May 3, 2023
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This is the best photo of the series in my opinion.
The lighting is very good, the facial expression is the best.
I don't find anything distracting in this photo at all.
With a photo size of 664x1000 pixels, showing so much detail is probably part of your craft. -
At first I thought: what does this photo show?
Very clever use of highlights and shadows.
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Don‘t write off gravity by simple.joy, on FlickrI shot this image for a Macro Mondays (a flickr themed group) for the theme "broken". It was shot with a modified (Meyer Optik) Pentacon electric 50 mm f/1.8 lens.
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You have a knack for creating an interesting and artistic image out of almost nothing. Here you've given us the parts of a broken pen, something we've all had in our hands a hundred times as we walked to the trash can to get rid of it before it gets ink in the wrong places. Yet you've arranged and photographed them in a way that we see them with new eyes. Here the big bright triangle makes it clear where we are to look, at the intersection of the broken parts. I have no idea if it would be as arresting without that but the whole thing manages to work. The predominately blue tones are very pleasing too. The only quibble I'd have is the front most blurred item; since I can't make out what it is, it kind of bothers me, and I think it is unnecessary to the image because of that little bother.
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In my opinion, a photo and the comment on this photo rarely go together so well.
I like both very much 👍
@minniev: I think it's the broken piece of pen in the foreground. It was probably deliberately placed that way by the photographer. -
Another wonderful photo!
Because of your interesting photos I have already looked at the available Meyer Optik lenses.
Many come into question for Sony cameras (FF), but which lens would you recommend as the first essential for you?
A number of lenses that you use can no longer be ordered. -
Is there another name for a performer with a viola than for a performer with a violin?
I'm ready to learn my new "word of the day".
;-)
My mention of a violin (or guitar) did not refer to your portrait but to the B&W strings macro. -
This is much better. The saturation is now very "high" and this has been brought out more by the extra brightness.
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Well there you have it, that is my word for today.
(You had probably already guessed that I am not a native speaker of English.
I live near Antwerp, in the northern part of Belgium.
Flemish (basically Dutch but with a different accent and some specific idioms) is my mother tongue.
French should be my second language but actually my English is better.
And then there is German and Italian.
And enough Spanish and Portuguese to not get lost in South-America.
But my experience is that for travel, it is important to learn at least a few words in the local lingo.
Just "Thank you" will already get you very far: into fun and out of trouble.) -
It's not that hard.... Just remember:
What follows after you call a VIOLIST a VIOLINIST is called VIOLENCE! 😉
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Thank you so much for your valuable feedback! You're right, I should have removed the transparent piece of the broken pen in front... It would have looked better slightly stopped down, but then the bokeh triangles would have been significantly smaller, which was not a good option for me here. Better to keep it simpler next time.
Thank you - glad you found it interesting. There are some great Meyer Optik lenses, but which one of them fits your needs best, depends on a number of factors:
- what you're going for in terms of look (smooth bokeh, bubbles, swirl etc.)
- your budget & availability of Meyer lenses in your part of the world
- willingness to deal with adapters & stuff
- your options for tweaking the lens (if that's what you're interested in)
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If you want some perspective on that I would encourage you to start a thread in the "Adapted lens talk" part of the forum and ask the question there. While the place feels somewhat empty still (unfortunately), I can answer your questions there as well and perhaps a more knowledgeable person on Meyer lenses can chime in at some point. 👍
