Thursday’s Task

[John Holbrook]

Thursday’s Task: The recent purchase of _______ was used to capture/edit this landscape. Other members may find your experiences beneficial in their future imaging acquisitions. My examples below:

In March this year, I purchased DxO PureRaw 3 after reading of its release and members’ experiences in the LANDSCAPE FORUM. I edited the following images from Custer State Park, SD first with PureRaw 3 and then Adobe Camera Raw/Photoshop. I am still visiting family and friends in northern Iowa and won’t be able to comment for a few days on your Task’s images.

 

[AlanLichty]

It's almost hard to not pluck your money down once you see what PureRaw does with your images. Great examples.

 

[larryj]

This is an early image made with my recent purchase of a Fujifilm GXF 50S II. Image is of storm cloud starting to form over the mountains west of Denver. This usually preceeds serious afternoon rain storms in Denver.

 

[TimMc]

Spending on travel, my gear hit a level that anymore just won't do much

Arcadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain

and it will be interesting if my not buying gear resolution lasts thru the year

 

[Rick Nantais]

The recent purchase of Nikon Z9/70-200 F 2.8 was used to capture this landscape

 

[AlanLichty]

For me it's a new flying camera in the form of a DJI Mavic 3 Pro drone purchased in early May. This example is a 2 panel vertical panorama of Multnomah Falls using the 70mm lens:

 

[JimFox]

I got a new lens, the Samyang 12mm f2.8. One of the issues with doing my night time photography of the Milky Way when I am at a canyon is that when the 14mm is aimed up to get the Milky Way there then is not much of the canyon in the image. I wanted to be able to shoot wider then 14mm when at canyons.

My wonder would be if the fisheye effect from the 12mm would be too much. In testing, if I angle the camera up too much towards the sky, then things on the edges really get distorted, but as long as I keep the camera fairly level or just a slight angle up, the distortion is minimal and get's lost actually in the canyon. The horizon bends then most when pointed up too high. But by keeping the camera pretty level, it worked great! And it gave me a bunch more of the canyon then I was able to get before with the 14mm.

So I am happy!

Here is an image from the Black Canyon, where I was testing out the lens a month or so ago.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

A new (for me) drone that I purchased from Alan, when I lost mine as I was getting ready to take a trip to Alaska and the Mavic 3 Pro I had ordered wouldn't arrive in time for that trip. It came in handy to take several pictures that I would otherwise not be able to capture with the ground based camera. Here is one looking at patterns in a frozen lake on my way to Seward, AK.

 

[Kyle Jones]

Went out of my way to use my (new to me) Leica 16-35 for this one at McDonald Lake

 

[John Holbrook]

This is an early image made with my recent purchase of a Fujifilm GXF 50S II. Image is of storm cloud starting to form over the mountains west of Denver. This usually preceeds serious afternoon rain storms in Denver.

Great image Larry—and a great start with your new camera!

 

[John Holbrook]

Spending on travel, my gear hit a level that anymore just won't do much

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Arcadia National Park, Cadillac Mountain

and it will be interesting if my not buying gear resolution lasts thru the year

Tim, it appears that your choice for travel vs. gear “paid off” in the gorgeous panorama above. Nice image!

 

[John Holbrook]

Went out of my way to use my (new to me) Leica 16-35 for this one at McDonald Lake

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Kyle, a beautiful image—the Leica lens (in your hands) certainly captured a breathtaking landscape.

 

[John Holbrook]

A new (for me) drone that I purchased from Alan, when I lost mine as I was getting ready to take a trip to Alaska and the Mavic 3 Pro I had ordered wouldn't arrive in time for that trip. It came in handy to take several pictures that I would otherwise not be able to capture with the ground based camera. Here is one looking at patterns in a frozen lake on my way to Seward, AK.

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Jameel, a beautiful landscape captured from your drone. The elevation the drone provided certainly yielded an interesting composition—love the curved ice in the foreground. Very nice image!

 

[John Holbrook]

The recent purchase of Nikon Z9/70-200 F 2.8 was used to capture this landscape
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Beautiful image Rick with your Nikon Z9/70-200 f2.8 S lens. I really like this well-composed image the Z9 produced—in your hands!

 

[John Holbrook]

I got a new lens, the Samyang 12mm f2.8. One of the issues with doing my night time photography of the Milky Way when I am at a canyon is that when the 14mm is aimed up to get the Milky Way there then is not much of the canyon in the image. I wanted to be able to shoot wider then 14mm when at canyons.

My wonder would be if the fisheye effect from the 12mm would be too much. In testing, if I angle the camera up too much towards the sky, then things on the edges really get distorted, but as long as I keep the camera fairly level or just a slight angle up, the distortion is minimal and get's lost actually in the canyon. The horizon bends then most when pointed up too high. But by keeping the camera pretty level, it worked great! And it gave me a bunch more of the canyon then I was able to get before with the 14mm.

So I am happy!

Here is an image from the Black Canyon, where I was testing out the lens a month or so ago.

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Jim, obviously the wider lens “paid off” with this spectacular Milky Way/Black Canyon image—love this composition!

 

[John Holbrook]

For me it's a new flying camera in the form of a DJI Mavic 3 Pro drone purchased in early May. This example is a 2 panel vertical panorama of Multnomah Falls using the 70mm lens:

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Alan, your new drone produced a beautiful image—one that makes its purchase easily justifiable. The drone provides an otherwise impossible viewpoint—and image.