ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
p.381 #1ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Well my ZF.2 21mm F2.8 just came in. I promptly and extremely easily adapted it for my Sony A850. Now I'm just waiting for my CPU chip to arrive so I can use steady shot. Slightly worried I had to get it programmed for 22mm but shouldn't be a big deal.
I couldn't wait to try it out so even though it was 7:30pm overcast AND raining, I went shooting. One hand holding camera, other hand holding umbrella trying to focus with it... and shooting at 1/30 or 1/15. Not the best shooting conditions so you'll have to forgive these three ham fisted shots.
_DSC2261.jpg by jaetography, on Flickr
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I couldn't wait to try it out so even though it was 7:30pm overcast AND raining, I went shooting. One hand holding camera, other hand holding umbrella trying to focus with it... and shooting at 1/30 or 1/15. Not the best shooting conditions so you'll have to forgive these three ham fisted shots.
_DSC2261.jpg by jaetography, on Flickr
_DSC2225.jpg by jaetography, on Flickr
_DSC2214.jpg by jaetography, on Flickr
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Jun 14, 2011 at 06:35 PM
p.381 #2ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Thanks Jim and Abhijeeth.
Negative space has been on my mind lately so I have been trying to incorporate it more often.
Negative space has been on my mind lately so I have been trying to incorporate it more often.
Jun 14, 2011 at 06:37 PM
p.381 #3ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
abhijeeth wrote:
prosep: interesting shot of the falls in Yellowstone. Taken from Artist Point? When did you go? Nice to see some lingering snow as well. My very personal opinion would be to bring down the contrast levels slightly w.r.t the brown tones in the corners
BTW, was your workflow there something like this?!
<swat flies> <take shot> <put bug spray> <throw it away> <swat some more> <repeat>.
It was indeed taken from Artist Point & on 28th May. I'll surely try out your suggestion, thanks for that.
My workflow is quite similar to as you have described because of lack of time.
BTW, your images are stunning.
prosep: interesting shot of the falls in Yellowstone. Taken from Artist Point? When did you go? Nice to see some lingering snow as well. My very personal opinion would be to bring down the contrast levels slightly w.r.t the brown tones in the corners
BTW, was your workflow there something like this?
!<swat flies> <take shot> <put bug spray> <throw it away> <swat some more> <repeat>.
It was indeed taken from Artist Point & on 28th May. I'll surely try out your suggestion, thanks for that.
My workflow is quite similar to as you have described because of lack of time.
BTW, your images are stunning.
Jun 14, 2011 at 08:54 PM
p.381 #4ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
cyra, nice sets
mjwong, #2 is great and the next one isn't bad either
FlyPenFly, I like the second one
mjwong, #2 is great and the next one isn't bad either
FlyPenFly, I like the second one
Jun 14, 2011 at 11:33 PM
p.381 #5ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
MJWong, your 1,2 and 3
cyra, your second set
FlyPenFly 2 and 3
Great shots!
cyra, your second set
FlyPenFly 2 and 3
Great shots!
Jun 15, 2011 at 12:41 AM
p.381 #6ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
akul, abhijeeth, Dalmas, Samuli Vahonen, thank you!
juan_amores, great shot!
Samuli Vahonen, I love the first shot! great results with 85mm.
bpark42, great shot! I like the composition and PP to BW.
Dalmas, nice shot! I like the 50mm f/1.4 more and more, even at f1.4
MJWong, great job, the second one looks amazing.
FlyPenFly, nice shot! I like the the first one more.
prosep, nice!
rji2goleez, great panorama, I really like the results of 35mm f/2.
melbmanu, great night shot!
abhijeeth, great macro shots!
cyra, nice shots! I really like to shoot at wide open all the time....
ZF.2 50mm f/1.4 @f/1.4
ZF.2 35mm f/2
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juan_amores, great shot!
Samuli Vahonen, I love the first shot! great results with 85mm.
bpark42, great shot! I like the composition and PP to BW.
Dalmas, nice shot! I like the 50mm f/1.4 more and more, even at f1.4
MJWong, great job, the second one looks amazing.
FlyPenFly, nice shot! I like the the first one more.
prosep, nice!
rji2goleez, great panorama, I really like the results of 35mm f/2.
melbmanu, great night shot!
abhijeeth, great macro shots!
cyra, nice shots! I really like to shoot at wide open all the time....
