Vijay and Russ - e-shoot 24/5/08

A few beach images for your viewing pleasure. Except for the last image, I limited myself to available light this time ... which was decidedly pleasurable, given it was my first time out with the 24/1.4L!

Anyway, let me know what you think.

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I love this series, i don't have any favorites because they're all so good

Thanks nursek

Great work Luke, but 3 and 7 are way too washed out for me - I can't even tell what #3 is.

A nice set of photos. My faves were 5, 6, 8 and 14.

Didn't like 3 and 7 because they are too washed out (3 especially).

I think number 2 would have looked better with the sun behind one of the peoples heads silhouetting them.

It's called flare, people! Hehehe. I appreciate the comments ... I know flare isn't for everybody. In #3 it's particularly strong ... I have less flared versions of that.

Very nice Luke! How do you find the 24L? Is it well worth the upgrade from the 28/1.8? After my wedding yesterday I realised how soft the 28/1.8 is compared to the 50/1.4...

Thanks Clarence.

The 24/1.4L is awesome. Soooooo sharp, even at f/1.4. I didn't use below f/2.0 here tho ... where it is razor sharp. Definitely a good upgrade from the 28/1.8. So it should be, at 3 times the price!

So would you recommend it?

Basically I'm toying with either using the 1.6x for longer, and getting a sharper equivalent of the 28/1.8 (i.e. what you have) or going FF and using the 50/1.4 which I'm very happy with sharpness.

I'm leaning more towards the 5D, but the 28mm becomes a very nice wide angle lens, very usable focal length... but options are still open...

Good luck with it Luke, I guess the client decides which images they prefer so you can now got to town and get real arty with the new lens. personally I like No3

How was it not clear that I would recommend it?

24mm is a great walkaround length on crop but I look forward to throwing it on a full frame camera one day too. You can't lose by upgrading.

coalcliff wrote in post #5594729
Good luck with it Luke, I guess the client decides which images they prefer so you can now got to town and get real arty with the new lens. personally I like No3

Thanks coalcliff. I'll be interested to see which shots the clients like best. Chances are they'll disagree between them!

Beautiful set, Luke. I like the flare. I would probably do just a wee bit of smoothing on her skin in some of the closeups, particularly images like #11. Not much though for sure. Just enough to even it out, not enough to make her look like a hooker.

linarms wrote in post #5594847
How was it not clear that I would recommend it?

haha... It was more of an overhead question, not expecting an answer

Beautiful set - I dig the flare, you used it well without overusing it. It's hard for me to shoot wide angle without looking kind of snapshotty, and you did a great job at it- f2 is pretty sweet - I use the 35 at that a lot and I love it.

Cheers,
Phil