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Posted on November 26, 2013
This is the very first Fall photo I took on a brisk evening in September. I didn’t think I had anything to be impressed with when I took this, but I found myself using this as my wallpaper on my iPhone and iPad for the entire season 🙂
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last sign
Posted on November 26, 2013
The last sign of fall transitioning into winter… colors fading… leaves clinging to their branches but on their way down.
I really like how this photo turned out with such a monochromatic look to it, but also with the incredibly detail in the leaves. The dead leaves have such an incredible lattice pattern to them, which is what made me notice them.
I took this on a trial walk with the Canon 35mm f1.4 lens that I eventually returned because it wasn’t up to par with the Zeiss 35mm 1.4, but this shot turned out great and was worth the trouble of buying and returning it.
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fallen
Posted on November 7, 2013
This is one of the first fallen leaves I came across in early September on a neighborhood basketball court. The evening sun was hitting is just right to make it stand out and catch my eye.
I used a Zeiss 28mm f2 manual focus lens mounted on a Canon 5D Mark III with the aperture wide open and my lens right at the minimum focus distance for the lens. I love the close-up with context view that shooting very close with a wide angle lens provides, and ever since I experimented with this technique, the minimum focus distance is probably the first spec that I look at whenever I’m considering a new lens. The usual alternative of using a macro lens for close-up work can also yield really great photos, but they are completely different than a close up with a wide angle. There is no context with a macro lens… it’s all about the detail of the object being captured. A close-up with a wide angle creates a story though, and that’s what I love about the technique.
This image came out of the camera with a very 3D look at feel that I loved as soon as the shot appeared on my screen, and it’s the photo that started me down the path of trying to perfect the “close-up with context” view.
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