Canon TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II

Thanks - agree - I thought it looked ok at first - but you live and learn ...

It is a great bit of glass! Need much more practice..... oh and wear my glasses

jdizzle wrote in post #13433375
I like the first one but, it's leaning a bit to the right.

ncsa wrote in post #13434248
Thanks - agree - I thought it looked ok at first - but you live and learn ...

It is a great bit of glass! Need much more practice..... oh and wear my glasses

No, it's all good. Just pointing it out is all. There is a bit of a learning curve and you must be more meticulous in your composition and framing. I wear contact lenses too. So, we're in the same boat.

I will often use a spirit level on the hotshoe and get the camera absolutely level both horizontally and vertically. Before I do any shifting, I will tilt the camera back very slightly. I then shift the lens to include all of the building.
Often, perfectly straight verticals don't look quite right as your brain is used to seeing buildings 'lean'. So introducing a small amount of lean by tilting the camera backwards slightly can help the image look more 'normal' to the viewers eye.

^Thanks for the tip Scuff.

Really appreciate the feed back - here's another - which I think is straight ?

jdizzle wrote in post #13434342
No, it's all good. Just pointing it out is all. There is a bit of a learning curve and you must be more meticulous in your composition and framing. I wear contact lenses too. So, we're in the same boat.

Second that - will practice that

jdizzle wrote in post #13434416
^Thanks for the tip Scuff.

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HI everyone..few more pics from my holiday. I noticed that 24 tseii has better colour and contrast than most of canon lens but still cant beat zeiss 21mm..i wish they come in one package lol

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Just for a little something different, here's an example where this lens was useful during a wedding. I wanted to take a photo in front of the murals with the whole bridal party, and my back was up against a wall so I couldn't back up any further and use a longer lens. I backed up as far as I could and shifted up quite a bit in order to keep everything straight and minimize distortion. Not just for landscapes and making things look small, ya know?

^I agree. This lens is certainly not geared for just landscapes.

Nice one timnosenzo, considering the space constraint. How did you light this?

windpig wrote in post #13441525
Nice one timnosenzo, considering the space constraint. How did you light this?

Oh that's the best part - the wall to my back was actually all glass! Just nice soft natural light pouring in.

Very nice pictures, everyone!

Hearst Castle National Historic Landmark mansion in San Simeon, California.

The Roman (indoor) Pool

^Nice Anatoliy. I was there in 2009 and I just wish I had this lens and the 17 TS during my trip!

jdizzle wrote in post #13443013
^Nice Anatoliy. I was there in 2009 and I just wish I had this lens and the 17 TS during my trip!

It was absolutely miserable day: very cold, windy and foggy. Just took a few pictures for one reason: "I was their" . In the mean time, my son was taking pictures with Canon EF 14 mm and we both agreed that TS-E 24 was much better for this occasion. Totally agree about both TS-E lenses.

Dunno why Flickr is artifacting my sky in this shot... it only shows up on this smaller version on the page:

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