Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Alexander Column's Angel
For those who missed Saturday's post about Samyang 800mm
Don't forget to checkout post about Mirror Lenses Samyang 800mm
Don't forget to checkout post about Mirror Lenses Samyang 800mm
Peter and Paul Cathedral's Angel
For those who missed Saturday's post about Samyang 800mm
Don't forget to checkout post about Mirror Lenses Samyang 800mm
Don't forget to checkout post about Mirror Lenses Samyang 800mm
Angel of Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
For those who missed Saturday's post about Samyang 800mm
Don't forget to checkout post about Mirror Lenses Samyang 800mm
Don't forget to checkout post about Mirror Lenses Samyang 800mm
Couple of posts will be automatically posted today (event this).
subj. Work week is started. Most of the post are created during the weekend and will be posted automatically.
Even this one.
Even this one.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Tomatoes on the Helsinki's market
Market,
Helsinki, Finland.
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
Helsinki, Finland.
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
Helsinki Cathedral
View on Helsinki Cathedral from the street (HDR)
Helsinki, Finland.
Technical details:
Qtpfsgui 1.9.3 tonemapping parameters:
Operator: Mantiuk
Parameters:
Contrast Mapping factor: 2
Saturation Factor: 2
Detail Factor: 2
PreGamma: 1
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
Helsinki, Finland.
Technical details:
Qtpfsgui 1.9.3 tonemapping parameters:
Operator: Mantiuk
Parameters:
Contrast Mapping factor: 2
Saturation Factor: 2
Detail Factor: 2
PreGamma: 1
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
Uspenski Cathedral, Helsinki
Uspenski Cathedral,
Helsinki, Finland
Uspenski Cathedral (HDR)
Technical details:
Qtpfsgui 1.9.3 tonemapping parameters:
Inside Uspenski Cathedral (HDR)
Technical details:
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
Helsinki, Finland
Uspenski Cathedral (HDR)
Technical details:
Qtpfsgui 1.9.3 tonemapping parameters:
Operator: Mantiuk
Parameters:
Contrast Mapping factor: 2
Saturation Factor: 2
Detail Factor: 2
PreGamma: 1
Technical details:
Qtpfsgui 1.9.3 tonemapping parameters:
Operator: Mantiuk
Parameters:
Contrast Mapping factor: 1.3
Saturation Factor: 1.5
Detail Factor: 2
PreGamma: 1
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
Around the Europe for 30 days, Helsinki (10-Sep-10), part 2
Helsinki Cathedral (Finnish: Helsingin tuomiokirkko or Suurkirkko, Swedish: Helsingfors domkyrka or Storkyrkan)
Helsinki, Finland.
More or less classic view on the Cathedral. The guy in the center is the Emperor Alexander II of Russia.
View on Cathedral's clock via lantern's decoration.
The square in front of Cathedral is called Senate Square. It was filled with bear statues:
As far as I remember, these bears was part of United Buddy Bears
installation. "Repect for all life" is the keyphrase of that organization.
From my point of view, these bears looked a little bit strange near the Cathedral:
Every bear was dedicated to single country. This one was dedicated to Cuba.
Bear that looked like famous Disney's Winnie The Pooh was dedicated to People Republic of China (don't ask me why):
This angry she-bear was dedicated to Russian Federation:
I was looking for a very long time this Russian bear: all countries were listed in alphabetical order, but I was not able to find Russian bear near letter "R". It was pretty obvious: countries were listed in Finnish alphabetical order and Finnish translation of "Russia" is "Venäjä". That's why I was not able to find Russian bear somewhere around "R" letter.
This one strange bear is dedicated to Belarus:
To be continued.
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
Helsinki, Finland.
More or less classic view on the Cathedral. The guy in the center is the Emperor Alexander II of Russia.
View on Cathedral's clock via lantern's decoration.
The square in front of Cathedral is called Senate Square. It was filled with bear statues:
As far as I remember, these bears was part of United Buddy Bears
installation. "Repect for all life" is the keyphrase of that organization.From my point of view, these bears looked a little bit strange near the Cathedral:
Every bear was dedicated to single country. This one was dedicated to Cuba.
Bear that looked like famous Disney's Winnie The Pooh was dedicated to People Republic of China (don't ask me why):
This angry she-bear was dedicated to Russian Federation:
I was looking for a very long time this Russian bear: all countries were listed in alphabetical order, but I was not able to find Russian bear near letter "R". It was pretty obvious: countries were listed in Finnish alphabetical order and Finnish translation of "Russia" is "Venäjä". That's why I was not able to find Russian bear somewhere around "R" letter.
