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some narrow dof experimentation with my 50mm

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some narrow dof experimentation with my 50mm

Postby jamesw on Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:21 pm

i was mucking around a few weeks ago when the weather was miserable, and i found this shot

focused in on the grips, 50mm f1.8 at f1.8, i thought the ferns behind it and the colours looked cool... plus the green fence on the left made a cool kind of effect.

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Postby jamesw on Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:22 pm

also foudn this one too,

gave it a square crop, i thought the tyre looked pretty cool especially with the out of focus chain & pedal.

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Postby Bindii on Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:24 pm

I'm not so sure whether I like the effect that the fence has made.... but I do like the fern one though... a touch of contrast might boost too btw.. :)
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Postby methd on Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:33 pm

Sorry but it doesn't do anything for me.
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Postby jamesw on Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:36 pm

no sweat. these photos are probably pretty objective, i love my bike, but a lot of people here i doubt would share that sentiment.

i'd be tempted to compare it to taking a photo of a pet or child!
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Postby glennles on Tue Oct 02, 2007 3:51 pm

I know how you feel, James. Hopefully I will have a 50 1.8 waiting for me at home this afternoon and my bike will be the first thing on my list to experiment on :D
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Postby who on Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:48 pm

jamesw wrote:no sweat. these photos are probably pretty objective, i love my bike, but a lot of people here i doubt would share that sentiment.


Subjective..... :wink:

I do like the tyre photo more than the grip.... I think bokeh evaluation is almost the most personal judgement to be made in photography.
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