*** January 2025 Image and Video Thread ***

[xaviergut]

This is a great shot.. could be the opening scene from a Cohen Brothers movie.. and possibly a dramatic Metaphor for life itself... (Whoa..! bit deep. )

Hahaha thank you, Bill!

 

[pdk42]

Got a few shots in on the drive to Wichita today, this is the one that worked out:

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20250129-SDIM3030 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
Sigma fp, Konica Hexanon 28/3.5

One think I love about the plains are the wide-open skies.

I am a lineman for the county,
And I drive the main road,
Searching in the sun for another overload,
I hear you singing in the wire.
I can hear you thru the whine
And the Wichita Lineman
Is still on the line.

Such a great song, and your shot evokes it perfectly!

 

[Travis Butler]

I am a lineman for the county,
And I drive the main road,
Searching in the sun for another overload,
I hear you singing in the wire.
I can hear you thru the whine
And the Wichita Lineman
Is still on the line.

Such a great song, and your shot evokes it perfectly!

I thank you very much for your kind words. But there are other spots on the Wichita Drive that I think might fit better...


20201011-PA115543 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
E-M1 II, Yashinon DX 50/1.4


20201011-PA115562 by Travis Butler, on Flickr
E-M1 II, Minolta MC Rokkor-PG 50/1.4

 

[Vale46]

• Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
• 28-45mm F1.8 DG DN | Art 024
• 45.0 mm
• ƒ/1.8
• 1/80 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• -0.3
• ISO 100

 

[Markuswelder]

It's that time of the year again for my favorite annual car show. Absolutely love it, go every year if I'm in the country. Shot with my adapted El Cheapo EF 40mm pancake. Mostly wide open. It has a little bit of magic about it, that tiny little lens.

• Panasonic - DC-S5
• 40.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/2500 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• 0.3
• ISO 100

• Panasonic - DC-S5
• 40.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/4000 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• 0.3
• ISO 100

• Panasonic - DC-S5
• 40.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/1000 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• -0.3
• ISO 100

 

[Markuswelder]

• Panasonic - DC-S5
• 40.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/1600 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• 0.3
• ISO 100

• Panasonic - DC-S5
• 40.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/1300 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• -1
• ISO 100

• Panasonic - DC-S5
• 40.0 mm
• ƒ/2.8
• 1/3200 sec
• Pattern
• Auto exposure
• -1
• ISO 100

 

[JohnnyMauser]

So i bought a flash and am experimenting

• Panasonic - DC-S5M2X
• 100.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/500 sec
• Pattern
• Manual exposure
• ISO 200

 

[Jonathan-Mac]

I am a lineman for the county,
And I drive the main road,
Searching in the sun for another overload,
I hear you singing in the wire.
I can hear you thru the whine
And the Wichita Lineman
Is still on the line.

Such a great song, and your shot evokes it perfectly!

If you like the song you should track down a copy of REM's version (I think it's a live performance). It's definitely the best version of the song.

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I agree on the 40mm judging by that first shot - sharp and contrasty with just enough shallow depth of field to throw the background slightly out of focus.