A Question of Depth

RickH — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 22:18:55 +0000

I bought myself a new camera lens the day before yesterday. It’s a lens I’ve been drooling over; wanting to own for at least as long as I’ve known about its existence over a year ago. I finally bit the bullet, so to speak, and bought it.

The lens is a Canon 85 mm f1.2 L-series USM II.

The reason I wanted it is the ability to shoot in incredibly low light with natural light — my preferred mode — and get an incredibly shallow depth of field.

The fountain here was photographed on the patio of a restaurant, at night, without any additional lighting. The span between water spouts is approximately 2 inches. Notice also the blurring of the highlights on the water.

Beautiful!

Can’t wait to try it on people!

Tilt-Shiftin’ Away

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Liquidity

RickH — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:10:30 +0000

My wife is out of town. Bob’s wife is out of town. We couldn’t find anyone to shoot this weekend — didn’t even try, really. So what are two bored photographers to do?

Well, we’re sure not going to sit around waiting while our lives drip away.

Heck no! We’re going to photograph our lives dripping away!

These are my favorites of the lot.

If you want more than just a drop in the bucket, check out the full gallery of water studies here.

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A Question of Depth

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