Went on a photo spree today

[MissHoneychurch]

and practiced using my new wide angle lens. Here are some and some more :) of the pictures. I am happy about comments and more tips

Inside a new mall (opened last year)











Inside the cathedral








Along the river Main











At an old port









This is my favorite picture from today

[Blue_In_AK]

1. These are great!

It looks like you're really catching on to the possibilities. Good job. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

2. Thanks Blue

it was gorgeous weather and I loved playing with the camera. All in all was it a successful day :D

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

3. good work

that article help out?

[MissHoneychurch]

4. Thank you WJMS

And yes, that article helped a lot. I took some of the pictures the way I did because of the article. Thanks again for sending me the link.

[Mira]

5. Some of the finest I have seen you do...

very impressive. Now I want a lens like that, too. Such as IMMEDIATELY.
I'm excited with you, and proud with you.

And I will look in your previous thread what WJMS sent you that helped this much in grasping the concept.

[MissHoneychurch]

7. Thank you so much Mira

:blush: I sure had fun today. And got some odd looks from people passing by when I was crouching on the floor .... LOL

This is the link WJMS sent me http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/how-to-use-ultra-wide-lenses.htm in a pm :)

In between I was thinking how much money I was carrying with me today with this camera and lens. I am glad I am able to pay off the lens with a monthly fee for a year. Otherwise I wouldn't have been able to pay for it. *GULP* But we all know that our hobby isn't the cheapest.

[Mira]

9. Am reading now. Thank you so very much MissH. !!!

I feel like I'm inside the scenes of most of your photos. I keep looking at them.

[MissHoneychurch]

11. Seems like

I made something right :D

[HarveyDarkey]

6. I think you've got the hang of it

They're all nicely done. I really like the one of the flowers along the canal, with the city in the background.

[MissHoneychurch]

8. Thank you Harvey

in two weeks I will go on a very interesting vacation, I wanted to be used to the lens till then. So today way the perfect time to learn to use it.

The picture you mean I like a lot too. It also was one of the last pictures I took as my battery died and I didn't take a substitute battery with me .... stupid me.

[NV Whino]

10. I love those mall shots

and the cathedral, and... well you get the idea. Have fun!

[MissHoneychurch]

12. Thank you NV Whino

I am fascinated by the mall. Some people here don't like it, but I love modern architecture. I took a bunch more, I will post them sooner or later. Thanks to the stores being closed Sundays in Germany there were barely any people there. During the week this mall is full.

And the cathedral. With this lens I am finally able to take good shots in churches that show the grandness of those buildings.

[JeffR]

13. A lot of fine shots here.

The world looks different through a wide-angle, and once you get hooked on it it's addictive. You're wasting no time getting comfortable with the lens, and it's serving your eye well.

[MissHoneychurch]

14. Thank you Jeff

You are right, the world looks very different. And I had to really look and find a good position to take a picture that doesn't look too boring.

[JeffR]

25. It really does prompt a lot of thought about where you shoot a scene from.

It's always nice to see someone else here taking the plunge and shooting wide. Please keep them coming!

[Blue_Tires]

15. so what are the advantages of a wide-angle lens?

Great shots...

I had to look up the company in that last photo: http://www.voegele.info/en/index.html

[MissHoneychurch]

16. To take pictures like this

Standing very close to an object and still get the whole object in the picture



took it btw just for you :)

[Blue_Tires]

18. I thought I recognized that bus from somewhere!

What was in that Konami store at the mall? video games?

And even in the older, industrial photos, I'm impressed that there is so little litter...

[MissHoneychurch]

20. Honestly

I have no idea what the Konami store sells ... have to check it out.

The industrial pictures were taken at the old port which is public area now and a lot of people were walking there. So yes, it is kept clean too.

[Mira]

27. This is in Germany. Nuff said. N/T

[Mira]

17. Their name: Voegele: means "little bird".

RIIIIIGHT. Little birds indeed.

[Mira]

19. Please, MissHoneychurch, tell me once more

what exact lens you bought. I looked three times for where you announced the impending purchase, and not my eyes are blurry and I could not find it.
Reading the link you shared and looking at the pictures I am getting a grip on what it does and how, and I want to know which one you bought.
Thank you in advance. Sorry I'm so blind today, will probably see it plain as day soon.......like...right after I send this.

[MissHoneychurch]

21. Here is the link to the announcment

that I bought the lens :)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=280&topic_id=71940&mesg_id=71940

[alfredo]

22. Beautiful.

[MissHoneychurch]

23. Thank you alfredo

I am really glad that I used the lens correctly and that I was able to take those pictures. And the praise from all the way better photographers here feels very good.

[alfredo]

24. You got to have good glass. I bet the architect would look

at your images and say, "she understands what I wanted to convey."

You seem to enjoy the new world a wide angle opens.

[Mira]

28. Apropos comment - Alfredo. N/t

[qnr]

26. Beautiful photographs of fascinating and lovely subjects. That second from

the last one is intriguing, it almost looks like a mechanical beast.

[JeffR]

29. Had to look in again on these

Fourth one down, beautiful - everything a wide-angle does well, utilized well. Great example of a fine wide-angle composition.

So is the first one, though with more subtlety. Terrific work.

[MissHoneychurch]

30. Wow, thank you Jeff

:blush: