Hmm, I played with that, I think I'd have to go 1:1 to make that work... I'll look at it more, thanks! I end up taking a lot of shots for the shelter... even if I'm not great, they turn out better than the pas in the hands of a random!
1:1 is too flat for my taste, just tried it.. I'll try a more mild aspect crop.
BTW I should add the idea was to show the vast amount of kennels.. but I think that was messed up when I didn't get down more, doh!
I actually think the shot is perfect as is, h00ligan. It's a better perspective to be slightly above the subject, and the kennels nicely recede on the right. I wouldn't change anything.
Thank you Jeff, Rod, Joakim. Always appreciate the comments!
Really nice Luka! Great stuff with the X1
h00ligan, excellent shot! Love it I like the cropping IMO, just tells more of a story. Strictly for portraits tight cropping is a must, but cropping wider to include more the environment makes for interesting shots.
h00ligan wrote:
Hmm, I played with that, I think I'd have to go 1:1 to make that work... I'll look at it more, thanks! I end up taking a lot of shots for the shelter... even if I'm not great, they turn out better than the pas in the hands of a random!
1:1 is too flat for my taste, just tried it.. I'll try a more mild aspect crop.
BTW I should add the idea was to show the vast amount of kennels.. but I think that was messed up when I didn't get down more, doh!
I agree with you getting down lower so the kennels recede straight out the right side of the frame. That would definitely get the idea across. I like the portrait aspect a lot.
Yah, I always have to remind myself to get lower (with a torn meniscus). She's 4'10 so there's a lot of getting down to do! I appreciate the kind words and feedback. I'm hoping to be able to offer more and better shots to this thread in the next 6 months while the weather is awesome. It's still hot here, 97f in mid October, but in the next three weeks it should be great adventure weather...I know the more I shoot the more I progress...got into a rut in summer.
I do know there are some deciding on the 50 Lux, so I thought I might add a 100 % crop, showing the rendering without PP of the older lady in the above series.
Excellent shots Charles! The second and third B/W shots are my favorites.
And thanks for the 100% crop. The 50 lux asph seems like an excellent lens technically speaking but there is something about its drawing style that I don't quite like. I think it has something to do with the color rendering because I think the B/W shots are rendered quite well. I can't put my finger on it but it's like the colors and the bokeh are too creamy and glossy for my taste.
It's a bummer as the 50 lux asph looks like a very interesting lens to me. I would like at least one top quality fast Leica lens and as I'm not too crazy about the 35 lux asph, the 50 lux asph seemed like a very good alternative. I guess I'm simply not all that fond of Leica rendering style. There is only one lens that I've been really impressed with and that's the 50/0.95..
How about the Zeiss 50/2 Planar, Charles? You had it for a while. How come you got rid of it? I seem to remember that you posted some really excellent shots that were shot with it.
Great shots, everyone! Just spent a while going through the last 5 pages of shots that I've missed over the past couple weeks. Great job. I feel like I learn something about cameras, lenses, technique, and photographic vision every time I look through these forums.
Thank you Jeff, Luka, Jairy and Rod! Appreciate the comments
Excellent shots Jairy. I really love the style of the shots
Luka I still have the ZM 50/2 Planar and it still one of the best lenses I have. Just a different style. The only lens I have moved on is the ZM 35/2 because of the low contrast and rendering on the M9. Seriously if I did not have the 50 Lux Asph, the ZM 50/2 would be on all the time.
My two favourites out of the Zeiss lineup are the ZM 25/2.8 and ZM 50/2 Planar. Both exceptional lenses.
Charles, thanks for the info about the 50's. I'm not quite sure what to do. I would like to try some first rate modern and fast Leica glass but at the same time from all samples I've seen I can only conclude that I prefer Zeiss rendering.
Say what you want about the X1 but there is one thing that I'm really astounded by and that's the latitude in the shadows when developing from raw. This is what the shot looked like before I nuked it with "fill light" in Lightroom:
The green stuff are poisonous algae - the green color comes from the cyanobacteria (cyano as in cyanide)
Always appreciate the comments!
