Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 — 1/160 sec, f/1.2, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Fuzzy at f/1.2
at the Sourenji Temple (宗蓮寺), Kyoto Japan
This is a followup to “An f/1.2 + f/5.6 Pair” from two months ago, from an outing introduced the prior day in “A Few Pretty Pictures from Kyoto’s Middle-of-Nowhere Sourenji Temple”. I'd left off with the promise to show a few more f/1.2 shots, so here we finally are.
Nothing here is really that compelling, or even makes good use of the ultra shallow depth of field that f/1.2 affords. Whatever might be notable is more due to “strangeness” than “interest”, but it's a bit off the beaten path so I'm posting them.
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 — 1/200 sec, f/1.2, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Damien and Paul
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 — 1/160 sec, f/1.2, ISO 160 — map & image data — nearby photos
Entrance Steps
before the turn
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 — 1/160 sec, f/1.2, ISO 125 — map & image data — nearby photos
Entrance Steps
after the turn
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 — 1/2500 sec, f/1.2, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Funky Trees
discussed in the text and comments of this post
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 — 1/5000 sec, f/1.2, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Backdrop
of funky trees
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 — 1/400 sec, f/1.2, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Banister
This kind of shot is cliché, but I like it (also seen recently here), but I'm still trying to get a good one.
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 — 1/50 sec, f/1.2, ISO 140 — map & image data — nearby photos
Chilly Hands
it was quite cold
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 — 1/400 sec, f/1.2, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Morning Constitutional
Nikon D4 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 — 1/1000 sec, f/1.2, ISO 100 — map & image data — nearby photos
Losing the Effect
of thin depth of field as the focus point gets further
Like I said, there's nothing too compelling here, and I don't think any of these pictures are really enhanced by the ultra-shallow depth of field. This says more about my inability to make the best use of the tool than anything bad about the tool.
For what it's worth, I think like “Morning Constitutional” the best, but that has nothing to do with its shallow depth of field.
I, too, like “Morning Constitutional” the best.
Hey I kinda look cool in the second pic 🙂
But the chromatic aberration is quite strong. Have you tried to get rid of it?
You look cool all the time. I didn’t try to get rid of the chromatic aberration because I thought it was just your glowing personality, but checking now, I see that Lightroom 4’s purple chromatic aberration slider takes care of it admirably. (It doesn’t take care of the intense bloom of the fringes of your outline where the sun is hitting, but that’s a separate issue.) —Jeffrey