@ Morfeus: Thanks for the comments. IMO your portraits work on a level that makes the viewer feel as if they can interact and converse with the subject. No mean feat.
Interesting comment, Bob. Indeed I had a non verbal conversation with each and every person in those images. It would have been impossible for me to take those photos without that, as all those situations where extremely touching.
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Good stuff in here guys with some interesting lenses for me to consider.
Thanks Carsten & Gunzorro - it's Scotland. #1 is Loch Sheil (Highlander movie), #2 is the Cuillin mountains on Isle of Skye and #3 is Loch Duich and the Five Sisters of Kintail (mountain range).
I don't think I'll ever give this lens up. Sure there are some better 50s out there but this one strikes a nice chord between quickness and being petite. Its also quite sharp at macro distance on tubes at f/4 and beyond. A nice glow at f/1.7 to f/2.
I don't think I'll ever give this lens up. Sure there are some better 50s out there but this one strikes a nice chord between quickness and being petite. Its also quite sharp at macro distance on tubes at f/4 and beyond. A nice glow at f/1.7 to f/2.
4-shot pano with the 80-200/4 hand held, 80mm horizontal, 1/250 @ f/8, ISO 200. Processed in LR for exposure and converting to jpg, then imported to PSE8. I'm impressed how well PSE8 does at stitching together the images -- only one glitch with the man's legs melting into another dimension (and he lost his wife to his left).
Actually, I prefer to shoot with hand held spontaneity, "kamakizi-style". Many of my subjects require slower shutter speed and low ISO, so I use a tripod quite a bit of the time. But if I have a "choice", I hand hold.
PS -- Here's one showing the barrel distortion at 80mm that I mentioned earlier. In film days, this distortion, as well as the vignetting at f/4-5.6, would have be a terrible hindrance to using this lens. Today, thanks to computer PP, it is relatively simple to remove in LR3. Luckily, this lens is sharp (which is very hard to improve in PP) and has great color (can be fixed in PP, but a challenge with some subjects). Personally, I'll take some distortion and light fall-off any day! (And, no -- I didn't stand outside the door for hours waiting for the shot with my raincoat open -- I wasn't wearing a raincoat.)
PSS -- Okay! I've upgraded my Photobucket account, since I exceeded the amount of publishing on the free account! Ah, sweet Ego!
Here's another variation of the Victoria's Secret store.
Both are hand held, ISO 200, and AWB (no color adjusting) with 1Ds2. The one above is 80mm, 1/125 @ f/8, with minor PP in LR3.
This second shot was taken immediately after the above, at 200mm, 1/160 @ f/8, with slightly more extensive PP (+0.6 EV), including using the Canon 70-300/4-5.6 IS USM profile to remove the pincushion and other elements. Still no color adjusting -- I like the warm tungsten over daylight/FL influence.
