Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM

Earwax69 wrote in post #15569753
@ Aressem: Play a bit with your tone curve like this;

It's going to raise all your blacks.

He's exactly right, though I think my tone curve is a little more curved at the bottom.
Basically, clip your blacks like this and and push shadows/blacks/highlig​hts around until the contrast is pleasing to you.

The colors are your own

Earwax69 wrote in post #15569927
IMG_6570 by Earwax69, on Flickr

I love this shot Earwax!

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^^^ wtf! Seriously cool.

Thanks Newone757! Love your second shot.

^^^^
Shutter speed: 1/50, you are good. I always get motion blur at such a low speed. I dont trust myself under 1/80 even with this lens.

Earwax69 wrote in post #15574527
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Shutter speed: 1/50, you are good. I always get motion blur at such a low speed.

Same here, so at low shutter speeds I usually do a 3-shot burst; there's a good chance one of 'em will be sharp

vipergts831 wrote in post #15574604

Hey, my hands shake like a drunk who hasn't had a drink in two days. I do whatever helps. I'm addicted to IS.

Stop you just made me spit up my water Moose the proof is in the pudding. You take fantastic images so the method to get them does not matter

Please excuse my first post on THIS forum being the following simple question: just wondering if you have chosen to use a filter with THIS lens. mine will be here tomorrow. i've been shooting for a long time don't want to open a can of worms with this question. i am well aware that filters, even the best of them, degrade every single image. just wondering about THIS lens and YOUR preferences. thank you so much, in advance

You only take 3 shot bursts? I take like 10...

Simplistic wrote in post #15575179
You only take 3 shot bursts? I take like 10...

Well, if it was something important, I might take more than three.
And honestly, with this lens, I'll take a burst, turn the focus ring, let the AF focus again, and take three more. I still don't fully trust it when it comes to focusing correctly in low light.

hehehe I was just trying to say I am probably worse than all ya'all at handheld, so don't beat yourself up TOO bad

@spalding12: Welcome on the forum and no, I dont use a filter. I have all the filters possible but now that we got softwares like LightRoom, I just dont see the need except maybe for a ND filter when there's too much light.

Like you say, it is going to degrade the IQ a bit and it's not what you want with this formidable lens.