B&W Posted February 13, 2007 Share #21 Â Posted February 13, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Brilliant gallery Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiphop Posted February 13, 2007 Share #22 Â Posted February 13, 2007 Hummm 35 mm 1.4 ... need more practice to get something perfect out of this great lense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share #23  Posted February 13, 2007 Thank you to everybody. I'm really gratified but such a positive reaction to the series and it seems like the place has a hold of many who want to visit. For those who actually do go to photograph carnival here are some tips that might truly help...  Venice is a smart town, and it knows how to promote itself. Part of this is that in enticing photographers, they know that they get lots of tempting images out there, more free publicity. So a lot of the fancy costumes are in effect 'hired guns' provided by the city so as to make sure that everyone gets a good shot. However... it does mean that they are mobbed, all the time. So you have four options:  1) Get down low and shoot up so as to lose all the other photographers and tourists 2) Use very narrow DOF to throw distractions OOF - this isn't too tough since the costumed dudes move their poses slowly in a very stylized way. 3) Use a wide angle lens and include the other photographers, thereby making wry comments on the nature of tourism and photography whilst solving your problem ;-) 4) Get up at 7 am and you'll find that the poor actors/models have been pushed out of bed early so the pros can get their shots before the crowds arrive.  Two further thoughts: go a day before carnival officially opens. There are far fewer crowds and the chances of getting a shot of someone in costume in some architectural context with no onlookers is higher. And don't forget to explore the town. There's a low cost housing area behind the Biennale Gardens that is full of interesting stuff!  Enjoy! I did, as you can see...  Best  Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share #24 Â Posted February 13, 2007 Hummm 35 mm 1.4 ... need more practice to get something perfect out of this great lense. Â Â Nope, mine's a dud. I'm just about to post the evidence in another thread! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share #25 Â Posted February 13, 2007 That was my thought. I would try the lens again using one of the lens test 'charts' or lining up a series of objects of slightly varying distance. I also recommend trying this slightly stopped-down (F2 to F4) as well as wide open because, if your 35/1.4 is anything like mine, it will focus shift between wide-open and slightly stopped down. It may be that your M8 is back focussing. If so, join the club. Â Â Thanks for the thoughts. I've just posted some examples in a new thread and I'm pretty sure the M8 RF adjustment is OK: every other lens I try to focus seems fine, even the 90mm at f2, but the clincher is the shot that shows crops from centre and edge. If I could get it as sharp in the middle as it is at the sides I'd be drooling! Â Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share #26  Posted February 13, 2007 Tim they look very nice , great shooting. May have to run a test on that 35 lux when you get back  Hey Guy,  Thanks! I've posted the 'evidence' in another thread and would be really interested to hear your thoughts...  Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share #27  Posted February 13, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Well, I cannot say whether the lens is not perfect, but I can say that the images are spectacular...the colors and the composition are amazing and the b&w are very cool...wonderful gallery...I am assuming that all were shot with the 35?...looks like a lens you would want to have if you budget restricted you to only one, eh??   Thanks Rob,  They were shot on a variety of: 35mm 1.4 lux, and 50mm 1.4 lux, both APO ASPH and both coded and with filters  I also used uncoded and unfiltered 15mm CV, 90mm f2 Apo-Summicron-M.  I took along a 24mm f2.8 and didn't use it once since I had no filter for it.  The 35mm would make up a part of my ideal kit, and probably if I had to have only one lens it would be this one - but I can't tell for sure since mine has a fault and I can't assess it properly yet ;-(  Best  Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share #28 Â Posted February 13, 2007 Tim - That's a wonderful set of photographs; a touch of 'Don't Look Now'. So good to see Venice photographed without that tiresome syrupy Velvia look - I really enjoyed the macabre undertone of the set. Well done, I'm really glad I saw them. Â ..................Chris Bingo! You are one smart cookie! I wondered if anyone would get that - I can't see Venice through Velvia eyes as a direct result of that movie and it was at the back of my mind as I planned and edited this series. Thank you for noticing! Â Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share #29  Posted February 13, 2007 Tim, I really enjoyed your gallery. Venice has always been on my to do list and your beautiful pictures only reinforce my desire to go.  I noticed something amusing on #14. The two windows and the chimney on the right seem to form a face that somewhat mimics the square mask worn by the gentleman in the picture.  Thanks for sharing your photos, Brett Well observed! I wish I could say I planned it that way but I do sometimes think that the mind knows things the eye doesn't think it's noticed!  Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share #30 Â Posted February 13, 2007 Great gallery Tim.51! Sergio Hi Sergio, Actually I took 1250 so at 51 I chose to post, that's only a 4% success rate... Â ;-) Â Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share #31 Â Posted February 13, 2007 As much as I love balck and white, I prefer the color shots the best simply because of the great variation of colors available in everything from the buildings to the costumes. This subject matter is exactly why we all got the M8, at least from my perspective. Oh and by the way, superb ahots I am truly jealous. Â Â Funny you should say that... historically I'm mostly a landscape man but my M8 has shifted not only how I work but also totally changed what I enjoy shooting. It is SUCH a pleasure! Â Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberth Posted February 13, 2007 Share #32 Â Posted February 13, 2007 superb gallery, lovely colours. I was quite attracted to several of the images where the subject popped off the background, incredible seperation. 