That could be a good challenge for coming up with different compositions each day. And a great learning experience. Wide, close up, details, macros, different angles, different sides, changing weather.I can see two tractors out in the orchard, but I guess 30 days of pictures of one of two tractors wouldn't go down to well, so macro it is!
Barrie
That's very true, but I'm not sure how my landlord would react to me getting up close and personal with his tractors every day for thirty daysThat could be a good challenge for coming up with different compositions each day. And a great learning experience. Wide, close up, details, macros, different angles, different sides, changing weather.
It's tractor time!!That's very true, but I'm not sure how my landlord would react to me getting up close and personal with his tractors every day for thirty days
My biggest challenge might be how long can I resist taking a tractor picture. I missed out round here as farmers have been very active with their ploughing making up for lost time following on from our very wet winter and early spring. They've now ploughed, seed and rolled fields immediately round me, so opportunity lostIt's tractor time!!
I haven't seen much yet either, and 35 mme lens on the X100 isn't going to be the best option for a big field.My biggest challenge might be how long can I resist taking a tractor picture. I missed out round here as farmers have been very active with their ploughing making up for lost time following on from our very wet winter and early spring. They've now ploughed, seed and rolled fields immediately round me, so opportunity lost
I had a Jupiter 8 which I used on a Sony a6000, and later on a Zorki 4. On the Zorki I actually preferred the Industar 61, strangely. But on the Sony it was very sharp indeed.Again, just my little paranoia there - nothing wrong with your post ...
A big thank you to Karen who just turned the whole situation around - great presence of mind, superb
Milan, I'm looking very much forward to seeing your images with that lens. I have one here as well ... I'll mount it on the M10 one of these days to see what I can get from it (I've tested it on film and adapted to Sony bodies and liked it quite a bit - but never used it natively).
M.
I actually concur that the Industar-61L/D is the better lens - but I really like what the Jupiter-8 gives me. Just to prevent GAS ... Oh. Too late.I had a Jupiter 8 which I used on a Sony a6000, and later on a Zorki 4. On the Zorki I actually preferred the Industar 61, strangely. But on the Sony it was very sharp indeed.
With most of us living in a physically shrinking world I will be attempting macro photography during this challenge. I'm very very lucky in a major respect, I live in an isolated cottage at the start of a private farm track from which I can access a few fields and a section of woodland where no one else but myself and my landlord and his immediate family might be venturing, and mostly it will just be me, hence physical distancing from other people is easy and where the police won't be inquiring as to what I'm doing out and about. I will still be within a few hundreds yards of home, and often much closer.
I hesitate to speculate how I'd survive if I lived on a sewered suburban block, not very well I venture.
My equipment of choice - Panasonic GX8 with Olympus 60mm f/2.8 lens. I might even be crazy enough to try using it with extension tubes.
I can't promise to post every day, shelter from the wind will be a big factor in that. Likewise it's a little early in the season for a lot of variety in subject matter, whatever we'll see how it goes.
I can see two tractors out in the orchard, but I guess 30 days of pictures of one of two tractors wouldn't go down to well, so macro it is!
Barrie
You may have to set a trap. Make a small patch of ground look untouched and weedy. They can’t resist that.My biggest challenge might be how long can I resist taking a tractor picture. I missed out round here as farmers have been very active with their ploughing making up for lost time following on from our very wet winter and early spring. They've now ploughed, seed and rolled fields immediately round me, so opportunity lost