ZF.2 50mm f/1.4 @f/1.4
ZF.2 35mm f/2
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Jun 15, 2011 at 03:44 AM
p.381 #7ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Abhijeeth, Joakim, MJ, FlyPenFly, all sterling stuff. Sorry I don't have the time to get into detail, but it is definitely inspiring!
Jun 15, 2011 at 04:00 AM
p.381 #8ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
rwcs, I like that b&w photo
Philippe, thank you.
Philippe, thank you.
Jun 15, 2011 at 05:44 AM
p.381 #9ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
I am catching up on the last 5 pages, what stood out most for me where these images:
Bob: nice series with the iron door and dwarfs. I sure know where that is...
thanks for the idea to do closups there around all the tourists (I usually avoid those areas). I am glad you did only 2 countries in 5 days rather then the more usual american attempt to do Europe in 5 days 
I like your BW roof composition, I have struggled with shots from that exact spot, yours really makes the best out of what's there.
abhijeeth: your Lake Crescent shot is so soothing!
Lars, I adore your style of shooting. Your asia series is nothing short of supperb. You defenitely created your own style with it.
sangdabom73: I like your first shot (lake)
kevphoto: love your blue footed booby. You sure must have other pics from Galapagos?
Samuli: amazing how you can turn some boring fir twigs into a good shot! Seems like I need to investigate the use of a polarizer as well. I shoot a lot of greenery and am sometimes not content with the results I get against the light, it looks harsh and unpleasant and colour is lacking. Your 85/1.4 Lupines look great to.
Carsten: Here is your assignment: take the 50 MP for your detail work and find out what you can do with it better then with the 100 MP
juan_amores: love your boat shot
Ajay C, AbramG and rwcs: interesting shots
Dalmas: you hvae several interesting shots there, the one I like most is the pedestrian sign. Beautifully captured.
prosep: aaah! wonderful shot of the yellowstone waterfall (can't remember it's name...)
mjWONG: superb macro shots
FlyPenFly: Congrats on your new lens! promising shots with the 21. Have you Leitaxed it, and what is that other chip about? Does a ZF.2 give you any advantage over the ZF.1 then? (pondering about a Sony a55 (or77?) as a second body). maybe discuss this by pm?
abhijeeth, joakim, Uzay, rwcs thank you!
another series "before the storm" - hit me if I am posting to many...
all ZF 25 @5,6
ZF 85 @4 (black spots are swifts)
critique and comments are always welcome
Bob: nice series with the iron door and dwarfs. I sure know where that is...
thanks for the idea to do closups there around all the tourists (I usually avoid those areas). I am glad you did only 2 countries in 5 days rather then the more usual american attempt to do Europe in 5 days I like your BW roof composition, I have struggled with shots from that exact spot, yours really makes the best out of what's there. abhijeeth: your Lake Crescent shot is so soothing!
Lars, I adore your style of shooting. Your asia series is nothing short of supperb. You defenitely created your own style with it.
sangdabom73: I like your first shot (lake)
kevphoto: love your blue footed booby. You sure must have other pics from Galapagos?
Samuli: amazing how you can turn some boring fir twigs into a good shot!
Seems like I need to investigate the use of a polarizer as well. I shoot a lot of greenery and am sometimes not content with the results I get against the light, it looks harsh and unpleasant and colour is lacking. Your 85/1.4 Lupines look great to. Carsten: Here is your assignment: take the 50 MP for your detail work and find out what you can do with it better then with the 100 MP
juan_amores: love your boat shot
Ajay C, AbramG and rwcs: interesting shots
Dalmas: you hvae several interesting shots there, the one I like most is the pedestrian sign. Beautifully captured.
prosep: aaah! wonderful shot of the yellowstone waterfall (can't remember it's name...)
mjWONG: superb macro shots
FlyPenFly: Congrats on your new lens! promising shots with the 21. Have you Leitaxed it, and what is that other chip about? Does a ZF.2 give you any advantage over the ZF.1 then? (pondering about a Sony a55 (or77?) as a second body). maybe discuss this by pm?
abhijeeth, joakim, Uzay, rwcs thank you!
another series "before the storm" - hit me if I am posting to many...
