Tilt and you shall receive!

[Shea Design]

Totally lucked out last week when a discontinued TS-e 24mm f/3/5 L ("http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-TS-E-24mm-f-3.5-L-Tilt-Shift-Lens-Review.aspx) showed up on the local 'list'... Now I know this is pretty esoteric glass for most, but this has always been an area of interest for me so I picked her up mint for $750 & began my Tilt Shift adventures:


Obligatory shrinky shot, walking distance from pickup spot:
http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_TS-first_2363-small.jpg


Something new at Sunset:
http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_Tilt-Jetty_2615-small.jpg


This framing seems to work:http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_2416_TiltSmall.jpg


A wedge of focus was it...
http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_WedgeOfocus_2536-small.jpg


The shift and shoot panos are very tight too, but I'll spare you another Cali sunset for now. 5D mkII body btw.


-Shea

[Madison]

i love these. a lot.

[Brendan7]

I want that lens [:@] WAIT!$750? for that? dammnnn.....


great pictures shea. especially #s 2&3.

[neuroanatomist]

Totally lucked out last week when ..... showed up on the local 'list'





Ahhh, CL...the bane of my existence. [;)]Thus I acquired myEF 200mm f/2.8<span style="color: red;"]LII USM and my EF 300mm f/4<span style="color: red;"]LIS USM, both in like-new condition and both for more than 40% less than the cost of a new copy of the lens...and both while I was saving up for other lenses that were on my personal wish list.


Yet...I still check the local CL pages a few times per day - I'm a sucker for a bargain on a L-series lens. [:D]


Great pics, and congrats on your new acquisition!

[btaylor]

Great stuff there. I lovea bit of tilt-shift action. I've used the TSE 90mm a before and I loved it.

[Shea Design]

Tnx all,.. I went to shrink the train but a timelaspe sunset was more in order. Stomped to 338kb (from 2.83 gigs, 5% of original lenght), QT:
http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_Sunset_VidThmb_2725.jpg ("http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_Sunset-Stormy_2736%20RAM_1.mov)

[Shea Design]

You know when you find that sweet spot in full manual that makes your subject glow?.. this is probably OP'd for some and new territory for me as well... anyway the light was dynamic and offered great contrast (see clouds above) - f/3.5 1/200 iso 500


http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_SRF-glowy_2722-small.jpg


This is another recent favorite - 16-35mm f/2.8 ("http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-16-35mm-f-2.8-L-II-USM-Lens-Review.aspx) (1/320 iso 400):http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea-beacons-bikes_0501-small.jpg


And a hand held moon shot (thus a bit soft), a blue moon and processed a touch as such (300+1.4mm - f/9 1/250 iso 800):
http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea-moon_0529-small.jpg

[Scott]

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"]<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"]Sorry I gotta ask, I am the first to admit that I know nothing about a tilt shift lens but is the foreground and back ground suppose to be out of focus or is this due to aperture size, as in normal lens&rsquo;s.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"] The images look good apart from the out of focus bits, can someone please tell me if this is the characteristics of the lens or user preference.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"]<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"]Cheers Scott

[btaylor]

That's a characteristic of the lens Scott. You can adjust the focal point and direction of the blur/out of focus areas to suit (amongst other things).

[Scott]

Cheers Ben, cleared it up for me.......yeah I don't like it, don't like it at all, each to there own I guess.





Scott [:P]

[Scott]

Almost 200 mate, well done[:D]

[DavidEccleston]

yeah I don't like it, don't like it at all, each to there own I guess


I didn't want to be the first to say it, but now that it's out there, I'll let you know you're not alone. Completely un-natural, and my brain rejects it.


The cliff/beach shot highlights that it's not OOF from thin DOF. Parts of the grass on the cliff and the beach below are in focus, which would suggest a wide DOF, however it's right beside OOF grass and beach, and just hurts my brain.

[neuroanatomist]

Yeah - I'm not a big fan of that look either. [:S] But, that's only one end of the spectrum. The other big uses for TS-E lenses are to put more of the field in sharp focus than would otherwise be possible without knocking up against diffraction limits, and also to correct for perspective distortion in architectural shots. Bryan's sample galleries for the TS-E lenses show these nice capabilities.

