Author Topic: Curves and Lines in a Fountain in Winter (Read 467 times)

Jman · « **on:** February 05, 2012, 04:32:08 PM »

Two from today with my GX1 and Olympus 12mm f/2. As you may know from another post, I just got this lens, and mine unfortunately has a pretty severely skewed element. I've got a replacement coming Wednesday. Good news is, for these, it worked well...it's acting like a tilt shift, and the wedge of focus goes near to far from left to right (or, in the case of these, from bottom to top. So, I actually got a little deeper focus than I would have otherwise been able to do with a properly working lens. Good news is, I've found that I will really like this lens when I get a non-broken one. It's beautifully constructed, tiny, focuses quickly and is darn sharp (obviously now, not generally across the frame on mine, but I can see where it will be good).

E-M5 Pete · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2012, 04:53:39 PM »

Fantastic View point...
love the subject you photographed.

voyager · « **Reply #2 on:** February 07, 2012, 01:44:07 AM »

It looks fine to me?

jsupersample · « **Reply #3 on:** February 07, 2012, 05:42:13 AM »

In the first photo, where you placed the curve makes it feel like the loop is pulling the picture in. Creates nice tension despite organic curves. Do you know the name of the artist that did the fountain?

Jman · « **Reply #4 on:** February 07, 2012, 07:34:08 AM »

Not sure who designed them...

You can see the fountains in the changing images in the top bar here: http://www.sciotomile.com/

Jman · « **Reply #5 on:** February 07, 2012, 10:49:00 AM »

Quote from: voyager on February 07, 2012, 01:44:07 AM

It looks fine to me?

As I said, in this type of shot, it works great, because it's like a tilt shift slightly tilted to get more depth of field. However, if I shoot a flat field subject, where everything is the same distance (where it SHOULD be best), the left side is horribly out of focus if I focused with the point in the center or the right. If I focused with the left, then it's sharp, but the right two thirds of the image goes soft.

cosinaphile · « **Reply #6 on:** February 07, 2012, 04:24:17 PM »

ive got the lens too i love the finite 90 degree mf throw , and its sharp and beautifully built

theses shots are great ,you made something cool out of a bad situation

lisandra · « **Reply #7 on:** February 07, 2012, 06:53:19 PM »

these are fantastic, number two is pure sexy

niftypitchers · « **Reply #8 on:** April 01, 2012, 10:06:36 AM »

These are excellent. Cool, too, that you decided to shoot with the lens despite its flaw.

Curves and Lines in a Fountain in Winter