Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM

Awesome shot Wim. I love that B&W processing.

ZCphoto wrote in post #10670963
Awesome shot Wim. I love that B&W processing.

Thank you!

I deliberately underexposed this photograph in order to get the most out of the sky as possible, and processed the Raw for maximum tonal range at fairly high contrast. I was inspired by some 1950s or 1960s photographs I saw of the Porta Nigra in Trier, Germany, about 7 or 8 years ago, but wanted to avoid the contrast being so high that the dark parts would have no detail left. The weathering pattern of the natural stone used is very similar in both cases, and I wanted to bring this out as best as possible, while maintaining detail in the backdrop as viewed through the "window" created by the remains of the old draw bridge housing of the medieval part of the castle.

BTW, I posted another photograph of a different part of the castle with similar processing in the TS-E 17L thread, over here:
https://photography-on-the.net …?p=10669061&pos​tcount=302

Kind regards, Wim

what u guys thinking between getting 35L or getting back up crop body for making ur 24II to be 38mm 1.4???

I'm using 5DC

korrakod wrote in post #10672947
what u guys thinking between getting 35L or getting back up crop body for making ur 24II to be 38mm 1.4???

I'm using 5DC

Uh... I think that's completely up to you. What's the 5Dc lacking that makes you want/need a back-up "crop" body? What do you shoot? If all you care for is something around 35mm FL, then it seems to be it'd be much cheaper and easier to just get the 35L. You'd get better DoF control (if you're into shallow DoF) with 35 + FF than with the 24 + crop.

But if you shoot professionally (get paid), then it would make sense and be wise to get a 2nd body to shoot with as a back up.

Ambon

f/1.4 for both

^ Nice work on the 24 L Julian.

Thanks, J. I figured I can give my son a break and terrorize my cat while she naps.

I will hopefully be joining this thread soon. Pending everything goes well

Paid for it today, hopefully I'll have it before this weekend

^Congrats Abram. You're gonna love the AF on this lens. It's fast and quiet!