Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM (Thread 3)

C&C Welcome!

That is true. I have had another person telling me the same. I could have cropped it better or framed it differently.

These are gorgeous!

Thank you!

UmphreyBogart wrote in post #18403417
C&C Welcome!

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I would offer:

1) in first picture, I don't see the extreme left of the picture adding to the photo in any way - as such, I would crop in 8x10 fully in from the left - the added benefit is that the best part of the picture is magnified and it places the model almost exactly at the rule of 3rds

2) in the second picture, the foreground bokeh (the yellow lines) from the 135L can be often 'distracting' (it is the only weakness of this lens in certain situations) - as such, I would crop it 5x7 trimming off half the amount of yellow lines below her feet - this keeps most of the 4x6 shape and helps further place the model closer to the rule of 3rds

In terms of additional editing that is photog specific, I might very, very slightly warm both photos (very slightly) and I might also use a few radial filters in LR to bring a 1/4-1/3 EV to her face and might also use a graduated filter pulled from top right corner with some additional exposure to bring a simulated direction of light to the image

Tried a 6 image stitch with the 135mm today

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/WzG2​Nm

Awesome photo and as always, adorable model. Was it worth it, I mean the result is great, my point is if the photo would've been too different with a single wide open shot?

Dankata wrote in post #18404548
Awesome photo and as always, adorable model. Was it worth it, I mean the result is great, my point is if the photo would've been too different with a single wide open shot?

I would have asked the same question

PExpo wrote in post #18404537
Tried a 6 image stitch with the 135mm today

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/WzG2​Nm Golden Hour 6 image stitch by Pollard Exposures, on Flickr

Like it - well done.

My only comment is a general comment about the 135L and 'near' bokeh.
As you can see from the grass in the lower left corner, the 135L can create not the most attractive 'near' bokeh in certain situations.
I would suggest looking at a different crop, (16x9), and reducing / eliminating this area - it adds little to the beautiful picture.

Dankata wrote in post #18404548
Awesome photo and as always, adorable model. Was it worth it, I mean the result is great, my point is if the photo would've been too different with a single wide open shot?

To be honest, I didn't even attempt moving even further away to see what a wide shot would look like. I do find however my subject isn't as sharp when shot from further away versus closer-up and my daughter wasn't going to stay still for me to play around with it much. I've always wanted to try a Brenizer though, but I'd like to try for more images to throw into the stitch next time... I can't be sure 6 was truly "worth it" lol. It was wider like 16:9 but I dropped it to 4:6 for uploading to social media purposes too

I agree with you

At work right now but when I get home later I will upload it at the 16:9 ratio

here is the 16:9 wide version

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/WgQs​tU

I prefer the original crop as it represents the Brenizer method more.