Photograph and Camera talk

[weftyarn]

Thanks guys!!

@Jestocost I absolutely love my Fuji kit! Transitioned from a Sony A6000 about two years ago, so I never shot anything but APSC and can’t really tell the difference to Full Frame from first hand experience.

I can tell though, that with the right lens, awesome Bokeh can be achieved!!

Some of the lenses I’ve used that can achieve absolutely gorgeous Bokeh:

Fuji 23mm 1.4
Fuji 35mm 1.4
Samyang 35mm 1.2 (Manual)
Samyang 50mm 1.2 (Manual)
Fuji 56mm 1.2

The Fuji 90mm 2.0 is an absolute stunner, too. But very expensive considering the limited versatility with that focal length. Here’s some sample shots I found online:

[goosehd]

[Jett129]

Nice shot!

[RoxRocks86]

@weftyarn you’ve got quite the eye! Perfect choices on lenses that you utilized. Really enjoyed your shots from the anni. 

[SKT]

Sunrise at the farm this past weekend.

[SKT]

One more…

[weftyarn]

@ROman @RoxRocks86 Glad you enjoyed the anny shots!

@SKT Awesome! Love the colors.

[Jett129]

Hurricane Fiona brought the waves to Bradley Beach,NJ this week.   

[goosehd]

@Jett129 great action shots.  Did your area receive much damage?  Eastern Canada took quite a hit with homes, roads, and power grids destroyed.

Hoping all of the Eastern Canadians are going to come out ok.

[Jett129]

Thanks,No damage,just waves and wind,which hampered the surfers to some degree.

[weftyarn]

As always, awesome shots @Jett129

The third one is my favorite!

[Jett129]

Thanks @weftyarn A lot of cropping going on,much to the surfers dismay,as they want to see more of the wave,and I’m trying to show the action and crop into the direction that the surfer is moving. Try to imagine if there were Baseball cards for surfers,what would they look like.

[Jett129]

From my recent visit to WinStar Farm in Versailles,KY. 

[Jett129]

Another one from WinStar Farm. 

[Giles]

I'm assuming because that is KY, it is pronounced Ver-sales….

[Jett129]

That is 100% correct. Taking a break from drinking bourbon.

[weftyarn]

Stunning shots, @Jett129

How have you edited these? This B&W profile is so unique and recognizable. I love how it makes the details such as the facial muscles of the horse pop out.

[Jett129]

Thank you @weftyarn These are very edited,cropped etc. I tend to test everything I do to see how it might look in B&W,or if the color just isn’t working for me. While I have a plugin that gives me access to about 50 different analog B&W films,for this I just clicked B&W and proceeded to adjust the images accordingly.

[weftyarn]

The editing and cropping certainly didn't hurt - I love the result!

As my father likes to say: If it doesn't work in black & white, it won't work in color.

[weftyarn]

A few from my father's workshop, where we produced linoleum printed cards.
I'm 80% in front of a computer on work days and it's always refreshing, almost meditating, to produce something without any electricity involved (other than the room lighting) in my free time.

Applying color to the press, the linoleum cut already prepared

As orange as it gets….

Printing Process

Printed results after 1/2 colors