The Photography Thread

[Karl Henning]

Ha! ...I knew it! There are people in Finland! It just took you awhile to find them 

Seriously, I quite like this silhouette.

Sarge

You cannot be sure they're not cut-outs.

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[North Star]

Ha! ...I knew it! There are people in Finland! It just took you awhile to find them 

Seriously, I quite like this silhouette.

Sarge

Well, I did take that one last summer. 

[North Star]

From December

[North Star]

Taken exactly six months after this one (pure coincidence, I think):

Thread duty - one from October.

[North Star]

[Sergeant Rock]

Two more (one new, one a new edit/crop) from the Rhine series (early 80s):






Sarge

[North Star]

Beautiful stuff, Sarge. Very striking bokeh in the Rhine there. The lighting conditions look somewhat challenging, but you managed it well.

Oh, and thanks for helping to keep the thread afloat...

[NikF]

Two more (one new, one a new edit/crop) from the Rhine series (early 80s):






Sarge

Oh yeah.
Looks like a mirror lens - and going long is where it's at. In any case, good stuff, Sarge.

[Sergeant Rock]

Beautiful stuff, Sarge. Very striking bokeh in the Rhine there. The lighting conditions look somewhat challenging, but you managed it well.

Oh, and thanks for helping to keep the thread afloat...

Thank you. I've recently felt guilty that you and Nik have had to shoulder almost the entire burden.

Oh yeah.
Looks like a mirror lens - and going long is where it's at. In any case, good stuff, Sarge.

Yes, a mirror. Sigma 600mm. I was so far away from Mrs. Rock, I had to shout instructions during the shoot 

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Charmante.

[Karl Henning]

Yes, a mirror. Sigma 600mm. I was so far away from Mrs. Rock, I had to shout instructions commands during the shoot 

Sarge

FTFY 

[Sergeant Rock]

FTFY 

Yes, you're right. Thank god for my military training. Came in handy even off duty 

Sarge

[North Star]

Looks like a mirror lens - and going long is where it's at. In any case, good stuff, Sarge.

I don't think I had ever even heard of mirror lenses before, outside physics class anyway...

[NikF]

Yes, a mirror. Sigma 600mm. I was so far away from Mrs. Rock, I had to shout instructions during the shoot 

Sarge

Ah, you managed it just fine.
I've read people saying 'Well, when you get over 250mm it makes communication with the model difficult and so you lose that connection... " - but if you're working with either a pro model or an amateur model who can both take initial direction and then hit the variations, it's all cool.  I believe 200mm is where things start to get interesting when the subject is a woman.
Also, Mrs. Rock is very womanly.   

[NikF]

I don't think I had ever even heard of mirror lenses before, outside physics class anyway...

The donut out of focus areas is usually the sign of a mirror lens. Years ago I had (or had use of?) a Nikkor 500mm/f8 or something, but in my experience picture editors didn't like stuff that used such lenses.

Trivia: the next time you see Spielberg's 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' you can amuse yourself during the night time scenes by checking out the mix of bokeh types/shapes courtesy of using a mix of aspherical and anamorphic lenses and 35mm/65mm film stock - sometimes all in the same shot.

[Sergeant Rock]

The donut out of focus areas is usually the sign of a mirror lens. Years ago I had (or had use of?) a Nikkor 500mm/f8 or something, but in my experience picture editors didn't like stuff that used such lenses.

Like the fisheye, the mirror lens is fun to use occasionally, creating unique effects, but, yeah, not everyone loves it. Myself, I'm rather partial to its bokeh 

Sarge

[North Star]

The donut out of focus areas is usually the sign of a mirror lens. Years ago I had (or had use of?) a Nikkor 500mm/f8 or something, but in my experience picture editors didn't like stuff that used such lenses.

Trivia: the next time you see Spielberg's 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' you can amuse yourself during the night time scenes by checking out the mix of bokeh types/shapes courtesy of using a mix of aspherical and anamorphic lenses and 35mm/65mm film stock - sometimes all in the same shot.

Like the fisheye, the mirror lens is fun to use occasionally, creating unique effects, but, yeah, not everyone loves it. Myself, I'm rather partial to its bokeh 

Sarge

Most interesting.

[George]

Yes, you're right. Thank god for my military training. Came in handy even off duty 

Sarge

He said duty . . .

[Sergeant Rock]

He said duty . . .

Sarge

[North Star]

Time to bump this thread..