Art Critique
Mike Andrew Yood
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From a hike in Thatcher State Park outside of Albany, NY on Wednesday. I was testing out my 18 year old recently repaired by myself, Nikon 24mm-70mm f2.8 lens. 2 weeks ago I had dropped it shatterring the filter. I had picked out all of the filter glass but the ring was bent and I could not remove the ring. I finally found the right YouTube video and after purchasing a lockable needle nose pliars I was able to free the ring from the lens and fortunately I did not scratch the lens. Here are some of the results.

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Hans Claesson2d ago

I like the contrast, tonal range and composition best in nr 3 and 4

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Bill Richards2d ago

Eighteen years and you brought that lens back. Now it gets to see Thatcher State Park with you, and that feels like the right kind of story.

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Mitch Miller | Fine Earth Photography12d ago

I'm glad you could fix it!

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Tavares Gibson2d ago

That first frame caught what a lot of people miss when they're testing a lens after a repair, you were actually looking at something, not just pixel-peeping. The composition holds. I've had filter rings seize like that and the YouTube rabbit hole you describe is real, I spent an entire afternoon once watching videos before I touched anything. You came out ahead.

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Tim Jeltema2d ago

Bummer but sounds like a strong recovery. Good job.

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Rick Thome12d ago

I like them all, but the first one stands out to me. Nice job 👍📷

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Hollis Vance2d ago

That repair sounds nerve-wracking. I've never had to deal with a stuck filter ring but I can picture exactly how careful you'd have to be with those pliers, one twitch away from a real problem. Glad the glass came through clean.

I spent a couple days at Thatcher Park years ago with a pochade box. The overlooks up there are something, especially late afternoon when the light starts to warm up and those valley shadows stretch out. Good territory for testing a lens.

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