yOOrek's Rants'n Raves » Sigma 10-20mm http://blog.yoorek.com The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven. Sun, 02 Oct 2011 12:40:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sunset at Le Lac du Plafond http://blog.yoorek.com/2009/04/04/sunset-at-le-lac-du-plafond/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2009/04/04/sunset-at-le-lac-du-plafond/#comments Sat, 04 Apr 2009 19:18:59 +0000 yOOrek http://blog.yoorek.com/2009/04/04/sunset-at-le-lac-du-plafond/ This is what some lateral thinking might lead to. A perfect sunset at the lake. The water is just right, the cloudage is just right. As a matter of fact, I think everything is just right.

Sunset at Le Lac du Plafond

Sunset at Le Lac du Plafond Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, April 2009 

Fantastic cloudage, distant shoreline, and a milky water surface at le Lac du Plafond.

• NIKON D50 • 1/100 sec at f/5.6 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • no flash • 10-20 mm f/4-5.6 @ 10 mm •

2009-04-04-1311-2690

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Alien cloudage

Alien cloudage Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, April 2009 

Nuff said.

• NIKON D50 • 1/80 sec at f/5.6 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • no flash • 10-20 mm f/4-5.6 @ 20 mm •

2009-04-04-1313-5250

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2009/04/04/alien-cloudage/feed/ 0 What a difference a well done preset makes http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/10/29/what-a-difference-a-well-done-preset-makes/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/10/29/what-a-difference-a-well-done-preset-makes/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 00:36:11 +0000 yOOrek http://yoorek.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/what-a-difference-a-well-done-preset-makes/ I came across a site, www.presetsheaven.com, that hosts quite a number of Lightroom presets. One of them, PH Naturally BW has been used to post process this photo. I also used Adobe Camera Portrait Beta 2 profile. Rather nice end result, wouldn’t you say?

On a slightly different note, all is coming nicely together for me on the photography front. LR2.1 has been released recently. I do not experience any problems with it whatsoever. LR export plugins are doing their job of uploading the photos to Flickr™ or Zenfolio very nicely. All my uploaded photos have proper title, complex, automatically generated caption, plus a discrete watermark is applied (and I am not talking about the copyright text in the right bottom corner). I have to admit that my photographic work flow has evolved into something I’m very happy and content with.

To make things even better, after the move, when unpacking some boxes I didn’t even realized still existed, I came across an old set of Cokin filters I used in my film camera days. And guess what? The filter adapter is 72mm (perfect for my Sigma 10-20), the stash includes couple of soft edge ND grad filters (recently I was thinking of getting them). A polarizer (although it is not circular polarizer so this is of limited, if any use on digital camera). And I thought they were all lost when we moved from the land of OZ to Switzerland.

Life is full of surprises.

Maya (B&W)

Maya (B&W) Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Winterthur, Switzerland, October 2008

Maya before going to a coctail party in Zürich.

Post processing in Lightroom 2.1. Preset used – PH Naturally BW from www.presetsheaven.com/

• NIKON D50 • 1/400 sec at f/4.5 (0 EV) • ISO 400 • Spot metering • Shutter priority • flash fired • 18-70 mm f/3.5-4.5 @ 70 mm •

2008-10-24-1949-23

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And what stuff are You on?

And what stuff are You on? Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Wallhausen, Germany, June 2008

Grass helps countless humans to see world differently. What’s your vice?

• NIKON D50 • 1/400 sec at f/9.0 (0 EV) • ISO 200 • Pattern metering • Manual • no flash • 10-20 mm f/4-5.6 @ 10 mm •

2008-06-22-1511-10

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Vertigo

Vertigo Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Wallhausen, Germany, June 2008

Vertigo is the sensation of spinning or swaying while the body is actually stationary with respect to the surroundings.

There are two types of vertigo: subjective and objective. There is a subjective vertigo when a person has a false sensation of movement. In the case of objective vertigo, the surroundings appear to move past a person’s field of vision.

The effects of vertigo may be slight. It can cause nausea and vomiting and, in severe cases, it may give rise to difficulties with standing and walking.

• NIKON D50
• 1/320 sec at f/9.0 (0 EV)
• ISO200
• Pattern metering
• Manual
• no flash
• 10-20 mm f/4-5.6 @ 10 mm

2008-06-14-1556-30

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/09/20/vertigo/feed/ 0 Car of my childhood dreams http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/05/26/car-of-my-childhood-dreams/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/05/26/car-of-my-childhood-dreams/#comments Sun, 25 May 2008 23:58:02 +0000 yOOrek http://yoorek.wordpress.com/2008/05/26/car-of-my-childhood-dreams/ When I was a child I wanted to have one of these cars. I still do. Even thirty years later its shape does not look out of place. In its days it was at the forefront of technological thought. Hydraulic suspension, aerodynamic shape that would put a lot of modern cars to shame in a wind tunnel, and even mechanically controlled driving lights that followed the direction of front wheels to light the bends in the road.
Vive la France et la difference.

Citroen DS

Citroen DS Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek: 

Classic of French auto industry. In its days it was at the forefront of technical design. It is amazing to see them still being driven today. Notice one of the driving lights following the direction of front wheels. Citroen had this 30 years ago.
2008-05-25-1818-13 

See more of this car in my ‘Old timers Set‘ on Flickr

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Taken with my new Sigma 10-20mm lens.

Things that go 'moo' in the hills

Things that go ‘moo’ in the hills Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Taken in the nearby hills. These things are responsible for waking us up in the middle of the night with the sound of their cow bells.
2008-05-12-1814-12

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Going low and wide

Going low and wide Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek:

Taken with Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 DC EX HSM lens. Post-processing in Lightroom.
2008-05-10-1750-41

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Hugging the trees with Sigma 10-20mm lens

Hugging the trees with Sigma 10-20mm lens Originally uploaded by yOOrek

Original comments by yOOrek: 

2008-05-10-1800-53 

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]]> http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/05/11/hugging-the-trees-with-sigma-10-20mm-lens/feed/ 0 R U S H I N G . A W A Y http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/02/18/r-u-s-h-i-n-g-a-w-a-y/ http://blog.yoorek.com/2008/02/18/r-u-s-h-i-n-g-a-w-a-y/#comments Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:20:00 +0000 yOOrek http://yoorek.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/r-u-s-h-i-n-g-a-w-a-y/ Another great photograph taken with Sigma 10-20mm. This lens is a definite buy.

R U S H I N G . A W A Y

R U S H I N G . A W A Y Originally uploaded by tatcom

Original comments by tatcom:

Wall Street Subway Station, New York

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