...your call !

...this lovely lady walked into my studio a couple of weeks ago...wow !...she knew her STUFF... I'll bet I did not say 10 words to her, she went about her business, and in about 30 minutes we had a couple hundred great pix...you judge, your call...the Olympus EM5 with the Leica 25mm (50mm FOV) combo...stunning, thats a fack Jack !

...it can be addictive !

...this black and white thing...I mean so many possibilities, so little time...I shot a batch of this stuff in Cripple Creek last October 2011 with a Panasonic G3 and some sort of wide angle m4/3 lens...a huge batch...probably no one has seen this stuff, but me and one of my cats...such is life, so I thought I would play with the B/W thing again, in Silver Efex and finished it off with a Vignette Blur from Color Efex...I thought Vignette was a salad dressing...

...Silver EFEX PRO 2

...I must confess, I was in Santa Fe and a fellow photographer was displaying his New Mexican landscapes in black and white ...stunning......I took a guess and said "Silver EFEX ! ... yes ! ... I bought a copy, and needless to say I am a complete new-born when it comes to black and white and Silver EFEX...but here are a couple more pix from the Cordillera series processed with NIK Silver EFEX...and as you might guess the variations are endless..I will get better...enjoy

Cordillera

...yes, that mythical location that actually does NOT exist on a Colorado map, but everyone in Colorado knows where it is...this was an early fall day, and I love this site, junk cars, cabins, barns, manure, all natural  and all things horsey...sweet ! ...Beth  looks at me "why are we here?" and of course, I would not miss it for the world...I've probably shot this site at least 20 times over the years...each time its different, but one-day it will not be here...waiting...

...the pix of course are full color, and fun to play with in there own right, but I decided to whip these puppies into black and whites and see if I could get them to "bite"...the conversion was done with NIK ColorEfex, the blend was certainly nothing exotic, the camera was the Pentax K-01, shot in bright daylight, the lens was one of the Pentax Pancakes (I just love pancakes), and the results were, well again, you be the judge

...bet you have NOT seen this combo !

...I thought not...it's the Sony a65 matched with the Minolta F8 500mm Reflex (Mirror) (750mm FOV)...the Minolta has been around since the previous century and recently dis-continued by Sony in 2010...it probably was in production for over 30 years...but, here is the kicker, it's AUTOFOCUS...yep, AF and a speedy one at that !...even better, this lens has had the popularity of a wart-hog, until it was discontinued by Sony (thank you Sony)...it's now like a painter that has died, and gone whearever, the value has shot waaaaay up...up...and oh yeah, these guys were a long, long way off in the distance

...anyhow, it was a rare overcast afternoon, ISO set to either 400/800/1600 depending on the cloud density, all HANDHELD (750mm FOV)...and yes, oh yes, you CAN count the hairs on a Rhino's ass at 100m

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...Yarmouth in Boulder

...sometimes I get paid for my work...and this was one of those times !... the assignment was to photograph a residential "rowhouse" neighborhood recently completed in Boulder...I decided my weapon of choice would be my loving "knock your eyes out" Pentax K-01 mated with the Tamron f2.8 17-50mm (25~75mm FOV) lens. The Tamron has been around for years and ALWAYS receives rave reviews...

...the day was bright and dead calm...the results were quite colorful...check out the entire shoot at www.ronster.smugmug.com and enjoy...I certainly DID !

...Panasonic G5 in the Studio !

...well, never leaving dust to settle, it was time for a "Fresh" machine...the just released Panasonic G5, mated with the Leica 25mm (50mm FOV) Prime lens. A Killer Combo !...now, off to the studio, and a fresh victim... Blair is a lovely lady, and as such, took most of the work out of the shoot... re-freshing !

...the G5 Panasonic lived up to expectations, and more...a fresh 16mp sensor, 6fps, live-view and blah,blah,blah ... you know the routine...these new machines are really quite good and once they are mated with "gonzo" killer glass, well the rest is history ! ...check out the shoot at www.ronster.smugmug.com  and YOU decide ???