Fellowship of the fisheye

[Groucho]

I know this thread is for posting shots but, I noticed you have the K-5,
How do you like it? Are there great improvements over the k7?

Alot of the reviews have this beating out the Nikon D3100 or was it the D3000
in that people are impressed with the improvements over the k7 offerings making the K5 a challenger in the semi pro world.

What are your thoughts? you can PM me to keep it off the photo thread...
Will hopefully be upgrading from my 20D within the next few months...just cant afford it right now

Short answer: WOW what a camera!
I'll save the long answer for another thread. Maybe I'll repost my "showoff new equipment" post into a new thread since it got stuck in the wedding thread of all places.

Way way OT for the epic Photo sharing: fisheye lenses thread- but yeah I was luke warm on it at best and I posted it because it was turkey day and kid of seemed to fit. Then it made it to Explore on Flickr- which is supposed to highlight the most "Interesting" pictures of any given day. It's kind of a recognition thing I guess and frustrating when you don't feel like it's your best work shown there. I had a handful of other shots in there that were not really my favorites either so I deleted them all- and then kind of purged my photostream in general.

Heh, I did see you posting something about deleting a bunch of old photos. That particular photo was somewhat eye-singeing Obviously, I'm not a fan of the Topaz look in any circumstance but that was really something else entirely! I'm glad that's not the direction you're trying to go into.

 

[Gdad]

That particular photo was somewhat eye-singeing

 

[Todd_H]

^^Click for flickr

 

[WDWFigment]

What was the story on that? I saw it had been posted but didn't click on it, and it looks like it's deleted now so I don't see the comments. I take it that you didn't care for it, eh? (I'll bite my tongue for now depending on what you say. )

Just to keep on topic, I'll add a shot... hopefully being the last person who shoots fisheye or OWA and doesn't do Topaz-style processing doesn't make me into more of an outcast than I already am!


Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters by Groucho Dis, on Flickr

You're not the only one, I don't do topaz, either (although mine do have more of a processed look than yours). That was really the only thing I wasn't wild about on that Oabore lights shot.

 

[GvilleDisneyDad]

I think of HDR as something created from multiple image files- and this is not so I would say no. Some folks seem to classify anything with that type processing as HDR though- so who knows.

I love that look. How do you get it?

 

[Gdad]

A couple for today-


Boneyard Bridge by ~Life by the Drop~, on Flickr


Yeung Wo by ~Life by the Drop~, on Flickr

I love that look. How do you get it?

I like to use Topaz but as you can read from above it's not for everyone.

 

[WDWFigment]

^Love that shot even more than the last. Can't wait to take the Samyang to the Osborne (not Oabore...stupid iPhone auto-correct) Lights!

 

[Groucho]

You're not the only one, I don't do topaz, either (although mine do have more of a processed look than yours). That was really the only thing I wasn't wild about on that Oabore lights shot.

I hope we're not the last of a dying breed. I much prefer photos that look more natural; there seems to be something about fisheyes and UWAs that is attracting HDR recently all of a sudden though.

Here's a shot that didn't make my original cut, I tweaked it a little and put it in my Flickr account. It's not perfect (the colors are just not what I want) but I wanted something after spending a fair amount of time trying to get the shot. (This was a time when an articulating LCD might have been nice, as I had the camera just about on the ground. I might need to try the shot again next trip...


Tomorrowland palm trees by Groucho Dis, on Flickr

 

[Todd_H]

Tomorrowland palm trees by Groucho Dis, on Flickr

^^Nice one, Groucho. Gotta love those palm trees.

 

[Todd_H]

^^Click for flickr

 

[Groucho]

^^Nice one, Groucho. Gotta love those palm trees.

Thanks! They are our muse.

Nice France shot. It's nice to point the fisheye almost straight up sometimes.

 

[Gdad]

Fellowship of the Fisheye


Osborne Spectacle by ~Life by the Drop~, on Flickr

 

[Groucho]

I'll have to rescan this sometime (replaced with better quality scan!), but here's a film shot with the Zenitar 16mm on a K1000 from back on 12/31/2006, the last time I was able to see the show. (Until four weeks from Saturday!)

 

[Uncle Greg]

Home Run Hotel by Uncle_Greg, on Flickr

 

[foolishmortal]

 

[Gdad]

One for today- click for Flickr.


Rainbow Springs Startrails by ~Life by the Drop~, on Flickr

 

[Todd_H]

^^Click for flickr

 

[Experiment_626]

One for today- click for Flickr.


Rainbow Springs Startrails by ~Life by the Drop~, on Flickr

I have GOT to try this ... how far apart were your 30-second exposures, and did you use high-ISO noise reduction?

Scott

 

[Gdad]

I have GOT to try this ... how far apart were your 30-second exposures, and did you use high-ISO noise reduction?

Scott

I set the interval timer to 40 seconds so there was time to clear the buffer. No high ISO NR used- I think I was only at ISO 800 if I remember right.

 

[WDWFigment]

!SAMTSIRHC YRREM by Tom Bricker (WDWFigment), on Flickr