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10-03-14

jjpaque03

Very nice colors and textures.

10-03-14

augustaur

Thank you. It's a great encouragement.

10-03-14

JT

Wow. Looks like the sky and ocean are on fire!

10-03-14

adphotography.be

Merci !

10-03-14

adphotography.be

C' est très aimable ! MERCI !

10-02-14

cyra

what intense colour!

10-02-14

cyra

what colour!

10-02-14

cyra

nice :-)

10-02-14

cyra

lovely colours and theme!

10-02-14

cyra

another great one!

10-02-14

cyra

love the colour and mood!

10-02-14

ced

Dave Thanks! More Fields...

10-02-14

handgun

Very nice Ced, makes you wonder what is over the hill ! Dave

10-02-14

ced

ndr3n, Thanks!

10-01-14

ced

Lilia, Thanks! The owner is a bit of an artist (sculptor).

10-01-14

ced

Lilia, Thanks!

10-01-14

ced

Ron & Italo, Thanks!

10-01-14

bahnhof

simple, stunning, beautiful bokeh!

09-30-14

lilia

Beautifully captured.

09-30-14

lilia

Like the texture of the house against the greenery.

09-30-14

hiepphotog

Thank you!

09-30-14

hiepphotog

Thank you for kind words guys! I missed the sunset opportunity but this one turned out better than I hoped.

09-30-14

hiepphotog

Thank you!

09-30-14

merrill

Crop the wall from the right hand side - as we look at it - and I think a good photograph becomes a great one.

09-30-14

merrill

Zek, both are great portraits but I prefer the amount of detail in the skin tones in this one.

09-28-14

cyra

wonderful mood

09-28-14

cyra

lovely, well done!

09-28-14

cyra

looks like a scene from a fairytale. Love the sky with so many stars and trace of clouds.

09-28-14

cyra

what a rainbow!

09-28-14

cyra

merci beaucoup!

09-27-14

jean-ber52

Superbe image Abstraite , j' adore , compliment Iluvatar

09-27-14

jean-ber52

Magnifique Image , j' adore , BRAVO Cyra

09-27-14

jean-ber52

Superbe composition , superbe image BRAVO Rbfresno

09-27-14

jean-ber52

Formidable image , j' adore BRAVO Gregg

09-26-14

cyra

thank you!

09-26-14

JT

Beautiful. Love the demarcation by the fog.

09-26-14

aquilan

Thanks You :)

09-26-14

photosphere42

Nice!

09-25-14

aquilan

I like it ;)

09-25-14

aquilan

Very nice contrast between foreground's sharpness and background's bokeh :)

09-24-14

augustaur

Thank you.

09-24-14

tccin3d

That is why you can not say that otus are better lenses than those non apo.. it is a different class with different character (apple and oranges). Zeiss say they didnt put cost limit on otus line, but in reality they are just made for 36mp sensors like (D800), they have high resolving power and better correction. It has different oof disc with halo, apo elements show signature in oof area - circular polishing, different blur transition... There is no perfect lens, just some attributes are better in one than in other.

09-23-14

photosphere42

Wonderful image!

09-23-14

jean-ber52

Excellente et grande image BRAVO Dalth

09-23-14

cyra

love the framing and monochrom vs colour effect!

09-23-14

cyra

I agree that the bokeh is pleasant, I do these shots mainly to enjoy the wonderful Zeiss bokeh. :-)

09-23-14

aquilan

IMHO Planar is Stellar performer, maybe sharpness is inferior but its bokeh is more pleasant for me than bokeh of Apo-Lenses. Zeiss Otorum Bokeh remind me effect of adapting apodization filter. It has been provided by Fuji in their new version of Fujinon 56mm and it's a little psychological effect, when You blur the background more the first plane is judged to be more sharp in opposite. Bokeh of (no-Apo) Planar is most favorite for me :)

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.

09-22-14

jjpaque03

very nice portrait. Would you let me know how you set your lights? I will guess, beauty dish and back light .

09-21-14

yuriylux

BEAUTIFUL PORTRAIT!