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jb7 TCD C41 – 9 pics…
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just getting some of these out of my system…
still the b+w to get through yet-
Top light, Irish Stock Exchange
The day’s trades, Irish Stock Exchange
Sinead’s table
Central Bank
College Green
Royal Hospital Quadrangle
RH Urn
Shelbourne Hotel
The Mansion House
Cool, Joseph… That lens is mad. really like that effect on the edges, you could have a lot of fun with that, playing with different subjects.
I’m looking forward to the black and whites, I think those edges might do something nice to the tones.I like the first in this set, and the one of college green and the square at RH and the hotel.
Nice set…Sinead
I agree – that lens is mad. I am really looking forward to the black and white.
Thanks Sinead, Dave-
It’s not actually the widest lens that covers the format,
but, you know, the other one resolves out to the edges,
so it’s no fun at all…Not sure that looking forward to the black and whites is a very sensible thing to do-
Sinead, there is one other thing I was meaning to try-
a bit more difficult now that it’s been taken apart-
but the field curvature needs to be played with a bit-
it might be good for looking down tunnels…Thanks again for the comments-
joseph
Very nice set Joseph, really shows off the capabilities of the new toy…
I’d have a few strong favourites here: The rooflights in the stock exchange
shot appeals to me both in pattern and in colour; the College Green shot is
perfectly mad, wonderful actually; and I’m amazed at the symmetry and
perspective you managed in your shot of the quad at Kilmainham – a terrible
pity about that faux French installation blocking the architecture…Looking forward to seeing some of the mono shots too…
These are great, I particularly like the one of college greeen, perfectly composed for the sharp spot of the lens. Maybe it’s the light, but there seems to be great contrast from the lens. How much exposure control do you have?
Thanks Rob, and prontomonto, welcome to the site, good stuff on your flicker too,
hope to see you posting here soon-prontomonto, that little plastic lens is in a Compur 00 shutter,
so I have full control over exposure-
admittedly at the cost of terrible distortion.There is some detail right in the middle, but not even enough to cover a 35mm frame properly-
here’s a crop at 24x36mm-I’ve only scanned these at a maximum of 1600 spi, dpi, who knows what size the actual samples are,
but it looks like the lens resolves a minimum of around 20 lp/mm (on film) in the centre-
not too bad for a little bit of moulded plastic-Since you both mentioned composition,
I suppose the trick with composing for this is to put the detail in the centre (obviously)
and to use colour and forms to keep the edges interesting…here’s a little crop from the centre at 100% at 1600 dpi-
Thanks again for looking, and for taking the trouble to comment-
joseph
btw prontomonto, the camera these were taken on was posted here…
That is a cool lens, works best for me when the elements suit a pull toward the centre, “Sineads Table” being my favourite. The skylight, College green and the Shelbourne are favourites too. The Mansion house is good but who parked the orange lambo in the foreground, it’s a bit distracting, especially in these recessionary times.
Nice,
Martin
Another interesting set Joseph.
I cannot pick a fav really, they all offer something interesting.
The ceiling pic is great as i feel the mad distortion really suits here.
the days trades and sineads table are great too as the lens forces you to
focus in the centre where the important part of the image is, of course it is also the
compositional work too that does that.again the distortion on the central bank is fantastic.
i like the flare in the central bank, and again for the urn where it really pops out of the image.
the quad is a very strange pic i think for someone who wasnt there on the day, i like it.
Alan
Thanks for the comments Martin and Alan-
Stlll a bit of an acquired taste,
but it really is quite liberating to only have to deal with sharpness in the centre-I wouldn’t be too concerned about the Lord Mayor parking the car in the drive,
but the random shrub isn’t doing me any favours…
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