I was out yesterday morning with my over 60 yr old Jupiter-8 lens (50mm f/2) mounted on my Sony a7ii, and saw this vase of flowers in a store window, painted by the morning light.
I love how this old lens renders flowers!
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Patterns
Downtown a few days ago on a morning that became sunny after a brief rain. Plenty of rental bikes, and I like the patterned look they presented.
All images were created with my Sony a7ii body, and an old Soviet-era Jupiter 8 50mm lens, mounted via an adapter.
Downtown Early Again
I was near Union Station in Toronto around 6:40 this morning. Lovely early morning sun, and I couldn’t help accentuating in in post. Two images of the same building, both with some perspective distortion.
Both images taken with Sony a6100 body and 7Artisans 10mm f/3.5 lens.
It’s a Canadian Thing
By the shores of Lake Ontario here in Toronto this morning, around 6:40 am. I saw this Canadian flag, surrounded by Canada Geese, facing south.
Nice to see scenes like this one these days.
Old City Hall
I have lived in Toronto since the early 1980’s and I have never really been inside the old city hall. That was rectified yesterday morning.
The Old Train Turntable
Across from Rogers Centre in Toronto is an old Train Turntable. It was just screaming “wide angle” at me! yesterday morning!
A New Lens On a Sunny Day
Recently I have gotten new lenses for my APS-C (Crop Sensor) Sony a6100 camera body from 7Artisans and TTArtisans. These lenses are compact and lightweight, and deliver much better performance than their cost might indicate.
Yesterday my TTArtisan 35mm f/1.4 lens arrived. Only a bit over $100 Canadian! I immediately took it out for a spin. And I was really impressed! The lens is sharp, but in a pleasing, classic way. None of the sterile, clinical sharpness that is sadly the hallmark of a lot of expensive modern lenses.
And the colour rendition! I tend to shoot mainly black and white, but the way colours pop in this lens will have me shooting more colour in the near future!
Rainy Flowers In the Beaches
Last Sunday I went for a an early (pre 7 am) solo photo walk in the Beaches. It had rained a lot overnight, and the rain was just ending when I arrived. There was no shortage of plants with raindrops!
I used my Sony a6100 camera body and TTArtisan 50mm f/2 lens for these images.
Blurred
While running an errand downtown in Toronto last week I took the time to do some photography, and tried intentionally blurring people with a slow shutter speed at Union Station. Camera was my Sony a6100 and the lens was my 7Artisans 10mm f/3.5.
At the Rail Museum
The Halton Rail Museum (about an hour outside of Toronto) is run by volunteers. In a visit yesterday I saw this volunteer, in costume, a couple of minutes before he went to give a presentation to a group of visiting children.
My Third Eye 