35mm f1.4, that may be the lens I will get then, thankyou. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share #33  Posted February 13, 2007 superb gallery, lovely colours.I was quite attracted to several of the images where the subject popped off the background, incredible seperation. 35mm f1.4, that may be the lens I will get then, thankyou.   Thanks Rob, but you should know that all the ones with real 'pop' are either the 50mm 1.4 lux or the 90mm f2. My 35mm is a duff example, and couldn't pop a weasel...  Best  Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisC Posted February 13, 2007 Share #34  Posted February 13, 2007 Bingo! ...- I can't see Venice through Velvia eyes as a direct result of that movie ..........Thank you for noticing!.....Tim  Tim - You are welcome; that brooding, shadowy, darting red figure in Don't Look Now has a presence that has crept into my work over the the years too. You say you predominantly photograph landscapes, so I'll confess that the other moody film whose presence I carry is Deliverance.  Shame about your lens, sadly I immediately suspected a QC issue, which unfortunately speaks volumes about my current expectations. Hope you sort it soon.  ........................Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonoslack Posted February 13, 2007 Share #35  Posted February 13, 2007 Don't Look Now Hi Tim I really enjoyed these - as for the Don't Look Now correlation - it's inseparable for me. The first time I went there, our youngest was 4 or 5, and he had shoes which flashed as he ran - seeing him running ahead at night over those bridges - brrrrrr.  I think probably that film affected (infected) a whole generation with a spooky image of Venice.  Whatever - your shots are splendid, and they've made my day  Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enoteca Posted February 13, 2007 Share #36  Posted February 13, 2007 Tim, Thanks for the link to your superb gallery. Viewing your photos took the edge off of my normally over-stressed morning in the office.  Larry  Larry, how can you get stressed, if you have got the time viewing photos in the morning? Just kidding. Manfred Magenta-Forest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanG Posted February 13, 2007 Share #37 Â Posted February 13, 2007 Actually I took 1250 so at 51 I chose to post, that's only a 4% success rate... Â Very very nice work Tim. And that is an excellent shooting ratio. Â I was in Venice on Feb 3rd. and 4th. So we almost bumped into each other. (I did see someone walking around with two chrome Leicas. You?) I was one of the myriad using a tiny digital p&s. Â I didn't shoot too much while I was there and only have a few images that I am really pleased with. I was returning via Venice from a ski trip and hadn't planned to shoot seriously as you did. I wish I had as Venice is beautiful. Especially in the fog. I really liked your night shots and the laundry with the umbrella. Â The only problem I had with Venice is that almost everybody is taking pictures in every direction at every second. It must be one of the most heavily photographed places on earth (and I live in Washington DC.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tashley Posted February 13, 2007 Author Share #38 Â Posted February 13, 2007 Very very nice work Tim. And that is an excellent shooting ratio. Â I was in Venice on Feb 3rd. and 4th. So we almost bumped into each other. (I did see someone walking around with two chrome Leicas. You?) I was one of the myriad using a tiny digital p&s. Â I didn't shoot too much while I was there and only have a few images that I am really pleased with. I was returning via Venice from a ski trip and hadn't planned to shoot seriously as you did. I wish I had as Venice is beautiful. Especially in the fog. I really liked your night shots and the laundry with the umbrella. Â The only problem I had with Venice is that almost everybody is taking pictures in every direction at every second. It must be one of the most heavily photographed places on earth (and I live in Washington DC.) Hi Alan, and thanks! I didn't get there til late on the eighth so it wasn't me, but I did have the amusing experience of encountering a pack of pros at 7am this morning and they gave SUCH looks for buzzing around with nothing but an M8 and an CV15 while they had the contemporary equivalents of balls and chains around their necks! So I took lots of shots of then taking shots of Venice, just to rub it in! Â Thanks also for enjoying the laundry/umbrella shots. it's one of my five favorites, and what makes me giggle is the thought that the umbrella can't fit the owner of that shift... Â It was challenging with a thousand people shooting every move, so I decided to either fully include them by going very wide, or fully exclude them by going in tight. But the interesting thing is that no one minds you shooting them, unlike so many other places. Â Sorry we didn't bump into each other ! Â Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
roberth Posted February 14, 2007 Share #39  Posted February 14, 2007 Thanks Rob, but you should know that all the ones with real 'pop' are either the 50mm 1.4 lux or the 90mm f2. My 35mm is a duff example, and couldn't pop a weasel... Best  Tim  OK, thanks for setting me stright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ustein Posted February 14, 2007 Share #40 Â Posted February 14, 2007 Very nice. You make me envious because Venice is my most loved city in the world. Â Very nice B&W shots too. Â Uwe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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