Headliners - Fotozones

45(mm) Higher Love! The Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm F1.8 Premium

danielm posted a topic in Micro Four Thirds, 5 October, 2022

My love of the 45mm focal length into the Micro Four Third (MFT) image sensor format is not new (and may have begun with the Leica Summicron 90mm F2.8 into the 35mm film format not so long ago…!).

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Photographing Larger Products

Dallas posted an entry in My Life In Photography, 12 September, 2022

Since an early age I have been obsessed with arranging furniture and objects in rooms. It brings out the creative spark in me, so having this large home studio where almost everything is on wheels really let’s me express that creativity in ways I couldn’t have imagined.

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Photography Website Revamp

Dallas posted an entry in My Life In Photography, 21 August, 2022

I have mostly stopped getting inquiries for new business since moving house. It's kind of distressing and difficult to put a finger on because it could be a number of things that are in play.

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Another skyline

crowecg posted a topic in Best Of Fotozones, 31 July, 2022

Had a bit of spare time waiting to pick up one of my kids, so grabbed a few pictures - I'd just missed sunset, but there was still lots of colour in the sky.

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Upper Florentine World Heritage Area Tasmania.

Alan7140 posted a topic in Analog Photography, 26 July, 2022

After several years' break I ventured into the old growth forest that was listed as a World Heritage Area in 2014 after an eight year campaign by diverse members of the public who had sought to save it from the logging industry.

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Laowa 10mm f/4 Cookie

crowecg posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 24 July, 2022

An interesting new lens announced this week - Laowa 10mm f/4 Cookie. Very compact, very wide and apparently very little distortion.

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My Cloud Backup Solution

Dallas posted an entry in In My Professional Opinion, 5 July, 2022

I can't remember who recommended them but I have ended up subscribing to Backblaze for my backups, since Time Machine is not compatible with my multiple external drives...

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It's Winter in Tasmania again

Alan7140 posted a topic in Analog Photography, 1 July, 2022

A small window of conditions I'd usually expect here in winter presented a couple of days ago after months of lousy weather and light, and while I failed to find anything new to photograph on a short drive, on my way home I drove past a scene ...

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Phinda 2022

GrahamWelland posted a topic in Fotozones Safaris, 26 June, 2022

A challenging safari given the terrain and foliage growth but definitely the place to go for cheetahs if that's your thing vs Kruger.

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The good “kompromises” or how to be clever not follower!

danielm posted a topic in General Gear Chat, 15 June, 2022

I have often the impression that people are now buying (digital) photographic gear not for themselves but for others…

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Rail Yard

crowecg posted a topic in Other, 6 June, 2022

Some more from the weekend walk about. After wandering around Docklands for a bit I headed up onto the La Trobe Street bridge wondering what the view would be like.

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The New Space

Dallas posted an entry in My Life In Photography, 4 June, 2022

The first bit of studio gear I bought was a Tristar light stand that extends to about 4m in height. I thought it was so cool. I still have that stand, but I have added about a dozen others in the 20 or so years since I bought the Tristar.

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The Fujifilm X-H1: the pro that never had a chance!

danielm posted a topic in Fujifilm, 23 May, 2022

This is a story that can be narrated many times for all the people and for the things they have created at a wrong moment but that may have been successful if things have worked differently.

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Keeping Myself Organised

Dallas posted an entry in On Equipment, 13 March, 2022

My little studio space has kept me amused for a very long time. The problem with me though, is that I can never remember where I put things.

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Back To Bowens

Dallas posted an entry in On Equipment, 4 March, 2022

The very first lighting kit I ever bought some 20 years ago was a pair of Bowens Esprit 250 monolights. I thought they were sooo cool.

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Something has to be different!

danielm posted a topic in Off Topic, 22 February, 2022

Replication is not a new thing in photography as for variations over a basic theme but, at least, variations are a different exploration of the main subject opposed to simply an endless reproduction of the same formula.

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Wandering With My Dog - Part 2

Andrew L (gryphon1911) posted a topic in Other, 22 February, 2022

Went out today and got some interesting stuff to share, I hope.

Nikon Zfc and Nikon Z 50-230 lens.

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Arctic Fox

Chris Wahl posted a topic in Nature, 20 February, 2022

Due to the pandemic I wasn't traveling in the last two years so there are no new images but I realized that I haven't posted some of my Arctic Fox images back from early 2020.

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Cat Eyes

atpaula posted a topic in Other, 18 February, 2022

By Nikkor Z 58mm f/0.95 Noct.

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The Panasonic Lumix G95 / G90: Back to basics!

danielm posted a topic in Micro Four Thirds, 8 February, 2022

Many of us have a special affection for the Panasonic Lumix MFT products. Their functional esthetic reminds me all these German designs of the begin of the 20th century with simplicity, durability, and efficiency as essential characteristics of their products.

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Trancoso B&W

atpaula posted a topic in Places, 6 February, 2022

Thank you for looking.

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The few (pictures) that really count!

danielm posted a topic in Off Topic, 1 February, 2022

While scanning through the Flickr Photo public bank, a sudden reflexion strikes me about the futility of presenting a massive number of pictures compare to be more selective and choosing the few ones that can generate more impact, questioning and inspiration.

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The Olympus M.Zuiko 17mm F1.8 Premium: the other normal lens

danielm posted a topic in Micro Four Thirds, 24 January, 2022

Of course, everyone knows the usual consensus that defines the "normal" focal length of any picture format by its diagonal of its recording plane-surface. The best known can be referred in the old 35mm film format ( 24 X 36mm) as the 50mm lens although the result of the real calculation in this particular format should have been around a focal length of 43mm.

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Durban Burns Again

Dallas posted an entry in General, 22 January, 2022

Over the past few years I have watched extraordinary changes occur in my home town. They haven’t been welcome. If I could describe them in simple words I guess I’d use terms like “degeneration” or “deriliction”.

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Klimatik Views: the future of planet Waste-Land

danielm posted a topic in Off Topic, 15 January, 2022

Over the past few decades, the climatic debate around the world has been amplified year after year peaking just prior to the present sanitary crisis that is prolonging itself for more than two years now.