Last evening, I was in the mood to do some shooting. I decided to go outside: it was sunny and I thought it would be nice to spend some time outdoors. However, although it was sunny and the middle of July, it was only 60 degrees and a fairly strong, cold wind was blowing up the Columbia River from the Pacific Ocean. After a few snaps, I decided shooting in shorts and t-shirt wasn't all that comfortable and I headed inside. I started to look around my kitchen and noticed a glass filled with water in the stainless steel sink.
The glass and the water were picking up some unusual bits of color from the sky. . . . So I grabbed my Canon 100mm macro lens and started shooting different compositions. Most of the compositions used the top of the glass as a way to help define the more abstract areas in frame. I shot about 200 of these in a period of 30 minutes with the light slowly changing as it approached sunset. And of course everthing I shot was wide open at f2.8!
Last evening, I was in the mood to do some shooting. I decided to go outside: it was sunny and I thought it would be nice to spend some time outdoors. However, although it was sunny and the middle of July, it was only 60 degrees and a fairly strong, cold wind was blowing up the Columbia River from the Pacific Ocean. After a few snaps, I decided shooting in shorts and t-shirt wasn't all that comfortable and I headed inside. I started to look around my kitchen and noticed a glass filled with water in the stainless steel sink.
The glass and the water were picking up some unusual bits of color from the sky. . . . So I grabbed my Canon 100mm macro lens and started shooting different compositions. Most of the compositions used the top of the glass as a way to help define the more abstract areas in frame. I shot about 200 of these in a period of 30 minutes with the light slowly changing as it approached sunset. And of course everthing I shot was wide open at f2.8!
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Nice start to your blog, Bob. Hmmm, I don't think I could say that five times in a row ;-)
Thank you for the rationale on "adrift".
Since you enjoy "wide open", have you considered a 50mm, either 1.8 or 1.4?
Good luck.
... GristMill
I had the same question as GristMill. Why never shooting wider than 2.8?
Robidooo
Vic and Stephane, that's a great question. It's because I shoot most of my wide open shots with my macro lens which has only goes to f2.8.
I also have a 50mm 1.8 for the Canon, as well as a 50mm 1.2 for an older Konica and a 40mm 1.4 Nokton for my Voigtlander and Leica cameras. So, yes, I can shoot even more wide open, but I'm anticipating using the Canon 100mm macro for most of the shots I post here.
Also, because of the way macro lenses are constructed (if I'm remembering what I've read correctly), that the plane of focus on a macro lens at f2.8 is much narrower than the focus plane at f2.8 on a 50mm traditional lens.
I'd also lose my silly rhyme . . .
Thanks guys for stopping by!
I think it's a great idea that you're jumping into the blogosphere Bob! You've certainly got a lot to share.
love the layout, and for a curious person like myself blogs are a great invention. like how you explain your work too. the question of gristmill and stef was the same i was going to ask... thanks for the answer :)
lavinia
Quick question that has nothing to do with f/stop. You said you shot about 200 frames, do you process each and every frame or are there a lot of throw aways?
Philippe and Lavinia, thanks for stopping by . . .
Serge, I try to go through each card and get rid of any poorly focused or badly exposed and weakly composed shot during a quick pass through the photos. This often gets rid of 50%--especially with macros at f2.8: it's so easy to miss the point of focus you want. Then I delete things that are clearly duplicates: so maybe I'm down to 50-100 photos out of 200. Then I process the ones I really like compositionally: this can range from a few to as many as 20 or 30 (on a lucky day of shooting!).
I do spend a lot of time editing photos just because I shoot so many. However, I don't spend very long per photo: usually just a minute two and rarely over five minutes. I'm looking forward to seeing what you've been shooting, Serge!
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