50mm Walk About

It's been a little while since we did a 50mm thread. This past Saturday morning I snapped the 50mm f1.8 on the D2h and took a little walk about around town. Here are a few of the images I recorded. I have become so use to the zooms and standing in one spot and adjusting with the zoom that I found it refreshing to have to move up and back the way I did for years to frame my images. Feel free to post some of your resent 50mm shots here.

I also tried to get a little fall color.

OT nice Idea and execution.
Jimmy B

Thanks Jimmy. I hope others will get out the 50's and add to this thread.

I LOVE number 6! It's GORGEOUS!
You don't wanna see mine lol. Mine are ALWAYS of my kids haha.
Ooh no hold on, tell a lie and you've seen this one before but I WILL post it here too.
One of my favourites to date :thumbsup:

http://alisongreenwoodphotography.co...s_500_copy.jpg

O.T. great shots, like also from you. I like the fourth shot.

James

It makes me want to take the day off and going shooting with the 50mm.

Alison,
Great colors, beautiful shot. How much, if any, post picture did you do?

James

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[SIZE="3"]I LOVE number 6! It's GORGEOUS!
You don't wanna see mine lol. Mine are ALWAYS of my kids haha.
Ooh no hold on, tell a lie and you've seen this one before but I WILL post it here too.
One of my favourites to date :thumbsup:

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Going to take me a long while to get tried of looking at this one Alison. Love everything about it. So what's wrong with posting pics of the kids?

Fun shots, I too, like #6

Thanks guys :)

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Alison,
Great colors, beautiful shot. How much, if any, post picture did you do?

James

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Cropped, levels, contrast, blurred edges slightly, turned up the blue a little more.

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Going to take me a long while to get tried of looking at this one Alison. Love everything about it. So what's wrong with posting pics of the kids?

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Nothing...if your me and never tire of looking at ya own kids lol ;)
Here is one of my pretty Dee Dee, (my new nickname for her :) )
I was testing how well I could do with lenses in glasses and bouncing my flash.

http://alisongreenwoodphotography.co..._0801_500c.jpg

Just a few "oldies but goodies" from the NYC Orchid Show under a tent about 2 years ago. Shot with XT and 50mm/f1.4 lens. Some are a bit soft due to very low lighting and no flash - handheld.

Liz

http://mariaimage.smugmug.com/photos/19884081-M.jpg

http://mariaimage.smugmug.com/photos/19884077-M.jpg

http://mariaimage.smugmug.com/photos/19884098-M.jpg

http://mariaimage.smugmug.com/photos/19910287-M.jpg

Thanks for starting a new thread......it's my incentive to get that gorgeous 50mm out of my bag again.

Great shots OT......

Liz

Alison - beautiful shot of the flower......

And of course your daughters are always beautiful. Thanks for sharing your talents - and family.

Liz

Thanks Liz :D

Molly....the tabby - and Jeremy

http://mariaimage.smugmug.com/photos/21352712-M.jpg

Jeremy
http://mariaimage.smugmug.com/photos/74417746-M.jpg

Yo! OT!

Nice thread!

Nice images Larry. Been meaning to get out and do the same thing myself. Glad you reminded me about the forums. I'd have missed out on these.

Took this two days ago :)

http://alisongreenwoodphotography.co...G_1060_640.jpg

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Took this two days ago :)

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Gorgeous Ali!!

not all that recent, but 50mm f/1.4. love the lens.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/146/4...bf044256_o.jpg

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not all that recent, but 50mm f/1.4. love the lens.

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Nice shot and great to have another Kentuckian here on the boards. Hope you show us a lot more of your work.

I was hard at work in the office this afternoon when I spied these two little cookie munchers hanging out behind me. It was getting dark in the building and we hadn't turned on the lights yet -- but I like shooting with my 50mm f1.8 in lower light situations.

mbb

here's two more from me

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/228/4...5b4011b453.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/4...48bc4844_o.jpg

Great use of the 50 f1.8. Wonderful images. Those are the kind that can often be missed because we don't have a good fast lens at our fingertips.

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Yo! OT!

Nice thread!

