One of the reasons I would like an M9 and a full-frame dslr (Nikon D800?) is to reclaim bokeh. Unfortunately I can't afford both.
B > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Godfrey DiGiorgi > Sent: 23 March 2012 03:58 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO 2012 - 043 - GDG > > Thanks frank! > > Needless to say, I'm delighted with this lens. It's doing 'just the > right thing' so far. Made a few more photos with it today and it just > freekin' sings. > > Something about how a good, fast normal lens is really all you should > need ... ! > > G > > On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:29 PM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lovely! > > > > And my goodness isn't that the butteriest bokeh? Nicest I've seen in > a long time. > > > > Nicely composed, too. Overall a real winner! > > > > cheers, > > frank > > > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." > > -- Christopher Hitchens > > > > --- Original Message --- > > > > From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> > > Sent: March 22, 2012 3/22/12 > > To: "PAW Picture-A-Week project" <[email protected]>, SeePhoto Talk > > <[email protected]>, BAPhotoShooters BAPA > > <[email protected]>, PDML List <[email protected]> > > Subject: PESO 2012 - 043 - GDG > > > > Managed to get out for a little shooting this evening in Japan Town. > I stopped at Roy's Station and had my cuppa espresso. There were three > young women at the table near me chatting with this gal and her Sulphur > Crested Cockatoo. As I went to go for a walk, she spied my camera and > exclaimed, "Ooh, an M9! I just got myself an M8!" so I stopped and we > talked for a bit. Her name is Tomiko, she's a regular in the Japan Town > neighborhood (I've seen her before). > > > > The cockatoo is Wendy, she is a Rescue bird. She's about sixteen > years old and was maltreated for a long time. A local vet nursed her > back to health but couldn't keep her. Tomiko has experience with a few > Rescue birds (she has four at present) so she took Wendy in. Wendy's > still a little skittish but her health and her disposition are coming > around. > > > > Of course, I asked to take a picture and Tomiko was obliging: > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/7005060071/lightbox/ > > or > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/7005060071/ > > > > That was the third exposure ... Wendy wasn't. She kept turning her > > head at the moment I released the shutter. You can see she's turned > > her head away from Tomiko and out of the plane of best focus. Oh > well. > > I like the photo anyway. :-) > > > > Great time out on this one. This new lens (a Nokton 50mm f/1.5) is > truly terrific. It needs a focusing tab, I'll fit one soon. > > > > enjoy > > Godfrey > > - > > flickr.com stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/ > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > > > -- > Godfrey > godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