[Sheiky]

It's all a matter of personal preferences. I personally like them a lot. But I do think I would get bored at it after a while, but untill then I like them!


I believe they were made for people to photograph architecture to control the perspective and focus on an area which wasn't parallel at the camera. Also for landscapes to get a specific area totally in focus. What you see on some of Shea's pictures is the creative field of view you can create with it. I like it!



and just hurts my brain


Haha yeah it does!


Anyways good luck with your new lens Shea and let us hope for new and maybe even more awesome pictures! Have fun! [Y]

[Joel]

Shea you got some great T&amp;S going there. Enjoy your nice deal!

[Shea Design]

BTW - Leaving a TS wide open (f/2.8 in the 45 &amp; 90mm versions) and getting two subjects in focus at VERY different positions in the frame is unique to TS lenses. My examples are all a bit dramatic and as I warm up to the character of the lens I expect to tilt &amp; shift more subtlety, or simply execute a parallax correction with an architectural subject.


I'm happy to report the the 1.4 extender ("http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-Extender-EF-1.4x-II-Tele-Converter-Review.aspx) is working nicely with the 24mm TS-e, giving me a little extra reach in a convenient package.


Sorry to hurt any brains, in fact you may want to avoid my threads as I'm a bit esoteric myself.


-Shea


http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_Dawson-WrksofMan_Small.jpg


100mm Macro, settings offline. Mayhem ("http://www.modelmayhem.com/1050523) work.

[Chuck Lee]

Shea,


Awesome deal.... I've beenlooking for the same thing. Your example shots are great. Thanks for rubbing it in....... LOL!


For all the hurt brains I just have to say, if you haven't, browse on over to Vincent Laforet's ("http://www.vincentlaforet.com/) site and have a look at his gallery.


Thanks Shea

[btaylor]

I really like the creativity that you can get out of tilt-shift photography. I have seen some wedding photographers over use it though and yes it gets a little old after a while. I don't think I could justify the cost of buying one simply because I don't think it would get a heap of use.


Shea - that last image is amazing! Is that a real blast in the background or is that a stock photo behind? Great stuff.

[Shea Design]

Tnx,.. the background is Computer Generated Imagery, my day job, but not my work - heavily modified and blurred here . The model just showed up at a shoot and starting doing push ups after I agreed to photograph him so I put the Dragen technique to my own (twisted) uses and really greased this one up in post. With the body sweat, 100mm f/2.8 macro &amp; a hot flash I was halfway there. Here are a couple more, both guys in their early 20's shot a little hot N low. -Shea


http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_DragenHvy-Kazoo-smaller.jpg


This is my Nikon bud Oscar, post camo:
http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_Oscar-DragenCamo-smaller.jpg

[btaylor]

Very Dragen alright!!! I like the second one- nice details.

[TucsonTRD]

I'm not a big fan of some of the creative shots this type of lens is capable of, I kind of agree that it hurts my brain [:S]. Though the very first picture I thought was pretty neat. It almost seems like some sort of life-like model of a street.


I do find that second to last picture (from page 1) amazing though. Well done.

[Fred Doane]

Shea Design,

Your work is absolutely stunning. I personally like the TS effect that you used on the shots. I do agree just like fisheye or other specialty lenses could get old if thats all you did but I have to say your work is the best I've seen on here. I totally love the last shot of the guy in full camo.

Fred~

[Shea Design]

Thanks Fred, I'll probably move back into working with models and leave the tilting for a road trip or anytime I can get high (in elevation) for the full shrink factor.


I'm somewhat captivated with the look for now, especially when zoomed into the narrow focal area of a shot - the effect persist and is more about textures with the immediate diffusion of surface details adding to the illusion of scale. Here are a few examples of tight crops;


http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_Tilt-Valley-Crop_2830-smaller.jpg


http://www.shea-design.com/photo-forum/Shea_Tilt-Valley_Crop_2832-smaller.jpg