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Portrait of Katarina


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Gary, this is a truly beautiful image. I don't like female nudes posted for obvious sexual titillation as they often end up looking like a still from a porn film.

This photograph is just a beautiful figure study of a beautiful woman and is done with obvious respect. The lighting is excellent and the pose is relaxed and natural. It is pure art. Congratulations!

Cheers,

Brent

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2 hours ago, fotografr said:

Gary, this is a truly beautiful image. I don't like female nudes posted for obvious sexual titillation as they often end up looking like a still from a porn film.

This photograph is just a beautiful figure study of a beautiful woman and is done with obvious respect. The lighting is excellent and the pose is relaxed and natural. It is pure art. Congratulations!

Cheers,

Brent

Thank you fotografr for your kind words of praise! I try to let my subjects rule the frame and present themselves as directly and honestly as possible.

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4 hours ago, lanetomlane said:

Beautiful image in all respects. I'm amazed at the sharpness fully open.

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Thanks Tom! I am impressed with the sharpness wide open too. It seems that the optimum distance wide open is about 6 feet and beyond and the center is definitely sharper than the edges. It is a heavy lens but the price is right and when you need the extra speed I think it's worth having it in the bag. Otherwise, my 50mm Summicron is the lens I reach for when I need both great performance and reduced weight.

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2 hours ago, garysamson said:

I have version III of the 50mm Summicron, purchased with a Leica M4 in 1972. 

 

2 hours ago, garysamson said:

I have version III of the 50mm Summicron, purchased with a Leica M4 in 1972. 

Beautiful lens. One of my dumbest moves was selling mine after acquiring the 50 APO.  The version III has more pleasing characteristics and is not so clinical. But I discovered that too late.

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1 hour ago, fotografr said:

 

Beautiful lens. One of my dumbest moves was selling mine after acquiring the 50 APO.  The version III has more pleasing characteristics and is not so clinical. But I discovered that too late.

Yes, I am still impressed with how that lens renders after almost 50 years.

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22 minutes ago, fotografr said:

I have a replacement for mine on the way. Just bought it a few minutes ago. Mint condition, 30 years old.

Wow, that is great news! Here is a portrait I made with the 50mm Summicron a few years ago on the Leica M9.

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1 hour ago, garysamson said:

Wow, that is great news! Here is a portrait I made with the 50mm Summicron a few years ago on the Leica M9.

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I remember it well. Superb shot.

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vor 22 Stunden schrieb garysamson:

Wow, that is great news! Here is a portrait I made with the 50mm Summicron a few years ago on the Leica M9.

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I remember very well too. One of the best portraits I have ever seen in the forum

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On 10/24/2020 at 3:46 PM, garysamson said:

A studio portrait of Katarina made with a Leica M240, ISO 200, and TTArtisans 50mm f0.95 lens at f0.95.

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Beautiful image, nicely done. 

If you don't mind sharing, can you let me know what lighting setup you used? I'm assuming at least one LED non-flash triggered lighting?

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1 hour ago, dkmoore said:

Beautiful image, nicely done. 

If you don't mind sharing, can you let me know what lighting setup you used? I'm assuming at least one LED non-flash triggered lighting?

Hi dkmoore, sure, I am happy to share my lighting setup. Katarina was illuminated by the modeling lights of my Speedotron flash setup. A softbox was to the right of the subject, A 27 inch beauty dish was on a boom arm directly in front of and slightly above the subject, and there was a backlight lighting the cloth backdrop. There was also a 42 inch reflector on the left side of the subject to help fill shadows. This was the first test of the TTArtisans lens, and I wanted to see if I could shoot at base ISO with my M240 wide open at f0.95 at a shutter speed that i could hand hold. I was using this flash lighting setup to shoot 4x5 inch B&W portraits of Katarina.

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