wall art
One advantage of taking photographs and having a decent photo printer is the ability to create your own "free" wall art.
I say "free" as it's obviously far from it. Even discounting the cost of the camera and lens, oh and the printer of course, there's still paper and that complete and utter rip off that is printer ink. How they justify the cost of the latter I have literally zero idea.
But I digress.
Just recently I started experimenting with my Helios 44-2 lens which I modified by reversing the front element, together with a spring mounted Raynox DCR250 close-up filter and snapped some flowers in my garden.
We liked the final results so much that we decided to print some off to hang in our newly redecorated bedroom (see above and below).
If nothing else we now have some "art" that absolutely no one else (barring a massive coincidence) possesses.
Dear Nicky,
ReplyDeleteGreetings from Sarnie Pole (meaning Roe deer Field, not sandwiches up a pole), Zawory, Poland (google it and you'll find exactly where we are).
My Polish wife and I (a Brit of Polish extraction) moved north in 2020, 40 km from Gdansk, to be nearer the sea after living near Warsaw for over 20 years.
Recently came across your youtube channel, mainly due to your use of the Nikon D90 and D700, so finding your blog has encouraged me to contact you for some advice re the above.
I own a D90 (and D200), both gifted to me many years ago by a dear departed best friend of mine. In the good old days of film we had many photo outings (I with my FM2n, FA and F4, which I still have) and I'm considering getting back to using a full frame camera plus some of my old and perhaps, if I have enough money, newer AF lenses.
By way of this rather long winded introduction I would like to ask you whether buying, shooting, and printing from a D700 would be significantly different to what I presently achieve with my APS 12Mp D90? You said in one of your vids that the D90 had to go (after purchasing it and then replacing it with the D700 in 2022). Putting any bias aside, given that you love the D700, would my photography and resulting prints ( i really want to get back into doing my own prints) really benefit? From what you have posted on your blog I'm sensing the answer is yes.
I hope my question isn't too much like 'how long is a piece of string?', that you don't mind my asking my question here, and far more importantly, that you are back to best health as soon as possible.
Warmest regards,
Adam Kosterski
Tel +48 799 748 207
p.s. Forgot to add that I really admire your photography. Wonderful.
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hi Adam. here goes nothing! this may post, it may not.
ReplyDeleteMy first "serious" DSLR was a D90 way back in 2012. And it was a camera (with a Tamron 10-24 lens) that enabled some of my very best landscape shots. I was so happy with it it was the camera that was going to be tha backbone of a business I was planning, running guided tours and workshops in waterfall country here in the Brecon Beacons.
That sadly never came to fruition because of my own backbone breaking and although I'd traded the D90 for a D700 because I felt the need to "go full frame", what I would say after experiencing both now is keep the D90. yes the D700 is something special, but in terms of printing images I don't think you'd get that much more out of one. Far better in my opinion to put any money towards lenses and really enjoy the D90 for its compactness.
I made many (and sold a few) prints at 20"x16" from my D90. I couldn't really notice any real improvement with those from the D700. The D700 does have a more analogue, film like look, but when printing that goes out the window really - it;s a print!
Anyway, I hope that a) I haven't wasted my time typing this and b) that it's helpful. Glad you're enjoying the channel - I'll be back in September :-)