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Thanks RG great to hear from you. Hope to see some more of your real soon.

Love the second one Liz. Perfect for the 50mm.

One from me so far.

James

Okay last one, for today.

James

One from today:

http://www.scottmosherphotography.co...s/DSC_0978.jpg

I love mine too! I have two primes - the 50mm f1.4 and a Sigma 105mm Macro.

The 50mm f1.4 rocks! I love it for low light, night, and astrophotography. I also use it for portraits, but not as much as I should.

2 weeks ago we took a weekend to go up to the NC Mountains for some golf and a tour of wine country (yes, they make wine in NC). The fall colors were spectacular and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. To keep it simple, I just used the 50mm all weekend. One side benefit, that I didn't consider at the time (because I'm not a pro) is that with the 50mm, the perspective wasn't compacted, which was perfect for what I was trying to do! I will now think of that when choosing which lens to use.

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To keep it simple, I just used the 50mm all weekend. One side benefit, that I didn't consider at the time (because I'm not a pro) is that with the 50mm, the perspective wasn't compacted, which was perfect for what I was trying to do! I will now think of that when choosing which lens to use.

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I agree Obie the 50mm is a much overlooked piece of glass in most of our arsenals. That why I will sometime go out with nothing else just to make me appreciate more what it can do. Back in the old days the 50mm or 55mm was the standard lens that came with all SLR's. There must have been some reason for it.

Here are a couple more from my walk about with the 50mm. I may have use one or more of these in another thread. When you get to be my age the memory doesn't always serve you as well as you would like.

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Back in the old days the 50mm or 55mm was the standard lens that came with all SLR's. There must have been some reason for it.

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Its field of coverage (Canon's is 46° diagonally) is roughly equal to what the human eye can view with relative clarity.
Also isn't it just what we're used to? For many the defining documentary instrument of the 20th century was the 35mm rangefinder camera with 50mm lens.

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Its field of coverage (Canon's is 46° diagonally) is roughly equal to what the human eye can view with relative clarity.
Also isn't it just what we're used to? For many the defining documentary instrument of the 20th century was the 35mm rangefinder camera with 50mm lens.

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And I use a 35mm prime with my D70 for this exact reason: with the crop factor it's right around 50mm.

Here are a few of my 50mm shots from the last few weeks.

The first two with the Canon 50mm f/1.4 (both with a little help from an extension tube)

The last three with the Canon 50m f/1.8

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2 weeks ago we took a weekend to go up to the NC Mountains for some golf and a tour of wine country (yes, they make wine in NC). The fall colors were spectacular and the weather couldn't have been more perfect. To keep it simple, I just used the 50mm all weekend. One side benefit, that I didn't consider at the time (because I'm not a pro) is that with the 50mm, the perspective wasn't compacted, which was perfect for what I was trying to do! I will now think of that when choosing which lens to use.

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Where in the NC mountains?

And golf in the mountains???? That looks like a wicked course, with the sloping terrain.

There are several small, family owned wineries in NC. Actually, there are over 60!
http://www.visitnc.com/what_to_do_wine.asp?s=fw

The closest to us is Duplin Winery, located in, Duplin County.

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Here are a few of my 50mm shots from the last few weeks.

The first two with the Canon 50mm f/1.4 (both with a little help from an extension tube)

The last three with the Canon 50m f/1.8

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Loupey these are outstanding as usual. I never thought about the tubes with my 50. I use them mainly with the 105. Now you have given me something to think about.

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Here are a couple more from my walk about with the 50mm. I may have use one or more of these in another thread. When you get to be my age the memory doesn't always serve you as well as you would like.

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Larry,

How big is the town you live in? Your photos remind me a lot of Mineral Point. I see your main street photos and they make me feel right at home.

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Larry,

How big is the town you live in? Your photos remind me a lot of Mineral Point. I see your main street photos and they make me feel right at home.

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My home town boast of having 3000 souls in the city limits. What you see is pretty much what you get. That is the downtown area. We have two stoplights and a caution light in the downtown area. A few years ago a by-pass was built to get truck and through traffic out of downtown. We have a McDonald's and a few other businesses that have sprung up out there.