Tilt and you shall receive!

[Scott]

Almost 200 mate, well done[]

[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&S going there. Enjoy your nice deal!

[Shea Design]

BTW - Leaving a TS wide open (f/2.8 in the 45 & 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 & shift more subtlety, or simply execute a parallax correction with an architectural subject.


I'm happy to report the the 1.4 extender 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





100mm Macro, settings offline. Mayhem 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 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 & 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





This is my Nikon bud Oscar, post camo:

[btaylor]

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