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In and Around Balboa Park - Week 7 - Play Time?
In and Around Balboa Park - Week 7 - Play Time?
Ann


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Camera: Nikon D800
Lens: Voigtlander Color-Skopar 20mm f3.5 SL (Nikon Mount)
Location: home
Date: Feb 11, 2013
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 6400
Shutter: 1/13
Date Uploaded: Feb 17, 2013

Viewed: 178
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

 Experimental. 20mm lens with 6mm extension tube. I think the idea has some potential, but it needs to be worked out better.

Dennis asked about noise reduction. My experience with the D800 is that noise isn't a problem, because I'm pretty much always scaling down, even for large prints. There was plenty of noise in the full size image, but scaled down to 800px, the noise is averaged away. An 8x10" print would have also been fine. For a larger print, I would have needed to do some noise reduction. A bigger problem was manually focusing in a room that's only lit by a couple of 60w bulbs.

Since Kroburg asked...the ball was touching the lens hood.

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 04/04/2013 10:28:03 PM
Interesting pov. I think the ball is ready and willing for play time but the pooch isn't.
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 03/09/2013 01:58:33 PM
Love the low, tilted pov and dof... a room full of fun:)
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 03/07/2013 04:16:04 PM
Makes me feel like a near-sighted mouse skulking behind the tennis ball. In other words - imaginative, effective pov
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 02/26/2013 02:58:15 AM
Great focus on the ball (how close to the ball was your lens?) and great DOF. I like the perspective and the tilted angle.
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 02/23/2013 12:01:46 PM
The D800 handles that high ISO pretty well, although it did not get good reviews in that area. Did you use any NR for this?
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 02/22/2013 10:52:49 AM
I like guessing the background
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 02/21/2013 04:54:26 AM
A very interesting shot and unusual in how you angled it - as others have remarked, the focus on the ball is excellent. Love the warm tones too - makes me want to stretch out on that room.
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 02/20/2013 05:45:08 PM
Really good control of DOF, to get the ball this sharp and everything else out of focus!
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 02/19/2013 03:40:54 PM
A dog's perspective, and a myopic dog at that. Nice perspective, and interesting to see you have enough DoF to get the ball in focus, but everything else in the bokeh.
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 02/18/2013 10:36:33 AM
Unusual lens. Can't wait to see your next capture with it!
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 02/17/2013 11:43:53 PM
Nice perspective. Great detail and texture on the ball.
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 02/17/2013 10:22:46 PM
Love the angle...Great subject!
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 02/17/2013 08:55:54 PM
Nice...I like the perspective.
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 02/17/2013 08:35:55 PM
Never heard of that type lens. Your experiment has some definite potential. Nicely done.
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