I got my Canon lens today! I must be boring you with my ongoing narrative about lenses, but I'm quite pleased. It extends to 135mm, which is about what I need at the most telephoto-wise. It's certainly not very wide as it begins at 28mm, because on a Canon EOS 450D the 1.6x crop factor means it's effectively about 45-216mm. I plan on getting the Canon 10-22mm lens at some point to compensate for the wide end. With those two I should be ready for most situations!
I went to the Ruddington Heritage Centre again to test my lens. This time there was a few workmen around, so I had to ask if I could take some photos. The reply was "yes, as long as you're not from Health and Safety!"
I'd like to come back again with an ultra-wide angle lens to see how the shots would turn out, as I had to leave out some of the interesting detail on the sides. For example, on the far left is part of the steam rail crane I photographed on day 8, which would have been an interesting addition to this photo. Like in yesterday's post I underexposed the sky in post-processing to show how grey the clouds were today.
Cameras unfortunately cannot capture images as we see them. I was able to see the detail and colour of the clouds in this shot as well as in the foreground, so post-processing was required to compensate for the exposure. Perhaps a polarising filter would help too, but I've never used one so I'd like to know if they're good investments.
Semi-professional photographer based in Nottingham, England, I shoot mainly events and weddings. I'll be posting my work using my Fujis - X100S and X-Pro1.
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AMAZING picture! I kind of felt like I was reading Swahili about the lense, but what I got from it was that you took one heck of an awesome picture! LOVE the processing! I haven't a clue about filters (am slowly learning camera "Swahili"!) but I think you captured this awesomely! GREAT job!
Good work again Vik - know what you mean about photos not picking up the try view... some of my Lake District pics just do not do justice to the views and scenery...
Vik this is sooo nice. Again it just gives such a powerful feel with the large dynamic range darkening the sky adds. Do you use photoshop RAW? As far I have discovered so far one can only decrease the exposure on the entire image, and then add some fill lighting (which usually just affects the highlights). Is this how you would do this, or can you select and area and specifically decrease the exposure? I am talking about the RAW processing step before it enters photoshop for regular work, perhaps you just used a select layer and levels feature to bring the exposure down once it is in photoshop, in which case I am really overthinking it! Glad you like your new lens.
i know what you mean about not being able to fully capture what you see in real life all the time, but i'm guessing you came INCREDIBLY close with this photo. it's AMAZING! the clouds, the color, the age, the character... great shot.
yes your new lens has a pretty wide range, but you will love the 10-22 so i can't wait to see your pics when you get one. i love shooting in extremes - either very wide or very long. my clients seem to like it too!
Beautiful!! You did an amazing job on the processing!
I have a couple of polarizing lenses and I definitely think they were worth my investment. Of course one of them I bought used from my teacher for $5. I have one for each lens and use them often.
I have a couple of polarizing lenses and I definitely think they were worth my investment. Of course one of them I bought used from my teacher for $5. I have one for each lens and use them often.