum Forum Sample Images". These a...
by Cogito
Fri Aug 26, 2016 12:03 am
Forum: Lens Lore
Topic: How wide is wide enough?
Replies: 41
Views: 36599

Re: How wide is wide enough?

Sury, one of my favourite lens when I used a film SLR was an old Sigma 18mm lens. Equivalent to a 12mm a-mount. I found it entirely useable as I'm sure you'd find a 12-24 lens now. I only used 2 lenses (not strictly true) with film, the 18mm and an ancient Soligor zoom, somewhere in the range 40-150...