I purchased this lens primarily for landscape and architectural shooting but with use I have found it amazing versatile in a number of photographic settings but it forces you to truly engage your subject matter when shooting to the point of almost "invading" personal space to fill the frame - lots of challenge however with DOF issues, correct focus in low light etc especially with fast moving subject matter
Photo by vler001 • Last comment by dalth500 • On 04-15-13 19:44
This setting is a photographic challenge - did you use a split neutral density filter to control the differential between the sunset and the dark foreground? I am just starting to explore the split ND filter to overcome this common challenge - nice light from the sun!
Old school 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 inch or 120 roll-stock film camera - this and a 4x5 view camera were my first serious cameras when I was younger - but it taught me the basics of handling sheet film in total darkness - a skill that today is akin to being able to engineer a steam locomotive!!
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Photo by dalth500 • Last comment by dalth500 • On 04-15-13 19:40
Yeah usually the surprises were failures!! Digital truly frees you to focus on the composition and artistic aspects without worrying about development time/temperature curves for film and then the challenges of printing the negative - and that's just in B&W and doesn't factor in the order of magnitude difficulties of processing color transparencies and or printing C-41 images - It really slowed the creative process down and I think we thought a lot more about the whether the image was truly "worthy" of the effort along with taking more time to meter the exposure, check focus and generally double check things before the shutter was released - it took masters like Ansel Adams and Edward Weston a lifetime to assemble a body of work using large format equipment - I wonder how their work would have been influenced by today's technology
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