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GoneOffShore

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13. Brilliant photos - and thanks for the tips.

Reply to Gato Moteado (Reply #10)

Tue Oct 31, 2023, 01:56 AM

Oct 2023

The 105 was given to me, and so there's no sunk cost involved.
Street photography and urban landscapes are my passion, so I'm going to pass the lens on to someone who can get use out of it.

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I took this photo back in Nov/2011 and recently encountered it in my dusty archives. [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 OP

Looks like my flox right now. Bluethroughu Oct 2023 #1

How lovely for you! It doesn't take much to brighten the landscape. ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #2

They are on their way out, the cold is blowing in and the flowers Bluethroughu Oct 2023 #3

Lovely photo. And congrats on getting the bokeh and the focus. GoneOffShore Oct 2023 #4

what do you mean when you say the lens is touchy? Gato Moteado Oct 2023 #6

Impossible to use handheld. GoneOffShore Oct 2023 #7

ah....ok, i understand....it's the fact that you are very close to your subject...not an issue with the lens..... Gato Moteado Oct 2023 #10

Brilliant photos - and thanks for the tips. GoneOffShore Oct 2023 #13

cool....what kind of gear do you use? Gato Moteado Oct 2023 #14

Canon 70D with a Sigma 30mm 1.4 usually, though sometimes a Canon 18-135mm GoneOffShore Nov 2023 #15

great work! i just followed you on IG Gato Moteado Nov 2023 #16

Thank you. There is a second IG account that Mrs GoS and I are doing together GoneOffShore Nov 2023 #17

great photos....i'm following you there as well Gato Moteado Nov 2023 #18

Thanks so much, my dear GoneOffShore! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #8

That is a great photo Peggy! Callalily Oct 2023 #5

Thank you so much, my dear Callalily! GMTA! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #9

great shot, peg.....do you miss your nikon? Gato Moteado Oct 2023 #11

Thanks so much, dear Gato! I don't really miss it. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2023 #12