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RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,920 moderator
edited September 17, 2010 in Street and Documentary
From my first day out with a new lens (Canon 35mm f/1.4L):

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I think I'm in love :rofl.
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    damonffdamonff Registered Users Posts: 1,894 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2010
    great texture
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    DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2010
    damonff wrote: »
    great texture
    Not just texture but nice layered effect which is flattened somewhat by the ens so one has to work out what one is seeing. VEry interesting shot, Richard!

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    PattiPatti Registered Users Posts: 1,576 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2010
    It ain't the lens, it's the guy behind the lens!
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    misterbmisterb Banned Posts: 601 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2010
    I like the composition, the subject, and especially the textures as rendered by that lens!

    That site would be great HDR subject.
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    tortillatorturetortillatorture Registered Users Posts: 194 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2010
    nice shot Richard!
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    PhotogbikerPhotogbiker Registered Users Posts: 351 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2010
    Agree with the texture and the flatness of the scene rendered due to the focal length and DOF. Also agree with the HDR, might be fun depending on lighting and time of day. From a comp standpoint I love the closed barrier with the pedestrian. Who is breaking the rules, him or photographer? i also like that he is exiting the arch and not centered. Neat all around.thumb.gif
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    FlyingginaFlyinggina Registered Users Posts: 2,639 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2010
    Really, really nice, Richard!

    Congrats on the new lens. You and it did good.

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    photodad1photodad1 Registered Users Posts: 566 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2010
    Nice photo!
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    rainbowrainbow Registered Users Posts: 2,765 Major grins
    edited September 16, 2010
    Really like everything about this one -- colors, different depths, composition.

    Only thing it needed was a 5D to go with the 35!
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,920 moderator
    edited September 16, 2010
    Thanks so much, everyone. Much appreciated.

    Rainbow: the 5D is going to have to wait, I'm afraid, but the seed has been planted and is taking root. mwink.gif
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    michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited September 16, 2010
    You're gonna go nuts when you get back to shooting FF in both a good and a bad way (you know that 5D is whispering to you right now!) I'm going to hold off commenting on the image for the time being as I'm not on the best machine to view it (too much scrolling up and down.) But it does look nice.
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,920 moderator
    edited September 16, 2010
    michswiss wrote: »
    You're gonna go nuts when you get back to shooting FF in both a good and a bad way (you know that 5D is whispering to you right now!) I'm going to hold off commenting on the image for the time being as I'm not on the best machine to view it (too much scrolling up and down.) But it does look nice.

    Thanks. Apart from some very casual film shooting in the distant past, I've only used crop sensors. I look forward to going nuts someday with FF. :D
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    CynthiaMCynthiaM Registered Users Posts: 364 Major grins
    edited September 16, 2010
    This is my first post, I think (?) in this forum as I am just beginning to appreciate the art of street photography. There are a number of things that make this image work; the textures, the colors, but for me I love the frame within a frame as one colonnade frames an inner colonnade as well as the man and I also like that he is about to walk out of the frame. Nice grab shot; well seen.
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,920 moderator
    edited September 17, 2010
    Thanks, Cynthia, and welcome to the nut house wave.gif.
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    bdcolenbdcolen Registered Users Posts: 3,804 Major grins
    edited September 17, 2010
    Patti wrote: »
    It ain't the lens, it's the guy behind the lens!

    BINGO! (But it is a great lens.mwink.gif)
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    michswissmichswiss Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 2,235 Major grins
    edited September 17, 2010
    I don't care what the focal length is. Most anything 1.4 or faster is going to be really, really fun to play with. But as Patti said; it's you, not the lens that done the job. I can see now what other's mentioned about the scene feeling flattened, which is a good thing. It's hard to tell whether the subject will be passing in front of or just behind the arch he's approaching.
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    bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited September 17, 2010
    Nah it's the Lens rolleyes1.gifblbl.gifrolleyes1.gif

    dig the shot thumb.gif
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    RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,920 moderator
    edited September 17, 2010
    Thanks, BD and Ben. I think the flatness comes from the light, not the lens. Compression is usually associated with telephoto, not standard lenses. But the whole frame was in the shade of the viaduct, so there are no shadows, just diffuse light, and that's what makes depth hard to gauge.
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