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critique and comments are always welcome
Jun 15, 2011 at 06:28 AM
p.381 #10ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Samuli wrote:
This year's photos I could not use polarizer due to not being able to carry much stuff (e.g. tripod) due to knee and back issues. All the past years I have shoot mostly from tripod, with polarizer when beneficial while at same time covering the filter and lens from sun with hand/cap/whatever available. I don't think I can use polarizer AND do the shooting handheld, I could try but I'm pretty sure it will end to frustration and flare issues (or I have to upgrade my Hoya filters to some decent ones...). The ZE/ZF/ZS lens hoods are not effective, if...Show more →
I went ahead and got a polarizer and noticed it is snug with the hood, and I see the tiny hood of ZF.2 35 is probably no longer useful when filter protrude out half the depth. Not that the 35's hood was too effective to begin with, but I may be flagging my had over more often. And thanks for the tips for using polarizer.
Samuli wrote:
Thanks - I can't remember where the focus was but when I look at the original picture I'm 95% sure it's on the wall behind the doorway. What the hell I was thinking - or did I think at all, maybe trying to optimize DOF for whole building...thanks for bringing this up, I'm in "rust" after not shooting for 9 months - I should remember by now "do not optimize overall DOF, always focus to main element in picture", but seems I make rookie mistakes again. Due to this the doorway doesn't pop-up as it should, instead too much attention...Show more →
I was curious where other photographers use as focus point and hyper focused area as I am always playing with it, and often, I find myself drawn to the only spot I did not think to put as focus point, drawing my attention most
Stunning color capture of red brick. And beautiful flower shots. Vertical composition accentuate the flower's shape which was my favorite.
Juan - Very expressive tree trunk. Nice find.
Dalmas- Interesting capture of light seemingly reflecting back to the road sign.
bpark - Nice composition
prosep - wow, great shot with 100 MP
Bob- Stunning shots from Norway. Love your capture of such sculptural landscape.
abhijeeth- Beautiful capture of sun set. And your wife's shot is wonderful, love the composition.
joakim - Nice capture of color and depth of space with 35 1.4 It has the 'bug's eye view' feel to it, probably because of the barbed wire.
cyra - beautiful shots with 85. My fav is #3 of first set with the diagnal oof patttern in the back enhancing the sense of space. From the most recent set, #1 and #3 stood out for me. #1 for its composition and the sense of incoming storm, #3 for the sky.
MJWong- Beautiful macro shot. #2 is a great capture.
FlyPenFly - stunning color with #2. Very interesting to see how Sony renders color.
rwcs- Beautiful B/W close up
ZF.2 100 Mountain Laurel
This year's photos I could not use polarizer due to not being able to carry much stuff (e.g. tripod) due to knee and back issues. All the past years I have shoot mostly from tripod, with polarizer when beneficial while at same time covering the filter and lens from sun with hand/cap/whatever available. I don't think I can use polarizer AND do the shooting handheld, I could try but I'm pretty sure it will end to frustration and flare issues (or I have to upgrade my Hoya filters to some decent ones...). The ZE/ZF/ZS lens hoods are not effective, if...Show more →
I went ahead and got a polarizer and noticed it is snug with the hood, and I see the tiny hood of ZF.2 35 is probably no longer useful when filter protrude out half the depth. Not that the 35's hood was too effective to begin with, but I may be flagging my had over more often. And thanks for the tips for using polarizer.
Samuli wrote:
Thanks - I can't remember where the focus was but when I look at the original picture I'm 95% sure it's on the wall behind the doorway. What the hell I was thinking - or did I think at all, maybe trying to optimize DOF for whole building...thanks for bringing this up, I'm in "rust" after not shooting for 9 months - I should remember by now "do not optimize overall DOF, always focus to main element in picture", but seems I make rookie mistakes again. Due to this the doorway doesn't pop-up as it should, instead too much attention...Show more →
I was curious where other photographers use as focus point and hyper focused area as I am always playing with it, and often, I find myself drawn to the only spot I did not think to put as focus point, drawing my attention most
Stunning color capture of red brick. And beautiful flower shots. Vertical composition accentuate the flower's shape which was my favorite.
Juan - Very expressive tree trunk. Nice find.
Dalmas- Interesting capture of light seemingly reflecting back to the road sign.
bpark - Nice composition
prosep - wow, great shot with 100 MP
Bob- Stunning shots from Norway. Love your capture of such sculptural landscape.
abhijeeth- Beautiful capture of sun set. And your wife's shot is wonderful, love the composition.
joakim - Nice capture of color and depth of space with 35 1.4 It has the 'bug's eye view' feel to it, probably because of the barbed wire.
cyra - beautiful shots with 85. My fav is #3 of first set with the diagnal oof patttern in the back enhancing the sense of space. From the most recent set, #1 and #3 stood out for me. #1 for its composition and the sense of incoming storm, #3 for the sky.
