Yesterday I checked the BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) map and the overcast had just arrived and I waited for it to pass. And I didn't take a camera. That is a better walk for exercise. This morning the MAP was no help really, but I had pockets of sun which is a challenge and a good concentrator when out with a camera.
Most of the shots in this thread are with the tiny 28mm Summaron, with some unique and attractive characteristics for photographing bush landscapes, in portrait orientation. And it is very light. A black one would be lighter but they are rare and crazy expensive. The wider 25 or 21 might be better, but I liked the tiny Summaron for a walk.
This morning I went out with the 90mm Macro Elmar, with my 50 Elmar M cylindrical hood, rather than the large conical black hood made for the lens. This lens is really very sharp. And in chrome, quite heavy. I was thinking I might see a bird or something interesting on the river. But it was trees again. I don't like to be seen on my usual patch pointing a longer lens at the girls rowing, even if my shot might only be for composition or movement or whatever.
Here again is the star tree in this thread in the slivery morning light and it may not show up here but at 1/1000s this is very very sharp. I find with digital with a 90, 1/250s is needed hand held for a sharp picture.
This one is a tree I've paid little attention to. As I referred to earlier in the thread, some aspects of these trees seem to be to avoid notice. The notion of a predator of the tree above seems at first ridiculous. But Cockatoos in particular can strip trees of bark and cause a lot of damage. This little tree reminded me of something, perhaps architectural. A friend of mine designed a university building clad in round moveable glass discs containing photovoltaic cells and the discs rotate to maximise the sunlight captured. That technology supplies a lot of the daytime electricity needs of the building. But that wasn't it: the tiles on the space shuttle, at the end of a mission, is what fits the look, and possibly purpose of this. It blends in so well with its surroundings that perhaps it has engineered its bark to avoid the damage from strong beaked birds. When they do come this brick like defence might be off-putting. You can't strip it, but only chisel off a small tile, one at a time.
The last one is a more photography, just, than lens test or forensic. (Barnwulf would have admonished me for the bright highlight at the edge of the frame. More work in Lightroom could fix it. Then again, it's almost like a portrait. Never mind.) I didn't think I'd get anything at all on the narrow path with a 90mm lens. You never know what can be done till you try it. I was able to get quite a long way back for this shot..
