My holiday photos

[wiicrackpot]

Thanks again, Andy!

The above photo was shot hand held ( ISO500, 1/60sec, +3step) in my garden where two frogs were busy mating. They had simply ignored my close and disturbing approach at the beginning otherwise the shot would not have been successfully taken. The camera used was a Sony Nex 5N with a Minolta MC Macro 50mm F3.5 lens in conjunction with an adaptor and extension tube.

@King, i was gonna ask is that your house in the frog's eye and thought 'surely not',
are you on Beta Blockers?, i mean hand held at 1/60 and pin sharp?,
the DOF is pretty narrow so you must've shot pretty much wide open.

@Peter, showing new skills in your Portfolio, you guys have given new food for thought,
must admit i have been a bit sniffy about these compacts hence solely keeping checks on 5D mk2,
looking at the results here with a XE-1 and Nex5 there's not much in it, funny enough was looking at a Nex5 on Gumtree last night for £150.00.

[macvisual]

You can buy the likes of a used/second hand Fuji X-A1 body for around £100 which accepts the full range of Fuji's XF lenses, that's what I'm on the lookout for to extend my current X system.


Just check out this guy's amazing photo's and talent shooting with a Fuji X-A1, link below;

http://www.fujix-forum.com/index.php...-frozen-river/




Have fun;
Peter

[wiicrackpot]

Thanks Peter.......but i've gone about this arse from elbow, i was sure i was going 5d mk2 at some point that i've started accumulating lenses,
right now i have a 'Magic Drainpipe' 80-200 F2.8 and a Tamron 180mm F3.5 macro,
these little guys you and King have never crossed my mind,
have noticed others have switched from DSLR to Micro 4/3rd too, so confusing.

P.S. since your recco, i have moticed on Fujirumour that a X-Pro 2 was imminent, dual card slot and maybe FF sensor....umm i wonder.

[macvisual]

Meerkat;



Meerkat by Peter McCullough Photography, on Flickr

[kcc123]

@King, i was gonna ask is that your house in the frog's eye and thought 'surely not',
are you on Beta Blockers?, i mean hand held at 1/60 and pin sharp?,
the DOF is pretty narrow so you must've shot pretty much wide open.

I used to take pictures at 1/60 sec very often with a Minolta SRT 303B ( MC Rokkor 58mm F1.2 lens) and Canon A1 (FD 50mm F1.4 lens) decades ago. I could even shoot pictures at 1/40 or 1/30 sec though the successful rate would be down to about 30 or 20% due to camera shake. For macro photography, the main problem normally is the depth of field, especially when shooting wide open at full aperture, which is so shallow that even a couple mms will make the focus point of the object blurred. So if light is sufficient, F8 or F16 will provide a greater DOF which is more essential to macro than portrait shots.

[kcc123]

St. Barbara's Church, Krakow





The interior

[macvisual]

Great Krakow photo's...!

Reminds of our holiday there about three years ago, a stunning location, so much to see and do, interesting buildings everywhere. I'd return tomorrow in a flash, beautiful place to visit...! We loved it.

The local trams are cool. We went in early March and it was very very C.O.L.D.


Regards;
Peter

[kcc123]

Thanks. Peter!

I agree that the local trams are cool. We went there in July last year and it was so hot that I only wore a t-shirt.





They are more popular in the summer, I think.

[kcc123]

[macvisual]

SKY and sea;



SKY and sea by Peter McCullough Photography, on Flickr


Fuerteventura