After working too hard for too many months Management finally talked me into treating myself to a present, a Canon EF 50mm 1.4. I’m finding it a challenge working with a prime lens in that it requires more legwork to set up a composition. The depth of field is awkward for me in that where I think I have the right focal point via the viewfinder only to find out I missed the mark and ended up with something less than eye pleasing. That said I love being able to shoot in low light conditions without relying on the flash for every shot, however, I am now even more hungry for a 430EX as I think that it would work really well with this lens.
A Little Bee-Hind
…and full of bad puns. I have a back log of Gabi photos to cross post here that I hope to get to in the next couple of days.
Lunchtime saw a brief sojourn through some new streets which yielded a shot of three buildings I’ve photographed before but at new angles and one of my favorite flower photos to date. The weather was beautiful, clear and bright, which made it optimal conditions to try out my new polarizing filter. I’m very pleased with the results.
The top picture, while not having a stellar composition, really pops and the spray painted sign tickles my juvenile side (on Flickr it is titled “Middle School”). The second is of that church I am so found of but this time looking uptown at it against the Fox 61 building, otherwise known as “Stilts”. The rose was found thriving above the I-84 underpass among dead grass and concrete. I love the effect that the filter gave the background, dark and impressionistic.