MJWong- Beautiful macro shot. #2 is a great capture.
FlyPenFly - stunning color with #2. Very interesting to see how Sony renders color.
rwcs- Beautiful B/W close up
ZF.2 100 Mountain Laurel
Jun 15, 2011 at 07:13 AM
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p.381 #11ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Thanks for the comments everyone, can't wait to try it out in good light. Just wanted to answer the conversion question quickly since I'm in a meeting right now.
The Leitax converter is what I used and it was a very simple matter of removing 3 screws, simply picking up the Nikon CPU and mount and setting it aside. Screwing the Leitax mount on. That's it. The conversion is apparently very simple across the board and the only complicated one is for the 100mm Makro F2 which is a bit different than the others but still not too complicated.
I'm planning to pick up the Nikon D800 when it comes out so being able to easily switch between mounts was a priority for me. I also currently have a crop factor D7000.
The mount feels very high quality than the typical cheap chinese adapters.
The CPU chip for Sony is just one I got on ebay and had it programmed for 22mm F2.8, in hindsight I probably should have gotten the 20mm, no 21mm is available. This is for easier Lightroom sorting but primarily so I can use steady shot.
The Leitax converter is what I used and it was a very simple matter of removing 3 screws, simply picking up the Nikon CPU and mount and setting it aside. Screwing the Leitax mount on. That's it. The conversion is apparently very simple across the board and the only complicated one is for the 100mm Makro F2 which is a bit different than the others but still not too complicated.
I'm planning to pick up the Nikon D800 when it comes out so being able to easily switch between mounts was a priority for me. I also currently have a crop factor D7000.
The mount feels very high quality than the typical cheap chinese adapters.
The CPU chip for Sony is just one I got on ebay and had it programmed for 22mm F2.8, in hindsight I probably should have gotten the 20mm, no 21mm is available. This is for easier Lightroom sorting but primarily so I can use steady shot.
Jun 15, 2011 at 08:04 AM
p.381 #12ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
thanks Akul, I think that the 85 is actually a good landscape lens. I am experimenting with it wide open and at rather close range. It's said to be soft at close range. I find, it does have some flare or veil at 1.4 (maybe similar to the new 35/1.4) but as in these images it actually creates some dreamyness or airyness I actually quite like.
beautiful Laurel - maybe try to make the midtones at tad brighter though or/and add some contrast, it looks a bit dull.
ZF 50@4
ZF 35/2 @2
ZF 35/2 @4
with this image I am not content. I failed to capture the mood of the place, it looks just boring. Any ideas how to enhance this kind of forest shots? Polarizer for better colour?
beautiful Laurel - maybe try to make the midtones at tad brighter though or/and add some contrast, it looks a bit dull.
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with this image I am not content. I failed to capture the mood of the place, it looks just boring. Any ideas how to enhance this kind of forest shots? Polarizer for better colour?
Jun 15, 2011 at 08:12 AM
p.381 #13ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Cyra, I love your last three "before the storm"! Nice capture of the mood!
Jun 15, 2011 at 09:01 AM
p.381 #14ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
thanks FlyPenFly.
I am also very interested in how the D7000 does with the Zeiss lenses since I am deciding between it and a Sony for a second body with crop factor for long lens use (first being the D700) I'd appreciate some comparison shots (maybe better in the other more discussion oriented Zeiss thread, since this one seems to fast moving?)
thanks Phillipe!
another interesting set, Bob, love the first one
ZF 100 @ 2
I am also very interested in how the D7000 does with the Zeiss lenses since I am deciding between it and a Sony for a second body with crop factor for long lens use (first being the D700) I'd appreciate some comparison shots (maybe better in the other more discussion oriented Zeiss thread, since this one seems to fast moving?)
thanks Phillipe!
another interesting set, Bob, love the first one
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Jun 15, 2011 at 09:02 AM
p.381 #15ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
abhijeeth, your flower and your fern images are great.
MJWOng, great macros.
Bob, I really like your last image from Norway.
Boris
MJWOng, great macros.
Bob, I really like your last image from Norway.
Boris
Jun 15, 2011 at 09:56 AM
p.381 #16ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Thanks everyone for the comments. Two pages with very good photos, Samulli, Dalmas, prosep (wonderful landscape), abhijeeth, joakim, MJWong, FlyPenFly, rwcs, akul, rji2goleez (specially the first of the last series), cyra, etc....
