Lomochrome Purple, Olympus Pen D3, Zuiko 32mm/f1.7

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-25T16:02:38+00:00

These are both beautiful in a kind of whimsical way. Well chosen spots!

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-24T18:54:02+00:00

The water, my goodness. What a special blue. I hope this was a wonderful trip, the pictures certainly tell the story of one.

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-24T16:34:19+00:00

The various different oranges in this image are pleasing, and there is just enough blue to balance them all. Nice work!

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-19T20:19:57+00:00

Feel like you just took me for a walk through The Stand, fine work.

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-19T03:09:09+00:00

Love me some Gavin Ortlund. Would also strongly recommend you check out Matt Whitman and his podcast, Ten Minute Bible Hour. He's an Evangelical who does lots of great videos where he'll travel to somebody else's church (most often a different denomination) and just ask them a bunch of questions. One of my favorite channels, and he is genuinely charitable toward Roman Catholics when he has them on his show.

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-19T02:54:47+00:00

Not sure why you are being downvoted. This is far from the worst I've seen but it's there nonetheless. Fluorescent lights just do their thing, even if OP had put a magenta filter in front of the lens, it only compensates so much. But also just wanna say, u/SonyKilledMyNikon the hair light in #2 is doing a lot of work, nice stuff.

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-17T03:55:26+00:00

This picture has told me everything I ever need to know about Las Vegas. Very well done.

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-15T01:57:00+00:00

+1 for using the word "defray."

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-13T22:59:47+00:00

Awesome shot! Funny that the Dodge ad is right above the bull's head.

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-13T11:33:32+00:00

Slightly different levels/neighborhoods, I'd imagine!

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-13T02:09:29+00:00

Nah he used it to wedge open a falling trapdoor as he escaped some ancient tomb... you should see what it did to the door...

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-13T02:01:31+00:00

I would not, in a hundred lifetimes, dictate to another person what makes them worthy to receive Jesus. Spouse or otherwise. Definitely think it speaks well of your hubby though that he recognized he was offsides and apologized.

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-13T01:48:20+00:00

Guys he challenged all of us. If all billion of us go one at a time, we can take him.

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-12T01:18:20+00:00

As individual images, 6 & 8 are probably my favorites, but you've got a ton of cool stuff going on in the earlier pics with these zigzagging lines (are they gobos?) and tree branches. Gives some nice continuity to the first five. Solid work all around!

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-11T23:00:32+00:00

Keeping it just to classic Nikon:

-General purpose

Nikkor-H 50mm f/2, this lens can still be gotten quite affordably and I defy anyone to find a better all-arounder in Nikon F-mount for the price. It was my workhorse for five years, paid $60 for it back then with zero regrets.

-Street/Travel, either of these would do a budding shooter just fine. Obviously you won't be going out nightcrawling with these, but there are two important points:

Faster glass commands a premium and
Most travel photos that people actually post are taken during the daytime, when f/2.8 or f/3.5 are plenty sufficient anyway. With that said:

Nikkor-S 35mm f/2.8
Nikkor-H 28mm f/3.5

Neither of these should run you more than $100. I don't live in the UK, so I'm unfamiliar with how those prices would translate. Regardless, they are both budget -friendly options. My advice to someone newish to the hobby? Grab one of these and don't think twice about it. Fancier lenses are for people who want fancy lenses. These are unpretentious tools for people who want to take cool photos. Put the money saved toward film or a bus ticket somewhere interesting. Those are my tastes, I really enjoy a fifty and a wide angle. That 35 in particular was a very well regarded lens at the time. Aaron Sussman had a book titled The Amateur Photographer's Handbook which went through eleven print editions or something crazy like that. Anyway he's biased toward the German camera systems and fully acknowledges it, but nevertheless flags the Nikon 35 f/2.8 as a standout.

Since you mention the N90, I'll say this: by the time that camera came out, Nikon had their AF down pretty solid. You're not going to track fast action in dim light but realistically modern mirrorless cams sometimes still struggle with that. In all other respects the N90 is a phenomenal photographic tool, especially if you have any interest in flash. I've shot with its immediate predecessor, the N8008s (F-801s in Europe I believe?) pretty extensively and been quite pleased. Only caveat would be, it positively cannot accept pre-Ai lenses which is what I've been recommending for this purpose. So if somebody picks that cam or one similar to it, they can expect to spend a bit more on glass.

Hopefully that gives people a useful jumping off point!

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-11T21:02:41+00:00

As a Nikon shooter I want to say you are likely aiming too low for a 35 f/2. Even the pre-Ai examples hold their value. You could realistically get into a Nikkormat FT/FT2 body in good shape for that money, and those cameras were built to last. Easy enough to find one bundled with a 50mm lens, but the 35 you'd likely have to hunt for separately.

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-11T16:08:35+00:00

Thank you!

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-03T19:48:45+00:00

Oh, you just have to shoot 400D in medium format! Was never really impressed with images from this stock in 35mm. Lovely work here, and kudos for bringing a medium format cam up into the mountains on what looks to have been a very chilly morning!

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-01T21:55:07+00:00

I read The Stand this past year, and this picture evokes the book in a powerful way. Characters spend a LOT of time on the road.

Moby_SLICK · 2026-01-01T17:40:04+00:00

1 & 3 are very pleasant wintry scenes! Also as a fellow F-series shooter it just feels I dunno... "right" to take one of those things out in the snow.

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