Allen - #1/3/5 are all awesome. Superb PP. I really like how your whites are at the perfect point yet they aren't obnoxiously bright.
Cal - the ZM18 is looking real good!
Katie - very nice. Which lens?
Thanks Edward. Yes, shot through glass at the San Diego Zoo. There is a bit of residual color cast from the glass but I am happy with it. A very impressive animal indeed....
Thanks everyone. Gary - that is an impressive creature. I used the CV 50 1.5 for this shoot, as I almost always stick with 50mm for inside boudoir shots. Here's another:
Gary Clennan wrote:
Thanks Edward. Yes, shot through glass at the San Diego Zoo. There is a bit of residual color cast from the glass but I am happy with it. A very impressive animal indeed....
Yes, it is the slight green cast from the glass, but the shot is very clean without reflections. I also thought it is very unlikely you could approach him at this distance without the glass in between.
Katie, very nice framing and colors. It would also work very well in b/w.
Agree Edward, very nice Katie the entire session looks like a big success. Love the fact you used your way of seeing instead of copying everything else thats already out there. And of course I would agree with the B&W comment LoL....
Hi guys, long time no chat.. I've been traveling a lot shooting, but not editing as I just haven't been home to do it.
Some great images!
Just wanted to say that when I've had the chance, I've looked at all the back posts I've missed and everyone's taking such awesome photos! I'll post some soon, but wow props to everybody on here!
rscheffler wrote:
...I guess I'm somewhat curious about 35mm again. I really like the 28 Cron but have been ignoring 35mm for a long time now, rarely using my CV35/1.2 II... But there are times I need wider than 50 but 28 is too wide, shows too much w/a distortion, and/or not enough background separation....
Interesting. For street photography, I've been shooting mainly with the Summicron-28, but in January I shot the Chiang Tung Days book project (linked below my signature) almost exlusively with the with the Summicron-35v4, whose rendering I like — this was the first time that I've shot with it in color on the M9.
I found something counter-intuitive in shooting in some of the Chiang Tung (Shan State) markets in Burma: there was so much congestion, so many people in narrow paths or walkways, that I quickly found that, by having to shoot closer up with the 28mm (as I usually do), there is so much going on in the frame that the it was difficult to keep track of it all when trying "to make sense of a complex scene," because one has to see things both to the left and the right at the same, and the angle of view to the edges is just wide to make sense of the scene — I mean not looking through the viewfinder, but looking at the scene before bringing the camera up to your face. Using the 35mm lens solved all that. Here's on the Summicron 35v4 pictures taken with the M9:
How are your findings? Would you do it again? Is it worth it?
Ever since the introduction I'm curious about the MM. I don't want to give up color but can't afford to keep both M9p and MM. So I kept the M9p.
Now with the A7 as a good and cheap colorbody I picked up the idea of a MM again. Especially since I'm afraid the next Monochrom will have M240 influence....
Since its just a M9p with different sensor I'm very curious how others have experienced the trade. Is it worth it over a M9p, or are the differences small?
Bob, I don't own the MM, but my opinion is that it is for photographers who are dedicated to b/w and only see in shades of grey. If you like shooting color, with some occasional work in b/w, then you're better off with the M9 which as you know, can make some really awesome b/w files.
I personally convert to b/w only when I can't find a suitable color balance
