The other day I went out to Riverdale Farm with two more old former Soviet Union lenses that have been sitting on the shelf for ages: my 50mm f/2 Jupiter 8 and 50mm f/3.5 Industar 22. Both delivered better results than I expected!
Back to images from Rosetta McClain Gardens from Sunday morning. Again, the light was dark and moody, and as a result the colours were just popping. I was especially blown away by how the reds were glowing under the dark sky.
All I did with these images as adjust the exposure a bit and add slight vignette. No colour trickery; nature did the rest!
I took all three images with my Sony a6100 and TTArtisans 27mm f/2.8 AF lens.
Yesterday morning I was with photography friends in Rosetta McClain Gardens in Scarborough, Ontario. The light from an approaching rain storm was gloomy and ominous. Utterly amazing light.
I though this image of a ruined cottage on site (taken with my lomo “Cookie” lens) would work well with a pictorial treatment.
I was downtown here in Toronto yesterday for the Classic Camera Revival Podcast 10 year anniversary photo walk. I was shooting again with my vintage Soviet-era Industar 61 L/D 55mm f/2.8 lens. I love how this lens is very sharp, but still renders in a pleasing way. This scene of reflections caught my eye.
A lot of colour (and heat!) at the Salsa street festival in Toronto yesterday! All images taken with my Sony a7ii and Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 lens.
Yesterday, along with other members of the Wednesday Photo gang, we went inside the Daniels Building (University of Toronto, School of Architecture). With no students around, there were plenty of very quiet spaces.
I took both images with my Sony a6100 body, and 18mm f/6.3 II 7 Artisans lens.
I forgot to put an SD card in my Sony a6100 this morning, so when I got to the Beaches I found out it would be an iPhone-only outing. But I did get a Pictorial-style Pano image I quite like!
Sitting out back a few days, with the petzval lens of course. Sony a7ii body.
Yesterday I went to nearby Withrow Park with my Lomography 55mm f/1.7 MK II Petzval lens in hand. I was in a Pictorial mood again.
It was back to Williamson Park Ravine yesterday here in Toronto. In this black and white image I like that two of my fellow photographers are available, to give a sense of scale:
In this second image I am experimenting with a vintage pictorial look.
I used my Sony a6100 body and Ziltrox 20mm f/2.8 lens for both images.
My Third Eye 