Some family portraits with this lens. This is quickly becoming my favourite for its character. I used f1.4 for images 1, 2, 4, 7 and 8. The rest are at f2.0.
Thanks so much @gear-nut ! Yes, I love how this lens brings me, and hopefully others, to a place where a lens is appreciated for more than its sharpness!
urbanwild wrote:
Some family portraits with this lens. This is quickly becoming my favourite for its character. I used f1.4 for images 1, 2, 4, 7 and 8. The rest are at f2.0.
Thanks @Elijah - your images were largely responsible for me buying this lens and the 28mm! Appreciate the feedback. I agree I need to be more consistent so people know what to expect....trouble is, I haven't yet defined a style I'm committed to. I think I'm slowly migrating back to a more normal looking scene in most cases as with the images you pointed out, but it's tough to shake the feeling that I'm possibly missing something more artistic and of greater interest to others with the different edits.
Reading your reflections is helpful!
Cheers!
Elijah wrote:
Great shots! Not a fan of inconsistent post processing, I'd say stick to images like 3, 4, 5, 6. I used to do filters too... Kicking myself now badly
urbanwild wrote:
Thanks @Elijah@ - your images were largely responsible for me buying this lens and the 28mm! Appreciate the feedback. I agree I need to be more consistent so people know what to expect....trouble is, I haven't yet defined a style I'm committed to. I think I'm slowly migrating back to a more normal looking scene in most cases as with the images you pointed out, but it's tough to shake the feeling that I'm possibly missing something more artistic and of greater interest to others with the different edits.
Reading your reflections is helpful!
Cheers!
No worries, glad to be of value and contributor here!
However, lots of my work on here from years ago was cringe, especially in post processing and posing department
The reason why I said to stick to more natural looking post processing is 'coz those edits are timeless... They will never get old.
Years down the road you will still enjoy these moments without saying "daeym, I wish I had these RAW images so I could re-edit them 'coz my editing sucked back then"
Very true. My editing still stinks most of the time and I've found going back through some edits that I'm doing a quicker and better job with more natural edits today. I think I've realized that I need to do adjust the colour calibration sliders in LR right after exposure and WB settings until I'm happy with skin tones. From there I can fiddle with the rest of the scene. That's a change in workflow for me but will likely move me away from the temptations of presets. We'll give it a whirl - cheers!
I dont use any flash. I have one but it's usually stuck at home. When shooting flowers and such I rely heavilly on the live view and flip screen to get a low perspective and see what the background looks like. Postprocessing is done in Capture One only.
I dont use any flash. I have one but it's usually stuck at home. When shooting flowers and such I rely heavilly on the live view and flip screen to get a low perspective and see what the background looks like. Postprocessing is done in Capture One only.
Thanks so much @micke.vmix! So are you shooting within 2 hours of sunset / sunrise most of the time? You have good variety so I suspect not all are golden hour.
I was intrigued with Kathleen Clemons' work and she uses / promotes Lensbaby products. I thought about jumping on one or two of those lenses for that style but then I see your images and figure I should start using my 58mm more. What I find with the 58mm is that it doesn't have a great min focal distance. I haven't used it with the D500 yet.
Cheers!
micke.vmix wrote:
Thanks!!
I dont use any flash. I have one but it's usually stuck at home. When shooting flowers and such I rely heavilly on the live view and flip screen to get a low perspective and see what the background looks like. Postprocessing is done in Capture One only.
A few of those was shot close to sunset, yes. This lens is a bit weak at the close range but I like to explore it's "look" just there. Most of the shots are quite "heavily" edited in Capture One to get the end result.
For a bit of convenience and flexibility plus crop factorI use it on the D500 while the super sharp Zeiss lenses hang out on the D850.
Just to clarify:
If you look at the photos shot at proper distance from other users, it's an excellent one for portraits. Sharp, but with fantastic falloff and such. My style is not usually the one to judge this lens properly. I tend to use all lenses as macro lenses...
micke.vmix wrote:
A few of those was shot close to sunset, yes. This lens is a bit weak at the close range but I like to explore it's "look" just there. Most of the shots are quite "heavily" edited in Capture One to get the end result.
For a bit of convenience and flexibility plus crop factorI use it on the D500 while the super sharp Zeiss lenses hang out on the D850.
Just to clarify:
If you look at the photos shot at proper distance from other users, it's an excellent one for portraits. Sharp, but with fantastic falloff and such. My style is not usually the one to judge this lens properly. I tend to use all lenses as macro lenses... ...Show more →