This one strange bear is dedicated to Belarus:
To be continued.
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
Waiting for the tram
Tram stop
Helsinki, Finland.
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
Helsinki, Finland.
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
National Museum of Finland
National Museum of Finland
Helsinki, Finland
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
Helsinki, Finland
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
Helsinki Central Railway Station
Horizontal panorama, linear projection, no tripod
Vertical panorama of Central Railway Station's Tower in different projections: linear (left) and mercator (right).
Central Railway Station
Helsinki, Finland
P.S. You can always find all posts related to my trip if you will search posts by tag "around the europe".
Central Railway Station
Helsinki, Finland.
Vertical panorama of Central Railway Station's Tower in different projections: linear (left) and mercator (right).
Central Railway Station
Helsinki, Finland
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Bison bison × Bison bonasus
16 January 2010
Hybrids of european aurochs and american bison can be found in Toksovo.
Hybrids of european aurochs and american bison can be found in Toksovo.
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Mirror lenses: Samyang 800mm
There are a lot of 800mm mirror lenses (Samyang, Rokinon
, Vivitar
, Bower
, Phoenix
, Opteka
etc.) on the market and most of them are very similiar with the only one difference: label.
As you can see, these type of lenses costs around 200-300$. It is about 40-50 times less than price of Canon 800mm. Disadvantages: manual focus and absence of image stabilizer may make you crazy if you have no tripod.
Diameter: 105mm
As I've said already, it is pretty hard to use this lenses without tripod.
Samyang 800mm is mounted onto Canon EOS 450D via T-Mount -> EF
adapter:
You can also buy 2x converter
to get amazing 2560mm focal length
Install it and your camera and lenses will start looking like RPG 40 Antitank Grenade or some part of gas mask:
You can find sample photos that I have taken using my Canon EOS 450D camera with Samyang 800mm below.
Alexander Column's Angel (distance ~70m)
Saint Petersburg,
Russia.
Face of the Angel of Alexander Column (distance ~70m, Samyang 800mm + 2x extender). Yet another disadvantage: this type of lenses are not so sharp, but remember the price.
Saint Petersburg,
Russia.
View on the Admiralty building from Vosstaniya Square (distance ~2km, Samyang 800m + 2x extender)
Saint Petersburg,
Russia.
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral's Angel.
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
Crescent at the Mosque.
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral's Angel.
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral's Angel.
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
Saint Isaac's Cathedral and part of Peter and Paul Fortress
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
Alexander Column's Angel
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
Angel of Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
, Vivitar, Bower, Phoenix, Opteka etc.) on the market and most of them are very similiar with the only one difference: label.As you can see, these type of lenses costs around 200-300$. It is about 40-50 times less than price of Canon 800mm. Disadvantages: manual focus and absence of image stabilizer may make you crazy if you have no tripod.
Diameter: 105mm
As I've said already, it is pretty hard to use this lenses without tripod.
Samyang 800mm is mounted onto Canon EOS 450D via T-Mount -> EF
adapter:You can also buy 2x converter
to get amazing 2560mm focal lengthInstall it and your camera and lenses will start looking like RPG 40 Antitank Grenade or some part of gas mask:
You can find sample photos that I have taken using my Canon EOS 450D camera with Samyang 800mm below.
Alexander Column's Angel (distance ~70m)
Saint Petersburg,
Russia.
Face of the Angel of Alexander Column (distance ~70m, Samyang 800mm + 2x extender). Yet another disadvantage: this type of lenses are not so sharp, but remember the price.
Saint Petersburg,
Russia.
View on the Admiralty building from Vosstaniya Square (distance ~2km, Samyang 800m + 2x extender)
Saint Petersburg,
Russia.
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral's Angel.
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
Crescent at the Mosque.
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral's Angel.
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral's Angel.
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
Saint Isaac's Cathedral and part of Peter and Paul Fortress
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
Alexander Column's Angel
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
Angel of Lutheran Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Saint Petersburg,
Russia
You can take a look at comparison with Canon EF-S 55-250mm here: http://sahikon.blogspot.com/2011/10/canon-ef-s-55-250-vs-samyang-800-at.html
You can buy these lenses and accessories on Amazon:
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