I will add a comment that will be unpopular but here goes: I will go to the mat claiming both of the two previous portraits are superior to anything I've seen come out of the 50/1.2S...
What I disagree is the comparison statement, especially with a word like ‘superior’, which suggests objective evaluation. Though it may be your opinion, it is not factual, and seems unnecessary. Also, statement of this nature may be read as offensive to portraits and their photographers of 50/1.2 thread.
I see a very small black horizontal line on all of your photos, the easiest is on her left cheek and under his left eyeglass lens -- are those dead pixels or some kind of watermark you add?
gear-nut wrote:
I see a very small black horizontal line on all of your photos, the easiest is on her left cheek and under his left eyeglass lens -- are those dead pixels or some kind of watermark you add?
I can't tell, thank you for noticing it but I just can't see it even on the full size pics
GiovanniAprea wrote:
I can't tell, thank you for noticing it but I just can't see it even on the full size pics
Interesting -- it's plainly visible on my laptop retina display and in the same spot in the images, but it also moves with the image as I scroll so it's some image artifact and not my screen. However on my main editing machine non-retina, they are not there. I do know this site has retina issues and this may be another one.
Great photos, it’s a beautiful aesthetic! How are you achieving this? Are you lighting these scenes? Are you using effect filters? Post-processing? Or is this just how the lens looks wide open in the perfect light?
CKrueger wrote:
Great photos, it’s a beautiful aesthetic! How are you achieving this? Are you lighting these scenes? Are you using effect filters? Post-processing? Or is this just how the lens looks wide open in the perfect light?
Thanks!!
I usually just like to play with position of the subject and the look of the background to start with. Live view is a blessed thing here. I often put the camera on the ground to get some background light through the forest and such.
But it's only natural light. Postprocessing is done in Capture One only.
I really like the look that this lens creates close up.
I usually just like to play with position of the subject and the look of the background to start with. Live view is a blessed thing here. I often put the camera on the ground to get some background light through the forest and such.
But it's only natural light. Postprocessing is done in Capture One only.
I really like the look that this lens creates close up.
That’s really heartening to know that your photos are lightly processed. Thank you!
I recently bought a GFX100S, and I mostly adapt lenses rather than buy the (very expensive) native lenses. I have been looking for a 50mm-ish lens, and I came across many of your photos on Flickr while looking at the 58/1.4. There are no shortage of great photos taken with the 58/1.4, but the look you create with the 58/1.4 is exactly what I’m going for, and sold me on the lens.
My 58/1.4 just arrived yesterday, and while autofocus has been a bit challenging on the GFX100S, it seems to perform well even in the extended corners. I’m very excited to get it outdoors as winter begins to roll in, as it seems like it’ll do a great job of softening the barren tree branches that typically clutter my winter photos.
