Challenge! March Symposium: The Small Sensor Look.

[tonyturley]

August 1, 2012. Pentax Optio A40.

 

[MoonMind]

M.

 

[MiguelATF]

Walking around my adopted small town of Talent, Oregon, one sees different signs and messages of community solidarity, following the devastating wildfire which burned swaths of houses and shops months ago. I glimpsed this tiny bumper sticker which carries a similar message---

 

[drd1135]

 

[john m flores]

2013. Nikon 1 V1 with 1 NIKKOR VR 30-110mm f/3.8-5.6
F5.6, 110mm, ISO1600, 6s

I remember standing on the deck of the ferry and faintly seeing the birds following the ferry.
I remember thinking about how to capture it.
I remember thinking that no camera no matter the sensor size would be able to capture this scene since both the camera and subjects were moving.
I tried anyway.

Seagulls hunting for fish in the spotlight of the ferry as Hatteras Village sparkles on the horizon. by John Flores, on Flickr

 

[JensM]

Vinstra station, Norway

 

[john m flores]

Brought the Nikon 1 V1 to the 2013 Central Jersey Jazz Festival. It was nice to be able to get these shots from such a small, 2-lens setup.

2013 Central New Jersey Jazz Festival. Sunday afternoon in Somerville. by John Flores, on Flickr

Christian McBride @ Central Jersey Jazz Festival by John Flores, on Flickr

Marcus Strickland @ Central Jersey Jazz Festival by John Flores, on Flickr

Donald Harrison @ Central Jersey Jazz Festival by John Flores, on Flickr

Some good highlight control on this last one - still decent detail and contours in Harrison's jacket.

 

[tonyturley]

July 1, 2013, Pentax Q + 06 lens. I was sitting on the deck of our vacation rental cottage, eating roasted peanuts and tossing the shells in the yard, when I heard the soft scrabbling of claws. I glanced up to see a squirrel peeking up over the edge of the deck at the corner of the cottage. I watched in amusement as it cautiously crept down the deck, up on the railings, and over to a picnic table a few feet away, where it sat eying me hopefully. I tossed it a peanut, which it greedily grabbed and carried to the nearest tree branch. Little did I realize that I had just triggered The Great Squirrel Invasion of 2013. Within seconds, squirrels began converging on the cottage from all directions - down from the surrounding trees, out of the woods, and from nearby cottages. I also learned that day that squirrels growl and hiss at each other just like cats.

 

[drd1135]

 

[pictogramax]

RX100, 2016:

 

[drd1135]

RX100, 2016:
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Is this a bed in an abandoned house or is it still used (that you know of)?

 

[dougpayne]

Golden Gate from the East Bay, 2018.

 

[pictogramax]

@drd1135 Shot through window of an abandoned house in rural east of Serbia.

 

[theoldsmithy]

2013, RX100

 

[MoonMind]

An attempt at spring ("please, keep your distance") ...

M.

 

[panamike]

 

[MiguelATF]

Two monochromatic portraits taken with the 03 Fish-eye lens on the Q7.
One of a photographer.
One of a seated individual.

Portrait #1:

Portrait #2:

The question is... which is which?

 

[pictogramax]

SONY RX100, 2016:

 

[tonyturley]

July 1, 2013. Another from The Great Squirrel Invasion. Q + 06 lens.

 

[john m flores]

As we near the end of the month, have we identified a small sensor "look"? I'm not sure we have. If anything, we've demonstrated that sensor size is one of the least important factors in photography, much less important than the photographer's vision and skill.

Tickets in Time Square by John Flores, on Flickr