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    Drake reacted to adzman808 in Streetphotography (open thread)   
    On the Way Down by Adam Bonn, on Flickr
     
    Good ol' Porto light
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    Drake got a reaction from milandro in Still Life   
    Playing around with XPro 2 Advanced filter > Miniature setting - 18-55 with MCEX-16 extention tube
     

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    Drake got a reaction from claude in black and white (open thread)   
    Dogwood - Augusta, GA
     

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    Drake got a reaction from serdor in Still Life   
    I love the effect the 90mm lens achieves when shooting close up w/ wide apertures. I know that the Fuji is great for candids, portraits and landscapes, but I find this combination can be very effective for making still life images. 
     
    We have several fruit trees in our backyard and over the years, I end up shooting some of the fruit that ends up on our table. 
     
    A few others can be seen at my 500px account:  https://500px.com/dapop
     
     
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    Drake got a reaction from TClair in Still Life   
    I love the effect the 90mm lens achieves when shooting close up w/ wide apertures. I know that the Fuji is great for candids, portraits and landscapes, but I find this combination can be very effective for making still life images. 
     
    We have several fruit trees in our backyard and over the years, I end up shooting some of the fruit that ends up on our table. 
     
    A few others can be seen at my 500px account:  https://500px.com/dapop
     
     
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    Drake got a reaction from woodlander in Still Life   
    I love the effect the 90mm lens achieves when shooting close up w/ wide apertures. I know that the Fuji is great for candids, portraits and landscapes, but I find this combination can be very effective for making still life images. 
     
    We have several fruit trees in our backyard and over the years, I end up shooting some of the fruit that ends up on our table. 
     
    A few others can be seen at my 500px account:  https://500px.com/dapop
     
     
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    Drake reacted to danwells in XF200mmF2 Lens Rumors   
    The beauty of the APS-C sensor, combined with today's ISO performance, is that the 150mm front element isn't really necessary - in terms of light and reach, a 200mm f2.0 with a 1.4x (or a 300mm f2.8 used alone) is actually longer while letting in as much light as a 400mm f2.8 on full frame.
     
    Yes, I know that it has a stop less subject isolation (minus the effect of slightly increased length, so really 2/3 or 3/4 stop), but many sports photographers use a 400mm f2.8 because it's the longest lens that lets in that much light (under the artificial light of a stadium), not necessarily because of its rendering.
     
    One $5000 lens is a much more reasonable development effort than two lenses, one of which would be over $10,000.
     
    In terms of attracting pros, I'd far rather see Fuji either build some flashes or outsource the whole flash project than take on TWO exotic telephotos (and a first tilt/shift lens is probably more valuable than a SECOND exotic telephoto, unless they're saving the tilt/shift project for medium format)
     
    To have a true professional flash system, one that complements the lens range they've built, Fuji would need:
     
    A "flagship" flash with the features and power of Canon's and Nikon's best, with wireless capability, probably by radio
     
    A "step down" flash with a stop less power and minus some advanced features for a much more reasonable price (this is the soon to be introduced EF-X 500, assuming the quality is reasonable - I mention this because some of the Sunpaks aren't decent quality)
     
    A little wireless flash for fill light
     
    A commander unit (this and the little wireless flash could actually be the same device, if the costs could be gotten reasonable)
     
    Possibly a macro light
     
    All on the same wireless system, of course. Fuji could make a flash system like this, but they could also go to Metz or Phottix and just get them to make a Fuji-compatible version of what they already have. Leica has simply sold Metz flashes with Leica-compatible TTL for years, and nobody seems to care that most of the flashes don't say Leica (and it frees Leica up to do what they're good at).
     
     
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    Drake got a reaction from milandro in Flashpoint Streaklight 360   
    An update - terrific value. Attached is first pass at playing with the light. Set up included small, transparent umbrella and fill card. 
     
     

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    Drake got a reaction from claude in Still Life   
    I love the effect the 90mm lens achieves when shooting close up w/ wide apertures. I know that the Fuji is great for candids, portraits and landscapes, but I find this combination can be very effective for making still life images. 
     
    We have several fruit trees in our backyard and over the years, I end up shooting some of the fruit that ends up on our table. 
     
    A few others can be seen at my 500px account:  https://500px.com/dapop
     
     
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    Drake got a reaction from SauveGV in black and white (open thread)   
    Dogwood - Augusta, GA
     

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    Drake got a reaction from claude in black and white (open thread)   
    First image with X - T2 w/ 18-55 mm. Post processing in Pixelmator.
     
     

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    Drake got a reaction from Curiojo in black and white (open thread)   
    Dogwood - Augusta, GA
     

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    Drake got a reaction from milandro in black and white (open thread)   
    Dogwood - Augusta, GA
     

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    Drake got a reaction from johant in black and white (open thread)   
    Dogwood - Augusta, GA
     

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    Drake reacted to mbart in black and white (open thread)   
    Standing on the shoulder of giants by sgt.floydpepper.hh, auf Flickr
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    Drake got a reaction from Ms_Tex in black and white (open thread)   
    First image with X - T2 w/ 18-55 mm. Post processing in Pixelmator.
     
     

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    Drake got a reaction from Curiojo in black and white (open thread)   
    First image with X - T2 w/ 18-55 mm. Post processing in Pixelmator.
     
     

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    Drake got a reaction from milandro in black and white (open thread)   
    First image with X - T2 w/ 18-55 mm. Post processing in Pixelmator.
     
     

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    Drake reacted to Cornelson in black and white (open thread)   
    City

     
     
    Wysłane z iPad za pomocą Tapatalk
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    Drake got a reaction from renes in landscapes with fuji x   
    I mostly shoot still life & product. Made this just at the edge of my neighborhood in Novato, CA.  Nice morning light got me out with X-Pro-1 & new 14mm. Fun rig. 
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    Drake got a reaction from johant in Still Life   
    I love the effect the 90mm lens achieves when shooting close up w/ wide apertures. I know that the Fuji is great for candids, portraits and landscapes, but I find this combination can be very effective for making still life images. 
     
    We have several fruit trees in our backyard and over the years, I end up shooting some of the fruit that ends up on our table. 
     
    A few others can be seen at my 500px account:  https://500px.com/dapop
     
     
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    Drake got a reaction from George_P in Still Life   
    I love the effect the 90mm lens achieves when shooting close up w/ wide apertures. I know that the Fuji is great for candids, portraits and landscapes, but I find this combination can be very effective for making still life images. 
     
    We have several fruit trees in our backyard and over the years, I end up shooting some of the fruit that ends up on our table. 
     
    A few others can be seen at my 500px account:  https://500px.com/dapop
     
     
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    Drake reacted to 2.0 in Portraiture work, running topic   
    X-T1 :: Fujinon 1.2R @ 1.2 :: ISO 200 :: 1/420 
     

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    Drake reacted to PascallacsaP in Portraiture work, running topic   
    Foam portrait (X100S)
     

    Foam portrait by Pascal van Gerven, on Flickr
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    Drake reacted to jurgenonland in Favorite X-shot 2015: Share Yours!   
    XT-1 + XF10-24mm

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