Photos with Nikon 5cm/2 and Fuji 100

[raid]

Yesterday I took some photos of my daughter with the Nikon 5cm/2 lens, but this time I did not use a tripod as I did in the test of eight 50mm lenses recently. I had to use a shutter speed of 1/15, which resulted in a few shots being unsharp due to the child moving around too much. I took the photos against the window light and used an Osram flash set at 1/4 flash power to fill in the shadows on the face. Film used was a Fuji 100 color film in a Bessa T camera. All photos were taken wide open at f2.0.

 

[raid]

Here are four more photos. Let me know if you like the photos or not.

 

[FrankS]

Raid, as before, lovely model! The last 2 photos posted are my favourite due to her pose. I'm a big fan of available light though so I find the flash lighting not attractive.

 

[raid]

Frank: I agree with you. I was experimenting with such lighting, and I will not use the same technique again since I prefer natural light as you do. I am learning each day a little bit more. Thanks for your words.

 

[raid]

The last two shots are taken without fill-in flash (unless I am mistaken). I don't like backdrops, but last time someone mentioned that he did not like to see the "door knob in the picture", so I tried this out. I prefer the window setting.

 

[payasam]

Agree with Frank. The flash makes the pictures look unnatural (apart from the vignetting, for which I can see no other cause). Maybe you'd like to try something large and white to balance but not over-power the light from the window? A bed-sheet, perhaps, if you can get someone or something to hold it up. Lens performance as good as might be expected. Most important, is there any chance of getting your model to run away to a new grand-dad on another continent?

 

[raid]

Agree with Frank. The flash makes the pictures look unnatural (apart from the vignetting, for which I can see no other cause). Maybe you'd like to try something large and white to balance but not over-power the light from the window? A bed-sheet, perhaps, if you can get someone or something to hold it up. Lens performance as good as might be expected. Most important, is there any chance of getting your model to run away to a new grand-dad on another continent?

Ha ha ha ... in which other continent do you live? She has no living grand-dad.
As for the photos, they were simply taken as a follow-up test handheld with the Nikon lens. I dislike unnatural things anyways. I may try next week using a bedsheet to fill in the shadows.

 

[raid]

Ooops. I should look at the information posted on the screen. You are located in Delhi, India. Excuse me.

 

[payasam]

Every angel *needs* a grand-dad, Raid. We are like vitamins, like oxygen, like chocolate itself. This last brings up a special qualification of mine. There are other angels who find my beard entirely satisfactory as an object on which to wipe their chocolatey hands. Besides, although my quacking leaves much to be desired, I am held to woof rather well.

 

[raid]

Every angel *needs* a grand-dad, Raid. We are like vitamins, like oxygen, like chocolate itself. This last brings up a special qualification of mine. There are other angels who find my beard entirely satisfactory as an object on which to wipe their chocolatey hands. Besides, although my quacking leaves much to be desired, I am held to woof rather well.

One day, I hope to become a grand-dad myself, unless I started a family too late in my life. We shall see.

 

[payasam]

You'll get there, Raid, but you must be patient. My very best to the angel. You may take a 2 per cent cut. Keep posting pictures. It is fascinating to see how a child grows.

 

[raid]

Yes, I agree with you on this. Children change so so much in such a short time. When you get older, time seems to fly.

 

[payasam]

Haven't you got things mixed up, Raid? As you grow older, time seems more and more to stand still. It seems to fly only when you look at growing kids, because they really do fly. Mind you, angels pass through phases of monsterhood too, when all you can do is tear your hair.

 

[raid]

No really. It depend show you look at it. Looking back when I was much younger, time would not move. For example, being a student was sometimes painful since the academic year would not end. Nowadays, years fly buy. Of course, oberving my children, they seem to grow fast. At the end of each year, I cannot believe a year has gone by (these years).

 

[payasam]

My Swiss friend Al did say that time was relative.