End of Summer

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 17, 201095 views7 comments

A friend recently lent me a manual focus 200mm f2 lens that has been sitting in his closet for years. I was anxious to try it on a 1.5 crop factor digital camera, with the resulting effect of a 300mm f2. The incredibly shallow depth of field was a hoot to play with. It's not really a macro shot, this lens only focuses to to about 8 feet, and it took time getting used to not having things snap into focus when I touched the release. Found a few subjects but kinda like this back lit Mule's Ear in faded glory. C&C welcome.
d300s
Nikon 200mm f2 (300mm equivalent)
1/1000 sec @f2 200 ISO

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Wayne Jones on October 17, 2010 at 11:02 PM

I enjoy the texture of the leaf, and the colors. Something about those shapes in the BG on the RHS kind of bother me, however. My eye keeps wandering over theere for some reason, probably trying to figure out what it is.

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on October 17, 2010 at 11:43 PM

Nice. In addition to the oof areas, I like the light on the lone leaf making it even more prominent in the scene.

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Comment posted by Lon Overacker on October 17, 2010 at 11:50 PM

Russell,

I think this is fantastic! A wide open long lens will most definitely let you go wild with selective focus and I think you've crafted this wonderfully. Not only is the shallow dof excellent, but I think the light and color is even better. There's a very nice back lit glow to this standing leaf and I'm really loving this image. Excellent job keeping the main leaf sharp top to bottom.

Excellent job with this! I love it.

Lon

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Comment posted by Chris Chamberlain on October 18, 2010 at 12:10 AM

Yeah, I'm diggin' it! The selective focus works really well here, and the light makes the shot that much better!

Chris

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Comment posted by Andrew Finlayson on October 18, 2010 at 12:38 AM

I really like this, wonderful simplicity and great tones throughout. Nice shot.

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Comment posted by Doug Roane on October 18, 2010 at 12:50 AM

This is great - I love the effect of the shallow dof here.

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Comment posted by Morris McClung on October 19, 2010 at 10:06 AM

Cool! I like the color combination in this, too.

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