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23-JUL-2013 Phydoux

Fountain

Canon EOS 40D ,Rokinon 8mm Fish-eye
1/400s iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time23-Jul-2013 14:55:46
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 40D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length
Exposure Time1/400 sec
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ISO Equivalent100
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Alan Mars30-Jul-2013 14:36
Thanks K. If you're talking about the aperture on the lens, it works best at f/8 or smaller. The wider apertures just don't look really good. Cheap lens I guess. If you are talking about Aperture the program, I don't have a Mac. But I did play around a bit with the blur tool in Photoshop this morning. Definitely a tool I don't want to use with a bunch of things in the foreground at this point. I need more practice with easier photos I think. :)
-Phydoux
Canon Image Challenge28-Jul-2013 05:44
I like the colored version better. The B&W has, doubtless, more drama, but I'm not sure it is required for this shot. At the same time, I really l really like the color of the water (colored version). May be I would play a bit with aperture to get background blurred, it is a bit distracting for my taste.
K
Canon Image Challenge24-Jul-2013 20:34
Your right, the color version was quite nice but I do believe I like the B&W best. Very nice! PAul
Jim B (MSP)24-Jul-2013 15:33
This is a super shot.
I'll have to take a look at this lens.
Jim
Alan Mars24-Jul-2013 00:02
No, As a matter of fact the color was really nice. I'll post that one in Pending as well. I just love B & W photos. It looked great both ways.
-Phydoux
Canon Image Challenge23-Jul-2013 23:13
Question, did you convert to black and white due to a color shift of the ND filter? I know some exhibit poor color rendering. Paul
Alan Mars23-Jul-2013 22:48
I must also point out that my tripod feet were practically against the water pond. I was shooting super long exposures with my new 77mm ND30 filter. AWESOME filter BTW. I was able to shoot 30 seconds at f/11 without overexposing. I should post one of those in the exhibition section. Pretty cool looking shots.
-Phydoux
Alan Mars23-Jul-2013 22:41
The thing with this lens is that if you can get lined a certain way with the horizon you don't get the weird rounded look like you'd get with a fish eye lens. Also, I cropped the top and bottom a bit as well. This was also shot using a portrait grip.
-Phydoux
Guest 23-Jul-2013 22:09
Wow! Beautifully seen and captured Phydoux! Love the composition and processing; contrast, sharpness, clouds really pop! I have never used a fish-eye lens. This seems more rectilinear than I would expect, from my limited knowledge of fish eyes. Is that something accomplished in post, or in camera?