Across from Rogers Centre in Toronto is an old Train Turntable. It was just screaming “wide angle” at me! yesterday morning!
The Old Train Turntable
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.
Two More Lenses From the Shelf
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!
Red
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.
Garden Ruins
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.
Reflections
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.
Salsa Festival
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.
My Third Eye 