04-12-15

reds

It's my favourite headshot lens in the studio :) Zeiss colour rendering - can't beat it :)

09-22-14

reds

Hi JJ - thanks :) Lighting was indeed a beauty dish. A small (18") white Elinchrom dish only just out of shot above her and a lastolite Triflector in front to throw some light back in to her chin and around her face. No backlight - just a simple radial gradient in Lightroom. There's a little more post/re-touching on this shot than I'd normally do - that was the kind of look we were after :) Cheers, Nick.

09-21-14

reds

Thank you :) The 135 is by far my favourite portrait lens. I only wish I had a room long enough to use it for 3/4 & full length shots! But for headshots - it's ideal. Has that Zeiss magic for colour & skin tone.

03-14-13

reds

One of my favourite lenses is my Macro Planar. Love it as a portrait lens as well, and the excellent Zeiss hoods help avoid flare in the studio like no other. :)

02-22-11

reds

Hey Hazman! Haven't crossed paths on FlickR for a while, and here you are! I was featured yesterday ;-)

Great pic - the colour rendering on this is classic 100/2 Zeiss. I'm sure I could pick shots out by this lens amongst others. Even a couple of friends of mine have notice it's 'different' to the norm. Congrats :)

02-22-11

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Interesting that it scores so highly - I didn't read the dxo reviews, but in my experience with it, - it's much more versatile than just a makro lens.

I don't buy this 'a lens can be too sharp for portraits' thing often quoted. (Although I do use softer lenses too).

You can't beat this lens for getting up close - love it :)

02-21-11

reds

Thank you. :-)

The 100/2 is my favourite lens on Nikon. It doesn't seem overly popular for portrait work, but it's always in my bag !!! Love it.

It's actually the MK1 - I selected the wrong lens when I uploaded this shot.