My favourite walk-around camera

[Tronhard]

Is the odd one in my collection: 95% of my gear is Canon, but this Nikon Df has captured my heart as a walk-around camera. I am still coming to grips with the different things about this camera: the rotation of the lens is opposite to the Canon, different control locations, but I am encouraged for what it can do as an all-in-one unit. I have the equivalent in the Canon EOS 5DMkIII, with the Canon 28-300L lens, but it weighs about twice as much and is much more bulky.

I went on an evening photo shoot to capture textures, patterns, tones and shadows in the city. We weren't helped when the sun promptly went behind a cloud for most of the duration!

All images are taken hand-held, using the Nikkor 28-300 3.5-5.6 ED lens.

#1 Windows from another perspective

300mm, f9, 1/200sec, ISO 400

#2 Waves of shadows

300mm, f7.1, 1/400sec, ISO 400

#3 Off the grid

300mm, f6.3, 1/400sec, ISO400

#4 Textured shadows

135mm, f5.6, 1/30sec, ISO 400

#5 Dingy alley

56mm, f9, 1/5 sec, ISO 800, -1EV

[Digital]

Nice images, Trev.


Bruce

[FootLoose]

Interesting set, Trevor. I like the 3rd shot. It says something about our digital age. The 5th one - Dim Alley - might look more like a dim alley if you pulled the lighting down a bit. JMHO.

[Tronhard]

Hi Greg
Thank you for your comments!
The image #5 actually started off much darker but without detail and I wanted to get the effect of the lights and the rather dingy area without losing a lot to shadow. It looks a bit darker as a print I might add.

[Shadowman]

Nice series, I really like the alleyway shot.

[mugge]

Beautifully done. The alleyway shot for mine.
Cheers Ole

[John 2]

Beautifully done. The alleyway shot for mine.
Cheers Ole

Me too. Pity about the aircon unit though but under your control. Nice creative set of images..

[NorthernFocus]

Nice set, Trev. With your stated goal I'd say you did well.