Darren HobbsDarren's take on open source, agile methods, technology and anything else that springs to mind.Short Lens on London- November 23, 2006 What could follow a day with a 135mm telephoto A day with a 12-24mm wideangle! Another day spent with a lens I don't use often enough. I though it would be interesting to walk the same route I did before. Some quite different shots came out, partly because I got a lot more creative in Lightroom afterwards (which itself was a result of trying to salvage a bunch of truly mediocre shots). But also because you have to work really hard to fill a wide angle lens with interest. The number of times.http://www.darrenhobbs.com/archives/2006/11/short_lens_on_l.html Long Lens on London- November 22, 2006 Many years ago, when I was young (okay, 2004) and foolish (that's still true), I bought a Nikon 135mm f2 'defocus control' lens, ostensibly to photograph a wedding. That didn't work out, but I'd paid for the lens and it was languishing in my camera bag, so, having just upgraded my camera to a D200 I resolved to get out and try using this superb lens. Here's what I came up with one sunny november day. I love: the perspective compression (St Paul's looks huge in some of the shots!), the narrow.http://www.darrenhobbs.com/archives/2006/11/long_lens_on_lo.html |