Juan
Juan
Jun 15, 2011 at 10:03 AM
p.381 #18ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
21ZF on D700, i couldn't decide so i put both b&w and color verions of one of the photos
Jun 15, 2011 at 11:10 AM
p.381 #19ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Here's a couple more: Both ZE 21 on 5DmkII. I think I've made up my mind, I'm switching back to ZE glass for my primes, going to get the 35 and 85 again.
Note: I used the "original" from Flickr this time, hopefully they aren't as bad
(admittedly I do not do a ton of sharpening in post)
Carl Zeiss Distagon 21mm f/2.8 T* ZE Lens Test by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr
The Giving Tree. by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr
Note: I used the "original" from Flickr this time, hopefully they aren't as bad
(admittedly I do not do a ton of sharpening in post)Carl Zeiss Distagon 21mm f/2.8 T* ZE Lens Test by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr
The Giving Tree. by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr
Jun 15, 2011 at 12:29 PM
p.381 #20ZE/ZF/ZM Images (Official Thread!)
Thanks for comments!
- prosep: the ZE100 "waterfall" photo was really nice, technically pretty difficult due to snow and direction of sun & WB issues due to lots of shadow and lots in sun - the water/snow reflects light nicely to rocks on right. Sadly we watch very small photos on internet, this should be watched on much bigger resolution
- Bob: regards your issue with overcast/white clouds in Norway; I had exactly same issues when I was first time in Norway (well also 2nd time but it was less issue then) when it rained for first 3 days, luckily I did see it already when shooting that "this is not never going to work" and started shooting with HDR-bracketing and after all I was quite happy with the results (some examples Contax Distagon T* 2.8/28 Canon 180/3.5L Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 Canon 180/3.5L Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 Canon 17-40/4L - sorry about small size picture but these are from my old website).
- abhijeeth: I'm not big fan of frames, but yours are just right (the black ones) - and great photos as well, specially liked "Late sunset"
- cyra: Liked your Planar 85 shots, specially the 3rd one, the field in background with repeating pattern was quite inspiring. The 25mm shots - wow! I really liked the rendering style. Had to go and check is it available for ZE yet....no it's not...damn... Contax 25 is good, but even your thumbnail size images looked so good that I they must have improved it. ZF could be used with adapter, but it focuses to wrong direction and I don't want that headache again (I originally had 35 and 100 with ZF.1 mount before they were available for ZE).
- MJWong: photo #2 "two" was marvellous!
- FlyPenFly: Shooting in rain is fun, I can't shoot with Umbrella, but I have few different rain covers for camera/lens, here is photo from today's trip to rainy forest (notice! not rainforest ) about the setup with 85mm (the big thing in end is LCDVF - I use Live View exclusively): RainSleeve. From the 3 photos show I liked most the last one, great movement on the yellow taxi.
- Bob: 2nd picture in set "Here's a few more from my visit to Norway this past weekend." was great, was it with some fisheye lens or did you shoot panorama and project it to fidheye image? 4th one from that set was also marvellous.
- Uzay: The stairway image was fun to watch - there were "conflicts" which makes viewer to think, e.g. that the wall wasn't straight but instead about 10 degree angle to the tiles on the floor
- AbramG: "The Giving Tree" looks really great!
akul wrote:
I was curious where other photographers use as focus point and hyper focused area as I am always playing with it, and often, I find myself drawn to the only spot I did not think to put as focus point, drawing my attention most
Every time I make compromise and focus between "targets" or hyperfocally "to cover all the DOF needed" I fail. The way how my lenses show contrast and sharpness inside DOF makes the only successful way to focus to the main target. I could get away using hyperfocal for webthumbnails (1000px or so) but any printout will point out my failure right away, or fullscreen size (2560x1600) in computer.
cyra wrote:
with this image I am not content. I failed to capture the mood of the place, it looks just boring. Any ideas how to enhance this kind of forest shots? Polarizer for better colour?
Polarizer won't help much if at all. I think the key is to shoot it in conditions when brightness differences between sky and forest are smallest. When I was in Ireland I wanted to shoot this kind of roads, which are surrounded by trees. I spend hours driving to find the roads where the trees were dense enough to not shot the sky at all. Hopefully you can get some ideas from my results
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Today I wanted dedicate my shooting time to 85ZE, in order to "compensate" not taking it with me to Austria. It did rain so I had to use Rainsleeve to protect the camera, lens and LCDVF, worked well as with most of the ZE lenses (doesn't work with 21 but with all others), not even single drop to front lens element.
