Light Lens Lab 50mm f/1.2 ASPH "1966" 2024

In my mind, the wide-open (or near wide-open character) is the reason for this lens. It's decently sharp stopped down, but it has gobs of geometric distortion and it's quite heavy.

Jenny by Jim Fischer, on Flickr

Off Alley by Jim Fischer, on Flickr

Jenny by Jim Fischer, on Flickr

Leica M7, Light Lens Lab 50mm f/1.2 '1966,' Ilford HP5+, Xtol 1:1.
 
Slumgullion said:
In my mind, the wide-open (or near wide-open character) is the reason for this lens. It's decently sharp stopped down, but it has gobs of geometric distortion and it's quite heavy.

Jenny by Jim Fischer, on Flickr

Off Alley by Jim Fischer, on Flickr

Jenny by Jim Fischer, on Flickr

Leica M7, Light Lens Lab 50mm f/1.2 '1966,' Ilford HP5+, Xtol 1:1.
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Lovely facial features and very nice photos.

Whenever I'm doing portraits with one of my lenses that is very soft wide open, the farther away my subject is from the camera -- and therefor the smaller the facial features are -- the greater the urge I usually have to stop down a little to add a bit more clarity. This is not a criticism at all of your photos. Just a comment on what I might be thinking in a similar situation.
 
I've never used the LLL f1.2 but somehow I think the Voigtländer f1.1 is a more practical lens. It is not so heavy and it is damn sharp wide open. I like to use it from time to time.

gelatin silver print (nokton 50mm f1.1) leica m2

Amsterdam, 2024

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JoeV said:
Now you have destroyed my confidence in the veracity of photography. It’s all make-believe! /s
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All I can do is offer my humble apologies. It was never my intension to deceive in any way. I've been dodging, cropping, cloning, and editing my pictures in Photoshop for years now. However, in future forum posts I will note any significant modifications, if any.
 
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Bill Blackwell said:
All I can do is offer my humble apologies. It was never my intension to deceive in any way. I've been dodging, cropping, cloning, and editing my pictures in Photoshop for years now. However, in future forum posts I will note any significant modifications, if any.
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I think Joe was having a bit of fun and we’re all here for fun and not reporting. I was a bit surprised, as I tend to be more aligned with a journalistic approach of not cloning - in or out! That’s not to pretend that I don’t adjust pictures or that (even) straight out of camera is inherently truth.

The other side of this is an admiration for your creativity, to even think of shooting the picture with an intent to add a boat.

If you presented it as a photograph, rather than your openness about it being a composite I’d be unhappy. Honesty is all - and I’ve never thought I’d make a good painter!

Thanks
 
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