A bit of good luck had me in London and I was able to get to the Queen's birthday parade on the Mall. A 28mm may not be ideal to bring in a distant subject but sometimes you just have to get a shot. Some heavy cropping made a worthwhile image. Shot by raising the camera over the heads of people in front of me and saying a quick prayer to catch her.
The uncropped original as well.
beauport wrote:
A bit of good luck had me in London and I was able to get to the Queen's birthday parade on the Mall. A 28mm may not be ideal to bring in a distant subject but sometimes you just have to get a shot. Some heavy cropping made a worthwhile image. Shot by raising the camera over the heads of people in front of me and saying a quick prayer to catch her.
The uncropped original as well.
That's cool to 'stumble across' and you know what they say... the best camera is the one you have with you!
Nico, love these, particularly #3. Makes me want to go to Greece!
So I just picked up a used Petzval 58 1.9 w the bokeh control, for a project I'm soon to shoot.
Of course I couldn't resist to test it on my M, to see the different effect of the bokeh settings.
The lens has about the shortest focus throw I've ever experienced.
Here it is a min focus distance, f 1.9 with max and min swirl dialed in.:
Friday afternoon at the beach. I waded out to the first sandbar to get this perspective, and I don't think I took a breath until I made it safely back to the beach. I wasn't concerned about myself, but I was more than a little concerned about the camera.