Category Archives: Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

Time for a Merlot

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Time for a Merlot, originally uploaded by jezza323.

I took this one in the rain, on a nice Sunday spent on a Niagara Wine Tour. The tour was great, it was a small group. We visited 4 wineries, and got an accidental (free) 3 wine tasting at lunch as well!

This shot was taken at the 2nd winery we visited, Reif Estate Winery in Niagara. They had there rows neatly labelled, which compelled me to take a photo. This is a single shot, taken with my Pentax K200D and Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens at 50mm and f3.5

As you can see it was early spring and the vines were just starting to shoot for the new season. I am looking forward to going back to the Niagara On The Lake area, maybe on a bicycle and having more of a look around.

HDR, Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

And The Sun Also Rises

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And The Sun Also Rises, originally uploaded by jezza323.

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This is a shot back from my Fog chasing morning in Brisbane. I only just realised I hadn’t posted it up here!

This was my favourite photo of the day, I hope you enjoy it too.

This was taken with my Pentax K200D body, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens. I took the shot with the exposure bias set to +2.0 EV, then took 3 exposures at +/- 2.0 EV, which meant I ended up with 0, +2 and +4 EV shots based on the camera’s inbuilt metering.

The reason for increasing the bias for this shot was because the shot was taken towards the sun, meaning the camera’s metering system would severely underexpose the foreground of the image, in an attempt to prevent the sun from blowing out too much. By altering the bias, I was able to get the detail in the foreground that I required.

I then used the LR/Enfuse plugin to Lightroom to blend the 3 exposures into the image you see here, along with a few final tweaks to the levels and cropping.

Architecture, HDR, Pentax K200D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

South African War Memorial, Toronto

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University Avenue Memorial, originally uploaded by jezza323.

This war memorial can be found at University Avenue and Queen Street West in Toronto. It is a memorial to all those who fought for Canada in the Boer War. The memorial was commissioned in 1910 and was designed by Walter Seymour Allward.

This is a HDR composed of 3 exposures, taken at +/- 2.0 EV using my Pentax K200D and Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens. I blended them using Photomatix, then made some adjustments to the final image in Lightroom.

Architecture, HDR, Pentax K200D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

Absent Photographer

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Absent Photographer, originally uploaded by jezza323.

Here is another quick capture from Saturday evening down at Niagara Falls. There are some really beautiful gardens in the parks by the Falls. This building with its garden and the tripod setup caught my attention for a nice image.

This is another HDR combined from 3 exposures taken at +/- 2.0 EV using Photomatix, and some minor tweaks in Lightroom. I took this using my Pentax K200D and Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens.

I am having some trouble with this lens at the moment, it is back focusing quite a lot, you can only notice it when using wider apertures and longer focal lengths, but I will need to do a bit of testing to see if it is just this lens, or my body. One or both may need some repair.

HDR, Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

Sir Isaac Brock Memorial

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Sir Isaac Brock Memorial 

Sir Isaac Brock Memorial, originally uploaded by jezza323.

This is a memorial at Niagara for Sir Isaac Brock, killed fighting in the war of 1812 between the British (Canada) and America.

We visited here over the Victoria Day long weekend for lunch at the adjacent restaurant whilst on a Niagara region wine tour. The wines were great! Definitely try some icewine if you haven’t already.

The scenery and buildings in the area were also amazing to see. We will definitely be returning to the area soon to visit all those areas we missed this time around.

This shot is a HDR composed of 3 exposures taken at +/- 2.0 EV with the Pentax K200D and Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens. The HDR was composed using Photomatix and minor adjustments made using Lightroom 3. I took this just after finishing lunch, after a small rainstorm passed through, leaving lovely wet paths which add to the effect.

HDR, Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

Early Morning Fog

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Early Morning Fog, originally uploaded by jezza323.

This is another foggy morning shot, not as much colour in this, but at least a bit of an object of interest to draw the eye.

This one was also taken with the Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens on a tripod. It is 3 shots taken at +/- 2.0 EV and blended using the LR/Enfuse plugin, which is a great plugin, highly recommend you try it out. You can try it for free, but only create 500px blends, and you can get yourself a key to unlock the plugin by donating to the project.

Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

Foggy Morning

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Foggy Morning, originally uploaded by jezza323.

A while back I went for an early morning fog chase. I have been meaning to do this for some time, but generally I find myself too asleep to get to it! On this particular morning though I was keen and ready to roll bright and early. It was a great fun morning driving around taking pics all over the place. Definitely worth doing if you can find the motivation.

This shot was the first stop once the light was good enough to actually see what was around. I quickly got out the tripod, set it up and took this shot with the Tamron 17-50mm lens mounted. After this I kept the camera mounted to the tripod, and tripod legs extended, and just popped it in/out of the car at each stop.

Landscapes, Pentax K200D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

Lake Wakatipu Shoreline

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Lake Wakatipu Shoreline, originally uploaded by jezza323.

This was breaking out the NDX400 filter in New Zealand. I went for a little walk along the shoreline of Lake Wakatipu and setup for some long exposures. This is looking up the lake towards the airport.

Taken with Pentax K200D and Tamron 17-50mm f2.8, Hoya NDX400 filter (9 stop ND), remote cable release and Slik 500DX Pro tripod. 3 shots taken at +/- 2.0 EV, blended using Photomatix and final processing in Lightroom 3

Motorsport, Pentax K200D, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

#24 – Lakeside Raceway

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#24 – Lakeside Raceway, originally uploaded by jezza323.

A good friend of mine finally finished piecing his new race car together, so I tagged along to a friday Lakeside practice with him for a shakedown run. Of course I took the camera along with, and managed to get a few shots in between his sessions. It was a bit overcast, dark and grey, but managed to get a few good shots in.

I took this one with the Pentax K200D and then Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens. You are very close to the action at this track so a long lens isnt really required, a 70-200mm would be about perfect I think.

Pentax K200D, Street Shots, Tamron 17-50mm f2.8

Sunday Morning Stroll

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Originally uploaded by jezza323

Went into the city on Sunday morning to collect some tv shows off my work pc and meaning to get some long exposure IR shots. As it turns out im far too lazy to lug my tripod around the city on a Sunday morning, so just took a couple of street shots instead.

I spotted these interesting shadows so was just waiting for the right person to come along to snap this shot.

Taken with the Pentax K200D and Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 lens @ 50mm f6.3, ISO 200 and 1/1250 shutter speed