Thanks for the compliments!What a beautiful shot; you did perfect on the motion effect. One reason I like this more than other motion shots is you have the fence in front of it which adds to the already kind of "UFO" feel (Plus the blue hue).
I've commented this before on another motion shot but IMHO the shot would look better w/o all the lights on the right/left side. Just my 2 cents.
for some reason, i stuck my face at the doorknob and snapped a few pics.
enjoy
Thanks. It's a nice lens. The bokeh is a lot better, that extra stop of light helps to get low ISO values.
With same scene and both lenses at 1.8, I noticed that the camera measures slightly less exposure time with the L. It's probably because of the reduced vignetting.
I'm not too happy with its sharpness. After some limited tests (text at little more than minimum focus distance), the L seems about equally sharp at f1.8, and slightly less sharp at f4. Since it's not a macro lens, it's probably just not optimized for such a short distance. I'll do some comparison shots in a more portrait like situation.
Having both of the lenses reveals the exceptional bang for the buck of the 50 1.8
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AH! I love it!
I can't wait to see more of the series (assuming you share them here on MR).
Did you by any chance polish your knob before you took that picture.
Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model: NIKON D40
Date/Time: 2006:12:29 05:50:34
Flash used: No
Focal length: 46.0mm (35mm equivalent: 69mm)
Exposure time: 0.250 s (1/4)
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO equiv.: 800
Exposure bias: 1.00
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering Mode: matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto) Still Learning
Ok, here goes then! This is one of the best shots I have that illustrate the importance of focus on the eyes. Especially when shooting bugs, you can have the body out of focus, but if the eyes are sharp and focused, you've got a keeper.
Subject: Praying mantis, small (2 cm long). Baseball park behind my building, 11 am.
Camera/settings: Canon S1 IS, 380mm equiv (at full 10x zoom), no flash, f5, 1/1000, spot metering. Cropped to 1280x960 (to use as my desktop
Thanks Freebooter, I really like it, alot more creative freedom.
Today!
Fuji F31FD
ISO 400
I've had my share of hard times, paid my dues, and so on. Now, harvest! Look at these little darlings! People actually pay me to teach them. If I were were a rich man, I'd pay for the privilege. These kids are that great! (especially the two lil' girls in pink)
ps: they are saying, "Kimchi!"
Hopefully they, and others keep you challangedGreat effect; I wish the background had no black in it, though, so the foreground would jump out even more! Great picture still, though
