Thirty, forty, fifty years ago when you bought a 35mm SLR film camera, it came as standard with a 50mm lens... probably a f/1.8. In the beginning, you couldn't buy a consumer zoom lens and when they did become available, they had a very limited zoom range, were of poor optical quality and very, very expensive. So, the ubiquitous 50mm was pressed into service to produce a wide variety of images from landscapes to portraits and everything else in between... which is how it earned its soubriquet "The Nifty Fifty".
For this month of 100% 50mm shots, I hope to showcase some of its versatility. Today I've produced what is known as a pack-shot as used in advertising and publicity. One might say that the title 'Boss' applies just as much to the lens as the product!
This is for my PLAY project - you can read more about it in my profile - where I'll be using a different prime lens for each month of the year: in January it's the Nikon 50mm f/1.4G on a full-frame camera (the D610 today).
Curiously, the slight discolouration of the background at bottom left - which is not there in my original image - disappears when you view this on black!
Excellent shot...I really enjoy the camera/lens background information for your project. I am so bad at using a camera and not knowing all that I should know about it.
@claycameras@skipt07 Carissa and Skip, you were both kind enough to Fav this image but I accidentally deleted it when trying to amend the narrative and so lost your Favs. Could I ask if you would both be kind enough to press the little star again as I feel really bad about my silly mistake... thank you both in anticipation. ;-)
@randystreat Kathy you're a star! I do seem to have ticked most of the packshot checkboxes... but more by luck than judgement I think: you'd be horrified if you saw the raw-file of this image!
28mm is my favourite prime; but maybe I'll have to rediscover the 50 (for me it's an in-between when I can't make 28 or 85 aren't quite getting me there. Very good shot, BTW -- you've made it look easy.
Brilliant work, getting this creation from the original image. Thanks for the sharing the 'how'. It's always interesting to hear (or rather, read) about the process.
Your comment about a recognizable style that has appeal, well, that a Fav! Thanks for sharing that confidence booster. You've done that a number of times for my project; it's much appreciated.
Yes, you certainly are displaying the versatility of the 50mm, Richard. I'm really enjoying it. You are now allowed to make full use of software (unless there is a rule that I missed?) so you could have taken out that stain! But the Boss bottle is so strong that my eyes are in no hurry to look elsewhere!
@yrhenwr Thanks David: no, no restrictions on processing this year... but that stain is not there on the Jpeg that I uploaded - I presume it's a conversion artefact.
January 7th, 2017
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Your comment about a recognizable style that has appeal, well, that a Fav! Thanks for sharing that confidence booster. You've done that a number of times for my project; it's much appreciated.