If anybody has good hints how to learn compose and shoot horizontally more - I have tendency to shoot a lot vertically, too much, since the vertical photos are hard to present in electronical format.
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/85 @ f/2.8, 1/200s, ISO 100
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/85 @ f/2.5, 1/250s, ISO 100
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/85 @ f/1.4, 1/500s, ISO 100 - as an example of bad bokeh, should have shoot with f/2.2 or f/2.5
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/85 @Â f/2.2, 1/250s, ISO 100
- prosep: the ZE100 "waterfall" photo was really nice, technically pretty difficult due to snow and direction of sun & WB issues due to lots of shadow and lots in sun - the water/snow reflects light nicely to rocks on right. Sadly we watch very small photos on internet, this should be watched on much bigger resolution
- Bob: regards your issue with overcast/white clouds in Norway; I had exactly same issues when I was first time in Norway (well also 2nd time but it was less issue then) when it rained for first 3 days, luckily I did see it already when shooting that "this is not never going to work" and started shooting with HDR-bracketing and after all I was quite happy with the results (some examples Contax Distagon T* 2.8/28 Canon 180/3.5L Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 Canon 180/3.5L Carl Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 Canon 17-40/4L - sorry about small size picture but these are from my old website).
- abhijeeth: I'm not big fan of frames, but yours are just right (the black ones) - and great photos as well, specially liked "Late sunset"
- cyra: Liked your Planar 85 shots, specially the 3rd one, the field in background with repeating pattern was quite inspiring. The 25mm shots - wow! I really liked the rendering style. Had to go and check is it available for ZE yet....no it's not...damn... Contax 25 is good, but even your thumbnail size images looked so good that I they must have improved it. ZF could be used with adapter, but it focuses to wrong direction and I don't want that headache again (I originally had 35 and 100 with ZF.1 mount before they were available for ZE).
- MJWong: photo #2 "two" was marvellous!
- FlyPenFly: Shooting in rain is fun, I can't shoot with Umbrella, but I have few different rain covers for camera/lens, here is photo from today's trip to rainy forest (notice! not rainforest
) about the setup with 85mm (the big thing in end is LCDVF - I use Live View exclusively): RainSleeve. From the 3 photos show I liked most the last one, great movement on the yellow taxi.- Bob: 2nd picture in set "Here's a few more from my visit to Norway this past weekend." was great, was it with some fisheye lens or did you shoot panorama and project it to fidheye image? 4th one from that set was also marvellous.
- Uzay: The stairway image was fun to watch - there were "conflicts" which makes viewer to think, e.g. that the wall wasn't straight but instead about 10 degree angle to the tiles on the floor
- AbramG: "The Giving Tree" looks really great!
akul wrote:
I was curious where other photographers use as focus point and hyper focused area as I am always playing with it, and often, I find myself drawn to the only spot I did not think to put as focus point, drawing my attention most
Every time I make compromise and focus between "targets" or hyperfocally "to cover all the DOF needed" I fail. The way how my lenses show contrast and sharpness inside DOF makes the only successful way to focus to the main target. I could get away using hyperfocal for webthumbnails (1000px or so) but any printout will point out my failure right away, or fullscreen size (2560x1600) in computer.
cyra wrote:
with this image I am not content. I failed to capture the mood of the place, it looks just boring. Any ideas how to enhance this kind of forest shots? Polarizer for better colour?
Polarizer won't help much if at all. I think the key is to shoot it in conditions when brightness differences between sky and forest are smallest. When I was in Ireland I wanted to shoot this kind of roads, which are surrounded by trees. I spend hours driving to find the roads where the trees were dense enough to not shot the sky at all. Hopefully you can get some ideas from my results
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Today I wanted dedicate my shooting time to 85ZE, in order to "compensate" not taking it with me to Austria. It did rain so I had to use Rainsleeve to protect the camera, lens and LCDVF, worked well as with most of the ZE lenses (doesn't work with 21 but with all others), not even single drop to front lens element.
If anybody has good hints how to learn compose and shoot horizontally more - I have tendency to shoot a lot vertically, too much, since the vertical photos are hard to present in electronical format.
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/85 @ f/2.8, 1/200s, ISO 100
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/85 @ f/2.5, 1/250s, ISO 100
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/85 @ f/1.4, 1/500s, ISO 100 - as an example of bad bokeh, should have shoot with f/2.2 or f/2.5
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/85 @Â f/2.2, 1/250s, ISO 100
Jun 15, 2011 at 12:35 PM