Finn Gonschior
Olympus E-M1 + Olympus 40-150mm
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Stephane Lanoux
Le Regard.
Olympus O-M10 & Panasonic 20/1.7
StephaneLanoux.com
Ilya Varivchenko
Masha, OM-D EM5, 45/1.8
Ron Nabity
Wild berry leaves, taken with Olympus E-M1 & Olympus 40-150mm PRO f/2.8 lens. ISO400, 1/800, f/2.8, handheld. Image tonemapped with Photomatix and final post production in Photoshop.
Simon Urquhart
Nov 24th, 12:48pm
gh4 with lumix 42.5 f1.2 1/640 iso 400
Max M Fuhlendorf
False-color E-PM2 with 590nm IR conversion (@Life Pixel Infrared) and Rokinon 7,5mm lens (photomerged in Photoshop)
Karsten Müller
Autumn impression from the southwest of Germany
Camera: Panasonic GM1
Lens: Olympus 17mm f1.8
Maxime Riera
EM5 + 12-40 F2.8
19 Responses
Nice entries. And I’m by no means an expert. But only because m4/3 can produce now shallow depth of field doesn’t mean the picture always benefits from it… To me personally a bit more DOF would have been preferable. What do you think?
Depends on the photo.But for me,for female photography, its a benefit.Always. Just use the right lens.
For portraits and body shots obviously yes. But outside a studio setting – not so sure. And even Ilya did not require much background separation. But his portrait today is much different to previous ones
I say this as an outdoor model photographer,more dof is a negative for me, i am not an environmental portrait person. Especially in a studio more dof is used since the background settings there dont require shallow dof as you have less depth in such situations, so you might prob think reverse. Mostly people close their aperture in studios. Esp the FT sensor can use more headroom wideopen. While I see non existent devotees here for bokeh or shallow/isolation aspects, in general there are many photographers who are into it. Many here call them beginners who are playing too much with OOF stuff, but imo thats a prejudice opinion. I have many friends who shoot wideopen on 24×36, so why should one not do this on MFT, just because its effect there is less? weird logic IMO.
Thank you for correcting me in terms of DOF indoors and outdoors.
I am far from being in a position to criticise images and merely voicing my personal opinion, that on e.g. the leaf images I would have preferred more in focus. As this entry of the page isn’t overrun with trolls I can safely mention that with m4/3 you can run into too much blur without getting the typical replies…
I take it from you that for your shooting style you could sometimes do with even faster lenses although your pictures stunning enough. Just trying to figure in my limited imagination, in which way the images would improve (apart from the bokeh/OOF obviously)
Thanks for the kind words. I think, in order to make the most of the OOF and bokeh aspects, other things count ofcourse too, sometimes more then the blur aspect, like the composition,background and the sort quality of the light. If these are optimal, then the blur might be less important(I mean a f/2.8 might still give good mood instead of f/1.8). I have to confess that I prefer fast lenses because it gives me more freedom in being able to use also crowded backgrounds in a better way than would be possible with a slower zoom(kit) lens. I used last time a canon 18-55 f/3.5-5.6, and while the isolation is less obvious, I choosed for a bit different kind of approach, like including the background very close against the model, which worked well too. The picture is not an ideal example as I framed quite thigth on her. http://media.fotoapparatuur.nl/IG/84674.jpg
WoW!
Was this a civilized, intelligent exchange of views on the subject of DOF!?
Whats going on? Must be some early Christmas spirit…
Or Black Friday/Cyber Monday post culmination bliss…
lol , i also dont know what happened 🙂
This section is mostly overlooked by trolls. Wouldn’t dare to start this in the crop sensor comments 🙂
I can see what you mean. You have quite a varied shooting style! Between profile silhouettes, shallow DOF semi nudes to this (at least what you showcased so far) all of which are quite nice. What percentage do you shoot in B&W?
the choice for B&W is mostly already done at the start, I mean I set my preview for LCD check at monochrome, since thats the way i like it mostly, sometimes the color versions do give better mood but that happens only if an early or late low sun position happens.I started in color 10 years ago but since 2008/2009 the preference for BW was obvious. I dont have much experience in nudes..i just happen to make it happen meeting the right persons 🙂
I like the B&W photos. The one of the police has left me pondering the depicted scene. A glimse into spmeone’s story. I would normally not consider the opinion of an officer but the expression on their face leaves questions unanswered. Great photo.
Yes, there seems to be more story/emotion in these two b&w photos. I like Stephane Lanoux’s shot.
Thank you CutBun and Jv, for your feedback on my picture. And I agree that Maxime’s one is so original and powerful. It reminds me Orwell’s 1984.
Ilya always knows how to use a lens for portraits, plus has an eye for the right females 😉
Your book with the Indonesian model is very nice too. The photography comes off as easy and natural, while the back story widens the mental perspective.
Sean you mean “the Girl from Sukabumi” right? as its the only one with textual content.As she is the person I tried to do another shoot again after 7,5 years of many attempts . Thank you for the compliments.
Le Regard – wonderful mood shot, and “The Look” is indeed quite intense for that laid back setting. Thanks to all who contribute.
Yes, ‘le regard’, a really nice picture.