Nice one Scott! I would have thought the two most visible street lights would have made much more of a negative impact. Did you do something special or was f11 enough to keep it controlled?privatebydesign said:
Upvote
0
Canon EF 11-24mm f/4L USM
- Thread starter DominoDude
- Start date
Eldar said:
Hi there Eldar.
The two lights in the image created no real issues, indeed I find the flare resistance to lights in the image remarkably good, I did spot out a couple of very small flares from the light on the frame left. What did cause a major problem was another light to the right just out of frame, these directional lights I am having real problems with, you really do need some kind of shading system in place to use the lens well. For the better heeled amongst us I suggest a Wimberly Plamp, for me I use whatever is around
, in this instance I used my camera bag hanging on a light stand!Here is the first shot I took to test exposure when I arrived, as you can see there are major flares streaking across the image from the light out of frame to the right (highlighted green), and a couple of small ones coming from the light in the frame on the left (highlighted pink). The two pink ones are similar to the ones I removed from the final frame.
P.S. I am very impressed with how sharp this lens is, I had the 16-35 f4IS and really was very happy with it, but somebody made me an offer I couldn't refuse for it and I feared I would miss it, but so far the 11-24, in actual working situations, is every bit as sharp and contrasty, if much more prone to flare from out of image light sources. I really wish I had an excuse to get a 5DS/R to really see where the limits of this lens are.
Attachments
Upvote
0
An unusual application of the 11-24, a frog on my garage door. 11mm, 1/4 second, f6.3, 100iso, remote 600EX-RT in my left hand in manual power. Just playing with perspective and seeing what comes out, not a quality shot by any means, the front of the lens was about 8" from the frog and I didn't mess up his evenings hunting.
The more I play with the 11-24 the more interesting the perspectives I see, it gives a unique point of view for product in environment type shots too, think a bottle of whiskey in a nice farmers croft or something with the log fire burning a lovely orange glow etc, though the 12mm Extension Tube really doesn't work well with it.
The more I play with the 11-24 the more interesting the perspectives I see, it gives a unique point of view for product in environment type shots too, think a bottle of whiskey in a nice farmers croft or something with the log fire burning a lovely orange glow etc, though the 12mm Extension Tube really doesn't work well with it.
Attachments
Upvote
0
I wonder if this lens ever will fall natural for me. Whenever I think I have a good case, it looks totally different from what I had envisioned. Practice ... practice ... practice ... puuhhh ...
Saturday morning we woke up to a spectacular weather and I managed to get this one. The ones I like are those where the distorted perspective does not give you away (which happens in about 90% of the cases ...)
Shot @11mm on a 5DSR, 1/400s. f7.1, ISO100
Saturday morning we woke up to a spectacular weather and I managed to get this one. The ones I like are those where the distorted perspective does not give you away (which happens in about 90% of the cases ...)
Shot @11mm on a 5DSR, 1/400s. f7.1, ISO100
Upvote
0
Eldar said:
I do not use mine very often at 11mm. However to have the part of 11-16mm available in a zoom is very nice, but I found out that most time I use it between 13-21mm
Upvote
0
I have some on my 500px - is there any possibility to post them directly here and not just a link ?
Upvote
0
So I got a couple of days 'off' this weekend and decided to play with the 11-24 in ways I don't normally get to shoot.
First three are at 11mm and the fourth is at 20mm. All shot with a 1Ds MkIII and 100iso, various apertures and shutter speeds. I have about 10 others I really like from the couple of days too, it is fair to say I am loving this lens!
P.S. Thanks ejeneer, I know I will use it for product shots and a few other 'specials', the more I play with it the happier I am.
First three are at 11mm and the fourth is at 20mm. All shot with a 1Ds MkIII and 100iso, various apertures and shutter speeds. I have about 10 others I really like from the couple of days too, it is fair to say I am loving this lens!
P.S. Thanks ejeneer, I know I will use it for product shots and a few other 'specials', the more I play with it the happier I am.
Attachments
Upvote
0
PBD, is that Venus and Jupiter in your second shot? Were those taken in the UK? We've had some nice sunsets here of late, I just bought the 16-35 IS and have been using it to capture some of them!
Upvote
0
privatebydesign said:
Really like the composition and lighting in the second shot.
In the third, that highlight shoulder looks really impressive; I'd trade a three stop shadow push for this anyday.
Upvote
0
Similar threads
