Given my lens dilemma (see thread: http://365project.org/discuss/general/17213/which-lens-to-buy ) i forced (ha ha) myself to walk around at lunch time today with my not-so-nifty 50.... for the most part i missed having a wider angle... there were only a couple of occasions when i wished to have some zoom... so leaning heavily towards the 17-55mm at this particular moment... altho' i fully expect to have changed my mind by tomorrow...
a fairly random shot above... it was grey and cold and blustery and no one seemed inclined to hang about and give me any decent photo ops ;p
Love the tones and composition. The single guy cooperated nicely with his placement! I have the 24-70mm 2.8 which I love but I often wish I could go lower. I bet you'll really love the 17mm option.
I actually think this works very well - it's nice to get out of your comfort zone and be forced to shoot at fixed focal length. You have risen to the challenge marvelously, as expected. :)
Carbage? Oh well. Anyway, faved! I think the shot is marvellous in repetition and texture, with that perfectly timed and placed humanoid. The tree and the carbage cans are like props in the stage.
@janim tx Jani... i'm glad you find interest in the tree and garbage cans... they annoy me... the tree more so than the cans, now that i think about it... the cans at least are lined up neatly and geometric... the tree is, y'know, random... kinda "sore thumbish" ;p
@northy the tree is arched over the person, like a framing thing... that's how I see it. But I know how you feel, it's like my latest shot with the f**king christmas tree :-D
Sometimes it's nice to have one around, it seems to help me see something a bit different than what I am usually looking for. I like this shot, well composed with the lines and the solitude of the dude in the back. He looks like a little tiny man looking in the trash receptacle. .
I like the rhythm and the lines + textures. And how the person looks so tiny. And I like the tree that annoys you :) - would be bit boring without the random nature element.
I think without the man, the tree, and yes, the garbage cans, this would be a nice architecture shot, but that's all. The whole makes it for me. Briliant!
@shutterbug17 tx Jennifer! it's actually city hall - at north west end of Nathan Phillips square... Looking west... My office is at bay and dundas... In the atrium... :)
Love the verticals! Nice tones too.
I think the nifty is too narrow on a crop sensor for a walkabout lens. I quite often wander round with a 35mm prime lens on though - which is close to a full-frame 50mm equivalent.
The X100 is fixed at 23mm (35mm full-frame equiv), and I occasionally miss being able to go wider, but not as much as I expected.
Love the sense of scale here. Fantastic shot. I just spent a month or two using pretty much only the 50mm and loved the confines of it. I would dearly love a wide angle too.
I think it works very well and quite like the comp and processing. I like the repetition in the variety of things, and that some of them are in threes.
Very nice composition.
And the Canon 17-55mm is a great lens, but the Sigma one, which I have and take all of my SLR photos with, is also great and much cheaper. :)
It's a great shot, and the tree also brings another organic detail to the shot in addition to the human touch of that person. My sturdy basic lens is a Sigma 17-70mm, and as much as I do like it, it's a bit on the slow side. But works for me, for now.
Very strong image. Love the massive building towering over this tiny figure. I constantly switch lenses, have 3 of them and I have usually wrong one on when I need something different. Annoying.
I think the nifty is too narrow on a crop sensor for a walkabout lens. I quite often wander round with a 35mm prime lens on though - which is close to a full-frame 50mm equivalent.
The X100 is fixed at 23mm (35mm full-frame equiv), and I occasionally miss being able to go wider, but not as much as I expected.
And the Canon 17-55mm is a great lens, but the Sigma one, which I have and take all of my SLR photos with, is also great and much cheaper. :)