28mm Walk around Orchard Down

After yesterday's 50mm walk, 28mm walk is a no-brainer today. Unfortunately, I still have no particular idea for today's photo. So I picked up the 28mm lens and had a walk after I got home this evening. This one is more pleasant than yesterday. It was the similar time (5:30pm-6:30pm), but the sun was much more cooperative and shined all the time. The lawn and garden around the Orchard Down has substantially less mosquitoes. There were lots of squirrels in the small woods and next time maybe I can take a 200mm walk.

One thing very good about this walk is that I got a deeper idea about the focus length. 28mm is more like a standard lens in APS frame camera. (Maybe 35mm is even better.) There is little chance to produce any wide-angle visual impact by it. But it gives you something really normal. (Maybe that will train my eye better?) My off-brand $17 28mm/2.8 lens performs respectfully. I shot a few 2.8 picture and it is sharp enough for me. The flare is serious though. But it is expected in the low sun and can be avoided with some care and my hand worked as shade for sometime. I am wondering how Pentax's SMC performs though.

I developed some more affection for the back-light. The leaves looks lovely light-green with back-lighting. And the back-light define the outline with a touch of gold.


(I think it is 2.8 although I am not sure. The camera does not get the aperture information of the MF lens and cannot record it.)