Nice 3D Philippe! I like the last one Makten. I have not yet decided if I should photograph the parade tomorrow or not. I'm not much of a royalist but there might be interesting stuff to shoot.
I took a walk this evening - I was just going to take a picture of the sunset but ended up on a two hour walk.. I would have continued but my battery ran out and I had not brought any spares with me.
denoir wrote:
I took a walk this evening - I was just going to take a picture of the sunset but ended up on a two hour walk.. I would have continued but my battery ran out and I had not brought any spares with me.
Lovely. Reminds me that I need to go back to Sweden for a visit. Spent a year there as a graduate student and too many years have past since then.
philber wrote:
Thanks for the comments, guys!
Nice set, Luka! I, like Lotus, need to go back to Stockholm. An FM get-together maybe?
I am up for it. Let me know when and where. I was to optimistic when suggesting the Iceland trip. Canīt find enough time for it but a couple of days in the Swedish capital could easily be arranged.
Anden: Iceland sounds like a better idea. Stockholm is oh-so-flat. Sure we've got islands and water but after you've photographed every duck a dozen of times you sort of get tired of it.
Thanks John, love that second shot of yours, but the first one is nice as well. Despite the so called mustache distortion, I find the 21 to be an excellent lens for architectural photography.
desinteresadam wrote:
denoir all i can say is wow! your shots have a striking style and your pp is perfect
do you apply so much sharpening?
congrats!!
Thanks!
Well, in those images PP was limited to resize & sharpen. How much sharpening I apply depends a bit on the lens used and the subject. I have a default base script that does iterative sharpening/resizing (in four steps) but I sometimes add additional sharpening after the final resize.
The 21/2.8 is for instance amazing at picking up fine detail and the images turn out much better if you preserve that detail throughout the resize. The 50/2 on the other hand can become over-sharpened very easily. With the 100/2 and 35/2 it varies - there is always a risk of ruining the bokeh if you sharpen too much.
denoir wrote:
Thanks John, love that second shot of yours, but the first one is nice as well. Despite the so called mustache distortion, I find the 21 to be an excellent lens for architectural photography.
charles.K wrote:
With portraits definitely prefering the 50/1.4 for rendering of skin tones. For landscapes, street scenes my preference is now the ZE 100MP, ZE 21 and ZE 35. But for portraits, the ZE 85/1.4 and ZE 50/1.4.
Agree with your about colours for the f:1.4 siblings, Charles. But so far, based on two tests, I also prefer the 85 for cityscape, as does Samuli Vahonen. I just ordered a 100 MP and a 28, so I will soon have a more solid view of my preferences.
Some snapshots with my new 35ZE. I like the drawing style (3D?) of this lens. As expected, the bokeh is not very smooth, but not too bad either, and vignetting is pretty strong at f/2.0.
philber wrote:
Agree with your about colours for the f:1.4 siblings, Charles. But so far, based on two tests, I also prefer the 85 for cityscape, as does Samuli Vahonen. I just ordered a 100 MP and a 28, so I will soon have a more solid view of my preferences.
We obviously have too much choice now I also use the f/1.4 for cityscape and travel, but it has a very different feel. I now have the ZE 28/2 which I'm only now learning how to use it properly. Still preferring the ZE 35/2 over the 28/2.
As Lloyd suggested, it is better close up, and the rendering is different again. I really like the 28 FL, as it has been my favourite for travelling in the past. It is now very hard to replace the 35/2 though, for travelling .
Charles, lovely colors in your shot. Boris - great examples of the 35/2 rendering. I really love the images style that lens produces. John - that second one is great. The blur of the movement nicely contrasts the overall sharpness. It would have been cool to see an even longer exposure (say 10-15 seconds).
Yesterday, I had my debut as a wedding photographer - one of about 500,000 yesterday. No, I have not gone mad - it was a royal wedding here in Stockholm and about half a million people showed up. I could of course not miss such a photo op. I got a fair amount of street photos which are waiting to be reviewed and processed. I did pull out a few architectural shots I tried:
denoir wrote:
John - that second one is great. The blur of the movement nicely contrasts the overall sharpness. It would have been cool to see an even longer exposure (say 10-15 seconds).
Thanks, I also would love to try a longer exposure but officially tripods are not allowed, though one day I may try and see what happens
Of your shots i love no 1 and 3, very nice look to them.
